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   Victor S says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 3:46am

   This has to be Nine’s official death certificate.
   No best picture, no director, no cinematography, no production design and NO JUDI DENCH AT THE BATFA’S LONG LIST!!!
   At this point the Weinsteins will (more) be happy to get the kind o technical nominations Memoirs of a Geisha got in 2005.
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   Alper says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 3:53am

   Not a big surprise.
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   Victor S says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 3:54am

   Nine out of the long list is a surprise.
   We all knew it wasn’t going the be one of the final nominees but not even be on the 15 list?
   Dear God, even Elizabeth:The Golden Age made the long list.
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   JCS says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 3:59am

   Yay! A star for Neil Blomkamp! Hopefully that will translate in the shortlist!
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   Ryan Adams says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:03am

   Thanks, ladylurks!

   quick & dirty tally of select top titles

   17 – An Education
   15 – Inglourious Basterds
   12 – The Hurt Locker
   11 – Avatar
   11 – The Lovely Bones [thx LL]
   10 – District 9
   10 – Star Trek
   9 – Bright Star
   9 – The Road
   9 – Moon
   9 – Up in the Air
   8 – A Single Man
   8 – Nowhere Boy
   7 – Up
   7 – Precious
   6 – A Serious Man
   5 – Invictus
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   Alper says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:06am

   Best actress

   1-Carey Mulligan
   2-Emily Blunt
   3-Helen Mirren
   4-Katie Jarvis or Penelope Cruz
   5-Meryl Streep
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   JCS says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:06am

   Up also has 7; Up in the Air has 9
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   ukwatcher says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:08am

   most BAFTA members did not receive screeners for NINE by the time voting closed.
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   Simon Warrasch says:
   Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:11am

   No Nine! No Sandra Bullock! No Tilda Swinton! No Daniel Day Lewis!
   But, Mariah Carey, Diane Kruger, …
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    Simon Warrasch says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:12am

    What does the stars mean?
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    ukwatcher says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:13am

    Clint Eastwood alone has 5 mentions, producer x 2, director x 2 and actor. maybe all the love now after million dollar baby was snubbed.
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    Faux says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:13am

    It’s supposed to be the branch who make clear the choices for Leading or Supporting for Cotillard (Nine) and Laurent (Basterds). Clearly they vote both in Leading. I think both are in serious risk for to miss the cut right now. Last year, Winslet choice was corrected here with two nominations for Leading.

    I haven’t seen yet Nowhere Boy.

    And yes, if BAFTA don’t support Nine, it probably means Nine is officially dead in the race. Sad. (Please, I think it’s a joke to say Star Trek or Moon or many others still in contention are better than Nine, really… I can’t understand this hate campaign from the end of season… early in the year, everybody who saw Nine were absolutely pleased and amazed.)
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    JCS says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:13am

    10: That they were among the top 5/6 of the first round voting.
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    Mike says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:14am

    The Blind Side wasn’t eligible…which is why you don’t see Sandra Bullock.
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    Squasher says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:16am

    Is there a list for Best British Film??
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    Ryan Adams says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:18am

    No Tilda Swinton! No Daniel Day Lewis!
    But, Mariah Carey…

    I’d love to see Mariah Carey as a BAFTA presenter.
    She reminds me a little of James Mason as Norman Maine.
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    aspect ratio says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:19am

    Interesting to note how many categories District 9 had an asterisk for.. Though who knows how accurate this would be regarding the final nominees. Encouraging nevertheless, now let’s see if Blomkamp gets a DGA nomination in a few hours!
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    ladylurks says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:19am

    Wow, I just realized The Lovely Bones has 11 mentions – probably won’t be nommed for more than actress/sup. actor, though.

    Aren’t the final nominees for Best British Film chosen by committee or something? I seem to recall that.
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    chatan says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:28am

    for Tilda, I think that Julia was for 2008, so ineligible this year.
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    Ryan Adams says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:28am

    Bright Star (9) and The Lovely Bones (11) are the two films receiving the most nominations yet missing out on Best Film.

    :-/
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    ladylurks says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:31am

    Yeah, Julia was ineligible.
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    Craig Z says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:32am

    @ukwatcher, where you pulling that fact out of? Enough people obviously saw it for Cotillard to get nominated.
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    Sandra Bullock says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:40am

    I can’t believe they don’t mention my name on that list
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    ukwatcher says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:41am

    @Craig Z – enough chapter members might have attended the screenings, cast & crew votes help, but screeners were only sent out this week and it clearly had an effect on major categories. a few years ago million dollar baby was completely absent from major categories for exactly same reason, no screeners, not because it was a bad film. not enough people saw it and the rules at BAFTA are made very clear to members – not to vote for films they haven’t seen
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    Craig Z says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:49am

    They have obviously seen it if they nominated it for Actress(which is classified as a major catagory), Sup. Actress, Music, Sound, Makup ect. Otherwise they would be voting for something they haven’t seen.
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    jlu says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:49am

    cotillard is deserving. she was, imo, one of the only “worth it” aspects of the entire film, save for a few technical things and couple of choreographic moments. and i looove me some rob marshall. alas. i have to agree though, no judi dench in bafta long list is baffling.
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    Nork says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 4:57am

    This may be the only time in the current awards season that Inglourious Basterds (which has no original music score) is long-listed for best music.
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    Ryan Adams says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:02am

