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Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Colin Firth, A
Single Man
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Matt Damon, The
Informant!
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Ben Foster, The
Messenger
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
Michael Sheen, The Damned United
Best Actress
Gabby Sidibe, Precious
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Helen Mirren, The
Last Station
Michelle Monaghan, Trucker
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Alfred Molina, An
Education
Stanley Tucci, Julie & Julia
Peter Sarsgaard, An Education
Robert Duvall, Crazy Heart
Peter Capaldi, In
the Loop
Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Brian Geraghty, The Hurt Locker
Best Supporting
Actress
Mo'Nique,Precious
Anna Kendrick,Up
in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Julianne Moore, A
Single Man
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Vera Farmiga, Up
in the Air
Samantha Morton, The Messenger
Emma Thompson, An
Education
Cara Seymour, An
Education
Best Director
Jason
Reitman, Up in the
Air
Lee Daniels, Precious
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Lone Scherfig, An
Education
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Tom Ford, A
Single Man
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Best Original
Screenplay
Mark Boal, The Hurt
Locker
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Jane Campion, Bright Star
Quentin Tarantino,Inglourious Basterds
Michael Haneke,White Ribbon
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter,Up
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, 500 Days of Summer
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner,
Up in the Air
Nick Hornby, An
Education
Spike Jonze, Dave Eggars,
Where the Wild Things Are
Peter Morgan, The
Damned United
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by
Sapphire
Scott Burns, The
Informant!
Tom Ford, A
Single Man
Best Editing
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski,
The Hurt Locker
Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds
Dana E. Glauberman,, Up in the Air
Joel and Ethan Coen,, A Serious Man
Best
Cinematography
Greig Fraser,Bright Star
Robert Richardson,Inglourious Basterds
Roger Deakins, A Serious
Man
Christian Berger, White Ribbon
Bruno Delbonnel,Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker
Best Art Direction
Where the Wild Things Are
Julie & Julia
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
White Ribbon
District 9
A Serious Man
Best Sound Mixing
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
District 9
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Best Sound Editing
District 9
Transformers: Revenge of the
Fallen
Star Trek
Up
Best Costume Design
Janet Patterson, Bright Star
Jany Temime,Harry
Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Anna B. Sheppard,Inglourious Basterds
Mary Zophre, A
Serious Man
Colleen Atwood, Public Enemies
Consolata Boyle,Cheri
Best Original Score
Carter Burwell, Karen O,Where the Wild Things Are
Carter Burwell,A
Serious Man
Michael Giacchino,Up
Alexandre Desplat, Cheri
Elliot Goldenthal, Public Enemies
Best Foreign Language Film (submissions)
Letters from Father Jacob, Finland
White Wedding, South Africa
A Prophet, France
Dawson, Isla 10, Chile
Nobody to Watch Over Me, Japan
Prince of Tears, Hong Kong
No puedo vivir sin ti, Taiwan
Kelin, Kazakhstan
Mother, Korea
The White Ribbon, Germany
Silent Army, The Netherlands
Best Documentary Feature
The Beaches of Agnes
Burma VJ
The Cove
Every Little Step
Facing Ali
Food, Inc.
Garbage Dreams
Living in Emergency
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Mugabe and the White African
Sergio
Soundtrack for a Revolution
Under Our Skin
Valentino
Which Way Home
Best Animated
Feature
Up
The Princess and the Frog
Coraline
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
A Christmas Carol
Mary and Max
Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs
Ponyo
Best Visual
Effects
Star Trek
District 9
A Christmas Carol
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
Transformers
Best Makeup
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince
District 9
Best Song
Best Live Action Short
Best Animated Short
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
Lt. Watada
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak
Woman Rebel
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




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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