Earlier today the nominations for this year’s Oscars; which will be the 84th Academy Awards ceremony; were officially announced, and seemed to heavily favor a couple of films above all others; with Martin Scorse’s Hugo gaining the most nominations (racking up a total of 11 nods), but The Artist clearly leading in the most coveted categories, and only trailing by a single nomination.
War Horse, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (remake), and Moneyball all scored 6 nominations each, with the Descendants picking up a respectable 5, and while the Best Actress category went pretty much as expected (with Meryl Streep being the odds-on-favourtie to win) Streep is up against some stiff competition; including Rooney Mara, Michelle Williams, and Viola Davis.
It’s a pleasure to see The Artist’s Jean Dujardin up for Best Actor, against Gary Oldman (for Tink, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), George Clooney, and Brad Pitt, but the supporting categories hold some of the true hidden gems; with Nick Nolte being recognised for his stunning work in Warrior, and a rare comedy nod going to Bridesmaids Melissa McCarthy.
But 2012 has also come with its noticeable share of snubs, and shocked many movie fans with the omission of Drive from many of the major categories, Tintin’s blatant omission from the animated category, and not only relegating Spielberg’s War Horse to merely technical awards, but leaving Michael Fassbender (Shame) out of the best Actor race, and totally ignoring Woody Harrelson’s Rampart performance (which many believe was truly worthy of a Best Actor Oscar).
To find out who the winners are, you’ll have to wait until the awards are held on February 26th, at the Kodak Theatre in L.A., but for now, a full breakdown of the nominations can be found below (including all the most popular awards; from Best Picture, and Best Director; and those that get considerably less press; such as Visual Effects, Best Documentary, and Best Original Score); including one category which practically seems to announce it’s winner already (as one of the nominations for Best Animated Picture also pops up with a Best Picture nomination).
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Best Actor
Demain Bichir (A Better Life)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Best Actress
Gleen Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The girl With The Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
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 & Incredibly Close)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Abert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Best Animated Picture
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
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)
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants (Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash)
Hugo (John Logan)
The Ides of March (George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon)
Moneyball (Screenplay by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, story by Stan Chervin)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan)
Best Foreign Language Film
Belgium – Bullhead
Israel – Footnote
In Darkness – Poland
Canada – Monsieur Lazhar
Iran – A Separation
Art Direction
The Artist (Laurence Bennett; Production Design; Robert Gould; Set Decoration)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Stuart Craig; Production Design; Stephenie McMillan; Set Decoration)
Hugo (Dante Ferretti; Production Design; Francesca Lo Schiavo; Set Decoration)
Midnight in Paris (Anne Seibel; Production Design; Helene Dubreuil; Set Decoration)
War Horse (Rick Carter; Production Design; Lee Sandales; Set Decoration)
Achievement in 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)
Achievement in Costume Design
Anonymous (Lisy Christl)
The Artist (Mark Bridges)
Hugo (Sandy Powell)
Jane Eyre (Michael O’Connor)
W.E. (Arianne Phillips)
Best Documentary
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth
Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
Best Documentary Short
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
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)
Makeup
Albert Nobbs (Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin)
The Iron Lady (Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland)
Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams)
The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
Hugo (Howard Shore)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (AlbertoIglesias)
War Horse (John Williams)
Original Song
Man or Muppet (from The Muppets – Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie)
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 Animated Short
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)
Live Action Short
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 Trojanski 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)
