Thanks to Jack for sending these:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL*E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
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Thanks to Jack for sending these:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL*E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
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



No Response for "AFI Top Ten Films"
I guess I just have way over estimated Rev. Road. Apparently critics just have little respect for the work. Strange.
Additionally, I saw Gran Torino this weekend. While Eastwood was good. the production really seemed cheap at times, and the casting was pretty bad. I did like the film despite its “after school special” feel.
Wow. I’m pleased I picked Frozen River, but Wendy and Lucy is a surprise! Over Revolutionary Road, The Reader, Doubt, Rachel Getting Married, Changeling…
So we’re to assume that Slumdog Millionaire wasn’t eligible, yes? Otherwise, pretty interesting list. It’s nice to see Wendy and Lucy in the mix for something and the random Iron Man pick.
Revolutionary Road, Rachel Getting Married, and Doubt disappoint.
Rachel Getting Married and Revolutionary Road both deserve to be there but I think the AFI like to be slightly different from the norm — yay Frozen River.
Thankfully the AFI did not overlook Milk (grrr, HFPA) and kudos for acknowledging Frozen River and Wendy and Lucy, two films I hope will make their way to Oz very soon.
But no Slumdog? Or Doubt? Or Revolutionary Road? I definitely would have liked to have seen RR on the list.
But AFI is irrelevant, right?
who picks for them anyway?
Very surprised to se Wendy and Lucy there. Had thought about Frozen River but didn’t really know which film to drop. I was right about Iron Man being included. 8 out of 10 is not bad
I had Revolutionary Road and Doubt wrong.
This is very interesting but i do not foresee much impact at the Oscars
If I can assume that Slumdog was ineligible, then that list makes me VERY happy and whether or not the voting bodies are similar to AMPAS, I think this brings us even closer to confirming our final 5. I have not seen Wendy and Lucy nor Frozen River yet, but I have a strong feeling that I am going to love them so their inclusion makes me very happy.
Interesting things:
1. TWO comic book movies. I can’t say I disagree. While TDK’s spot is entirely deserved, Iron Man is a nice surprise and truly was one of the best films of the year (maybe not top 10, maybe so, but still excellent).
2. Another win for Wall-E. Enough said.
3. No Revolutionary Road, Doubt, The Reader. I am happy about the exclusion of the first two and have not seen The Reader yet so I can’t really complain about that. If RR came through with a BP nomination, I would not only be surprised, I would frankly be upset.
4. More love for Gran Torino and Frost/Nixon. I’ll be watching these both this week so I’ll have more to say then, but I think both of these could slip into BP consideration (more on the latter’s part). Never underestimate Clint’s sway over AMPAS (see the unfortunate win of M$B and the incredibly deserved but surprise nom for Letters From Iwo Jima).
5. The Wrestler. This could be our quite monster for the year, racking up 6 or 7 noms in odd categories.
6. Aside from Slumdog, I think our other top 4 are in this list almost any way you shake it (aside from RR and Doubt which I hope are out of consideration at this point).
My BP list does not change
Button
Frost/Nixon
Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog
Laughable list.
With the mediocre Gran Torino, Iron Man and Wendy and Lucy, but no Revolutionary Road, Slumdog Millionaire or The Reader.
Hard to count RR out completely when it’s up for 4 GG’s, but I haven’t seen it yet either so I can’t really comment.
I’m still hoping Benjamin Button doesn’t get a best picture nomination. I just didn’t think it was good enough.
My BP Prediction:
– The Dark Knight
– Milk
– Slumdog Millionaire
– Frost/Nixon
– Revolutionary Road
I heard “Wendy and Lucy” was boring and quite bad. Weird choice putting it on here.
@ Ricky — I assume you mean Ron when you say Clint, I doubt Clint Howard has a big say in the Academy…
I was 7 for 10, although I picked Slumdog Millionaire and I guess it wasn’t eligible. Should’ve thought to put Iron Man as an alternate. Also, I’m not surprised they went for Wendy And Lucy. A twentysomething treks around the country with little to no means on a journey to Alaska? Sounds like something else they really liked (cough…..intothewild……cough).