    I think ukwatcher’s point is that enough BAFTA members saw Nine who agreed more unanimously about its strongest categories — so that even a small percentage of members were enough to give Nine the edge it needed in some areas. But he believes not enough members saw it to overcome the force of the full BAFTA membership who stood more solidly behind other major titles.
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    Joschi says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:10am

    No White Ribbon in the Cinematographer Longlist? What a shame..
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    William says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:12am

    Sony to screen ‘Moon’ for Oscar voters:
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a194614/sony-to-screen-moon-for-oscar-voters.html

    Yay!!
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    alex says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:25am

    Oh my god, Michelle Pffeifer it’s not in the list and she is the best actress this year¡
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    alex says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:26am

    But I’m happy for District 9¡¡¡¡ It’s a masterpiece¡¡ It must be nominated to Best Picture Oscar¡
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    Joel Curran says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:27am

    Nice to see Abbie Cornish in the top 5 for round one!
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    Andrew says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:27am

    Harry Potter is in the run for 7 categories, including Cinematography and Supporting Actor. That’s good.

    No Public Enemies in either Art Direction or Cinematography is a shame.
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    Amanda says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:36am

    Sad not to see Damon in Lead Actor for the Informant, but on upside no Avatar actor support THANK GOD!!
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    Dah says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:37am

    District 9 for Best Costumes though? Really? LOL.
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    bambi says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:45am

    Why the heck are Sarandon and Weisz on the long list even though they have absolutely nothing to do in LB? Oh, wait, the same guys nominated Freida Pinto who had nothing to do in SM. BAFTA = joke.
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    Jonathan says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:47am

    No Sharlto Copley?
    I love the Alan Rickman Harry Potter nod haha.
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    Jeremiah says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:47am

    Moon is the most underrate film of the year. I thought it was brilliant and Sam Rockwell deserves so much more buzz than he has gotten.
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    bambi says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:53am

    yeah, no Copley, no Saldana, but Sarandon and Weisz are on the list. Based on names alone, not the quality of work. Unlike these two, Copley and Saldana actually had a chance to act and they did amazing job.
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    rojper says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 5:53am

    Inglorious Basterds, yeah!
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    filmboymichael says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:13am

    “cotillard is deserving. she was, imo, one of the only “worth it” aspects of the entire film, save for a few technical things and couple of choreographic moments. and i looove me some rob marshall.”

    I totally agree with you….Cotillard’s scenes, and i have to admit, Fergie’s scene and (god help me) Kate Hudson’s scene were the times the movie really came alive for me….
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    filmboymichael says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:14am

    “Why the heck are Sarandon and Weisz on the long list even though they have absolutely nothing to do in LB? Oh, wait, the same guys nominated Freida Pinto who had nothing to do in SM. BAFTA = joke.”

    you know it’s a long list, right????
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    Jeremie says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:14am

    #30 & #39
    Yeah indeed ! With 10 nominations (and in the top 5 for original screenplay and music) and screenings starting in LA, that’s really good news for the amazing Moon.
    I Hope Sam Rockwell will manage to get some attention (but he should have been nominated for The assassination of Jesse James. Well if it was up to me every single person involved in this film would have won. The assassination was just the best film of 2008. So underrated and yet an absolute classic. It seems like Rockwell’s career strategy involves starring in the best ignored films year after year. Silly sausage.
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    Jeremiah says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:21am

    Sam Rockwell was awesome in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
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    phantom says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:21am

    23 – You are becoming ridiculous. You are neither funny or edgy, you are just simply annoying and this is at least your second strike on this site. So shut it or at least don’t impersonate others and speak for yourself because you are embarassing yourself !

    P.S. I really hope that Sasha will delete your sorry-a.. comments. They are offensive and completely inappropriate. And I’m pretty sure, impersonations aren’t welcome on any comments section.
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    Sasha Stone says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:22am

    Bambi, Sarandon and Weisz are actually good in The Lovely Bones. At any rate, what I like about the BAFTA is that, unlike most voting bodies, they don’t really give a good goddamn about what people think. Also, this is the long list, not the official list of nominees.
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    filmboymichael says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:30am

    “what I like about the BAFTA is that, unlike most voting bodies, they don’t really give a good goddamn about what people think.”

    I love this too….AMPAS does this too, but i usually can’t stand it when they don’t give a goddam what people think….

    god you’re up early!
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    Uncle Jay says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:34am

    Nice to see Laurent in there. Doesn’t look like she’ll make the five.

    I’m going to go ahead and say that “Nine” is officially laid to rest. Cruz may snag a nod, but since no one is loving “Nine,” it could hurt her chances and make room for another nod.

    Supporting Actress for Oscar

    Farmiga
    Kendrick
    Kruger
    Mo’Nique
    Moore

    Subs: Laurent, Cruz
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    cecil says:
    Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6:34am

    Snubs: Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
    Richard Kind – ”
    Daniel Day-Lewis – Nine
    Zach Galifinakis – The Hangover
    Matt Damon – The Informant!
    Paul Schneider – Bright Star
    Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington – Avatar (even though it’s shit)
    Woody Harrelson – The Messenger (probably not eligible but still Zombieland)
    Ben Foster, Samantha Morton – ”
    Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan – Watchmen
    Public Enemies (Complete Bitch Slap)
    Let The Right One In – No Best Film/Director

    preobably some more I can’t think of