Awards Season 2010

[Alan Smithee]

Aaaaanywaaaay . . . Ed Gonzalez at Slant Magazine seems to think that Hailee Steinfeld will be nominated in the Best Actress category rather than supporting at the Oscars, a la Kate Winslet's Reader nomination last year and Keisha Castle-Hughes several years back. Anyone think this is a likely occurrance?

I think that's great. She was my favorite part. I really didn't care for the film(or anything the coens have done since The Man Who Wasn't There) but she was outstanding.

[matrixschmatrix]

I would guess that if anything they'd push in the opposite direction, a la Sam Jackson with Pulp Fiction- she may have legitimate claim to a lead role, but she's going to have a lot more competition in that category, and a very likely win for Best Supporting is much better than a longshot at Best Actress.

[domino harvey]

I can't imagine them pushing her for anything but Supporting, it'd be suicide otherwise. Unfortunately, the primary female characters very often get pushed to the "Supporting" category to move out of the way of the big guns, it's politics

[Grand Illusion]

She is the protagonist of the film. Does the Academy have any tangible guidelines for what constitutes Supporting versus Lead?

[Feego]

I don't think the Academy has any actual rules to distinguish supporting from lead roles. Usually, studios make a real effort to campaign for the actors in a specific category, and there are certain circumstances that will dictate which category they will campaign for. In the case of Steinfeld, she's a heretofore unknown teenage actress starring in a film with some major stars (Bridges, Brolin, Damon). Although she may be the film's protagonist, it's the male stars who received most of the publicity. Also, in the Best Actress category, she would be up against heavy hitters like Portman and Bening, and would not stand a chance. It's the same strategy that put Tatum O'Neal in the supporting category for Paper Moon, even though she is, by all rights, the protagonist of that film. Her father was promoted as the star of the movie, and the then-unknown 10-year-old would have been swallowed up by the likes of Glenda Jackson, Ellen Burstyn, Barbra Streisand, Joanne Woodward, and Marsha Mason in the Best Actress category.

Sometimes, when an actor has starred in two acclaimed films in the same year, they will be promoted as lead in one and supporting in another so that the two performances won't cancel each other out. This happened with DiCaprio a few years ago when he was promoted as lead for Blood Diamond and supporting for The Departed (the Academy only nomined him for the former). Many people complained when Julianne Moore was nominated in the supporting category for The Hours while Kidman was considered lead for the same film, but this was likely done to keep it from cancelling out Moore's Far from Heaven performance.

It's all about strategy, and as Domino said, it would be suicide to put Steinfeld in the Best Actress category, even if it is where she is best suited.

[zedz]

In some years, the award is also known as "Best Non-White, Child or Unknown Actor in a Leading Role", which hardly makes it a level playing field for the actual supporting actors that get nominated.

[kinjitsu]

César nominations:

Best Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer, dir : Roman Polanski
On Tour, dir: Mathieu Almaric

Best Foreign Film
Les Amours Imaginaires, dir: Xavier Dolan
Bright Star, dir: Jane Campion
The Secret In Their Eyes, dir: Juan Jose Campanella
Illegal, dir: Olivier Masset-Depasse
Inception, dir: Christopher Nolan
Invictus, dir: Clint Eastwood
The Social Network, dir: David Fincher

Best First Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Simon Werner A Disparu, dir: Fabrice Gobert
Tete De Turc, dir: Pascal Elbe
Tout Ce Qui Brille, dir: Geraldine Nakache

Best Documentary
Benda Bilili!, dir: Florent de la Tullaye, Renaud Barret
Cleveland Contre Wall Street, dir: Jean-Stephane Bron
Entre Nos Mains, dir: Mariana Otero
Oceans, dir : Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Berge, L'Amour Fou, dir: Pierre Thoretton

Best Animated Film
Arthur 3 Et La Guerre Des Deux Mondes, dir: Luc Besson
L'Homme A La Gordini, dir : Jean-Christophe Lie
L'Illusioniste, dir : Sylvain Chomet
Logorama, dir : H5
Une Vie De Chat, dir : Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol

Best Actor
Gerard Depardieu, Mammuth
Romain Duris, Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur)
Eric Elmosnino, Gainsbourg
Jacques Gamblin, Le Nom Des Gens
Lambert Wilson, Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieux)

Best Actress
Isabelle Carre, Les Emotifs Anonymes
Catherine Deneuve, Potiche
Sara Forestier, Le Nom Des Gens
Charlotte Gainsbourg, L'Arbre
Kristin Scott Thomas, Sarah's Key

