84th Academy Awards (Feb 26 2012)

[Omniyoji]

Nominations announced:

Actor in a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
• George Clooney in "The Descendants"
  
• Jean Dujardin in "The Artist" ==== WINNER
• 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" ==== WINNER
• 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" ==== WINNER
• 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" ===== WINNER

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 ==== WINNER

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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
• "War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

• "Anonymous" Lisy Christl
  
• "The Artist" Mark Bridges ==== WINNNER
• "Hugo" Sandy Powell
• "Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
• "W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing

• "The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER

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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
• "Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

• "Bullhead" Belgium
• "Footnote" Israel
• "In Darkness" Poland
• "Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
  
• "A Separation" Iran ==== WINNER

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 ==== WINNER

Music (Original Score)

• "The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
  
• "The Artist" Ludovic Bource ==== WINNER
• "Hugo" Howard Shore
• "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
• "War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

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

Best Picture

• "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "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 ==== WINNER
• "A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

Senna got snubbed for documentary

[Laugana]

I think Gary Oldman's the only bit I cared about.

[Blarg]

Best picture seems pretty boring this year. The Artist will win it though because that's what people pretend to like to seem smart and artsy.

[TacoTaru]

I'm sad to say I've not seen anything on the list this year. I'm not sure if I've just been in a rut for actually picking out good movies or if last year was just that bad of a year for movies.

*Oops I lied, I've seen Bridesmaids.

[Thunder]

Man, this year was not that good for movies

I'm upset planet of the apes isn't up there for more considering the competition, and I'm pleasantly surprised pirates4/transformers/MI4 isn't up there.

And nick nolte got a nomination for warrior? :\ the character was kind of inconsistent. He would boss Hardy around in one scene, like a character nick nolte plays should, and then in others(most of them) he would be Hardy's bitch. I thought he was the worst in that movie lol

[Zeb]

Senna got snubbed for documentary

Even though I haven't seen any of the nominated movies, that sounds like some bullshit right there.

[niwaar]

So Glenn Close played a stuffy old British man and got a nomination? Come the &$#$ on ...

People just like to vote for stuff that is all artsy and uninteresting otherwise. Or gives nominations to crap like Hugo just cause of the director's past work.

[Headspace]

First year that Pixar won't win an Oscar in years.

Expected, cars 2 was awful

[Correction]

So Glenn Close played a stuffy old British man and got a nomination? Come the &$#$ on ...

People just like to vote for stuff that is all artsy and uninteresting otherwise. Or gives nominations to crap like Hugo just cause of the director's past work.

The Academy also has a track record for 'pity' nominations on venerated actors with multiple nominations but not a single win under their belt. See: John Wayne, Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese.
Glen Close, in that context, is a lock.

[Eggroll]

So Glenn Close played a stuffy old British man and got a nomination? Come the &$#$ on ...

People just like to vote for stuff that is all artsy and uninteresting otherwise. Or gives nominations to crap like Hugo just cause of the director's past work.

Yeah, it's same deal with War Horse and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

[Guyverarmor]

I hope Gary Oldman gets it

[Elvis]

Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

This is all that matters.

And I think for female lead, Michelle Williams will be the upset if there's an upset. Meryl 'I'm fucking boring' Streep and Glenn Close are the favorites.

[Byrd]

Yeah, it's same deal with War Horse and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

Didn't you get the unofficial memo? Starting with Forrest Gump, all movies with Tom Hanks are required by law to get at least two Oscar nominations.

[Jefe]

Shocking! Drive didn't get anything worth a damn. Rolling Stone gave it 'movie of the year,' or some shit like that. The movie wasn't great, lots of people were riding its cock, didn't get jack shit.

[Kyte]

Was Tintin not good (avoid spoilers if possible, as I kinda want to see it regardless)? I haven't seen any of this year's animated movies but I expected that to be one of the better ones.

[Cantih]

No, Tintin was great.

[Elona]

I guess Lars Von Trier is banned from all these award shows after the stunt he pulled in Cannes. That is too bad, Melancholia was movie of the year.

[Ksandra]

First year that Pixar won't win an Oscar in years.

Expected, cars 2 was awful

ya I noticed that, too. This is the first time ever they haven't had a nomination for anything. Crazy (though as you said, expected).

I hope Gary Oldman gets it

^ this and I want "Man or Muppet" to win for best original song. Couldn't give a shit about any of the other nominees.

[Bregor]

Rolling Stone

lol

[Kyte]

No, Tintin was great.

Well then wtf! Why isn't it up for Best Animated Film!??!!