The 82nd Academy Awards: A major moment in film history

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2010 Academy Awards
2010 Academy Awards
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Celebrating the best films of 2009


(My choices are in ITALICS and the actual winners are in BOLD.)

The sky is the limit with hosts like Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.  Last year's show, featuring the best opener for the awards given by Hugh Jackman, is sure to be a hard one to top, but if there is a duo that can do it, it's certainly is Steve and Alec.


It began with Neal Patrick Harris walking out on stage and random and singing an opening song about "No One Wants to Do It Alone".  You can easily tell they wanted to capture the success from last years incredible opening sequence with Jackson.  It was okay, not the best thing I've ever seen.


It was immediately followed by Alec and Steven lowering "from the sky".  Alec goes well opposite the veteran host Steve Martin.  Their opening was much better than Harris's, taking jabs at one another as well as the multiple nominees.


"You know, Gabourey and I have something in common. In our first films we were both born poor and black." ~~Steve Martin


"And they don't just give out Oscars to stand up comedians, but I don't have to tell you that." ~~~Alec Baldwin


I loved the dedication sequence given by James Taylor.  It was difficult to see the numerous people we lost last year that changed the film industry.


For the first time ever, the winners of all the acting categories received the SAG, Golden Globe, and Academy Award.  While an actor or actress has won all the awards before for the same role, this is the first time all four categories were won by the same person for their roles.


This was also the first time a woman won Best Director.




Best Picture


  • Avatar


  • The Blindside


  • Up


  • Up in the Air


  • District 9


  • An Education


  • The Hurt Locker


  • Inglourious Basterds


  • A Serious Man


  • Precious


Presenter:  


Throughout the program, different film stars spoke a little about the nominees at various intervals.


Best Director


  • Kathryn Bigelow -- The Hurt Locker


  • James Cameron -- Avatar


  • Lee Daniels -- Precious


  • Jason Reitman -- Up in the Air


  • Quentin Tarrantino -- Inglourious Basterds


Presenter: 




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


Presenter: Kate Winslett




Best Actress


  • Sandra Bullock -- The Blindside


  • Helen Mirron -- The Last Station


  • Carey Mulligan -- An Education


  • Gabourey Sidibe -- Precious


  • Meryl Streep -- Julie & Julia


Presenter:  Sean Penn




Best Supporting Actor


  • Christoph Waltz -- Inglourious Basterds


  • Stanley Tucci -- The Lovely Bones


  • Matt Damon -- Invictus


  • Woody Harrelson -- The Messenger


  • Christopher Plummer -- The Last Station


Presenter: Penelope Cruz




Best Supporting Actress


  • Mo'Nique -- Precious


  • Penélope Cruz -- Nine


  • Vera Farmiga -- Up in the Air


  • Maggie Gyllenhaal -- Crazy Heart


  • Anna Kendrick -- Up in the Air


Presenter:  Robin Williams




Best Original Screenplay


  • The Hurt Locker -- Mark Boal


  • Inglourious Basterds -- Quentin Tarantino


  • The Messenger -- Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman


  • A Serious Man -- Joel and Ethan Coen


  • Up -- Bob Peterson and Pete Docter


Presenter:  Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr.




Best Adapted Screenplay


  • District 9 -- Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell


  • An Education -- Nick Hornby


  • In The Loop -- Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Ianucci, Tony Roche


  • Precious -- Geoffrey Fletcher


  • Up in the Air -- Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner


 


Best Animated Feature


  • Up -- Bob Peterson and Pete Docter


  • Coraline -- Henry Selick


  • Fantastic Mr. Fox -- Wes Anderson


  • The Princess and the Frog -- Ron Clements and John Musker


  • The Secret of Kells -- Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey


Presenters:  Cameron Diaz and Steve Carrel.  Steve stepped in for Jude Law at the last second and the teleprompter wasn't changed so it was funny to watch.




