Focus gets the party started – thanks to Dora for sending in:
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Saturday, January 23, 2010: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT
Tuesday, February 2, 2010: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 10, 2010: Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 15, 2010: Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 20, 2010: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, March 2, 2010: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT
Sunday, March 7, 2010: 82nd Annual Academy Awards presentation


Awards So Far
NBR Winner+/top ten*
LAFCA Winner+
BFCA Critics Choice Win+/Nominee*
NYFCC Winner +/*
SEFCA Winners+/*
Golden Globes Nominee+/*
SAG Winner+/Nominee*
National Society of Film Critics winners+
Producers Guild Winner+/Nominees*
Directors Guild Winners+/Nominees*
Art Directors Guild Nominees*
Writers Guild Nominees*
American Cinematographers Society*
American Cinema Editors*
Cinema Audio Society*
BAFTA Nominations*
Best Picture
The Hurt
Locker*+++**+++******
Avatar*+********
Inglourious Basterds***+****
Up in the Air+*+*******
Precious******
District 9*****
A Serious
Man*****
An
Education*****
Up****
The Blind Side
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart++++*
George Clooney, Up in the Air+*++***
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker**+*
Colin Firth, A
Single Man****
Morgan Freeman, Invictus+***
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side+++
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia++++**
Carey Mulligan, An Education+****
Gabby Sidibe, Precious****
Helen Mirren, The
Last Station**
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds+++++++*
Woody Harrelson,The Messenger+***
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones****
Matt Damon, Invictus***
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station*
Best Supporting
Actress
Mo'Nique, Precious+*+++++*
Anna Kendrick, Up
in the Air+****
Vera Farmiga, Up
in the Air****
Penelope Cruz, Nine**
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker++++*++*
Jim Cameron, Avatar*+**
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds****
Jason Reitman, Up in the
Air***
Lee Daniels, Precious**
Best Original
Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds+*
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man+*+*
Mark Boal, The Hurt
Locker***
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up*
Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner,
Up in the Air+++++*
Armando Iannucci, In the Loop+
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious**
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9**
Nick Hornby, An
Education*
Best Editing
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron, Avatar+**
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski,
The Hurt Locker***
Julian Clarke, District 9**
Joe Klotz, Precious
Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds**
Best
Cinematography
Mauro Fiore, Avatar+**
Christian Berger, White Ribbon+++*
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker***
Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds***
Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter
Best Art Direction
Avatar+**
Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus*
Nine*
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar+**
The Hurt Locker***
Star Trek* **
Inglourious Basterds
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen*
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Up
Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
Best Costume Design
Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria +*
Catherine Leterrier,Coco Avant Chanel*
Janet Patterson, Bright Star**
Colleen Atwood, Nine*
Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Best Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up+*
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker!
James Horner, Avatar*
Alexandre Desplat, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes*
Best Foreign Language Film (submissions)
A Prophet, France+*
The White Ribbon, Germany**
El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Argentina
Ajami, Israel
The Milk of Sorrow, Pru
Best Documentary Feature
The Cove++**+
Food, Inc.**
The Beaches of Agnes++*
Burma VJ*
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Which Way Home
Best Animated
Feature
Up+++**
The Fantastic Mr. Fox+*+***
Coraline****
The Princess and the Frog***
The Secret of Kells
Best Visual
Effects
Avatar+*
District 9* *
Star Trek**
Best Makeup
The Young Victoria**
Star Trek*
Il Divo*
Best Song
The Weary Kind – T Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham, Crazy Heart ++
Down in New Orleans, The Princess and the Frog
Almost There – Randy Newman, The Princess And The Frog***
Loin de Paname, Paris 36
Best Live Action Short
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
Best Animated Short
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of
Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin


41 Responses for "FYC Ad Out Front"
Is this the earliest a real FYC ad has come out? It seems WAY too early! Maybe their worried the movie is already being forgotten?
BRILLIANT. Go Focus and “A Serious Man!”
Ok, this isn`t Tobey McGuire but he looks like fat Tobey McGuire to a T! Who is he?
Are you serious? It’s lead actor Michael Stuhlbarg, extreme Best Actor dark horse. See the damn movie, man!
I’m dying to see this film.
Good job, Focus! – I knew they’d promote the hell out of A Serious Man. Since Taking Woodstock tanked, it’s their only real Oscar horse.
LOL, I love Michael Stuhlbarg: “Even if you can’t figure it out, you’re still responsible for it on the midterm.”
Tobey Maguire? LMAO.
he looks like fat Tobey. I didn`t know the movie is in theaters already (all I hear about is Paranormal Activity which was a pretty good movie). It would be nice if he is nominated. he, Firth, Mortensen, renner and Clooney look strong unless Morgan or Damon go lead.
“…unless Morgan or Damon go lead.”
They have fairly equivalent screen time, but you feel Mandela’s presence in every scene. No way is Damon getting a lead nomination for Invictus, and not much chance that anyone would perceive Freeman’s role as supporting.