Best Supporting Actor
Niels Arestrup, L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre Sa Vie
Francois Damiens, Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur)
Gilles Lellouche, Les Petits Mouchoirs
Michael Lonsdale, Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieux)
Olivier Rabourdin, Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieux)

Best Supporting Actress
Anne Alvaro, Le Bruit Des Glacons
Valerie Bonneton, Les Petits Mouchoirs
Julie Ferrier, Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur)
Karin Viard, Potiche

Best Director
Mathieu Amalric, On Tour
Olivier Assayas, Carlos
Xavier Beauvois, Des Hommes Et Des Dieux
Bertrand Blier, Le Bruit Des Glacons
Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer

Best Newcomer (Female)
Leila Bekhti, Tout Ce Qui Brille
Anais Demoustier, D'Amour Et D'Eau Fraiche
Audrey Lamy, Tout Ce Qui Brille
Lea Seydoux, Belle Epine
Yahima Torres, Venus Noire

Best Newcomer (Male)
Arthur Dupont, Bus Palladium
Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, La Princesse De Montpensier
Pio Marmai, D'Amour Et D'Eau Fraiche
Raphael Personnaz, La Princesse De Montpensier
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos

Best Original Screenplay
Mathieu Almaric, Philippe Di Folco, Marcelo Novias Teles, Raphaelle Valbrune, On Tour
Bertrand Blier, Le Bruit Des Glacons
Etienne Comar, Xavier Beauvois, Des Hommes Et Des Dieux
Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern, Mammuth
Baya Kasmi, Michel Leclerc, Le Nom Des Gens

Best Adapted Screenplay
Julie Bertuccelli, L'Arbre
Jean Cosmos, Francois-Olivier Rousseau, Bertrand Tavernier, La Princesse De Montpensier
Robert Harris, Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer
Eric Lartigau, Laurent De Bartillat, L'Homme Qui Voilait Vivre Sa Vie
Francois Ozon, Potiche

Best Original Score
Bruno Coulais, Oceans
Alexandre Desplat, The Ghost Writer
Gregoire Hetzel, L'Arbre
Delphine Mantoulet, Tony Gatfil, Liberte
Yarol Poupaud, Bus Palladium
Philippe Sarde, La Princesse De Montpensier

Best Sound
Philippe Barbeau, Jerome Wiciak, Florent Lavallee, Oceans
Jean-Marie Blondel, Thomas Desjonquieres, Dean Humphreys, The Ghost Writer
Jean-Jacques Ferran, Vincent Guillon, Eric Bonnard, Des Hommes Et Des Dieux
Daniel Sobrino, Jean Goudier, Cyril Holtz, Gainsbourg

Best Cinematography
Christophe Beaucarne, On Tour
Caroline Champetier, Des Hommes Et Des Dieux
Pawel Edelman, The Ghost Writer
Bruno De Keyzer, La Princesse De Montpensier
Guillaume Schiffman, Gainsbourg

Best Editing
Luc Barnier, Carlos
Annette Dutertre, On Tour
Herve de Luz, The Ghost Writer
Marie-Julie Maille, Des Hommes Et Des Dieux
Marilyne Monthieux, Gainsbourg

Best Costume Design
Olivier Beriot, Adele Blanc-Sec
Pascaline Chavanne, Potiche
Alexia Crisp-Jones, On Tour
Marielle Robaut, Des Hommes Et Des Dieux
Caroline De Vivaise, La Princesse De Montpensier

Best Art Direction
Michel Barthelemy, Des Hommes Et Des Dieux
Guy-Claude Francois, La Princesse De Montpensier
Albrecht Konrad, The Ghost Writer
Christian Marti, Gainsbourg
Hugues Tissandier, Adele Blanc-Sec

Best Short Film
Logorama, dir: H5
Monsieur L'Abbe, dir: Blandine Lenoir
Petit Tailleur, dir : Louis Garrel
Un Transport En Commun, dir : Dyana Gaye
Une Pute Et Un Poussin, dir : Clement Michel

[LQ]

Oscar Noms:

Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit

Best Actor
Javier Bardem in "Biutiful"
Jeff Bridges in "True Grit"
Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network"
Colin Firth in "The King's Speech"
James Franco in "127 Hours"

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale in "The Fighter"
John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone"
Jeremy Renner in "The Town"
Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right"
Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech"

Best Actress
Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman in "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine"

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams in "The Fighter"
Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech"
Melissa Leo in "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit"
Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom"

Best Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3

Best Documentary
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Best Foreign Film
Biutiful, Mexico
Dogtooth, Greece
In a Better World, Denmark
Incendies, Canada
Outside the Law, Algeria

Best Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit

Best Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network

Best Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

Best Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Best Original Screenplay
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech

Complete list here.

