Oscar 2012 Nominations

Let’s not faff about, you just want to read the nominations:

Best Picture

War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
The Help
Midnight in Paris
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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 in a Leading Role

Demian Bichir – A Better Life
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt – Moneyball

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help
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 and Incredibly Close

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs

Best Original Screenplay

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo – Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash – The Descendants
John Logan – Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin & Stan Chervin – Moneyball
Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Foreign Language Feature

Bull Head – Belgium
Footnote – Israel
In Darkness – Poland
Monsieur Lazhar – Quebec
A Separation – Iran

Best Animated Feature

A Cat in Paris
Chico y Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Documentary Feature

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Best Documentary – Short Subject

The Barber of Birmingham
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
War Horse

Achievement in Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Achievement in Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Achievement in Film Editing

The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Achievement in Sound Mixing

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Achievement in Sound Editing

Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Achievement in Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Achievement in Makeup

Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady

Best Original Score

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Original Song

Man or Muppet – The Muppets
Real in Rio – Rio

Best Live Action Short Film

Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Best Animated Short Film

Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

 

No nominations for Shame. Not one. Three nominations for bastard Transformers and not one for Shame? We’re just not interested any more, Academy.

 

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