2012 Academy Awards Nominations

[frankie_fan]

The nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards have been announced. Films in BOLD are my predictions:

Actor in a Leading Role

* Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
* George Clooney in "The Descendants"
* Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
* Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
* Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

* Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
* Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
* Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
* Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
* Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

* Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
* Viola Davis in "The Help"
* Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
* Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
* Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
* Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
* Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
* Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
* Octavia Spencer in "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
(I haven't even HEARD of the first two!)

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 Christl
* "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
(At least the Academy didn't do something stupid here like last time)

Music (Original Song)

* "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
* "Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

* "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
* "The Descendants" 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

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

[frankie_fan]

Another year has come and gone. This year's winners are:

BEST PICTURE:
* The Artist
* The Descendants
* Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
* The Help
* Hugo
* Midnight in Paris
* Moneyball
* The Tree of Life
* War Horse

DIRECTING:
* Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
* Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
* Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
* Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
* Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
* Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
* George Clooney (The Descendants)
* Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
* Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
* Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
* Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
* Viola Davis (The Help)
* Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
* Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
* Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
* Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
* Nick Nolte (Warrior)
* Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
* Octavia Spencer (The Help)
* Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
* Jessica Chastain (The Help)
* Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
* Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY):
* The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)
* Hugo (John Logan)
* The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon)
* Moneyball (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin)
* Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan)

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY):
* Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
* The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
* Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig)
* Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)
* A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
* A Separation (Iran)
* Bullhead (Belgium)
* Footnote (Israel)
* In Darkness (Poland)
* Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
* Rango
* A Cat in Paris
* Chico and Rita
* Kung Fu Panda 2
* Puss In Boots

ART DIRECTION:
* Hugo
* The Artist
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
* Midnight in Paris
* War Horse

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
* Robert Richardson (Hugo)
* Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist)
* Jeff Cronenweth (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
* Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)
* Janusz Kaminski (War Horse)

COSTUME DESIGN:
* Mark Bridges (The Artist)
* Lisy Christl (Anonymous)
* Sandy Powell (Hugo)
* Michael O'Connor (Jane Eyre)
* Arianne Phillips (W.E.)

FILM EDITING:
* Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
* Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
* Kevin Tent (The Descendants)
* Thelma Schoonmaker (Hugo)
* Christopher Tellefsen (Moneyball)

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
* Undefeated
* Hell and Back Again
* If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
* Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
* Pina

MAKEUP:
* The Iron Lady
* Albert Nobbs
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE):
* Ludovic Bource (The Artist)
* John Williams (The Adventures of Tintin)
* Howard Shore (Hugo)
* Alberto Iglesias (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
* John Williams (War Horse)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG):
* "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets
* "Real in Rio" from Rio

SOUND MIXING:
* Hugo
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
* Moneyball
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon
* War Horse

SOUND EDITING:
* Hugo
* Drive
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon
* War Horse

VISUAL EFFECTS:
* Hugo
* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
* Real Steel
* Rise of the Planet of the Apes
* Transformers: Dark of the Moon

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT):
* Saving Face
* The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
* God Is the Bigger Elvis
* Incident in New Baghdad
* The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):
* The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
* Dimanche/Sunday
* La Luna
* A Morning Stroll
* Wild Life

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):
* The Shore
* Pentecost
* Raju
* Time Freak
* Tuba Atlantic