Steve Reinhardt’s 2011 Movie Web Page
My Picks for the Academy Awards
My Favorite Critic Andrew Sarris Top
Ten List
Friends,
It’s Oscar
® time! Another year in movies and
it is time for me to announce my ten best of 2010 as well as my predictions. As
always, I wait until this time to allow me to catch some of the late releases
and be sure that I haven’t missed a film I wanted to add to the list. This past
year I saw 31 films released in 2010; only 12 of them in the movie theatre. I
have selected the following 10 as my best of the year.
Steve Reinhardt’s “Top Ten” for 2010
1. The
Social Network
2. Toy
Story 3
3. The
Kids Are All Right
4. True
Grit
5. Another
Year
6. The King's Speech
7. Fair
Game
8. Rabbit
Hole
9. Howl
10. Hereafter
Click on the picture to find out more about my favorite
movies of the past year.
Honorable Mention for two “Made of TV” films of distinction:
You Don’t Know Jack
It was very hard for me to make my “Ten
Best” picks this year. First, most of
the quality films only arrived in the Oscar season (late Fall to Christmas) and
made for too much to see in a short time. Second, it just didn’t seem to be a
very good year for films in general, as there was nothing that I wanted to tell
everyone: “You’ve got to see this film!”
“The Social Network” was extremely well
written and paced, as were “True Grit” and “The Kids Are All Right”. And “Toy
Story 3” had an emotional component that made you wonder why “real’ actors
cannot show as much emotion as their computer generated friends. But for most
of the year, the movies were a disappointment to me. I did enjoy the performance of Colin Firth
and he should get his acting award this year for the “King’s Speech” (the one
he deserved in “A Single Man”) and the performance of newcomer Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” was
exceptional.
The two made for TV movies above were
as good if not better than many of the theatrical releases. Claire Danes and Al
Pacino in their biographical roles excelled in a year
when 3D spectaculars offered little in the way of thought provoking films. As a
very late entry (because of my friend Jack’s recommendation) I just saw “Another
Year” this weekend. Not an easy film to
watch, but it was well acted and gave me much to think about after the
screening.
Included below are my Oscar picks and
the lists of Jack Kleinman and Andrew
Sarris. Jack is the retiring manager of the Regal
Cinemas Santa Cruz 9, and Andrew Sarris is currently published in Film
Comment.
Jack Kleinman’s Top Ten for 2010
Here's Jack’s “Top 10” of 2010. He’s always good for picking selections I may
have missed!
- Another Year
- And Everything Is Going Fine;
The Tillman Story; Exit Through the Gift Shop
- The
Social Network
- The Father of My Children
- True
Grit
- Wild Grass
- Never Let Me Go
- The
Fighter
- A Prophet
- Shutter Island
- Cairo Time
- Animal Kingdom
TV Picks: Treme
Jack Kleinman 2/15/11
Andrew Sarris Top Picks of 2010
Movie Critic appearing in Film Comment
Andrew
Sarris has published in Film Comment
Magazine a list of bests for 2010.
Unfortunately this list is all we “Sarrisites”
have to go on this year as he is no longer publishing weekly reviews. At the age of 82, he is still watching and
giving us insights based on his knowledge and decades of movie going experience.
Here is his 2010 Ten Best List.
- The King's Speech
- The Kids Are All Right
- The Ghost Writer
- Winter’s Bone
- Inside Job
- Toy Story 3
- The Fighter
- The Company Men
- Inspector Bellamy
- The Social Network
Steve Reinhardt’s Picks for the Academy Awards
Now it’s time for my picks to win the Academy Awards on
February 27, 2011. These picks were made on February 20, 2011, so I can’t
change them at the last minute! I’ve
added a column for those I think “Should Win” (not that they ever do) and a
“Did Win” so you can keep score. As you
can see I believe that “Social Network” will do well, but the King’s Speech
wins Best Picture and director. My money is on Colin Firth, Natalie Portman,
Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.
Everything else is a guess, except I would be surprised if “Toy Story 3”
lost for best animation. Historically, my guesses are only about 46% correct,
so don’t bet the rent money.