Best Foreign Language Film


  • Ajami -- Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani


  • El Secreto de Sus Ojos -- Juan José Campanella


  • The Milk of Sorrow -- Claudia Llosa


  • A Prophet -- Jacques Audiard


  • The White Ribbon -- Michael Haneke


Best Documentary Feature


  • Burma VJ -- Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller


  • The Cove -- (Nominees have yet to be determined)


  • Food, Inc -- Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein


  • The Most Dangerous Man in America -- Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith


  • Which Way Home -- Rebecca Cammisa


Presenter:  Matt Damon




Best Documentary Short


  • China's Unnatural Disaster -- Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill


  • The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner -- Daniel Junge Reichert


  • Music by Prudence -- Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett


  • Rabbit à la Berlin -- Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra


Presenter:  Jada Pickett Smith and Carey Mulligan




Best Live Action Short


  • The Door -- Juanita Wilson and James Flynn


  • Instead of Abracadabra -- Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström


  • Kavi -- Gregg Helvey


  • Miracle Fish -- Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey


  • The New Tenants -- Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson


Presenter:  Jada Pickett Smith and Carey Mulligan




Best Animated Short


  • French Roast -- Fabrice O. Joubert


  • Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell


  • The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) – Javier Recio Gracia


  • Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin


  • A Matter of Loaf and Death – Nick Park


Presenter: Jada Pickett Smith and Carey Mulligan


"I wish to say that no Legos were harmed during the making of this film"


~~Schmerkin during his acceptance speech




Best Original Score


  • Avatar – James Horner


  • Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat


  • The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Beck Sanders


  • Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer


  • Up – Michael Giacchino


Presenter:  Jennifer Lopez and Jude Law




Best Original Song


  • "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman


  • "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog – Randy Newman


  • "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 – Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas


  • "Take it All" from Nine – Maury Yeston


  • "Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart – Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett


Presenters: Amanda Seyfried  and Miley Cyrus 




Best Sound Editing


  • Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle


  • The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson


  • Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman


  • Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin


  • Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers


Presenter: Zac Ephron and Anna Kendrick




Best Sound Mixing


  • Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson


  • The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett


  • Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano


  • Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin


  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson


Presenter:  Zac Ephron and Anna Kendrick




Best Art Direction


  • Avatar -- Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair


  • The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus -- Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith


  • Nine -- Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim


  • Sherlock Holmes -- Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer


  • The Young Victoria -- Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray


Presenter:  Sigorney Weaver


(Rick Carter was cut off because he was standing on Weaver's dress and had to move.)




Best Cinematography


  • Avatar -- Mauro Fiore


  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- Bruno Delbonnel


  • The Hurt Locker -- Barry Ackroyd


  • Inglourious Basterds -- Robert Richardson


  • The White Ribbon -- Christian Berger


Presenter:  Sandra Bullock




Best Makeup


  • Il Divo -- Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano


  • Star Trek -- Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow


  • The Young Victoria -- Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore


Presenter:  Ben Stiller (Stiller came out in a Na'Vi outfit and presented the award).


Personally this seemed kinda stupid in my opinion.  There wasn't a whole lot of Makeup in the movie, but apparently enough to win an Oscar??




Best Costume Design


  • Bright Star -- Janet Patterson


  • Coco Before Chanel -- Catherine Leterrier


  • The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus -- Monique Prudhomme


  • Nine -- Colleen Atwood


  • The Young Victoria -- Sandy Powell


Presenter: Sarah Jessica Parker and Tom Ford




Best Film Editing


  • Avatar -- James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin


  • District 9 -- Julian Clarke


  • The Hurt Locker -- Chris Innis and Bob Murawski


  • Inglourious Basterds -- Sally Menke


  • Precious -- Joe Klotz


Presenter:   Tyler Perry




Best Visual Effects


  • Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones


  • Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton


  • District 9 - Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, and Matt Aitken


Presenter:  Gerard Butler and Brad Cooper


 


Here's a breakdown of the films with multiple nominations:


Avatar


  • 9 nominations


  • 3 win(s)


The Hurt Locker


  • 9 nominations


  • 6 win(s)


Inglorious Basterds


  • 8 nominations


  • 1 win(s)


Precious


  • 6 nominations


  • 2 win(s)


Up in the Air


  • 6 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


Up


  • 5 nominations


  • 2 win(s)


District Nine


  • 4 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


Nine


  • 4 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


Star Trek


  • 4 nominations


  • 1 win(s)


An Education


  • 3 nominations


  • win(s)


Crazy Heart


  • 3 nominations


  • 1 win(s)


The Princess and the Frog


  • 3 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


The Young Victoria


  • 3 nominations


  • 1 win(s)


A Serious Man


  • 2 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


The Blind Side


  • 2 nominations


  • 1 win(s)


Fantastic Mr. Fox


  • 2 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus


  • 2 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


The Last Station


  • 2 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


Invictus


  • 2 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


Sherlock Holmes


  • 2 nominations


  • 0 win(s)


The White Ribbon


  • 2 nominations


  • 0 win(s)

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