I copied and pasted the list from Oscar.com. No way did I type out all those production companies and such, and I’m too lazy to delete it all.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 82ND AWARDS -
Please mentally add a “Maybe” after “WILL WIN” because I’m terrible at predictions. I expect at least half of these to be wrong. And, needless to say, of course add an IMO after the SHOULD WINs.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
WILL WIN * 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)
SHOULD WIN: Colin Firth
I WANT TO WIN: Anybody but Freeman and I’ll be happy, but mainly Bridges.
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)
WILL WIN * Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)
SHOULD WIN: Christoph Waltz
I WANT TO WIN: Stanley Tucci, or anyone but Damon, who should have been nominated lead for The Informant!
Performance by an actress in a leading role
WILL WIN * 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)
SHOULD WIN: Carey Mulligan
I WANT TO WIN: Carey Mulligan
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)
WILL WIN * Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
SHOULD WIN: Mo’Nique
I WANT TO WIN: Mo’Nique
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
WILL WIN * “Up” (Walt Disney) Pete Docter
SHOULD WIN: The Secret of Kells
I WANT TO WIN: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Achievement in art direction
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: Avatar
I WANT TO WIN: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Achievement in cinematography
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: The White Ribbon (I haven’t seen it, but oh my god, that trailer!)
I WANT TO WIN: Inglorious Basterds
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
WILL WIN * “The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Sandy Powell
SHOULD WIN: Bright Star
I WANT TO WIN: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Achievement in directing
* "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Cameron
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: James Cameron
I WANT TO WIN: Kathryn Bigelow or Quentin Tarantino
Best documentary feature
* "Burma VJ" (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Magic Hour Films Production Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: No opinion (I haven’t seen any of them)
I WANT TO WIN: The Cove just because it’d be fun to think “Oscar winner Fisher Stevens”
Best documentary short subject
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: No opinion (I haven’t seen any of them)
I WANT TO WIN: No opinion
Achievement in film editing
* "Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
* "District 9" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Julian Clarke
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: The Hurt Locker
I WANT TO WIN: Inglorious Basterds
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 Cinematogràfica/Vela Production Peru
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: No opinion (I haven’t seen any of them)
I WANT TO WIN: No opinion
Achievement in makeup
* "Il Divo" (MPI Media Group through Music Box) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
WILL WIN * “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
* “The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
SHOULD WIN: Star Trek
I WANT TO WIN: Star Trek
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: No opinion (I’ve seen them but I don’t remember the music in any of them)
I WANT TO WIN: Fantastic Mr. Fox (because it’s about damn time Alexandre Desplat won an Oscar)
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
WILL WIN * “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
SHOULD WIN: No opinion. There’s no Aimee Mann, Bjork or anything comparible to “Belleville Rendez-Vous” or “Calling You” this year. They’re all nice.
I WANT TO WIN: I have a soft spot for “Loin de Paname” because I like Nora Arnezeder.
Best motion picture of the year
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: Avatar
I WANT TO WIN: Inglorious Basterds. Or Avatar. Or A Serious Man. Or District 9. Or The Hurt Locker. Or An Education. Or Up In The Air.
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
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: No opinion (haven’t seen any of them)
I WANT TO WIN: No real opinion, but I do like Nick Park in general
Best live action short film
* "The Door" (Network Ireland Television) An Octagon Films Production Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: No opinion (haven’t seen any of them)
I WANT TO WIN: No idea
Achievement in sound editing
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: Avatar
I WANT TO WIN: Avatar
Achievement in sound mixing
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: Avatar
I WANT TO WIN: Avatar
Achievement in visual effects
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: Avatar
I WANT TO WIN: Avatar
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
WILL WIN * “Up in the Air” (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios) Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
SHOULD WIN: Maybe District 9, because turning a short into a feature-length film can’t be easy
I WANT TO WIN: District 9 (just to see it get something)
Original screenplay
* "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Entertainment) Written by Mark Boal
WILL WIN * “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
SHOULD WIN: Inglorious Basterds
I WANT TO WIN: Inglorious Basterds or A Single Man
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I liked or loved pretty much all the movies nominated for everything. Unless The Blind Side, Up or Precious wins Best Picture, or Transformers beats Avatar in Visual Effects, I’m going to be happy with whatever wins in any category.