Official Oscar Nomination Thread (1 Viewer)

BEST PICTURE


The Artist


Thomas Langmann, Producer


The Descendats


Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers


Extremely loud & incredibly close


Scott Rudin, Producer


The Help


Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers


Hugo


Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers


Midnight in Paris


Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers


Moneyball


Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers


The Tree of life


Nominees to be determined


War Horse


Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers



Actor In A Leading Role


Demián Bichir


A Better Life


George Clooney


The Descendants


Jean Dujardin


The Artist


Gary Oldman


Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


Brad Pitt


Moneyball





Actor In A Supporting Role


Kenneth Branagh


My Week With Marilyn


Jonah Hill


Moneyball


Nick Nolte


Warrior


Christopher Plummer


Beginners


Max Von Sydow


extremely Loud & Incredibly Close



Actress In A Leading Role


Glenn Close


Albert Nobbs


Viola Davis


The Help


Rooney Mara


The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


Meryl Streep


The Iron Lady


Michelle Williams


My Week With Marilyn





Actress In A Supporting Role


Be?re?nice Bejo


The Artist


Jessica Chastain


The Help


Melissa Mccarthy


Bridesmaids


Janet McTeer


Albert Nobbs


Octavia Spencer


The Help






































Animated Feature Film


A Cat In Paris


Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli


Chico & Rita


Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal


Kung Fu Panda 2


Jennifer yuh Nelson


Puss In Boots


Chris Miller


Rango


Gore Verbinski



Art Direction


The Artist


Production Design: Laurence Bennett Set Decoration: Robert Gould


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Production Design: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan


Hugo


Production Design: Dante ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo


Midnight In Paris


Production Design: Anne Seibel


Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil


War Horse


Production Design: Rick Carter


Set Decoration: Lee Sandales



Cinematography


The Artist


Guillaume Schiffman


The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


Jeff Cronenweth


Hugo


Robert Richardson


The Tree of Life


Emmanuel Lubezki


War Horse


Janusz Kaminski



Costume Design


Anonymous


Lisy Christly




The Artist


Mark Bridges


Hugo


Sandy Powell


Jane Eyre


Michael o’Connor


W.E.


Arianne Phillips



Directing


The Artist


Michel Hazanavicius


The Descendants


Alexander Payne


Hugo


Martin Scorsese


Midnight in paris


Woody Allen


The Tree of life


Terrence Malick



Documentary Feature


Hell And Back Again


Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner


If A Tree Falls: A Story of The Earth Liberation front
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman


Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory


Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky


Pina


Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel


Undefeated


TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas



Documentary Short Subject


The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of The Civil Rights Movement Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin


God Is The Bigger Elvis


Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson


Incident In New Baghdad


James Spione










Saving Face


Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy


The Tsunami And The Cherry Blossom


Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen



Film Editing


The Artist


Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius


The Descendants


Kevin Tent


The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall


Hugo


Thelma Schoonmaker


Moneyball


Christopher Tellefsen



Foreign Language Film


Bullhead


Belgium


Footnote


Israel


In Darkness


Poland


Monsieur lazhar


Canada


A separation


Iran



Makeup


Albert Nobbs


Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin


The Iron Lady


Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland



Music (Original Score)


The Adventures of TinTin


John Williams


The Artist


Ludovic Bource




Hugo


Howard Shore


Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


Alberto iglesias


War Horse


John Williams



Music (Original Song)


Man or Muppet


The Muppets
Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie


Real in Rio


Rio
Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett



Short Film (Animated)


DimAnche/Sunday


Patrick Doyon


The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg


la luna


Enrico Casarosa


A Morning Stroll


Grant orchard and Sue Goffe


Wild Life


Amanda forbis and Wendy Tilby



Short Film (Live Action)


