The 2011 Oscar nominations are in, and as usual there are a few pleasant surprises and disappointments. The King’s Speech leads the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards with 12, followed closely by True Grit with 10. Other favourites The Kids Are All Right, The Fighter and The Social Network are also heavily nominated.
My initial reaction is to notice that there is no Best Director nomination for Christopher Nolan. I’m not shocked, just disappointed. It’s nice to See Rick Baker back among the nominees for his work on The Wolfman. Seriously who thought The Wolfman would be up for any Oscars?
It’s fantastic to see Irish short film The Crush nominated for Live Action Short. After the animated success of Granny O’Grimm and The Secret of Kells last year it’s important that Ireland be represented on the big night.
The 83rd Academy Awards take place in Hollywood on February 27th.
Anyway here’s the full list:
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale – The Fighter
John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman- Black Swan
Michelle Williams- Blue Valentine
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Directing
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit
Animated Feature Film
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King’s Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
Documentary (Feature)
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
Documentary (Short Subject)
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
Film Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)
Makeup
Barney’s Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
Music (Original Score)
John Powell – How to Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer – Inception
Alexandre Desplat – The King’s Speech
A.R. Rahman – 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Social Network
Music (Original Song)
Coming Home – Country Strong
I See the Light – Tangled
If I Rise – 127 Hours
We Belong Together – Toy Story 3
Short Film (Animated)
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
Short Film (Live Action)
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143
Sound Editing
Inception
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
Sound Mixing
Inception
The King’s Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy – 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network
Michael Arndt – Toy Story 3
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – True Grit
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini – Winter’s Bone
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Mike Leigh – Another Year
Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson – The Fighter
Christopher Nolan – Inception
Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg – The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler – The King’s Speech