Feb 2 2010Your Academy Awards Nominations
Put on your reading glasses, mothers. The 82nd Academy Awards nominees have been announced! Was your favorite Sandra Bullock of the year nominated? Find out below:
Best Picture (there are 10 now, guys)
* Avatar
* The Blind Side
* District 9
* An Education
* The Hurt Locker
* Inglourious Basterds
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
* A Serious Man
* Up
* Up in the Air
Actor in a Leading Role
* Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
* George Clooney in Up in the Air
* Colin Firth in A Single Man
* Morgan Freeman in Invictus
* Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Actor in a Supporting Role
* Matt Damon in Invictus
* Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
* Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
* Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
* Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Leading Role
* Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
* Helen Mirren in The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan in An Education
* Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
* Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Actress in a Supporting Role
* Penélope Cruz in Nine
* Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
* Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Animated Feature Film
* Coraline
* Fantastic Mr. Fox
* The Princess and the Frog
* The Secret of Kells
* Up
Art Direction
* Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
* Nine Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
* Sherlock Holmes Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
* The Young Victoria Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Cinematography
* Avatar Mauro Fiore
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Bruno Delbonnel
* The Hurt Locker Barry Ackroyd
* Inglourious Basterds Robert Richardson
* The White Ribbon Christian Berger
Costume Design
* Bright Star Janet Patterson
* Coco before Chanel Catherine Leterrier
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Monique Prudhomme
* Nine Colleen Atwood
* The Young Victoria Sandy Powell
Directing
* Avatar James Cameron
* The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
* Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Lee Daniels
* Up in the Air Jason Reitman
Documentary (Feature)
* Burma VJ Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
* The Cove Nominees to be determined
* Food, Inc. Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
* The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
* Which Way Home Rebecca Cammisa
Documentary (Short Subject)
* China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
* The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
* The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
* Music by Prudence Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
* Rabbit à la Berlin Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Film Editing
* Avatar Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
* District 9 Julian Clarke
* The Hurt Locker Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
* Inglourious Basterds Sally Menke
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Joe Klotz
Foreign Language Film
* Ajami Israel
* El Secreto de Sus Ojos Argentina
* The Milk of Sorrow Peru
* Un Prophète France
* The White Ribbon Germany
Makeup
* Il Divo Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
* Star Trek Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
* The Young Victoria Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Music (Original Score)
* Avatar James Horner
* Fantastic Mr. Fox Alexandre Desplat
* The Hurt Locker Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
* Sherlock Holmes Hans Zimmer
* Up Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song)
* Almost There from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* Loin de Paname from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
* Take It All from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
* The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Animated)
* French Roast Fabrice O. Joubert
* Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
* The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Javier Recio Gracia
* Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin
* A Matter of Loaf and Death Nick Park
Short Film (Live Action)
* The Door Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
* Instead of Abracadabra Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
* Kavi Gregg Helvey
* Miracle Fish Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
* The New Tenants Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Sound Editing
* Avatar Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
* The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson
* Inglourious Basterds Wylie Stateman
* Star Trek Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
* Up Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Sound Mixing
* Avatar Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
* The Hurt Locker Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
* Inglourious Basterds Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
* Star Trek Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Visual Effects
* Avatar Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
* District 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
* Star Trek Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
* District 9 Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* An Education Screenplay by Nick Hornby
* In the Loop Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
* Up in the Air Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Writing (Original Screenplay)
* The Hurt Locker Written by Mark Boal
* Inglourious Basterds Written by Quentin Tarantino
* The Messenger Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
* A Serious Man Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Yeah, that's about what I expected.
Reader Comments
1. Bean - February 2, 2010 10:54 AM
THIRST! (No, I didn't spell that wrong, I'm just thirsty...)
2. Bean - February 2, 2010 10:57 AM
Why would the studio put "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" up for art direction against "Avatar" (or "District 9" even) when it's not even out yet? Why not wait for it to be considered next year? Idiots.
3. Randhir - February 2, 2010 11:09 AM
Except for Blind Side, the 10 best picture noms are the same as the 10 writing noms which was pretty much what I expected when they expanded the category.
4. che-che - February 2, 2010 11:18 AM
@2-the thing came out in december limited release.
up, the acadamey really likes to eat out pixars vagina dont they.
kinda surprised to see district 9 in there aswell. movie made too much sense to be in there.
5. CMYK_Josh - February 2, 2010 12:33 PM
And WHY wasn't Avatar nominated for Best Original Screenplay?! Oh, yeah, it wasn't that original...
6. Dorcus - February 2, 2010 12:35 PM
@2: I got an academy screener for it already... Maybe this will be Terry's lucky year. Or not.
7. ButterCup - February 2, 2010 1:12 PM
OMG, Transformers 2 got nominated for an oscar!! John Turturro is my favorite actor I'm so happy for him!!
8. CaptainMorgan - February 2, 2010 1:24 PM
Why is Black Dynamite not nominated? I blame the Man.
9. Richter - February 2, 2010 2:01 PM
Anyone else find The Blind Side to be overrated? In The Loop or A Single Man (among other things) should have gotten its spot.
Plus, was the Frog Prince really that good? Ponyo and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs were really two superb animated films.
