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The 84th Academy Awards nominations were announced live today at 5:30 AM PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on February 26th at the Kodak Theatre and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide. Here is the list:
Nominations for the 84th Academy Awards
Best Picture
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) A La Petite Reine/Studio 37/La Classe Américaine/JD Prod/France3 Cinéma/Jouror Productions/uFilm Production, Thomas Langmann, Producer
“The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) An Ad Hominem Enterprises Production, Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production, Scott Rudin, Producer
“The Help” (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
“Hugo” (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures and GK Films Production, Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
“Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Pontchartrain Production, Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
“Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) A Columbia Pictures Production, Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
“The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) A River Road Entertainment Production, Nominees to be determined
“War Horse” (Touchstone) A DreamWorks Pictures Production, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Directing
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Alexander Payne
“Hugo” (Paramount) Martin Scorsese
“Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Woody Allen
“The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) Terrence Malick
Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life” (Summit Entertainment)
George Clooney in “The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight)
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features)
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Nick Nolte in “Warrior” (Lionsgate)
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners” (Focus Features)
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Warner Bros.)
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
Viola Davis in “The Help” (Touchstone)
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady” (The Weinstein Company)
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn” (The Weinstein Company)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist” (The Weinstein Company)
Jessica Chastain in “The Help” (Touchstone)
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids” (Universal)
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions)
Octavia Spencer in “The Help” (Touchstone)
Animated Feature Film
“A Cat in Paris” (GKIDS) Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
“Chico & Rita” (GKIDS) Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
“Kung Fu Panda 2” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Puss in Boots” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) Chris Miller
“Rango” (Paramount) Gore Verbinski
Foreign Language Film
“Bullhead” A Savage Film Production, Belgium
“Footnote” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Footnote Limited Partnership Production, Israel
“In Darkness” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Studio Filmowe Zebra Production, Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” (Music Box Films) A micro_scope Production, Canada
“A Separation” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Dreamlab Films Production, Iran
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Hugo” (Paramount) Screenplay by John Logan
“The Ides of March” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
“Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Written by Michel Hazanavicius
“Bridesmaids” (Universal) Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
“Margin Call” (Roadside Attractions) Written by J.C. Chandor
“Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Woody Allen
“A Separation” (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Asghar Farhadi
Art Direction
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Production Design: Laurence Bennett, Set Decoration: Robert Gould
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Hugo” (Paramount) Production Design: Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“Midnight in Paris” (Sony Pictures Classics) Production Design: Anne Seibel, Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
“War Horse” (Touchstone) Production Design: Rick Carter, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Cinematography
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
“Hugo” (Paramount) Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” (Fox Searchlight) Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” (Touchstone) Janusz Kaminski
Costume Design
“Anonymous” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Lisy Christl
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Mark Bridges
“Hugo” (Paramount) Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” (Focus Features) Michael O’Connor
“W.E.” (The Weinstein Company) Arianne Phillips
Documentary (Feature)
“Hell and Back Again” (Docurama Films) A Roast Beef Limited Production, Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) A Marshall Curry Production, Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” An @radical.media Production, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
“Pina” (Sundance Selects) A Neue Road Movies Production, Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
“Undefeated” (The Weinstein Company) A Spitfire Pictures Production, TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
Documentary (Short Subject)
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” A Purposeful Production, Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
“God Is the Bigger Elvis” A Documentress Films Production, Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
“Incident in New Baghdad” A Morninglight Films Production, James Spione
“Saving Face” A Milkhaus/Jungefilm Production, Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” A Supply & Demand Integrated Production, Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Film Editing
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” (Fox Searchlight) Kevin Tent
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“Hugo” (Paramount) Thelma Schoonmaker
“Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Christopher Tellefsen
Makeup
“Albert Nobbs” (Roadside Attractions) Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
“The Iron Lady” (The Weinstein Company) Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
Music (Original Score)
“The Adventures of Tintin” (Paramount) John Williams
“The Artist” (The Weinstein Company) Ludovic Bource
“Hugo” (Paramount) Howard Shore
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
“War Horse” (Touchstone) John Williams
Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from “Rio” (20th Century Fox) Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
Short Film (Animated)
“Dimanche/Sunday” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production, Patrick Doyon
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” A Moonbot Studios LA Production, William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
“La Luna” (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Enrico Casarosa
“A Morning Stroll” (Studio AKA) A Studio AKA Production, Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
“Wild Life” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production, Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
Short Film (Live Action)
“Pentecost” (Network Ireland Television) An EMU Production, Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
“Raju” A Hamburg Media School/Filmwerkstatt Production, Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
“The Shore” An All Ashore Production, Terry George and Oorlagh George
“Time Freak” A Team Toad Production, Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
“Tuba Atlantic” (Norsk Filminstitutt) A Norwegian Film School/Den Norske Filmskolen Production, Hallvar Witzø
Sound Editing
“Drive” (FilmDistrict) Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce
“Hugo” (Paramount) Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
“War Horse” (Touchstone) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
Sound Mixing
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” (Sony Pictures Releasing) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
“Hugo” (Paramount) Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
“Moneyball” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
“War Horse” (Touchstone) Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
“Hugo” (Paramount) Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
“Real Steel” (Touchstone) Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (Paramount) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
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What is it with the Descendants? That movie is terrible.
