Oscar Nominations

[Spurminator]

Best Picture
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

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” Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
“Up” Pete Docter

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

[CubanSucks]

Why is there so many for Best Picture? Have they not narrowed it down yet or something? And if that many are gonna be the one's mentioned at the actual event, how the hell was 'Moon' left out? Not saying it's the best movie of the year (my pic is District 9) but it should have at least cracked that huge list.

[lefty]

The list of nominees for the Best Picture just confirms that it has been a very shitty year in Hollywood

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

They expanded the list to 10 this year, though I don't really know why. In theory it would limit the amount of grousing when something gets left off the list but in reality it will lead to people arguing about whoever was unlucky enough to get ranked #11. For my part I think the list is way too damn long. I could have understood a bump up to 7 or so. Every year there's one or two that critics get up in arms over being excluded, but no where in my memory can I recall a year where there were 5 equally deserving films that someone didn't make the cut.

[Spurminator]

It was expanded to ten because ratings have been down for the Oscar broadcast. They are trying to generate more interest. Evidence of this can be found with the fact that "The Blind Side" was nominated for Best Picture despite having no other nominations other than Best Actress.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Precious was hilarious.

[angel_luv]

I hope Colin Firth wins, despite the fact that his film looks terrible.

Not only is he a gifted actor, he is sure to look dashing in a tux! And Colin's Firth accent would make any speech worth listening to.

[Jacob1983]

Star Trek was robbed. How the fuck can Up get nominated for Best Picture and Best Animated Feature? Bullshit if you ask me. And Stu's Song should have been nominated for Best Song. I'm glad that Basterds, The Hurt Locker, and District 9 got nominated for Best Picture. They earned it.

[Fpoonsie]

Not sure if Up should've gotten a Best Picture nod, but it most DEFINITELY deserved a nom for Best Animated.

[Trainwreck2100]

Let's see "Up" was nominated for best picture and in the best animated category no other animated film was nominated for best picture. Geed i wonder who's going to win "Best animated"

[IronMexican]

Precious was hilarious.

It was pretty funny. I kept thinking the chick looked a little and sounded a lot like Biggie.

[Jacob1983]

I thought the Best Animated Feature category was made so that animated films would get an award and not get in the Best Picture category? I liked Avatar but I hope it doesn't pull a Titanic at the Oscars. It was good and entertaining but not the best movie of 2009. I would give it to Basterds, District 9, or The Hurt Locker before I would even think about giving it to Avatar.

[Spurminator]

An animated picture getting a BP nomination is no different than a foreign language film getting nominated, and that has happened before. I didn't think Up was the best movie Pixar has ever made but I don't have a problem with it being listed among the ten best of the year.

[dirk4mvp]

Is there a bigger lock on that whole list than Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds for supporting role?

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Is there a bigger lock on that whole list than Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds for supporting role?

Well I don't really see how Up could lose Best Animated Feature if it's the only one on that list also nominated for a Best Picture award.

[Taco]

Well I don't really see how Up could lose Best Animated Feature if it's the only one on that list also nominated for a Best Picture award.

Up was a Cool Movie :downspin:

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

It's no suprise that the Jewish Americans in Hollywood would want to nominate a great movie about killin Natzis.

[CuckingFunt]

And if that many are gonna be the one's mentioned at the actual event, how the hell was 'Moon' left out?

The fact that Moon and Sam Rockwell have been left out of all the major awards is a mystery to me. Was it a winner? Not necessarily. But damn sure worthy of some nominations.


They expanded the list to 10 this year, though I don't really know why. In theory it would limit the amount of grousing when something gets left off the list

I believe it was specifically to open the nominations to certain genres and stop the trend of Best Picture being synonymous with Best Epic or Best Drama. Have no idea what impact it will eventually have on diversifying the genres that actually win the award, but I'm pretty certain that District 9, A Serious Man, and probably even Inglorious Basterds would have been left off the list this year if it hadn't been expanded to 10.


Is there a bigger lock on that whole list than Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds for supporting role?

Is there a bigger lock? No. But I think Up as Best Animated, Mo'nique for Supporting Actress and, sadly, Avatar as Best Picture are equally predictable.

I don't think James Cameron will get the award for directing, but I could be wrong. My gut tells me that goes to either Tarantino or Bigelow and that Avatar wins the big one as consolation.

[CuckingFunt]

The list of nominees for the Best Picture just confirms that it has been a very shitty year in Hollywood

People say this every year, and it's simply not true. There were a ton of good movies that came out in 2009. I saw a few this year that were as good and as exciting as any I've seen.

Looking at the Oscar nominations as an indicator of Hollywood's quality for a given year is always the wrong way to go about it. It's an award show. The goal is to increase everyone's paycheck and give viewers at home to look at tuxedos and fancy dresses.

[Xylus]

I'm perfectly fine with James Cameron winning for Best Director, but there is no justice in the world if Avatar beats out The Hurt Locker for Best Picture.

[holcs50]

Id be surprised if bigelow doesn't win Best Director. She's swept most of the awards so far besides the globes which is just a popularity contest and really doesn't usually point to how the oscars play out. Hurt locker won the big awards in the DGA and PGA which correlates more to the oscars.

Bigelow wins best director-write that down

Best picture I think will go to Hurt Locker but Avatar will be close so I feel its a toss up with a little lean to HL

Monique has won almost all the supp actress awards-she'll win

Walts deservingly will run away with supp Actor

Bridges will definitely win Best actor-he has won almost all the awards so far

And I would put my money on Bullock for actress

I would be surprised if all these didn't win besides best picture which could be close. I hope Hurt Locker wins, though I liked Avatar a lot too, I think HL is more a complete movie and is different from the normal oscar best pic winners. And I agree Rockwell should've got a actor nomination-and moon prob should've been in the picture field over say Up-which i thought was overrated quite a bit...but hey its pixar it has to be good right?

[spurs_2108]

Music (Original Score)
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

This has to win!!! No doubt.

[spurs_2108]

I also would love for “Fantastic Mr. Fox” to win best animation film. I liked this movie 5x of that of UP. It was just an awesome movie and the stop motion animation was killer.

[monosylab1k]

Avatar is going to sweep, or get damn near close to it.

vomit.

The Oscars always had slightly more credibility than the Grammys, but after this they definitely won't.

[MB20]

Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” Israel
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
“The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
“Un Prophète” France
“The White Ribbon” Germany


:toast

[Spurminator]

I haven't seen any of the Best Actress performances except for Sandra Bullock... She was fine, but it certainly didn't scream "Best acting performance by a female in an entire year" to me.

[SA210]

Is there a bigger lock on that whole list than Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds for supporting role?

[Amarelooms]

District 9 should win it all :elephant