# Oscar Countdown: The Award Season Begins **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157 "2009-12-13T23:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/41 "2010-01-05T17:50:58Z")
Biggest snubs by the Producers: Nine and The Blind Side. I’m amazed that 9 got in over Ponyo and Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. Edit to add, no The Lovely Bones is also a big snub. The Producers nominees never correspond with the AMPAS nomination exactly. At Awards Daily, a poster noted some films that were nominated by the Producers but snubbed by the Academy voters: > [@](#): > > Let’s look at a list of PGA surprises that were eventually snubbed by the Oscars > > 2008 – The Dark Knight > 2007 – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly > 2006 – Dreamgirls > 2005 – Walk the Line > 2004 – The Incredibles (so Up isn’t the first animated PGA best film nominee…) > 2003 – The Last Samurai AND Cold Mountain (6 nominees this year) > 2002 – Adaptation, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Road to Perdition (6 nominees…the most recent, inaccurate list compared to Oscars) > 2001 – Shrek, Harry Potter 1 > 2000 – Almost Famous, Billy Elliot > 1999 – Being John Malkovich, The Hurricane > 1998 – Waking Ned, Gods and Monsters > 1997 – Amistad > > \*\*since the awards got competitive in 1998 (honoring films from 1997), the list has always gotten 1 or 2 wrong each year My prediction, but I’m so bad at predictions, is that District 9 and/or Star Trek are out, and The Blind Side and but probably not or Nine is in. I’d love to see AMPAS pull out some big surprises, such as The Messenger and/or [hopeless wishful thinking]Away We Go[/hopeless wishful thinking]. The Academy Award nominations are out Feb. 2. ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/42 "2010-01-05T18:06:31Z")
> [@Moonchild](#): > > I thought **Ponyo** should be included, but it apparently opened in 2008 in foreign theatres and therefore doesn’t qualify for 2009, but I don’t get why it wasn’t nominated last year then (a little help here, someone?). > > I won’t predict it but I could see it happening: **Up** will be the only animated movie to get nominated for Best Picture but still will not win Best Animated Feature. (I think Mr. Fox will, although I haven’t yet seen Princess & the Frog.) Turns out Ponyo _is_ eligible, but this year there will be five films nominated, not the usual three. Whenever more than 16 films are eligible, the Oscar field is expanded to five. The frontrunners as I see it (in this order): Up Princess and the Frog Fantastic Mr. Fox Ponyo Coraline Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs A Town Called Panic (a critics’ darling which I haven’t seen) Monsters vs. Aliens ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/43 "2010-01-05T18:19:25Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > My prediction, but I’m so bad at predictions, is that District 9 and/or Star Trek are out, and The Blind Side and but probably not or Nine is in. If Distict 9 doesn’t get nominated in a field of 10 that to me is just a huge mis-step. Of the movies I’ve seen, District 9 is by far the most visceral and compelling (although I gather a weak sister to Hurt Locker). ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/44 "2010-01-05T19:05:31Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I’m sure they’ll both be nominated and I’m with you on Carey Mulligan, but I don’t think either will win. I don’t have a guess as to who will. It may be Meryl’s year (finally, she’s now lost more times than any other actress) but it’s a hard one. There’s no frontrunner. > > I would hope that Mo’Nique is a lock. Hard to tell, but I don’t think anyone else even comes close. She’s not campaigning, which some say is a mistake. I think it’s kind of refreshing. Don’t forget, Meryl did already win one many years ago for _Sophie’s Choice_. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/45 "2010-01-05T19:19:39Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Don’t forget, Meryl did already win one many years ago for _Sophie’s Choice_. She’s actually won 2 (a supporting for _Kramer vs Kramer_), but that was over a quarter century ago, so I’m sure most of the Academy is aware of how big of a sport she’s been losing 11 consecutive times. If anything, Streep may have an advantage in that, in addition to her longevity and dry spell (victory-wise), she also is the only real contender in any category this year who plays a real person, and for the last 11 years, at least one person has won an acting award for portraying a real historical figure. She may very well continue that streak. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/46 "2010-01-06T08:47:28Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Don’t forget, Meryl did already win one many years ago for _Sophie’s Choice_. I knew that she’d won 2, but it’d been so long ago, and she often jokes about being the losingest _acting_ nominee in history. ArchiveGuy’s right, she’s such a great sport about it. And she really was wonderful as Julia Child, but I still wonder if she should be in Supporting. I take it I’m the only one. As much as I love Amy Adams, I wish the whole movie had been about Julia. The Scripters don’t have anything to do with the Oscars (actually, the Guilds are the only Oscar-watching awards that matter) but here are [the nominees](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/awards/news/e3i015c08bd6f66cc495110e99ebb41edd9?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Fawards+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Awards%29&utm_content=Twitter). To explain a bit about what the Scripters are: > [@](#): > > The Scripters have traditionally honored the author and screenwriter of the best film adaptation of a book or short story. Last year the “Iron Man” screenwriters were nominated when material based on comic books was allowed into the competition. > > This year, the eligibility was expanded once again, this time to include scripts based on plays and screenplays . [QUOTE=NOMINEES] “District 9,” written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, is based on a short film by Blomkamp. “Crazy Heart,” written by Scott Cooper based on a book by Thomas Cobb “An Education,” penned by Nick Hornby and based on a memoir by Lynn Barber “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” penned by Geoffrey Fletcher and authored by Sapphire “Up in the Air,” with Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner adapting the book by Walter Kirn. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/47 "2010-01-06T09:30:52Z")
Glad to see _District 9_ there but sorry they didn’t have room for Wes Anderson. I really hope both get extra attention outside of their obvious categories. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/48 "2010-01-06T19:30:43Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Also, the Academy has already issued a shortlist for the contenders in the Visual Effects category. A bake-off will occur, narrowing the field down to around 7, and then finally 3 for the actual ballot. Right now, these are in the running: > > \*Angels & Demons > **Avatar** > Coraline > Disney’s A Christmas Carol > **District 9** > G-Force > G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra > **Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince** > Sherlock Holmes > **Star Trek > Terminator Salvation > Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen > 2012** > Watchmen > Where the Wild Things Are > \* Now the field has been narrowed down to seven (indicated by bold and blue). A few out in the cold were obvious longshots but I thought _Watchmen_ might have a reasonable chance. _Avatar_’s a lock and odds are good for _Trek_, too, but I really hope _District_ can squeeze in (since the Academy has a very mixed record in nominating franchise sequels in this category). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/49 "2010-01-07T10:36:54Z")
I predict Avatar, Star Trek and 2012. Avatar for the win. A District 9 nomination would be nice considering how much they did on such a tiny budget, but I wouldn’t bet money on it. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominations come out next Monday, and there will be BIG surprises. Turns out that several films that we might expect to be nominated aren’t eligible. **Inglourious Basterds** (Quentin Tarantino is not a member of WGA) **The Road** (Joe Penhall not a member of WGA) **A Single Man** (Tom Ford & David Scearce not members of WGA) **An Education** (Nick Hornby not a member of his local WGA Great Britain) **District 9** (Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell not members of WGA) I’m confused as to the reasons, but these aren’t eligible either: **In The Loop** **Fantastic Mr. Fox** **Up** According to Kris Tapley at [In Contention](http://incontention.com/), > [@](#): > > You don’t HAVE to be a member to get nominated, mind you, but, again, your film has to be written under the [guild’s agreement](http://www.wga.org/uploadedFiles/writers_resources/contracts/MBA08.pdf) (461 pages I don’t feel like flipping through, so I’ll take Pond at his journalistic word). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/50 "2010-01-07T20:06:55Z")
The DGA nominations came out: Bigelow, Cameron, Tarantino, Reitman, and Lee Daniels (_Precious_). Bigelow is the 7th woman to be nominated in this category, and Daniels is the first African-American. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/51 "2010-01-08T14:25:50Z")