Indeed.
If by terrible, you mean the best film of the year.
Happy for the Mexican actor -Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
Good luck to the rest.
Agreed- this was a pleasant surprise. Wonderful performance. It’s great that he’s gotten the recognition.
Very sorry to see no Fassbender or Brooks but I am not sure who I would have kicked out of those categories (OK, I am lukewarm on Hill but I will be nice).
Best Picture on the other hand? Yikes.
I would have put pretty much anything else in before “Extremely Loud…”. Tinker Tailor? Dragon Tattoo? Hell, I would have preferred to see Harry Potter or Bridesmaids!
Although the Academy took a small step back to legitimacy in that we can now say “Academy Award Nominee Gary Oldman”. I would love to see this be the surprise win too.
Go Midnight in Paris! I am also very fond of The Artist, Hugo and Moneyball. Nice to see Demián Bichir and Gary Oldman in the mix. But othwerise it was a pretty Blah! year for films.
What about Shailene Woodley?? They nominate Clooney, Payne, screenplay etc but not her? She’s the best thing in that movie! Another oversight by the Academy….
The nom that McCarthy got for that horrid Bridesmaids for all intents and purposes should have been given to Shailene Woodley! A terrible oversight. She may not have won(or maybe she would have), but hey, she should have at least had a nom thrown her way. Wake up Hollywood!
Jim Rash and the writers of The Descendants need to win
Yes! Dean Pelton needs a win!
Wheres “Drive” for best movie? At least give it a nomination.
Is it a commentary on the music industry or on the Academy Awards that there are only 2 noms for Best Original Song? Was hoping to see a fuller field!
So glad the song “Man or Muppet” from the Muppet Movie is nominated, I hope it wins best song!
What about Jonah Hill for “Moneyball”? He wasn’t bad, his improvs were suppressed, but is that enough to merit an Oscar nomination?
Go Viola Davis and Gary Oldman!
Happy about Max too
War Horse? What a manipulative piece of schmaltz. And does the Academy have it in for Tilda Swinton? She was overlooked for I am Love last year and now she’s snubbed for We Need to Talk About Kevin.
As for The Artist, it’s a cute and clever piece of fluff, but it’s way too long and is more of a curio than a bona-fide great film.
Umm… remember when she won an Oscar? Like, four years ago? She’s not overlooked, it’s just a competitive category and she doesn’t care about the awards.
Few random thoughts:
-Good that Meryl Streep got nominated. can she have the Oscar for being astounding in that train wreck of a film?
-Gary Oldman can finally drop the title of “That amazingly versatile actor who never once got nominated”
-One nomination for extremely loud? hmm, shame the voters aren’t immune to desperation but I suppose it could have been worse.
-I’ve yet to see The Artist but even though I assume it’s great, i hope it doesn’t sweep the awards.
-can the tv spots for 21 Jump Street now include “Starring Academy Award Nominee Jonah Hill”?
-is it just me or does it feel like they’re stacking the deck to allow Christopher Plummer to win Supporting? I certainly hope so.
-No Micheal Fassenbender? I guess he split the vote with all his amazing performances.
-Hilariously awesome that Community’s Dean Pendalton got a nomination for best screen play on Descendants. Maybe that’ll speed up it’s return. (Starring Academy Award Nominee Jim Rash!)