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Best
picture |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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127 Hours
– Danny Boyle and Christian Colson |
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Black
Swan – Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian
Oliver |
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The
Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg |
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Inception
– Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas |
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The Kids
Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte,
and Celine Rattray |
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The
King's Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin |
R |
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The
Social Network – Dana Brunetti, Ceán
Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin |
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Toy Story
3 – Darla K. Anderson |
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True Grit
– Ethan Coen, Joel Coen,
and Scott Rudin |
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Winter's
Bone – Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini |
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Best Director |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan |
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Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – True Grit |
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David
Fincher – The Social Network |
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Tom
Hooper – The King's Speech |
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David O. Russell
– The Fighter |
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Best
Actor |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal |
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Jeff
Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn |
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Jesse Eisenberg
– The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg |
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Colin
Firth – The King's Speech as |
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James
Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston |
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Best
Actress |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nic |
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Nicole
Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett |
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Jennifer
Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly |
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Natalie
Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers |
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Michelle
Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy |
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Best
Supporting Actor |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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Christian
Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund |
R |
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John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop |
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Jeremy
Renner – The Town as James "Gem" Coughlin |
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Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul |
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Geoffrey
Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue |
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Best
Supporting Actress |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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Amy Adams
– The Fighter as Charlene Fleming |
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Helena
Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon / Queen Elizabeth |
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Melissa
Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward |
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Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie
Ross |
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Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody |
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Best
Writing – Original Screenplay Best Writing –
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Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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Another
Year – Mike Leigh |
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The
Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric
Johnson |
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Inception
– Christopher Nolan |
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The Kids
Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg |
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The
King's Speech – David Seidler |
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Adapted
Screenplay |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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127 Hours
– Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy from Between a Rock
and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston |
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The
Social Network – Aaron Sorkin from The Accidental
Billionaires by Ben Mezrich |
R |
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Toy Story
3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton,
and Lee Unkrich; characters based on Toy Story and
Toy Story 2 |
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True Grit
– Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
from True Grit by Charles Portis |
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Winter's Bone
– Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell |
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Best
Animated Feature |
Will
Win |
Should
Win |
Did Win |
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How to
Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois |
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The Illusionist
– Sylvain Chomet |
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Toy Story
3 – Lee Unkrich |
R |
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Best
Foreign Language Film |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Biutiful ( |
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Dogtooth
( |
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In a
Better World ( |
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Incendies ( |
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Outside
the Law ( |
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Best
Documentary – Feature Best Documentary –
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Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Exit
Through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz |
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Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic |
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Inside
Job – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs |
R |
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Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger |
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Short
Subject |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Killing
in the Name – Jed Rothstein |
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Poster
Girl – Sara Nesson |
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Strangers
No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon |
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Sun Come
Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger |
R |
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The
Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon |
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Best
Live Action Short Film Best |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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The
Confession – Tanel Toom |
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The Crush
– Michael Creagh |
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God of
Love – Luke Matheny |
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Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt |
R |
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Wish 143
– Ian Barnes |
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Animated
Short Film |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Day &
Night – Teddy Newton |
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The Gruffalo – Max Lang and Jakob Schuh |
R |
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Let's
Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe |
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The Lost
Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan |
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Best
Original Score |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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127 Hours
– A.R. Rahman |
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How to
Train Your Dragon – John Powell |
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Inception
– Hans Zimmer |
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The
King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat |
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The
Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
R |
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Best
Original Song |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Coming
Home from Country Strong – Bob DiPiero, Tom
Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, and |
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I See the
Light from Tangled – Alan Menken and Glenn Slater |
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If I Rise
from 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, and
Dido |
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We Belong
Together from Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman |
R |
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Best
Sound Editing |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Inception
– Richard King |
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Toy Story
3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers |
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Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague |
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True Grit
– Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey |
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Unstoppable
– Mark P. Stoeckinger |
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Best Sound
Mixing |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Inception
– Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick |
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The
King's Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley |
R |
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Salt –
Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin |
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The
Social Network – Ren Klyce,
David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten |
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True Grit
– Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey,
Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland |
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Best Art
Direction |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set
Decoration: Stephenie McMillan |
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Inception
– Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration:
Larry Dias and Doug Mowat |
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The
King's Speech – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr |
R |
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True Grit
– Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration:
Nancy Haigh |
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Best
Cinematography |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Black
Swan – Matthew Libatique |
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Inception
– Wally Pfister |
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The
King's Speech – Danny Cohen |
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The Social
Network – Jeff Cronenweth |
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True Grit
– Roger Deakins |
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Best
Makeup Best |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Barney's
Version – Adrien Morot |
R |
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The Way
Back – Edouard F. Henriques,
Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng |
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The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey |
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Costume
Design |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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I Am Love
– Antonella Cannarozzi |
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The
King's Speech – Jenny Beavan |
R |
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The
Tempest – Sandy Powell |
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True Grit
– Mary Zophres |
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Best
Film Editing |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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127 Hours
– Jon Harris |
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Black Swan
– Andrew Weisblum |
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The
Fighter – Pamela Martin |
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The
King's Speech – Tariq Anwar |
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The
Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter |
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Best
Visual Effects |
Will
Win |
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Did Win |
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Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson,
Christian Manz, and Nicolas Aithadi |
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Hereafter
– Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski,
and Joe Farrell |
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Inception
– Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb |
R |
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Iron Man
2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben
Snow, Ged Wright, and Daniel Sudick
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© 2011 Steve Reinhardt