10. kelsey - February 2, 2010 2:07 PM
Surprised 500 Days of Summer didn't get nominated for editing. I'll admit ,the idea wasn't entirely original, but the editing was superb.
11. Matthew - February 2, 2010 3:27 PM
Imaginarium came out everywhere up here in December.
Avatar had better not win. Unless of course it's for Special Effects or art direction. Best picture, nah - It was Pocahontas with a shit ton of cool cgi.
12. frances - February 2, 2010 3:34 PM
fantastic mr. fox?
star trek?
where the wild things are?
13. Bean - February 2, 2010 3:51 PM
@4, 6, 11 but the only reason to release "Parnassus" in Dec would be for Oscar consideration... why do that when it's utterly obvious that "Avatar" is going to take any and all effects awards? STUPID!
14. bribios - February 2, 2010 4:08 PM
Of course, the "real" best picture noms are given away by the best director noms. The expansion of the category doesn't really give the 5 extra movies a better chance, but I guess it does allow for more deserving movies to add Best Picture Nominee to their box art.
15. Covert Koala - February 2, 2010 4:32 PM
District 9 all the way, the only one that brought something new and original (fuck you it wasn't an Alien Nation rip-off).
16. Dobbs - February 2, 2010 4:40 PM
Ben, the movie sucked. It doesn't matter what year it gets released in--it's gonna lose a ton of money. In order to make the most money, they released it as soon as they possibly could. Had they waited much longer, people would have forgotten who Heath Ledger was and the only reason anyone has to see it would have evaporated.
I'll give Terry Gilliam this: he's fuckin' consistent.
17. Lain - February 2, 2010 7:45 PM
DISTRICT 9 BETTER WIN BEST WRITING. Avatar wasn't even nommed, seeing how...not original...it is.
18. Lain - February 2, 2010 7:48 PM
Also, Star Trek was pretty bloody brilliant, wtf. :0
19. Jas - February 2, 2010 7:57 PM
YAY FOR DISTRICT 9. I HOPE it wins... although unlikely.
I will never watch movies again if Avatar takes best picture. ANYTHING but Avatar - it was SO unorginal with SUCH one-dimensional characters it doesn't merrit an oscar for best picture - because movies are about telling stories.
Sure Avatat is all about "experiencing" their world but I don't think truly, this is what makes a good movie.
Anyway.. prediction: The Hurt Locker to win.
20. Jas - February 2, 2010 7:57 PM
***Avatar
21. Jeff - February 2, 2010 8:24 PM
god avatar is so overrated and unoriginal and lame. i swear to g if it wins best picture and/or best director i will have lost all my respect for the oscars, what little respect i have left, especially after kickey rourke didnt win last year and they gave it to that american gating liberal douche sean penn. how the hell can you get nominated for basically directing green screens for 2 and a half hours?!
22. jaime - February 2, 2010 9:00 PM
VAMOS EL SECTRETO DE SUS OJOS CARAJO!
23. black - February 3, 2010 12:01 AM
Crap.... Disney animated films were famous for the triple rake in original music.
Kinda sad that with their comeback to traditional animation and music that they only got two nominations for original music.
What about Mama Odie's song... or Dr. Faciler's "Friends on the other side"?
24. black - February 3, 2010 12:03 AM
How come Pixar's intro film "Partly Cloudy" was not nominated for short film?
25. ELH - February 3, 2010 2:21 AM
I will give Cameron the Director, I can accept that. But if The Hurt Locker doesn't get best picture, fuck the Academy. I was pissed when Avatar won at the Golden Globes.
I compliment Cameron on what he can do, but that movie does not deserve best picture.
26. Andrew - February 3, 2010 4:11 AM
And where is the Road. That film kicked Avatar's plot-hole-ridden, Dances-with-wolves-in-space bollocks...
And how can Avatar even be nominated for best score, the music was cheesy as hell.
27. Mancomb Seepgood - February 3, 2010 1:12 PM
Moon.
and where the FUCK is Revance? This is unfucking excusable.
28. KIDFRAME - February 3, 2010 3:53 PM
No moon? No Broken Embraces? No fx for WTWTA? My shit is now flipped.
29. Angel Mass - February 4, 2010 10:24 AM
Avatar
30. Billy D Williams - February 4, 2010 3:54 PM
DISTRICT 9?
WHAT THE PISS FUCK?
31. Avatar - February 5, 2010 7:07 PM
Seriously, how can Avatar NOT win any of the categories? It's now one of the best movies of all time and most people know this by now.
32. overrated - February 9, 2010 2:40 AM
@31
The volume of ticket sales doesn't have a direct causation with how good or bad the movie is.
33. Elb - February 9, 2010 7:14 AM
I still believe that Hollywood has some sense left in their overbudget remakers land. I believe the Hurt Locker will win just like the Departed did. But..I believe that Cameron will win just like Peter Jackson finally did after shooting blanks twice before.
I still hope Realism in films tops the list of reasons why should a movie win. Dark Knight should have been nominated simply because it was a thriller more than a comic book movie for ComiCon fans to go home and masturbate to. If Avatar wins it means anyone with a next BIG 3D Film idea can win oscars...