This past Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) in Los Angeles, California. The Oscars, hosted yearly at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, are the biggest, though most predictable award ceremony in the movie industry. This year, the Academy decided to change its Best Picture rules once again- instead of the ten nominations that were dolled out in the past two years, the number now varies between five and ten (depending on how many votes a given film receives). There are nine nominees for Best Picture this year, with Hugo and The Artist taking the most nods at eleven and ten, respectively, and War Horse and Moneyball following with six nods each. Hit the break to see the full list of nominations.
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexdander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best 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
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Mellisa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best 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
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
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
Foreign Language Film
Belgium, “Bullhead”, Michael R. Roskam, director
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar”, Philippe Falardeau, director
Iran, “A Separation”, Asghar Farhadi, director
Israel, “Footnote”, Joseph Cedar, director
Poland, “In Darkness”, Agnieszka Holland, director
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
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
Art Direction
The Artist: Laurence Bennett (Production Design); Robert Gould (Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
Hugo: Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
War Horse: Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)
Costume Design
Anonymous, Lisy Christl
The Artist, Mark Bridges
Hugo, Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre, Michael O’Connor
W.E., Arianne Phillips
Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
Documentary Short
"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
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
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 Strol"l, 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, Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink
It's inevitable that the Oscars will hand out a few snubs and upsets amongst its list of nominees. I cannot say anything much about the snubs personally, though I have heard that Michael Fassbender's performance in Shame is terrific. On the the other hand, having seen Elizabeth Olsen's fantastic performance Martha Marcy May Marlene, I get the feeling that either Hollywood had an influx of award worthy acting or Olsen got snubbed. However, I am happy that The Tree of Life is nominated for Best Picture and Best Director- the film is getting some more recognition than what I had thought. Speaking of the Best Picture award, The Artist has an almost sure-fire chance of winning the category after winning the equivalent Producers Guild of America award for best film last week. If The Artist succeeds, it will be the first time a black and white, silent film has won the award since Wings received the very first Best Picture Oscar in 1927.
Billy Crystal will host the 84th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday, February 26.
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