Bigelow for the win! (both DGA and Oscar) This means absolutely nothing to anyone but the filmmakers and fans, and of course won’t affect the Oscars at all, but the BAFTA long list was released and I’m thrilled that **Moon** was mentioned 10 times! And **The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus** got 4 mentions! For those who may not know, BAFTA is the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. According to [Awards Daily](http://www.awardsdaily.com/email/user/mailings.php?mail_id=22&email=xenussister@yahoo.com&code=e103cd9fd6d93c7388fb57e9d5bcb18c): > [@](#): > > Over 6000 members of the British Academy vote in three rounds to decide the winners of the Orange British Academy Film Awards. The long list is the result of Round One voting, which reduces the eligible films down to fifteen in each category. Round Two voting will reduce these fifteen contenders down to the five nominees. Asterisks denote the top 5 (or in some cases 6) voted by each chapter of the Academy in this first round. This is a guess, but by chapter I’m assuming it’s like AMPAS, where Directors nominate Directors, Writers nominate Writers, Actors nominate Actors, etc. etc. and all nominate Picture. I don’t expect **Moon** (or **Parnassus** ) to survive the first round in any category, but a girl can dream, can’t she? **Moon** is being way too ignored everywhere. So is **Parnassus** , but that’s more understandable. It’s a truly wonderful film IMO but way too weird for most people. _member of the Sam Rockwell Should Be Nominated For An Oscar And Everything Else Club_ Anyway, it’s a [great list of…uh…pre-nominations](http://www.awardsdaily.com/email/user/mailings.php?mail_id=22&email=xenussister@yahoo.com&code=e103cd9fd6d93c7388fb57e9d5bcb18c). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/52 "2010-01-08T19:53:12Z")
**Art Directors Guild** (ADG) nominees: **Period film** “A Serious Man,” production, designer, Jess Gonchor “Inglourious Basterds,” David Wasco “Julie & Julia,” Mark Ricker “Public Enemies,” Nathan Crowley “Sherlock Holmes,” Sarah Greenwood **Fantasy film** “Avatar,” Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg “District 9,” Philip Ivey “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” Stuart Craig “Star Trek,” Scott Chambliss “Where the Wild Things Are,” K.K. Barrett **Contemporary film** “Angels & Demons,” Allan Cameron “The Hangover,” Bill Brzeski “The Hurt Locker,” Karl Juliusson “The Lovely Bones,” Naomi Shohan “Up in the Air,” Steve Saklad ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/53 "2010-01-11T19:06:59Z")
Writers Guild nominees: Original Screenplay _**Avatar (500) Days of Summer The Hangover The Hurt Locker A Serious Man**_ Adapted Screenplay _**Crazy Heart Julie & Julia Precious Star Trek Up in the Air**_ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/54 "2010-01-11T19:15:00Z")
It should be noted that there are some conspicuous omissions, and that’s likely because the film wasn’t eligible under one guild rule or another. Viable films (for the Oscar) that couldn’t play in this race include: _District 9 An Education Fantastic Mr. Fox Inglorious Basterds The Road A Single Man_ Probably the most conspicuous eligible film missing from the list is _ **Up** _ (especially since Pixar usually has good luck with the WGA). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/55 "2010-01-11T21:10:11Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > It should be noted that there are some conspicuous omissions, and that’s likely because the film wasn’t eligible under one guild rule or another. Post #49. 😛 \*\* American Cinematographers Society\*\* nominations: Barry Ackroyd, BSC for The Hurt Locker Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS for Nine Christian Berger, AAC for The White Ribbon Mauro Fiore, ASC for Avatar Robert Richardson, ASC for Inglorious Basterds I haven’t seen The White Ribbon yet. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/56 "2010-01-11T23:03:30Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Post #49. 😛 > \*\* > American Cinematographers Society\*\* nominations: > > Barry Ackroyd, BSC for The Hurt Locker > Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS for Nine > Christian Berger, AAC for The White Ribbon > Mauro Fiore, ASC for Avatar > Robert Richardson, ASC for Inglorious Basterds > I haven’t seen The White Ribbon yet. _Avatar_’s inclusion is a big deal, since a guild like the ASC can often be slow to embrace new technologies (and the Academy branch even more so). Fully digital photo capture has yet to be honored at the Oscars in this category, but this might the year that Cameron breaks through. As for _White Ribbon_, I don’t think it’s been released anywhere yet, except NY & LA. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/57 "2010-01-12T05:45:47Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > It’s a Supporting Oscar, not a Lead. A good sign, but he has a ways to go. He’s loved, a good actor, a good human being, a good citizen of the world, and deserves praise in all ways, but he’s not going to win over Jeff Bridges, who’s been around much longer and has worked with simply everybody, and has been nominated 4 times before, and has a role that’s worthy of a Oscar. Not that the others weren’t, but his only other Leading nomination was for Starman, which, while wonderful, is somewhat lightweight. His other nominations were Supporting for The Contender, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, and The Last Picture Show. I wish he’d been nominated for Fearless, The Fisher King and The Big Lebowski. > > I’d be happy if George won. I’d be thrilled if Jeremy Renner won. Still, I think Jeff will win and I will dance with joy. One thing Bridges has going for him is Robert Duvall. He also appears in _Crazy Heart_, and Duvall has traditionally been a good luck charm for male nominees. Gregory Peck. John Wayne. Marlon Brando. Robert DeNiro. Peter Finch. Billy Bob Thornton\*. All of them won Oscars for films that featured Duvall (and that’s not counting Duvall’s award himself). So maybe Bridges will be a nice add-on to that list. The 7 finalists for the Make-up bakeoff for the Oscars have been announced: _**District 9 Il Divo The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian The Road Star Trek The Young Victoria**_ ACE nominations (the editors guild) Drama _Avatar District 9 The Hurt Locker Star Trek Up in the Air_ Comedy _500 Days of Summer The Hangover It’s Complicated Julie & Julia A Serious Man_ Animated _Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox Up_ Documentary _The Cove Food, Inc. This Is It_ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/58 "2010-01-12T17:37:46Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > ACE nominations (the editors guild) > > Drama > _Avatar > District 9 > The Hurt Locker > Star Trek > Up in the Air_ It should also be noted that since 1990, no film has ever won Best Picture at the Oscars without being at least nominated for an “Eddie”–all but one of those times (_Chicago_) coming from the Drama category. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/59 "2010-01-16T13:14:31Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > The 7 finalists for the Make-up bakeoff for the Oscars have been announced: > > _**District 9 > Il Divo > The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus > Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian > The Road > Star Trek > The Young Victoria**_ I doubt it will happen, but oh boy am I hoping for some love for Doctor Parnassus at the Oscars, if even only from the Makeup folks. It’s such a wonderful movie. I’m seeing it again for the 3rd time tonight after work. **Broadcast Film Critics Winners (Critics Choice Awards):** **Best Picture:** The Hurt Locker **Best Director:** Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) **Best Original Screenplay:** Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino) **Best Adapted Screenplay:** Up in the Air (Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner) **Best Acting Ensemble:** Inglourious Basterds **Best Actor:** Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) **Best Actress:** Tie! Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia) & Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) **Best Supporting Actor:** Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds **Best Supporting Actress:** Mo’Nique (Precious) **Best Young Actress:** Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones) **Best Documentary:** The Cove **Best Foreign Language Film:** Broken Embraces **Best Animated Movie:** Up **Best Comedy Movie:** The Hangover **Best Score:** Up (Michael Giacchino) **Best Song:** “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart **Best Costume Design:** The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell) **Best Make-Up:** District 9 **Best Action Movie:** Avatar **Best Cinematography:** Avatar (Mario Fiore) **Best Visual Effects:** Avatar **Best Art Direction:** Avatar (Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg) **Best Editing:** Avatar (Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron) **Best Sound:** Avatar **Best Picture Made For Television:** Grey Gardens The rest of the nominees are in my first post to this thread. The **Golden Globes** are tomorrow night (Sunday 1/17). I’m trying to find a place I can watch them online since I don’t have cable or satellite anymore. I’m going to see **Black Dynamite** but I should be home in time for the show, if I can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157/60 "2010-01-16T13:23:19Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I’m seeing it again for the 3rd time tonight after work. I’m also seeing **The Lovely Bones** , which finally opened here. With that, I will have seen all those winners except for **The Cove** and **Grey Gardens** (I own the DVD but haven’t watched it yet). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-countdown-the-award-season-begins/521157.md?page=4)