[mfunk9786]

At least I got my Best Director prediction right. I had a sneaking suspicion that Nolan wouldn't make the cut.

And yessssss John Hawkes!

[domino harvey]

Yessss John Hawkes! Surprised Bardem got in over Wahlberg, the lack of love for The Town, and the lack of supporting noms for Black Swan and Social Network

[aox]

I think this will be Fincher's year.

[domino harvey]

Yep, though don't be surprised if King's Speech walks away with Best Pic still

[Tribe]

Yessss John Hawkes! Surprised Bardem got in over Wahlberg, the lack of love for The Town, and the lack of supporting noms for Black Swan and Social Network

I'm very pleased John Hawkes received a nom. His role in Winter's Bone was awesomely brooding and genuine, imho. It wasn't until after I saw WB I realized he also plays Kenny Powers' brother in Eastbound and Down.

[mfunk9786]

Andrew Garfield really deserved a Supporting Actor win, let alone nomination.

Now I can only hope that Geoffrey Rush takes it.

[Highway 61]

Yeah, I really hope he wins over Bale, but I doubt he stands a chance.

[mfunk9786]

Hm, no nomination for Black Swan's costume design? Really?

[lacritfan]

A fourth yesss John Hawkes from me. I guess I don't mind this 10 best pic nominations if it means Winter's Bone got in. Wished Ryan Gosling coulda joined Michelle Williams, thought he had a chance after being nominated for Half Nelson. Though it's not his most outstanding work I hope they finally give one to Roger Deakins, he's way overdue. It has little chance but glad to see Restrepo in Best Doc.

Noticed some nominations with four people so looks like they got rid of that stupid three nominees max. rule.

Hm, no nomination for Black Swan's costume design? Really?

I think Swan's costumes were done by "fashion" designers so the "movie" designers probably thumbed their noses at them.

[Feego]

I think Swan's costumes were done by "fashion" designers so the "movie" designers probably thumbed their noses at them.

Didn't hurt The Devil Wears Prada, with designs by Pat Field, a few years ago. She's primarily a "fashion" designer.

I am genuinely surprised that Dogtooth made it in. I know it was highly acclaimed, but I did NOT expect the Academy to embrace something this edgy.

[matrixschmatrix]

Yessss John Hawkes!

And Winter's Bone got a nomination for best picture. Even if it doesn't win anything, three nominations in major categories should raise its standing a bit.

[Professor Wagstaff]

I want to join in on the John Hawkes love. His nomination surprised me in the best way this morning.

I'm disappointed that Lesley Manville couldn't find a place with the nominees. I caught Another Year over the weekend and the theatre crowd was overwhelmed by her performance.

[John Cope]

The absence of Somewhere is pathetic and absurd though not exactly unexpected. The presence of Winter's Bone, save for Hawkes' deserved acknowledgment, is equally so. Glad that something, anything, garnered more noms than Social Network.

[domino harvey]

Yessss John Hawkes!

And Winter's Bone got a nomination for best picture. Even if it doesn't win anything, three nominations in major categories should raise its standing a bit.

Four: Screenplay!

[James Mills]

Andrew Garfield really deserved a Supporting Actor win, let alone nomination.

I absolutely agree. His snub hurts worse than all the Blue Valentine snubs. I'm not stoked about these nominations.

[domino harvey]

Whereas I think this is the best slate of nominees since 2007

This is going to be a fascinating one to predict, because a lot of the noms are shaking up preconceived notions. I suspect there's gonna be a LOT of sharing the wealth this year:

King's Speech getting 50% more noms than Social Network is the fork, it's over: King's Speech for Best Pic and Actor, Social Network for Best Director and Screenplay.

Black Swan's weak showing puts Portman's win in jeopardy, could easily go to Benning now (one of those weird cases where the Academy feels they owe someone an award even though they haven't really had much of a career). Kidman and Williams have no shot, Winter's Bone has much stronger support than previously thought, Lawrence is the dark horse (but don't count on it). But I'd say the dark horse nom for Hawkes is already garnering a lot of attention, perhaps he could ride that wave to a win-- not as ridiculous as it sounds, really, because of any category to reward a film that can't otherwise pick up an award, the Supporting categories are notoriously unpredictable. The Fighter's all but got Leo in a lock for Supporting Actress, so where better to give a consolation prize?

[James Mills]

There is no chance in hell that Lawrence wins. I will gladly lay anyone 20 to 1 on that.