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82nd Oscar Ceremony
Hosts: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
Producers: Adam Shankman, Bill Mechanic
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Music: Marc Shaiman
Pedro Almodovar
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Sound-405
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82nd Oscar Ceremony
Hosts: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
Producers: Adam Shankman, Bill Mechanic
Director: Hamish Hamilton
Music: Marc Shaiman
Pedro Almodovar - Tuesday, December 1, 2009: Official Screen Credits forms due
Monday, December 28, 2009: Nominations ballots mailed
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 -
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“I caught The Hurt Locker again last night. What a great film. Kathryn Bigelow is probably the most deserving of the nominees. I think if Cameron does pull off the upset, I don’t think sexism will be the problem. I think box office receipts and a concern with AMPAS trying to be “relevant” with the general public will be the actual result. Which brings me to this issue:
I do not understand why some critics out there think that the Academy should pick films that are more mainstream? I heard a commentator the other day saying that the 2008 (No Country for Old Men) ceremony was one of the most boring telecasts in the Academy’s history. Yes, it had their lowest ratings ever. But even if this makes me come off as snobbish, that explanation is a bunch of horseshit. 2007 was a great year in movies, and if LCD (lowest common denominator) critics and audiences don’t like it, tough.
Since I consider myself a film buff, it doesn’t bother me when the Academy pick films that general audiences may have a problem with. Let us be honest, your average film goer usually does not have the greatest taste in the world. And “difficult” films are usually more profound and original.
On a side note, I finally got around to seeing Julie & Julia this morning. Meryl Streep SHOULD NOT win the Oscar this year. That performance was ok, but not her greatest. Her performance in Doubt was a lot better. Mulligan and Sidibe should be the two actresses vying for the award, but that certainly is not the case. Honestly, I think I will be disappointed if Streep or Bullock win this year. Neither performance was that spectacular, in relation to the competition.”
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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 HeartBest 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
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21 Responses for "Fleeting glance at A Single Man"
More proof that this is award-demanding fluff and the academy will eat it up.
It’s hardly fluff, Vinnyt. It’s one of the cornerstones of 20th Century gay literature.
As I told my friend after the screening, for a movie, this is a great photo shoot.
Everything looks and sounds great. There’s just not much plot there.
Colin Firth, the production designer and costume designer will certainly get nominations.
“There’s just not much plot there.”
And that’s faithful to the novella. It’s the male version of Virgina Woolfe’s Mrs. Dalloway. It’s one day in the life of a college professor who’s trying to recover from the loss of his partner. His thoughts and feelings from the moment he wakes up until evening. The friends, associates and love interests he encounters, and how they stir memories of other friends for his past.
I guess if you want a lot of plot you can go rent Angels & Demons.
“It’s one of the cornerstones of 20th Century gay literature.”
What the hell? It’s a men kissing men movie? But it’s only Colin Firth and Julianne Moore on the poster. I’ve been hoodwinked!
Hunter, I hope you’re kidding, but please don’t be a prick. It’s a novella written by Christopher Isherwood, as you well know, who wrote The Berlin Stories upon which Cabaret was based.
Pick up a book besides Sherlock Holmes this season and you’ll discover that A Single Man is mid-Century modernist Proust in a shot glass.
Hunter is obviously joking.
I’d prefer a mid-Century modernist Proust in a magnifying glass. But yes, I was kidding.
I’m bored with hearing about how the posters for A Single Man were “de-gayed” somehow, just because they don’t depict any overt dick-stroking.
Would anyone’s comprehension of Angels in America have been enhanced if there had been a couple of gay angels making out on the poster? Would it have made things crystal clear for thickheaded viewers if Van Sant had called his movie My Own Private Ida Ho’?
Yes, I’m defensive. I’ve run out of patience. The uninformed and uninitiated are not the target audience for this film. Grow up.
Out of patience, perhaps, but not, it appears, out of pomposity.
I’d never dare joust for your imperious crown at that game, Duchess.
I overreacted. Scusi.
De-gayed = less Ozymandias on the poster. Not less dick stroking.
Colin Firth is my win already.
But Sean Penn’s win last year hurt his chances very much. I don’t think the Academy would go gay for two consecutive years.
I don’t think that’s a factor at all, Salma. Firth, like Penn, is a heterosexual portraying a homosexual. If a gay actor had won the year before and a gay actor was up again, you might have a point, but even then I don’t think most people would really care. I certainly don’t.
I don’t need huge plot. I loved THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY.
And I really liked this movie, but if there was just something to hold onto besides the depression of the lead character, I would have loved it a lot more.
i know that this is not part about a single man
but here is a EXLUSIVE CLIP FROM THE LOVELY BONES FROM MYSPACE
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100901712
AND HERE IS THE NEW POSTER
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.viewcustom&friendId=171184815&blogId=519767433&swapped=true
and here is a clip from the lovely bones
it shows Stanley tucci as the killer
http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-trailers/?g=e493336a-5375-429c-92aa-2228c9b9ed30
thanks, lop!
you are welcome and there are also a review about it but i dont trust it…=]
Ah, Proust. I had to read his…”book” (50% longer than the entire Potter series) for a class. He’s a very good writer, but his work would be so much enjoyable if an editor took a hacksaw to the majority of it.
Of course, that’s sort of the point. It’s “art,” not necessarily made to be easily accessible. But it’s on the extreme end of excessiveness. No, it is the end.
Plot is that thing that usually ruins a good film.
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