The 2010 Academy Award nominations have just been announced and are of no surprise to anybody whatsoever. Avatar is up for a string of nominations, including Best Director, though for some reason District 9 misses out on that nomination and a few others that I think it really deserves.
Have a look at the list and let us know what you think! What’s missing? Who is undeserving?
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Best Director
James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglorious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air
Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Best Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Avant Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophéte
The White Ribbon
Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Music – Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Music – Original Song
‘Almost There’ – Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
‘Down in New Orleans’ – Randy Newman (The Princess and the Frog)
‘Loin de Paname’ – Frrank Thomas and Reinhardt Wagner (Paris 36)
‘Take It All’ – Maury Yeston (Nine)
‘The Weary Kind’ – T Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham (Crazy Heart)
Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
