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The Artist cleared out the top noms while Hugo ate up the technical side. I'm mad that The Descendants and Drive didn't get all the recognition they deserved but hell, the Academy is a bunch of old white film elitists who love watching movies about movies (and the Holocaust). I'm sure if it was run by lonely, middle aged housewives, The Descendants would have sweeped and Clooney would have been forced to accept every award.
I personally got 21 out 24 predictions right so it was a good night for me. I'm gonna wrap up the entire spectacle for you guys so that way you'll actually have something to say at work tomorrow and not feel like a total loser, standing there sipping your coffee with a dazed look on your face because you missed the Academy Awards. ROLL THE REEL JOHNNY!
BEST PICTURE: THE ARTIST
The Descendants
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
War Horse
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Tree of Life
The Help
BEST DIRECTOR: MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS (THE ARTIST)
*Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Terrance Malick (The Tree of Life)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: JEAN DUJARDIN (THE ARTIST)
*George Clooney (The Descendants)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: MERYL STREEP (THE IRON LADY)
*Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)
Viola Davis (The Help)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER (BEGINNERS)
*Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Max von Sydown (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- OCTAVIA SPENCER (THE HELP)
Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY- WOODY ALLEN (MIDNIGHT IN PARIS)
Michel Hazanavicius The Descendants
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi A Separation
BEDT ADAPTED SCREENPLAY- ALEXANDER PAYNE, NAT FAXON & JIM RASH (THE DESCENDANTS)
John Logan Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, & Beau Willimon The Ides of March
Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, & Stan Chervin Moneyball
Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: IRAN, A SEPARATION
Belgium, Bullhead
Canada, Monsieur Lazhar
Israel, Footnote
Poland, In Darkness
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: RANGO (GORE VERBINSKI)
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda II
Puss in Boots
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: LUDOVIC BOURCE (THE ARTIST)
John Williams The Adventures of Tin Tin
Howard Shore Hugo
John Williams War Horse
Alberto Iglesias Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "MAN OR MUPPET"-BRET MCKENZIE
"Real in Rio"-Sergio Mendez, Carlinhos, Siedah Garrett
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
Dimache/Sunday
La Luna
Wild Life
A Morning Stroll
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: THE SHORE
*Pentacost
Raju
Time Freak
Tube Atlantic
BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY: UNDEFEATED
*Pina
If a Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Hell and Back Again
BEST SHORT DOCUMNETARY: SAVING FACE
*God is the Bigger Elvis
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Incident in New Baghdad
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ROBERT RICHARDSON (HUGO)
Guillame Schiffman (The Artist)
Jeff Cronenworth (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)
Janusz Kaminski (War Horse)
BEST EDITING: KIRK BAXTER AND ANGUS WALL (THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO)
*Kevin Tent (The Descendants)
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Thelma Schoonmaker (Hugo)
Christopher Tellefsen (Moneyball)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: ROB LEGATO, JOSS WILLIAMS, BEN GROSSMAN, & ALEX HENNING (HUGO)
*Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, & Daniel Burret (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, & John Richardson (Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part II)
Eric Nash, John Rosengart, Dan Taylor, & Swen Gillberg (Real Steel)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, & John Frazier (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
BEST ART DIRECTION: DANTE FERRETTI & FRANCESCA LO SCHIAVO (HUGO)
*Laurence Bennett & Robert Gould (The Artist)
Anne Seibel & Helene Dubreuil (Midnight in Paris)
Stuart Craig & Stephanie McMillan (Harry Potter and the eathly Hallows Part II)
Rick Cart & Lee Sandales (War Horse)
BEST SOUND EDITING: PHILIP STOCKTON & EUGENE GEATRY (HUGO)
*Lou Bender & Victor Ray Ennis (Drive)
Ren Kiyce (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Richard Hymns & Gary Rydstrom (War Horse)
Ethan Van der Ryn & Erik Aadahl (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
BEST SOUND MIXING: TOM FLEISCHMAN & JOHN MIDGLEY (HUGO)
*David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, & Bo Persson (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, & Ed Novick (Moneyball)
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, & Stuart Wilson (War Horse)
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin (Transformers: Dark of the Moon)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: MARK BRIDGES (THE ARTIST)
Arianne Philips (W.E.)
Sandy Powell (Hugo)
Lisy Christi (Anonymous)
Michael O'Connor (Jane Eyre)
BEST MAKE UP: Mark Coulier & J. Roy Helland (The Iron Lady)
*Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, & Matthew W. Mungle (Albert Nobbs)
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, & Lisa Tomblin (Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part II)
So now that the night has drawn to a close and the wild after parties have also drawn to a close (except at Brad and Angelina's house, where 7 of the estimated 207 children are still doing the night shift chores) we can look back and say this was a pretty successful 84th Academy Awards. For more thoughts and news on all the upcoming awards shows this year and beyond, follow me on Twitter: @DylanMerrick6. Until next time...
~Viva amigos,
~D. Merrick
PS- The asterisks next to certain names are the nominess I believe should have won :P