-I love Andy Serkis and all, but his desperation for an oscar for playing a monkey was getting annoying. Kind of glad they shut him out. The lesson? yes, you can play a amazing motion capture creatures but don’t expect any awards for them.
-Surprised that Tree Of Life got some key noms. Seemed like it had been kind of forgotten.
-I have no idea why, but well done to Melissa McCartney for her nom. That’s an uhh…very worthy performance I…um…I guess…
-Two original songs noms? Two very catchy fun songs? Can they both win since it’s obvious no one cares?
-I find it fun to cast my mind back to films people thought would be big players but then quickly disintegrated. Remember A Dangerous Mind? Thought so. (Shame extremely loud wasn’t on that list)
-Pretty crazy Rooney Mara scored a nom over bigger names like Tilda Swinton. She’ll always be Mark Zuckerberg’s sad fictional girlfriend to me.
-LONG OVERDUE AWARD CATERGORY: Best Title Sequence. (seriously, this should exist)
-Too bad Ryan Gosling got shut out. To have one great performace is one thing but 3? (4 since Blue Valentine came out in Jan 2011 in Australia)
Friggin’ LOVE that title sequence category idea. That is such a damn good idea.
Patricia Hastie from the Descandants was robbed.
Melissa McCarthy nominated for an Academy award?! What?! This is a joke I assume? And Jonah Hill? I can’t take it. He was, how should I say, monotone in that movie. What a sad state of affairs when Jonah Hill gets nominated for his lame ass, boring, unimpressive acting job in that role and Fassbender and Fincher are sitting home empty handed.
What’s with the love for Moneyball? It was boring and slow beyond belief! (It actually would have been a far better movie with better pacing. Jonah Hill wasn’t bad in the movie, but his performance was hardly riveting enough to merit ANY kind of awards love (I’d sooner give his slot to Seth Rogen for his performance in 50/50, which resonated FAR more). And, I haven’t heard a SINGLE positive review for “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” how is it up for Best Picture????
‘Moneyball’ is even more disappointing if you’ve read the book. The screenwriters took out all that made the book unique and interesting and turned it into a boring, by-the-numbers sports underdog story.
I’m rooting for ‘Midnight in Paris’ but it will probably go to the slightly less impressive, but still amusing ‘The Artist.’ This year’s nominations are a great remind of what an awful year 2011 was for movies.
Good list for best picture. I can think of 1 or 2 I might have added to it and at least one I’d take off, but still pretty good overall. Pixar’s exclusion is, indeed, a stinging rebuke. Hope they do better with “Brave” next year. (And with “HP7B” shut out of all but some minor tech categories, will Potter fanboys finally concede that their franchise isn’t “Lord of the Rings”?)
For Best Actress my money’s on Meryl. I saw “Iron Lady” on the weekend and while I have some issues with the film overall, there’s no denying the power of her performance.
While I enjoyed ‘Bridesmaids’, and believe that the nod will open the Academy up for nominating more comedies in the future, I would have preferred Charlize Theron for ‘Young Adult’ in best actress spot. That being said, Melissa McCarthy is incredibly talented and I would like to see her in a more serious role. On the flip side, I would like to see Ms. Theron in more comedy. I think that she would upgrade any romcom (the anti Katherine Heigl).
Kevin was sophomoric — glad it was shut out.
What’s up with the Bridemaid’s hate-a-thon? Melissa McCarthy was absolutely worthy of a nod and that movie was above and beyond anything Apatow has done in some time. Kudos for some love of a good, old-fashioned fart comedy. And Paul Feig’s direction was terrific. Stop hating and start writing.
Uh…movies like that should NEVER have any Oscar noms. This isn’t the MTV Movie Awards!
I hope Oldman wins… but Tinker was like watching a slide show of old people asleep.
I convinced three other people to go with me based on the reviews and I doubt I’ll ever hear the end of it.
incredibly loud….really? it was awful & bridesmaids.
i think too many nominees in best film.
We think Joey in War Horse should get the best actor nod. What a performance!
I wonder if Meryl Streep will be drunk this time when she accepts her award.
I hope Woody makes a clean sweep = best picture, director, writer
Wow… No Fassbender… I’m stunned… I thought that was a lock… What a bummer…