After months of anticipation, nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were finally revealed.
Martin Scorcese's highly-praised children's fantasy HUGO lead the pack with an astounding 11 nominations, while Michel Hazanavicius's much-beloved THE ARTIST is close second with 10 nominations. This year, the Best Picture category is slotted with a total of 9 nominations. Check out the complete list of the nominations right below.
BEST PICTURE
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
It's kind of surprise that two dark-horse nominees, Terrence Malick's THE TREE OF LIFE and especially Stephen Daldry's critically-panned EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE managed to be slotted into the Best Picture category. It's a shame that other movies like Nicolas Wending Refn's DRIVE and Steve McQueen's SHAME could have been shortlisted instead.
BEST DIRECTING
Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Martin Scorcese - Hugo
All the five nominees above aren't surprising anyway, even though it will be nice to see other deserving directors like Nicolas Wending Refn for DRIVE or David Fincher for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO gets slotted in.
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Demian Bichir - A Better Life
George Clooney - The Descendants
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
Gary Oldman - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
In this tricky Best Actor category, a lot of surprises have poured in. Expected nominees like George Clooney for MONEYBALL and Jean Dujardin for THE ARTIST are here, but I guess a lot of people will be shocked to see dark-horse nominees like Demian Bichir for A BETTER LIFE and Gary Oldman (ironically this is his first Oscar nod) for TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. Among the biggest snubs of all are actors like Ryan Gosling for DRIVE and Michael Fassbender for SHAME failed to make the cut.
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis - The Help
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Rooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
Another tricky category. All five nominees are deserved to be slotted here but still, Charlize Theron's pitch-perfect bitchy role for YOUNG ADULT is sorely missing here.
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill - Moneyball
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
With the exception of Christopher Plummer for BEGINNERS, the rest of the four (dark horse) nominees are unexpected. Where's the love for Andy Serkis who deservedly to be nominated for his expressive motion-capture performance in RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, and of course Albert Brooks for his shockingly villainous role in DRIVE?
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer - The Help
I'm surprised that Berenice Bejo is placed under this category, instead of "Best Actress in a Leading Role" category (but then again, I'm still glad she gets nominated anyway). It's a cause for celebration that Melissa McCarthy's spontaneously hilarious role in BRIDESMAIDS is well-deserved to be nominated in this category.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants - Alexander Payne
Hugo - John Logan
The Ides of March - George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
Moneyball - Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
Ahem, Steven Zaillian for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is not here? No doubt a big snub.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids - Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
Margin Call - J.C. Chandor
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
Surprise nominees? Asghar Farhadi for A SEPARATION and J.C. Chandor for MARGIN CALL.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Two highly-anticipated nominees from Asian countries (SEEDIQ BALE from Taiwan and THE FLOWER OF WAR from China) failed to make the final cut here.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
What a surprise! Despite the fact that Steven Spielberg's THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN won Best Animated Feature in this year's Golden Globe, the movie fails to make a cut here.
BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist - Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Hugo - Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Midnight in Paris - Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Helene Dubreuil
War Horse - Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo - Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse - Janusz Kaminski
Wait a minute... no Newton Thomas Sigel for his seductively atmospheric cinematography in DRIVE?
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous - Lisy Christl
The Artist - Mark Bridges
Hugo - Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre - Michael O'Connor
W.E. - Arianne Phillips
BEST FILM EDITING
The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants - Kevin Tent
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker
Moneyball - Christopher Tellefsen
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Hell And Back Again - Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front - Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Pina - Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
Undefeated - Daniel Lindsay and Richard Middlemas
BEST MAKE-UP
Albert Nobbs - Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Iron Lady - Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams
The Artist - Ludovic Bource
Hugo - Howard Shore
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Alberto Iglesias
War Horse - John Williams
Seriously both John Williams' score for THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN and WAR HORSE should be omitted and make better way for more creatively inspiring score for Trent Raznor and Atticus Ross for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, The Chemical Brothers for HANNA or two Cliff Martinez's score for either CONTAGION or DRIVE. What a load of biggest snubs here!
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets - Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from Rio - Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
Hugo - Tom Fleischman and Midgley
Moneyball - Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
War Horse - Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive - Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Ren Klyce
Hugo - Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
War Horse - Richard Hymms and Gary Rydstrom
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
Hugo - Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
Real Steel - Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier
All five nominees here are well-deserved, even though I would like to see COWBOYS & ALIENS gets a nod as well.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement - Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
God Is the Bigger Elvis - Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
Incident in New Baghdad - James Spione
Saving Face - Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom - Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Dimanche - Patrick Doyon
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
La Luna - Enrico Casarosa
A Morning Stroll - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
Wild Life - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Pentecost - Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
Raju - Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
The Shore - Terry George and Oorlagh George
Time Freak - Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Tuba Atlantic - Hallvar Witzø
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