by Marla Lewin Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak and 2008 Oscar® nominee Anne Hathaway took the stage at a 5:38 a.m. PT this morning, live news conference to announce the nominees in 10 of the 24 categories. Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards Best motion picture of the year Avatar(20th Century Fox), A Lightstorm Entertainment Production, James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers The Blind Side (Warner Bros.), An Alcon Entertainment Production, Nominees to be determined District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing), A Block/Hanson Production, Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers An Education (Sony Pictures Classics), A Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production, Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), A Voltage Pictures Production, Nominees to be determined Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), A Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production, Lawrence Bender, Producer Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate), A Lee Daniels Entertainment/Smokewood Entertainment Production, Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers A Serious Man (Focus Features), A Working Title Films Production, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers Up (Walt Disney), A Pixar Production, Jonas Rivera, Producer Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios), A Montecito Picture Company Production, Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers Achievement in directing Avatar(20th Century Fox), James Cameron The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Kathryn Bigelow Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), Quentin Tarantino Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate), Lee Daniels Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios), Jason Reitman
Performance by an actor in a leading role Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart (Fox Searchlight) George Clooney in Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Colin Firth in A Single Man (The Weinstein Company) Morgan Freeman in Invictus (Warner Bros.) Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role Matt Damon in Invictus (Warner Bros.) Woody Harrelson in The Messenger (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Christopher Plummer in The Last Station (Sony Pictures Classics) Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount) Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a leading role Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (Warner Bros.) Helen Mirren in The Last Station (Sony Pictures Classics) Carey Mulligan in An Education (Sony Pictures Classics) Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate) Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Penélope Cruz in Nine (The Weinstein Company) Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart (Fox Searchlight) Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate) Best animated feature film of the year Coraline (Focus Features), Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox (20th Century Fox), Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney), John Musker and Ron Clements The Secret of Kells”(GKIDS), Tomm Moore Up (Walt Disney), Pete Docter Best foreign language film of the year Ajami (Kino International), An Inosan Production, Israel El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Sony Pictures Classics), A Haddock Films Production, Argentina The Milk of Sorrow, A Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogrà/Vela Production, Peru Un Prophète (Sony Pictures Classics), A Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production, France The White Ribbon (Sony Pictures Classics), An X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production, Germany Best documentary feature Burma VJ (Oscilloscope Laboratories), A Magic Hour Films Production, Anders østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller The Cove (Roadside Attractions), An Oceanic Preservation Society Production, Nominees to be determined Food, Inc. (Magnolia Pictures), A Robert Kenner Films Production, Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, A Kovno Communications Production, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith Which Way Home, A Mr. Mudd Production, Rebecca Cammisa Adapted screenplay District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing), Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell An Education (Sony Pictures Classics), Screenplay by Nick Hornby In the Loop (IFC Films), Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate), Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher Up in the Air (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) , Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Original screenplay The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Written by Mark Boal Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), Written by Quentin Tarantino The Messenger (Oscilloscope Laboratories), Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman A Serious Man (Focus Features), Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Up (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Achievement in film editing Avatar (20th Century Fox), Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing), Julian Clarke The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Bob Murawski and Chris Innis Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), Sally Menke Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (Lionsgate), Joe Klotz
Achievement in cinematography Avatar (20th Century Fox), Mauro Fiore Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros.), Bruno Delbonnel The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Barry Ackroyd Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), Robert Richardson The White Ribbon (Sony Pictures Classics), Christian Berger Achievement in art direction Avatar (20th Century Fox), Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Sony Pictures Classics), Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro, Set Decoration: Caroline Smith Nine (The Weinstein Company), Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Gordon Sim Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.), Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer The Young Victoria (Apparition), Art Direction: Patrice Vermette, Set Decoration: Maggie Gray Achievement in costume design Bright Star (Apparition), Janet Patterson Coco before Chanel (Sony Pictures Classics), Catherine Leterrier The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Sony Pictures Classics), Monique Prudhomme Nine (The Weinstein Company), Colleen Atwood The Young Victoria (Apparition), Sandy Powell Achievement in makeup Il Divo (MPI Media Group through Music Box), Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment), Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow The Young Victoria (Apparition), Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) Avatar (20th Century Fox), James Horner Fantastic Mr. Fox (20th Century Fox), Alexandre Desplat The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.), Hans Zimmer Up (Walt Disney), Michael Giacchino
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 (Sony Pictures Classics), Music by Reinhardt Wagner, Lyric by Frank Thomas Take It All” from Nine (The Weinstein Company), Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart (Fox Searchlight), Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett Best documentary short subject China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan, Province, A Downtown Community Television Center Production, Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, A Just Media Production, Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, A Community Media Production, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert Music by Prudence, An iThemba Production, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett Rabbit à la Berlin (Deckert Distribution), An MS Films Production, Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra Best animated short film French Roast , A Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films Production, Fabrice O. Joubert Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (Brown Bag Films), A Brown Bag Films Production, Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte), A Kandor Graphics and Green Moon Production, Javier Recio Gracia Logorama (Autour de Minuit), An Autour de Minuit Production, Nicolas Schmerkin A Matter of Loaf and Death (Aardman Animations), An Aardman Animations Production, Nick Park Best live action short film The Door (Network Ireland Television), An Octagon Films Production, Juanita Wilson and James Flynn Instead of Abracadabra, (The Swedish Film Institute), A Directörn & Fabrikörn Production, Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström Kavi, A Gregg Helvey Production, Gregg Helvey Miracle Fish, (Premium Films), A Druid Films Production, Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey The New Tenants, A Park Pictures and M & M Production, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson Achievement in sound editing Avatar (20th Century Fox), Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Paul N.J. Ottosson Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), Wylie Stateman Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment), Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin Up (Walt Disney), Michael Silvers and Tom Myers Achievement in sound mixing Avatar (20th Century Fox), Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment), Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company), Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment), Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount), Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson Achievement in visual effects Avatar (20th Century Fox), Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones District 9 (Sony Pictures Releasing) , Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken Star Trek (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment), Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton Nominations by studio Sony 18 (including 13 for Sony Classics) Fox 14 (including 3 for Fox Searchlight) The Weinstein Company 13. Paramount 12, Universal 11 (including 2 for Focus Features and Working Title Films, and 1 for just Focus Features) Summit Entertainment 9, Disney 8, Warner Bros 7, Lionsgate 6. Nominations by film: Avatar 9, The Hurt Locker 9, Inglourious Basterds 8, Precious 6, Up in the Air 6, Up 5, District 9 4, Nine 4, Star Trek 4, Crazy Heart 3, An Education 3, The Princess and the Frog 3, The Young Victoria 3, The Blind Side 2, Fantastic Mr. Fox 2, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 2, Invictus 2, The Last Station 2, The Messenger 2, A Serious Man 2, Sherlock Holmes 2, The White Ribbon 2. Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members this weekend at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings also will be held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. All active and life members of the Academy are eligible to select the winners in all categories, although in five of them – Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject and Foreign Language Film – members can vote only if they have seen all of the nominated films in those categories. Academy Awards Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
02.02.2010 | MarlaLewinGFV's blog
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