"82nd Annual Academy Awards" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Old Guy]

It airs tonight at 8:30pm on ABC. 8pm is the red carpet show. 7pm is Barbara Walter's LAST Oscar Special.

THE NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
• “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
• “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
• “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
• “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
• “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
• “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Directing

• “Avatar” James Cameron
• “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
• “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
• “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon in “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
• Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
• Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

• “Coraline” Henry Selick
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
• “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
• “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
• “Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction

• “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
• “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

• “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
• “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
• “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
• “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

• “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
• “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
• “Nine” Colleen Atwood
• “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Documentary (Feature)

• “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
• “The Cove” Nominees to be determined
• “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
• “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
• “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

• “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
• “District 9” Julian Clarke
• “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
• “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

• “Ajami” Israel
• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” Argentina
• “The Milk of Sorrow” Peru
• “Un Prophète” France
• “The White Ribbon” Germany

Makeup

• “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
• “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

• “Avatar” James Horner
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
• “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
• “Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)

• “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
• “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
• “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
• “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
• “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
• “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
• “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
• “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
• “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
• “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

• “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
• “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

[JasonFox]

These are not predictions but more if I got to decide who should win.

Minor Awards
Best Film Editing: District 9
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
Best Costume Design: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Best Make Up: The Young Victoria
Best Art Direction: Avatar
Best Cinematography: Inglourious Basterds
Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker
Best Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker
Best Original Score: Up
Best Original Song: Crazy Heart
Best Animated Short: A Matter of Load or Death
Best Live-Action Short: Miracle Fish
Best Documentary Short: Rabbit a La Berlin
Best Documentary Feature: Food Inc.
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Major Awards
Best Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Adapted Screenplay: District 9
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Best Actress: Gabourey Sidibe
Best Actor: Colin Firth
Best Director: James Cameron
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

[Old Guy]

This year it's very predictable with the exception of the Best Picture award. It's still between Avatar and the Hurt Locker.

[Eleanor Hugbees]

Originally Posted by Old Guy

This year it's very predictable with the exception of the Best Picture award. It's still between Avatar and the Hurt Locker.

What makes you say that?

[Brandon Pierce]

Having seen Avatar last night, I can say that if it wins Best Picture it won't surprise me. But, I still wanna see Up win instead.

[TnAdct1]

The show has started.

EDIT: LOL Steve Martin's nod to The Jerk when describing Precious.

[Generator James]

Steve & Alec reference everything but UP? It's official. The Academy views Animated movies as Satan.

[TnAdct1]

Originally Posted by Generator James

Steve & Alec reference everything but UP? It's official. The Academy views Animated movies as Satan.

Hey, they didn't reference District 9 either.

[wiley207]

Originally Posted by Generator James

It's official. The Academy views Animated movies as Satan.

And they never make presenting the animation Oscars fun anymore (like when Robin Williams used to do it, or when they did it in animation form with Chicken Little) Now it's done by generic actors that apparently do not enjoy animation.

[Lord Dalek]

Originally Posted by wiley207

And they never make presenting the animation Oscars fun anymore (like when Robin Williams used to do it, or when they did it in animation form with Chicken Little)

Ironically that's what they're doing right now.

EDIT - And Pete Doctor gets his revenge for the great mistake of 2001.

[Desensitized]

Originally Posted by Lord Dalek

Ironically that's what they're doing right now.

Haha, I was just about to mention that!

Up wins it.

[TnAdct1]

Well, that explains why Ponyo didn't get nominated for Best Animated Film, although it's nice that they included the Secret of Kells in the "interview" segment with animated characters.

Also, BIG-LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!!!

[Jave]

Woot! "Up" wins a well-deserved Oscar!

[ToonFaithful]

I knew Up would win!

[Lord Dalek]

Good lord Seyfried is short!

[TnAdct1]

Best Song already?

[Lord Dalek]

Originally Posted by TnAdct1

Best Song already?

They stripped musical numbers from the show. A good idea in my opinion.

[wiley207]

Originally Posted by Jave

Woot! "Up" wins a well-deserved Oscar!

Looks like Disney's 2D-animation will never win an Oscar at all.

[TnAdct1]

Originally Posted by Lord Dalek

They stripped musical numbers from the show. A good idea in my opinion.

Personally, I'd would have liked to have at least seen a montage of the Best Song nominees (a la last year), so that way we have an idea of what each song is supposed to be like before the winner is announced.

[Wolfie~Giri]

Well it sure bums to be a New York resident right now. (watching the oscars on live stream but it wasn't easy finding a good source.)

Anyway, I'm glad UP won for best animated feature.