PenTecost


Peter McDonald and eimear o’Kane


Raju


Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren


The Shore


Terry George and oorlagh George


Time Freak


Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey


Tuba Atlantic


Hallvar Witzø










Sound Editing


Drive


Lon Bender and Victor Ray ennis


The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


Ren Klyce


Hugo


Philip Stockton and eugene Gearty


Transformers: Dark of the Moon


Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl


War Horse


Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom



Sound Mixing


The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson


Hugo


Tom fleischman and John Midgley


Moneyball


Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick


Transformers: DarK of The Moon


Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin


War Horse


Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson



Visual Effects


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and
John Richardson


Hugo


Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning


Real Steel


Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg


Rise of the Planet of the Apes


Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett


Transformers: Dark Of The Moon


Scott farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John frazier





Writing (Adapted Screenplay)


The Descendants


Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash


Hugo


Screenplay by John Logan


The Ides of March


Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon


Moneyball


Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin


Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy


Screenplay by Bridget o’Connor & Peter Straughan



Writing (Original Screenplay)


The Artist


Written by Michel Hazanavicius


Bridesmaids


Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig


Margin Call


Written by J.C. Chandor


miDnighT in pAris


Written by Woody Allen


A Separation


Written by Asghar farhadi

The Tree Of Life is really an incredible movie and the most deserving of the win (and that's coming from someone who expected it to be pretentious bullshit) but it won't win. I'd happily trade The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with War Horse or The Help. Not that they're bad movies though. I LOVE that Jonah Hill got an Oscar nomination just because he was good in Moneyball and mostly because it will bother people. I wish David Fincher got a nom but I can't really argue with the guys who did get Best Direction nominations. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo should win all of its nominated categories though. And Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Oscar last year and they made one of only memorable scores this year and they don't even get a nomination?

TravisR said:

The Tree Of Life is really an incredible movie and the most deserving of the win (and that's coming from someone who expected it to be pretentious bullshit) but it won't win. I'd happily trade The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with War Horse or The Help. Not that they're bad movies though. I LOVE that Jonah Hill got an Oscar nomination just because he was good in Moneyball and mostly because it will bother people. I wish David Fincher got a nom but I can't really argue with the guys who did get Best Direction nominations. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo should win all of its nominated categories though. And Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Oscar last year and they made one of only memorable scores this year and they don't even get a nomination?

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I'm real happy about Tree Of Life. I thought it was going to get stiffed. The two that I'm a bit surprised by are War Horse for Best Picture and Rooney Mara for Best Actress. I didn't think either were deserving. I was also happy to see Moneyball and Midnight In Paris get their noms. I agree with you about Reznor and Ross. That was a fantastic score.

I just hope Scorsese wins another Director's Oscar for Hugo.

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I just hope Scorsese wins another Director's Oscar for Hugo.

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He'd be my choice too but I wouldn't cry if Malick or even Allen won.

Tintin not being nominated for best animated film irks me, it was a superbly crafted film. Perhaps the motion capture process disqualifies it? I though Kung Fu Panda 2 was a very-well directed film, but that over Tintin baffles me!


And bravo for Hugo gathering so many nominations...there's hope for 3D yet!

I just got up so I'll comment on the noms after I go through them better but..... Did Werner Herzog mess with one of the board members wives or something? Beither CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS or INTO THE ABYSS could pick up a Best Documentary nom?

As always the noms throw us a few curve balls.


Best Picture
The big surprise here is Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which has been receiving decidedly mixed reviews. I wasn't sure if War Horse would make the cut, but glad it did. Also glad to see Woody Allen back in the BP mix with Midnight In Paris. As far as what will win, I think The Descendants GG win was a fluke, and Hugo is the only contender that could possibly derail The Artist in this category.


Director
Looks to be a mirror of the BP race: Scorsese vs Hazanavicius.

Actor
Where the hell did Demián Bichir come from? At any rate, this one is Clooney vs. Dujardin.


Actress
No surprises here. This is probably Streep's to lose, although The Iron Lady is such a horrible film that it's not a slam-dunk. I would prefer Davis or Mara, although the former probably has the best chance of beating Meryl.