Wendy and Lucy has an 80 at Metacritic and an 88 at RT. I loathe people who refer to themselves as film lovers yet, only like a film if it jumps in your face. Sometimes films that have an atmosphere effect, without intense drama and tons of dialog can be very rewarding and moving.
@chase kahn I was in fact referring to Clint Eastwood which you can see if you read whats in parentheses right next to it, though I can see how that may have come off as confusing haha
Where is the official list? I went to their website, but I can’t find it there.
so glad that WENDY AND LUCY made it in there. that is real film making. personally i would have left dark knight and ironman off the list, but that’s just me.
must be that slumdog was not eligible. if it was and they skipped over it, they need to have their heads examined.
From what I gather, the AFT judges often put their favorite filmmakers on the list. I’m disappointed by this list.
Pretty small group determines the winners:
The AFI Awards selections were made by a 13-person jury composed of scholars, industry professionals, critics and AFI trustees.
Among the film jurors were USC film professor Rick Jewell; writer/director/producer Robert Towne; critics Richard Schickel, Elvis Mitchell and Leonard Maltin; and columnist Anne Thompson
Solid list, however I am kind of surprised to see Iron Man on there.
My predictions:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Frozen River
Changeling or Gran Torino
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or Revolutionary Road (so glad I was wrong about these)
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
WALL-E
The Wrestler
But AFI is irrelevant, right?
who picks for them anyway?
13 “jurors” this year:
Leonard Maltin (chairman)
Jeanine Basinger (Wesleyan U film prof)
Mary Corey (UCLA film prof) (?)
Mark Harris (Sasha’s buddy)
Jim Hosney (renowned high school film teacher)
Rick Jewell (USC film prof)
Elvis Mitchell
Daniel Petrie Jr.
Tom Pollock (Universal Studios exec)
Richard Schickel
Vivian Sobchack (UCLA film prof)
Anne Thompson
Robert Towne
You did great, Paul — by cheating and choosing alternates!
I chose two alternates too, but mine were Doubt and The Visitor.
So I got 6 right. Dismal. I thought I knew the AFI better than this. But they betray me with their bi-polar love for all things Superhero and Downtrodden Female. And their nostalgia for muscle cars.
I Wake Up Screaming (Oscar BP nominees edition):
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Happy-Go-Lucky
Tropic Thunder
W.
Of course I cheated, Ryan, but in a colorful way… believe it or not, there was a rhyme and reason to those pairings…
Here’s my “Let-the-Wrong-One-In” Best Picture nominations list:
Changeling
Gran Torino
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Valkyrie
Just teasing, Paul.
I tried to cheat too, but you did it more cleverly.
I never thought I’d be in the position of hoping a Ron Howard movie edges out a Clint Eastwood film.
I never thought I’d be in the position of hoping a Ron Howard movie edges out a Clint Eastwood film.
I know, I know. My “wrong” list consists of two Eastwoods, a Daldry, a Mendes and a Singer. How weird is that?
I had a feeling in my guts about Wendy and Lucy showing up here. I should have trusted it. Still, 8/10 isn’t too bad. I said Rachel Getting Married and Revolutionary Road instead of Iron Man and W&L.
AND I didn’t use alternates. Booyah!
FYI: Only 9 people predicted Iron Man and only one (MrF) predicted Wendy and Lucy.
I think Gran Torino is the best film of the year and Clint Eastwood’s performance is the best of the year.
Luis, did you see more than that film this year?
Yes,I saw the bored milk,the bored frost/nixon and the bored doubt.I`ve seen the suberb Changeling and the best fim of the year Gran Torino,among others.
I see, you are really a Clint Eastwood-fan…
No REVOLUTIONARY is telling, same with DOUBT. I think they exclude ‘non-American’ movies, meaning SLUMDOG?
having seen Benjamin Button, Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wall-E, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, the Wrestler, and Revolutionary Road, I still think Revolutionary Road tops my list of movies for 2008. I’m not quite sure why it’s getting left off so many top 10 lists….
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