And the 83rd Annual Academy Award Nominees are…

On February 27, 2011 you better prepare yourself, because James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be taking the stage at the Kodak theater to present the most prestigious award in the film industry to those who may or may not deserve it, I’m talking about the Oscar. Earlier today the nominations for the 83rd annual Academy Awards were announced and, while there may have been a few people/films that have been snubbed, the list actually seems pretty solid. You can check out the list inits entirety after the jump.

 

As it stands The King’s Speech leads the pack with 12 nominations, True Grit got a surprising 10 nominations, and both The Social Network and Inception are tied with a respectable eight nominations, although Inception’s may not be for what you think.

 

As for the snubbing, the one real major one is Paul Giamatti for Barney’s Version. I heard that he was fantastic in the film and, although I haven’t seen it, people have raved too much about it for me not to mention it. While Nolan didn’t get nominated for Best Director, I completely understand it, he is a great director and I hope he get nominated one day but Inception was more about the script and editing more than anything.

 

I’m glad to see that Outside the Law was nominated for best foreign language film but I’m kind of upset that neither the Chinese or Hong Kong films made it, I’m a big fan of Echoes of the Rainbow. I also think the documentary race is going to be the most interesting. I’ve only seen Restrepo and Exit Through the Gift Shop and both were some of the most fascinating and entertaining docs I’ve seen in a long time.

 

Lastly, wtf, Mark Ruffalo got an Oscar nomination? Now I know there is something wrong with the Academy but at least they gave John Hawkes a nomination for his fine acting in Winter’s Bone even if I personally wasn’t a huge fan of it. I’ll stop ranting now and let you check out the list. Expect a bit more commentary from me in the future but do leave your thought about the nominations in the comments section below.

 

BEST PICTURE:

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech

127 Hours

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter’s Bone

 

DIRECTING:

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

David O. Russell, The Fighter

Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

David Fincher, The Social Network

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Jeff Bridges, True Grit

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Christian Bale, The Fighter

John Hawks, Winter’s Bone

Jeremy Renner, The Town

Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

 

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Amy Adams, The Fighter

Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh

The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan

The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Biutiful (Mexico)

Dogtooth (Greec)

In a Better World (Denmark)

Incendies (Canada)

Outside the Law (Algeria)

 

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique

Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth

True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins

 

FILM EDITING:

Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum

The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

 

DOCUMENTARY:

Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency) Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz A Paranoid Pictures Production

Gasland Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic A Gasland Production

Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs A Representational Pictures Production

Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment) Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger An Outpost Films Production

Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films) An Almega Projects Production

 

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Killing in the Name (dir: Jed Rothstein)

Poster Girl (dir: Sara Nesson)

Strangers No More (dir: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)

Sun Come Up (dor: Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger)

The Warriors of Qiugang (dir: Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon)

 

ORIGINAL SCORE:

How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell

Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman

The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

 

ORIGINAL SONG:

Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey

I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater

If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

 

VISUAL EFFECTS:

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi

Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell

Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

 

ART DIRECTION:

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)

Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)

The King’s Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)

True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

 

COSTUME DESIGN:

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood

I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan

The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell

True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres

 

MAKEUP

Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot

The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

The Wolfman

Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

 

SHORT FILM, ANIMATED

Day & Night (dir: Teddy Newton)

The Gruffalo (dir: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang)

Let’s Pollute (dir: Geefwee Boedoe)

The Lost Thing (dir: Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)

 

SHORT FILM, LIVE ACTION

The Confession (dir: Tanel Toom)

The Crush (dir: Michael Creagh)

God of Love (dir: Luke Matheny)

Na Wewe (dir: Ivan Goldschmidt)

Wish 143 (dir: Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite)

 

SOUND EDITING

Inception, Richard King

Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

Tron: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague

True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey

Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger

 

SOUND MIXING

Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin

The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten

True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

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