OldBoy

**Continue pre-Oscar show discussion here**

Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:30pm PST from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California.

Let's talk show, winners, losers, speeches, Steve & Alec and of course lighting!

Best motion picture of the year:

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Achievement in directing:

• James Cameron Avatar
• Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
• Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
• Lee Daniels Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
• Jason Reitman Up in the Air

Performance by an actor in a leading role:

• Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
• George Clooney in Up in the Air
• Colin Firth in A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman in Invictus
• Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

• Matt Damon in Invictus
• Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
• Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

• Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
• Helen Mirren in The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan in An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
• Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

• Penélope Cruz in Nine
• Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
• Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
• Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Adapted screenplay:

• District 9 Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• An Education Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• In the Loop Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up in the Air Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Original screenplay:

• The Hurt Locker Written by Mark Boal
• Inglourious Basterds Written by Quentin Tarantino
• The Messenger Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• A Serious Man Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Best animated feature film of the year:

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess and the Frog
• The Secret of Kells
• Up

Achievement in art direction:

• Avatar
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Nine
• Sherlock Holmes
• The Young Victoria

Achievement in cinematography:

• Avatar
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• The White Ribbon

Achievement in costume design:

• Bright Star
• Coco before Chanel
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Nine
• The Young Victoria

Best documentary feature:

• Burma VJ
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.
• The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
• Which Way Home

Best documentary short subject:

• China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
• The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
• The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
• Music by Prudence
• Rabbit à la Berlin

Achievement in film editing:

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Best foreign language film of the year:

• Ajami
• El Secreto de Sus Ojos
• The Milk of Sorrow
• Un Prophète
• The White Ribbon

Achievement in makeup:

• Il Divo
• Star Trek
• The Young Victoria

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):

• James Horner Avatar
• Alexandre Desplat Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders The Hurt Locker
• Hans Zimmer Sherlock Holmes
• Michael Giacchino Up

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):

• Almost There from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• Loin de Paname from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• Take It All from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best animated short film:

• French Roast
• Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
• The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
• Logorama
• A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best live action short film:

• The Door
• Instead of Abracadabra
• Kavi
• Miracle Fish
• The New Tenants

Achievement in sound editing:

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Up

Achievement in sound mixing:

• Avatar
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Star Trek
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Achievement in visual effects:

• Avatar
• District 9
• Star Trek

Jack Straw

I'm really rooting for I/B to win best picture, Quentin for best director, and Christoph Waltz for best S/A.

Mondo Kane

Go Grindhouse Guy!

gglass4269

very excited about my picks!



Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Cinematography: Avatar: Mauro Fiore
Editing: The Hurt Locker: Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: The Young Victoria: Sandy Powell
Original Score: Up: Michael Giacchino
Original Song: Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Best Makeup: Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker: Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
Best Sound Editing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Best Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (Germany)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove: Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
Best Documentary Short: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Best Live Action Short: The Door: Juanita Wilson, James Flynn
Best Animated Short: French Roast: Fabrice Joubert

JumpCutz

My official predictions!


Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds: Quentin Tarantino
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Cinematography: Avatar: Mauro Fiore
Editing: The Hurt Locker: Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Art Direction: Avatar: Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Costume Design: The Young Victoria: Sandy Powell
Original Score: Up: Michael Giacchino
Original Song: Crazy Heart: T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Best Makeup: Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker: Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
Best Sound Editing: Avatar: Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Best Visual Effects: Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Best Animated Feature Film: Up: Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film: Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (Germany)
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove: Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
Best Documentary Short: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Best Live Action Short: The Door: Juanita Wilson, James Flynn
Best Animated Short: French Roast: Fabrice Joubert

Boba Fett

BOLD: What I think will win.
UNDERLINE:What I want to win.

