List of 2012 Oscars Nominees
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List of 2012 Oscars Nominees
Jan 25
The 2012 Oscars nominations list have been unleashed!
Although the number of nominees for best picture were a bit less than of last years’ set of nominees, these nine 2011 movies really promises to be the Top 10 Best Films of 2011. Well, to be appropriate make that 9.
Martin Scorsese “Hugo” leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations. While Michel Hazanavicius’s black and white film “The Artist” seconds with 10 nominations. Also nominated for best picture Tuesday were the Stephen Daldry drama film “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close“, Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants“, the very entertaining “The Help“, visually dazzling drama flicks “Midnight in Paris” and “The Tree of Life“, “Moneyball” and Steven Spielberg touching war-film “War Horse“.
Here’s the list of films vying for the 2012 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
•The Artist
• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
•Moneyball
•The Tree of Life
•War Horse
Best Actress
•Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
•Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
•Viola Davis, The Help
•Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
•Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best Actor
•Demian Bichir, A Better Life
•George Clooney, The Descendants
•Jean Dujardin, The Artist
•Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
•Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Supporting Actress
•Berenice Bejo, The Artist
•Jessica Chastain, The Help
•Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
•Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
•Octavia Spencer, The Help
Supporting Actor
•Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
•Jonah Hill, Moneyball
•Nick Nolte, Warrior
•Christopher Plummer, Beginners
•Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best Director
•Michel Hazanivicus, The Artist
•Alexander Payne, The Descendants
•Martin Scorsese, Hugo
•Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
•Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Original Screenplay
•Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
•Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo, Bridesmaids
•Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
•J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
•Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
•Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
•John Logan, Hugo
•George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
•Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
•Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Foreign Feature
•Bullhead
•Footnote
•In Darkness
•Monsieur Lazhar
•A Separation
Best Animated Feature
•A Cat in Paris
•Chico & Rita
•Kung Fu Panda 2
•Puss in Boots
•Rango
Art Direction
•The Artist
•Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
•Hugo
•Midnight in Paris
•War Horse
Cinematography
•The Artist
•The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
•Hugo
•The Tree of Life
•War Horse
Costume Design
•Anonymous
•The Artist
•Hugo
•Jane Eyre
•W.E.
Documentary Feature
•Hell and Back Again
•If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
•Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
•Pina
•Undefeated
Documentary Short Subject
•The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
•God Is the Bigger Elvis
•Incident in New Baghdad
•Saving Face
•The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Film Editing
•Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
•Kevin Tent, The Descendants
•Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
•Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
•Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball
Makeup
•Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
•Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
•Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady
Music (Original Score)
•John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
•Ludovic Bource, The Artist
•Howard Shore, Hugo
•Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
•John Williams, War Horse
Music (Original Song)
•”Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
•”Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett
Sound Editing
•Drive
•The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
•Hugo
•Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
•War Horse
Sound Mixing
•The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
•Hugo
•Moneyball
•Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
•War Horse
Visual Effects
•Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
•Hugo
•Real Steel
•Rise of the Planet of the Apes
•Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
Short Film (Animated)
•Dimanche/Sunday
•The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
•La Luna
•A Morning Stroll
•Wild Life
Short Film (Live Action)
•Pentecost
•Raju
•The Shore
•Time Freak
•Tuba Atlantic
The Academy Awards Nominations announcement was held last Tuesday, January 24, 2012; Revealing the nine films shortlisted for best picture along with the nominees for the remaining categories for Oscars 2012. To be hosted by actor Billy Crystal, get ready for the biggest award-giving ceremony which will honor the best movies of 2011 on February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California.