Supporting Actor
Really disappointed to see Albert Brooks (Drive) and Armie Hammer (J. Edgar) passed over. Something tells me this will come down to Plummer vs. Von Sydow.


Supporting Actress
I was convinced after seeing The Help last summer that Octavia Spencer has this award locked up. Nothing has changed my mind since then. Nice to see Melissa McCarthy get a nomination.


Animated Film
In the first decade of this category's existence (2001-2010), every year there's been an eligible Pixar film released it has been nominated. That streak ends this year. That's not too much of a surprise, however, the absence of The Adventures of Tin Tin is. Like Neil, I'm wondering if it was ineligible for some reason. At any rate, I suppose the front-runner here is Kung Fu Panda 2, although I'm personally rooting for the extremely odd yet strangely endearing Rango.


Foreign Language Film
A Separation seems to be the front-runner here, but this category often surprises.


Score
I'm puzzled as well at the exclusion of Reznor & Ross. I am glad to see Howard Shore's lovely score for Hugo and Alberto Iglesias' moody 70s-flavored work for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy recognized. I want Shore to win, but I expect the award will go to Bource on the coattails of The Artist's probable BP win.


Screenplay
Looks like a real race for Adapted. I could see The Descendants, Hugo, or Moneyball winning it. I'm thinking it may go to the latter due to the degree of difficulty of adapting that book into an entertaining film. As for Original, looks like another win for The Artist, with Woody Allen being the possible spoiler here.

Looking at the list of nom confirms my suspicion that this upcoming Oscars is going to be BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGG!


to keep with the negativity, I'm hoping to see Maryl Streep lose since I'm sick of Oscar bait films winning anything in these awards, as well as that Extremely Loud nonsense.

Look for The Artist to sweep best picture, director and script.

Tintin wasn't disqualified by the mocap work, but it is animators who make the nominations and they are not fans of Tintin because they don't consider the process as 'pure'.

Biggest disappointments: Shailene Woodley snubbed for Best Supporting Actress, and especially David Zippel and Alan Menken snubbed for "Star Spangled Man" from Captain America: The First Avenger, Brad Bird snubbed in the directing category.

I also thought 2011 was a pretty weak year for outstanding films. I'm still puzzled by "War Horse" getting a BP nom. My surprises (and disappointments): BEST PICTURE Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - might have to check this one out (I had passed on it this weekend, tepid reviews) Midnight in Paris - just happy this film didn't get forgotten, as it was released mid-year. Bonus points for Woody letting the camera linger on Rachel McAdam's rear just a tad longer than expected in the filling-up-the-car-trunk scene. Heh. Moneyball - decent flick, but not a BP contender. The Tree of life - shocked that it got a BP nom, simply because it was so out of the norm, and polarizing for challenging cinema conventions. War Horse - won't win, place or show. ---------- Actor In A Leading Role Demián Bichir - surprise nom, but he's done good work in the past. George Clooney - not a surprise nom, but just never really thought it was Oscar-worthy. Gary Oldman - eh, though for one scene in TTSS, not a memorable role Brad Pitt - besides eating, or tobacco-chewing in almost every scene in this movie, also not a memorable role for Pitt. -------------- Actor In A Supporting Role Kenneth Branagh - easily a solid choice, but probably will lose out of either of the lifetime achievement awards in the race between Plummer/VonSydow. Jonah Hill - literally a nom from left field. He's going to be be the toast of the Judd Apatow crew. Nick Nolte - not sure I understood much of his dialogue in Warrior. Christopher Plummer - haven't seen his performance in Beginners Max Von Sydow - also haven't seen this performance in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ----------- Actress In A Leading Role Glenn Close - heard really good reviews for her work in Albert Nobbs, but haven't seen the film Rooney Mara - I think her physical transformational aspects got a lot of press, but her performance wasn't showy, but still captivating, but I understand why some people didn't think much of her performance. Meryl Streep - too bad her performance was stuck in Oscar-bait. Michelle Williams - given a somewhat weak field this year, I had suspected she'd get a nom. ------------- Actress In A Supporting Role Bérénice Bejo - solid work Jessica Chastain - somewhat surprising, but she could be a rising star, had a good year of roles Melissa McCarthy - 2011 is her year, snagged an Emmy, and now an Oscar nom. She won't win, but she was totally the scene-stealer Octavia Spencer - she will most likely win for yet another scene-stealer type of role, as her role was more poignantly utilized in the film. ---------------- Animated Feature Film No Tintin, maybe the Academy will inevitably created a category for mo-cap animated film. ------------- Directing The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius - A daring effort in this day and age of cinema, the one to beat. The Descendants - Alexander Payne - nicely pitched directing job, probably won't win. Hugo - Martin Scorsese - only has to beat out Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen - while being a breath of fresh air, film-wise, the directing was a fairly standard Woody Allen effort. The Tree of life - Terrence Malick - most audacious directing effort to be nominated, but too divisive to win. -------------- Makeup The Iron Lady - Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland - the only other decent aspect of this film (besides Streep's performance). ---------- Writing (Adapted Screenplay) The Descendants - Can you believe it, Community's Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) would be part of the crew for an Oscar-nommed screenplay? Hugo - A love letter to cinema. The Ides of March - entertaining, surprising nom to me. Moneyball - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - it probably reads better than the actual film presented itself in visuals and audio. ---------------- Writing (Original Screenplay) The Artist - probably will win. Bridesmaids - this was a surprise to me Midnight in Paris - could win.