Best motion picture of the year:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Achievement in directing:
James Cameron Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Jason Reitman Up in the Air


Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in "The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Penélope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Adapted screenplay:
District 9 Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner


Original screenplay:
The Hurt Locker Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Best animated feature film of the year:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

Achievement in art direction:
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Achievement in cinematography:
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Achievement in costume design:
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Best documentary feature:
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

Best documentary short subject:
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin

Achievement in film editing:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Best foreign language film of the year:
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophète
The White Ribbon


Achievement in makeup:
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
James Horner Avatar
Alexandre Desplat Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders The Hurt Locker
Hans Zimmer Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino Up

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
Almost There from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Loin de Paname from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
Take It All from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best animated short film:
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death


Best live action short film:
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Achievement in sound editing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Achievement in sound mixing:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Achievement in visual effects:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

PopcornTreeCt

I'm just rooting for anything that's not Avatar.

dan30oly

me to.

if Avatar wins best picture, it will signal the end of mankind.

Rypro 525

yeah same, hoping a no to an avatar bp win, its a good flick visually and what not, but a win would be more for the achievement in the effects and what not, and not for the quality of the movie

Trevor

I may go postal if Avatar wins BP. It was just horrible.

outcastja

A little OT, I haven't seen the Blind Side but I am rooting for Sandra Bullock after she went in person to accept her Razzie. It would be hilarious if she won an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year.

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OldBoy

^ that's awesome. but, i wonder if she would have done it had the the predictions and buzz in favor of her winning the Oscar not been so loud and thus give her that confidence.

Ash Ketchum

Any other Cablevision subscribers out there? We're screwed tonight, aren't we? ABC pulled their signal off of Cablevision, just in time for the Oscars. And I'm not about to go digging out a pair of "rabbit ears" to try and get it over-the-air.

(For those under 25, "rabbit ears" is the term we once used for antennas, these long, thin, retractable metal poles that were placed on top of big TV sets, pre-cable and long before flatscreens, in order to pull the signal out of the ether. If your set was badly positioned, you'd have to move the antenna around all over the room to get a good signal.)

Anyone know of a site that posts the winners as they are announced?

Thanks.

Dr. DVD

^ Is Cablevision the name of a specific company? My service still seems to be airing the channel.

RichC2

Cablevision is a specific company, and most rabbit ears won't work since old ones don't pick up digital/ATSC channels. (Requires the purchase of a $10 new set and a digital converter box if you have an old TV).

On the bright side to that, though, most over the air channels do broadcast in HD now.

Trevor

I'm sure dozens of sites will, including the official site and all the news sites.

CNN headline news might have each award in their news scroll.

Twitter feeds aplenty.

And I'm sure they'll all scroll across my facebook feed as at least one friend will comment on each award.

IMDB announces each award across their twitter and facebook feeds I'm pretty sure.

And at least one thread here will follow the night.

OldBoy

i think some sites will have the live streaming show.

RichC2

ABC will:


ABC will not only broadcast the event live on television but it will also provide live stream coverage for internet users around the world. You can check their live red carpet show from 3 p.m to 5 p.m PT (6 – 8 p.m. ET) and Oscar Awards ceremony starting 5 p.m PT (8 p.m. ET) at http://Oscar.go.com

Read more: http://dailycontributor.com/oscars-2...#ixzz0hWHp3YSc
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial

asianxcore

Bummed I won't be able to watch it because I'll be at work late tonight

starman9000

I've never had a pair of rabbit ears not work, but yeah, you may need a converter box depending on your set.

Osiris3657

I'll watch tonight, but I don't expect any real drama. Every relevant category has a strong favorite.

Osiris3657

Mr. Cinema

I chose The Hurt Locker for 5 wins, including Picture. I expect it to win tonight, but I have this little feeling that the Academy is going to end up going with Avatar. Oscar and Guild history are completely against it winning, but this is a $2.5 billion phenomenon. A Director/Picture split would allow them to reward both films. If Avatar wins Editing, I think it'll win Picture. Editing is a key category, just like it is every other year. Assuming Avatar loses Director, Editing is the next biggest award they could give it.

Geofferson

Is there a DVDTalk group Oscar pool this year?

OldBoy

just glad there is no 3-D segment to endure through.