82nd Academy Awards
23 February 2010
This year marks the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. For the first time since 1943, a total of 10 films have received nominations for Best Picture. There is no doubt that there are a few controversial selections below as well as some glaring omissions, so we’ll be posting an article summarising the good, the bad and the ugly for this years’ Academy decisions soon!
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Up in the Air
Up
A Serious Man
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker [** WINNER **]
An Education
District 9
The Blind Side
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Up
A Serious Man
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker [** WINNER **]
An Education
District 9
The Blind Side
Avatar
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Julie And Julia
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
An Education
The Last Station
The Blind Side [** WINNER **]
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
An Education
The Last Station
The Blind Side [** WINNER **]
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire [** WINNER **]
Up in the Air
Crazy Heart
Up in the Air
Nine
Up in the Air
Crazy Heart
Up in the Air
Nine
Best Achievement in Directing
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Up in the Air
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire [** WINNER **]
In the Loop
An Education
District 9
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire [** WINNER **]
In the Loop
An Education
District 9
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Avatar [** WINNER **]
The Hurt Locker
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Avatar [** WINNER **]
Best Achievement in Editing
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker [** WINNER **]
District 9
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker [** WINNER **]
District 9
Avatar
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Best Achievement in Costume Design
The Young Victoria [** WINNER **]
Nine
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Coco avant Chanel
Bright Star
Nine
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Coco avant Chanel
Bright Star
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker [** WINNER **]
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Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker [** WINNER **]
Avatar
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
La teta asustada
Un prophète
El secreto de sus ojos [** WINNER **]
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Ajami
Un prophète
El secreto de sus ojos [** WINNER **]
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Ajami
Best Documentary, Features
Which Way Home
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Food, Inc.
The Cove [** WINNER **]
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Food, Inc.
The Cove [** WINNER **]
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Music by Prudence [** WINNER **]
Królik po berlinsku
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Królik po berlinsku
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Best Short Film, Animated
Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'
Logorama [** WINNER **]
La dama y la muerte
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
French Roast
Logorama [** WINNER **]
La dama y la muerte
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
French Roast
Best Short Film, Live Action
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