I can't believe there were not more than two worthy original songs, out of all the films released last year.

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Screenplay
As for Original, looks like another win for The Artist, with Woody Allen being the possible spoiler here.

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Totally agree with all your assessments except this one. Bridesmaids could have the love here to pull it off.

Originally Posted by Malcolm R

I can't believe there were not more than two worthy original songs, out of all the films released last year.

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They changed the rules this past year for Song in order to make it harder to get nominated. Frankly, aside from 1-2 more songs from The Muppets, I don't know of any other songs that were worthy of nominations. And not competing with itself can only help The Muppets' Muppet or Man win anyway.

Originally Posted by Kevin EK

Look for The Artist to sweep best picture, director and script.

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I think Scorsese has Director locked up. Everyone who really loves that movie knows its because they ultimately love Scorsese. The Artist will likely win picture, but Scorsese's presence at this point is too dominant to be ignored, IMO. If he wins the DGA it will only solidify him more.

Scorses basically made a movie about film restoration, so it's a safe bet to win some major award, probably director. You might as will give Michelle Williams the actress award at the same time for the Marlyn movie. Hollywood always looks after itself.

I'm saddened. Was eagerly awaiting the Hobo With A Shotgun post-Oscar nomination ad-blitz. Was looking forward to the one that says, "We Showed You How To Skate-Rape." I was pretty startled to find out this is Gary Oldman's first nomination. But it sort of makes sense to me now. He hasn't been in much Oscar-baiting far, and he doesn't seem to be somebody who enjoys glad-handing. Speaking of boring, can it be called a shock at the lack of Eastwood? I would have thought J. Edgar would've picked up a few costume or makeup noms, if only just to get Clint into the auditorium. Nice to see Rooney Mara in contention, but Charlize should have been there, too. It'd be great if Malick showed up drunk with a massive entourage, and started loudly booing when The Artist wins.

Also: Transformers 3: Dark Side of the Moon now has the same number of nominations as Tree of Life. Eek. Twitter was quite funny this morning. From surprising trending topics (Emmanuel Lubezski was trending worldwide for awhile) to the varied reactions to the Oscar-noms. Just saw some guy all upset that "the worst movie I ever saw" (The Tree of Life) got nominated, while Happy Feet 2 missed out.