Official '2011 Academy Awards' Thread

[Nark Order]

Actor in a Leading Role



Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”
James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role



Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”
Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role



Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”
Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”

Actress in a Supporting Role



Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film



“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction



“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
“True Grit”
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography



“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
“Inception” Wally Pfister
“The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
“The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
“True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design



“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
“I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
“The Tempest” Sandy Powell
“True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing



“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter” David O. Russell
“The King's Speech” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network” David Fincher
“True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)



“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
“Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
“Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)



“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
“Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing



“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
“The Fighter” Pamela Martin
“The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
“127 Hours” Jon Harris
“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film



“Biutiful” Mexico
“Dogtooth” Greece
“In a Better World” Denmark
“Incendies” Canada
“Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup



“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)



“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
“Inception” Hans Zimmer
“The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
“127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
“The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)



“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture



“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)



“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)



“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” 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

Visual Effects



“Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
“Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
“Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)



“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
“Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)



“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
“The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
“Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
“The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

[Nark Order]

James Franco likes jobs.

[Nark Order]

I have this odd feeling that Annette Bening is going to win best actress but it should probably go to Natalie Portman or Michelle Williams. They've been really shoving this "The Kids Aren't Alright" thing down everybody's throats.

[Blitz]

Nah Portman will win. Though if anyone is gonna upset, it would be Bening.

[Blitz]

Kirk Douglas may have just gone into senility on stage, live.

[Nark Order]

I'm sorry, get that fucking guy off the stage.

[Seth82]

whose bright idea was it to let that old fossil Kirk Douglas on stage

He can't even talk right after the stroke

[thedamndest]

Aaron Sorkin does not care about your get off the stage music.

[RoXer]

@normmacdonald so massive strokes have no effect on comic timing

[Nark Order]

I'm assuming that this is the first phase of the King's Speech ball massaging plan.

[Nark Order]

@normmacdonald so massive strokes have no effect on comic timing

lol

[Nark Order]

Any David Otunga sightings?

[mitch_h]

I want to ask Aaron Sorkin about where he buys his glasses. I have a feeling he would be like Jake Jarmell and be really protective about it

[thedamndest]

If he had anymore time he probably would have thanked his glasses guy.

[RoXer]

@normmacdonald Norm MacDonald
not exactly jack palance

@normmacdonald Norm MacDonald
pinch him. see if he feels it

Norm MacDonald
@normmacdonald Norm MacDonald
i wonder who that lady was

Norm MacDonald
@normmacdonald Norm MacDonald
thank the computer you idiot

Norm MacDonald
@normmacdonald Norm MacDonald
oh finally. an old british guy

[RoXer]

@DannyZuker Danny Zuker
Oh shit, I just handed my valet ticket to Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin.

[McLegend]

James Franco is a bad host, yo.

[Seth82]

I am usually a fan of Franco but he is awful tonight

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wow, christian bale got fat!

[thedamndest]

Both hosts are equally terrible.

[Nark Order]

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Watching the Oscars. Not crazy about the womb Natalie Portman's baby chose to wear.



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How cool would it be if Justin Beiber popped his head out of Bale's beard and gave the acceptance speech?

[RoXer]

Norm MacDonald
i wonder how they make sound. that would be a cool talent to have

[RoXer]

Gunna stop posting tweets. Its getting out of hand. Just know that people are making funny comments.

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they won sound? i watched that movie and i couldnt hear a word

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edit the sound of your goddam voice

[G]

franco is doing some cool quick videos behind the scenes

[Nark Order]

Hey, I watch the Academy Awards to hear about politics.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Never really saw the big deal about watching the Oscars. You pretty much know the big 3 winners before the show even begins.</font>

[Nark Order]

I'm not going to watch the fucking King's Speech in protest.

[Blitz]

Stately British costume drama wins a bunch of awards. What a shocker.

[Nark Order]

Let's all go watch that 2 hour movie about a guy with a speech impediment.

[Blitz]

In all fairness, The King's Speech is quite a good film. Did not to deserve to win over some of the other nominees, though.

[BigDaddyCool]

Kings Speech is boring. The academy is boring.

[Seth82]

Kings Speech looks beyond boring

plus I've been told it's got several factual inacuracies

[BigDaddyCool]

At least this time around there were more movies I wanted to see being nominated than last year.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Why is The Social Network so popular for being an unoffical biopic. Those books are usually just made for tv movie materials.

[Raven Reaper]

On the bright side, Trent Reznor won for best scor and Natalie Portman best actress for Black Swan.

I was betting on either Black Swan or Inception for Best Picture.

[Blitz]

Kings Speech looks beyond boring

plus I've been told it's got several factual inacuracies
Fiction? In a movie? Yer joshin' me.

[Sixx]

On the bright side, Trent Reznor won for best scor and Natalie Portman best actress for Black Swan.

I was betting on either Black Swan or Inception for Best Picture.

That's not a bright side. Fuck Trent Reznor and his piece of shit music.

[Raven Reaper]

I really find it awkward that Toy Story 3 was also best picture nominated aside from the other sub categories it had... Very rare for a CGI cartoon to be on the fore front of Oscars.

[Seth82]

Fiction? In a movie? Yer joshin' me.

yeah I know

but most people who go see it assume its the truth when its not all truth

thats why I guess I never liked alot of biopics

[BigDaddyCool]

I really find it awkward that Toy Story 3 was also best picture nominated aside from the other sub categories it had... Very rare for a CGI cartoon to be on the fore front of Oscars.

They expanded the best movie category to include a more diverse group of movies that don't have a chance of winning.

[wwe2222]

Kings Speech was a great film and Toy Story had every right to be included as part of the 10 Best Picture nominees.

[BigDaddyCool]

I didn't say Toy Story didn't deserve to be their, it just had no chance of winning because it is a "cartoon for kids."

[Lock Jaw]

At least it won the "Give Pixar an Award" category. Er, I mean "Best Animated Film" category.

[Sixx]

Was it the first or second Pixar movie nominated for Best Movie Award?

I don't really remember, but I think "Up" got nominated, too?

[Lock Jaw]

They were indeed nominated for Up last year. Had to fill those extra nomination spots with something.

[BigDaddyCool]

You kinda know what movie is going to win best animated movie award when only one of the nominated movies of that category is also nominated for best movie.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah. Kinda ridiculous. That's what happens with the new 10 best picture nominations, though.

[BigDaddyCool]

There is no point in expanding the category for 10 pictures when you know they are still going to pick the same kinds of movies year after year.

[dronepool]

I never really held a high value in the Oscars but its nice that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won. The score was better than the movie, which was average and overrated.

[Kapoutman]

In the newspaper here everybody had a hard-on for The Social Network, predicting it would win best movie. Am I the only one who didn't like the movie?

Haven't seen The King's Speech though, so I can't comment on that one.

[Lock Jaw]

People here are saying that The King's Speech was pretty much created in the mindset of being "Oscar Bait" to win an Oscar.

[Seth82]

I do think Colin Firth deserved to win

He is a helluva great actor and is finally being seen as a top star