But I didn’t really detect Mandela out of Freeman’s performance in the trailer, Ryan. I just witnessed Morgan Freeman.
Matt Damon at least showed he was playing a South African with a convincing dialect.
Just my .02
Bambi, the movie came out about a month ago.
certainly should be nominated for best picture, fantastic movie
For those of you who still think Morgan Freeman’s accent is inauthentic, here’s a link to his 2004 Oscar Acceptance speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHQdXGfOdQQ
Here is the trailer for “Invictus”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6jJN_NjV-Y&hd=1
Now, can you seriously say it’s the exact same voice?
All I can say is that whoever made the trailer made a bit of a mistake bookending it with the V.O. of the poem, as that sounds most like Morgan and least like Nelson. On the other hand, maybe Morgan is pulling an Orson Welles and recording narration for the movie IN ADDITION to acting in it.
I`ll see where it`s playing. I had to scout for Hurt Locker too. Damn limited releases.
I agree with you that it looks from the trailer than Damon is giving a more immersive performance, Retlaw.
But (a) Matt’s role is being disproportionately highlighted in the trailer because he’s the bigger audience magnet. Mandela’s personality dominates the script. And (b) we’re not really talking about who is doing “more acting” or whose accent is better, are we?
We’re talking about which character literally “leads” the other character through the story line of the movie. If quality of acting were the only issue, then Casey Affleck and Javier Bardem would have both been nominated for Best Actor. Heck, for that matter, if we’re only talking about who gave the best performance in each of his movies, then Morgan Freeman would have already have two Best Actor Oscars for The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby.
this movie is overrated, I found it to be forgettable. the coens are making the same movie over and over. no country was their peak
Best movie of the year so far
Cool.
Interested to see it but do think it’s a little weird to be putting the cart before the horse. FYC ads and they’ve grossed like $3 million. Oscars are in March, I’d think they would want to conserve a bit.
I can see (and hope for) Michael Stuhlbarg as Best Actor and maybe a writing nomination, here. I loved the film – a lot – but still can’t see it making into Best Film, even with 10. No, with 10 maybe I can.
This is brilliant. Times like these are when I think “limited” release should be a crime.
Seriously indeed. If only the Academy had held out 2 more years, it might actually have a shot at winning…
Just came back from a 7:30 showing of this film. Still need to sleep on it and give it some settling time but I can give you an early word and say it was definately brilliant. I would agree with the “FYC”. This and The White Ribbon are the only films i’ve seen this year so far that are best picture material.
I just saw the movie and was just amazed! It really is one of their best works, the use of sound alone makes it something to behold.
At least it’s for a seriously good movie. I’m so clever :/
I here too, was not impressed with Morgan Freeman in the trailer. He looked just like a lot of people are saying…looks like he’s playing himself !
I saw this movie two nights ago and I have to say that I was absolutely stunned. It’s incredible. If it doesn’t get a Best Pic nomination I will go crazy on someone.
ugh i still need to see this! looks so so so good.
It’s a good movie. But Sam Raimi’s “Drag me to hell” is better. Nominate the original. They learned it all from him anyway!
Dying to see it. Unfortunately, it won’t arrive in Florida until 2011 probably.
the coens are making the same movie over and over.
The same might be said of Federico Fellini.
I like this FYC ad and I like the film, too.
The ad worked for me- I’m itching to see it now.
I secretly hope Invictus suffers the same fate as Amelia, though it seems more people have it in for Swank than Freeman. Eastwood needs to lay off Oscar bait films.
snooze fest. most unmemorable coen bros. movie ever.
This is my second favourite film by the Coens, behind NCFOM, and it is definitely the most fun film I’ve seen this year. I’d hold it just a tad below The Hurt Locker in terms of director consideration.
LOL @ the shameless “BEST PICTURE” tag. We often forget that winning an Oscar is a campaign, not a talent contest. SMDH
‘the coens are making the same movie over and over.’
“The same might be said of Federico Fellini.”
And Ingmar Bergman, and Yasujiro Ozu (especially Ozu), and Jean-Luc Godard, and Luis Buñuel, and…
Yeah. Just about every legendary director out there. It’s pretty commonplace.
This was a great film.
2001: A Space Odyssey reimagined as a Jewish-American domestic comedy. Don’t love it, but damn sure respect it.
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A Serious Man for Best Picture?
You bet.
Fantastic movie and the Coen brothers 2nd best, hell maybe even their best film. (Competing with No Country For Old Men).
This film was terrific. GO Coen Bros
ha for me (personal taste of course) FARGO is their greatest and the bestest
no country for old men is second
i havent seen this one yet
nothing can top FARGO
it gets better everytime you watch it and
those fuckin addictive ACCENTS
‘yah’
‘you betcha yah’
‘you darn tootin’
‘is there a phone down here you think’
‘oh i think im gonna barf’
‘im doin really super there thanks’
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