List of Nominees for the 84th Academy Awards

https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html

Actor in a Leading Role

Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
George Clooney in "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis in "The Help"
Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Animated Feature Film

"A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
"Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
"Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
"Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
"Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

"The Artist"
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo"
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"Midnight in Paris"
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
"War Horse"
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography

"The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
"Hugo" Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

"Anonymous" Lisy Christl
"The Artist" Mark Bridges
"Hugo" Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
"W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing

"The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Alexander Payne
"Hugo" Martin Scorsese
"Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
"The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature)

"Hell and Back Again"
Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Pina"
Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
"Undefeated"
TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
"Incident in New Baghdad"
James Spione
"Saving Face"
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

"The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
"The Descendants" Kevin Tent
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
"Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

"Bullhead" Belgium
"Footnote" Israel
"In Darkness" Poland
"Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
"A Separation" Iran

Makeup

"Albert Nobbs"
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
"The Iron Lady"
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

"The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
"Hugo" Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
"Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Picture

"The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer
"The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
"The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
"Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
"Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
"Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
"The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
"War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

"Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
"La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
"A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
"Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

"Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
"Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
"The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
"Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
"Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

"Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
"Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
"War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
"Hugo"
Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
"Moneyball"
Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
"War Horse"
Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
"Hugo"
Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
"Real Steel"
Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
"The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
"Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervin
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

"The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
"Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
"Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
"Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen
"A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi





The Oscars will be broadcast on Feb. 26th

As today I just posted a thread about "The Artist", even before knowing the nominations, I'll take the Artist.
And if not, hope Hugo wins a bunch too.

Lots of snubs though.

Bridesmaids for best original screenplay and supporting actress? Damn. I loved that movie but ............ really?

Very disappointed with all the categories this year. All very lackluster except visual effects.

I'll pull for Hugo in everything it's nominated for.

I was shocked about Jonah Hill and Melissa McCarthy's nominations. I've heard that Hill was good in Moneyball but something about it being Jonah Hill made me look twice.

Voorhees27 said:

Bridesmaids for best original screenplay and supporting actress? Damn. I loved that movie but ............ really?

Click to expand...

What did Melissa McCarthy do to suddenly get all of this attention. Bridesmaids was great but I don't think it would have been different had she not been in it.

And I've never even heard of about 80% of those movies let alone seen them.

Shropt said:

What did Melissa McCarthy do to suddenly get all of this attention. Bridesmaids was great but I don't think it would have been different had she not been in it.

And I've never even heard of about 80% of those movies let alone seen them.

Click to expand...

Don't get me wrong I think she's hilarious and owned that role but an Oscar?

Oh and Clooney + Politics = win imo.

Ghostbusters re-release got snubbed! ____ you, Oscars!

I REALLY want Oldman to win for Best Actor. Couldn't believe when I read that this was his first nomination. He's such a great actor....though I wonder if this will be Clooney's year. I hope not. Not that I don't like him...but I like Oldman more.

Damn. I've only seen two of the Best Picture nominees, the Help and Moneyball... Lowest total I can ever recall.

Kinda weird not seeing a Pixar film in best Animated feature... Guess that's what happens when they go for many grabs like Cars 2. Hell, my son is three and he doesn't even like it.

I think it'll either be Pitt or Clooney this year and it'll be "make-ups" for previous snubs.

I was surprised The Adventures of Tin Tin didn't get a nomination.

The Mike said:

I think it'll either be Pitt or Clooney this year and it'll be "make-ups" for previous snubs.

Click to expand...

Well if it's make ups for previous snubs - then Oldman should DEFINITELY win! He's been snubbed more than either of them combined.

Voorhees27 said:

Don't get me wrong I think she's hilarious and owned that role but an Oscar?

Oh and Clooney + Politics = win imo.

Click to expand...

Maybe it was that final scene with the sandwich that got her the nom

And yes

Jen said:

Well if it's make ups for previous snubs - then Oldman should DEFINITELY win! He's been snubbed more than either of them combined.

Click to expand...

I agree that Oldman is the better actor than them both, but being his first nomination, the academy usually doesn't work in treating snubs like that. They usually give it to an actor who "should" have won for a nominated role before as a make up. Both Pitt and Clooney hit that mark and I could see them getting it without much issue.

The Mike said:

I agree that Oldman is the better actor than them both, but being his first nomination, the academy usually doesn't work in treating snubs like that. They usually give it to an actor who "should" have won for a nominated role before as a make up. Both Pitt and Clooney hit that mark and I could see them getting it without much issue.

Click to expand...

Translation: "The Oscars are a farce."

Sithlord1975 said:

As today I just posted a thread about "The Artist", even before knowing the nominations, I'll take the Artist.
And if not, hope Hugo wins a bunch too.

Lots of snubs though.

Click to expand...

Yep, I was expecting to see Take Shelter get some noms, at least as Best Actor, and Drive should've have Supporting Role.
Also, I was expecting Senna to be nominated as a Documentary...

Voorhees27 said:

Oh and Clooney + Politics = win imo.

Click to expand...

Yeah it's a safe bet...

karamazov80 said:

Ghostbusters re-release got snubbed! ____ you, Oscars!

Click to expand...

FLOSI said:

Kinda weird not seeing a Pixar film in best Animated feature... Guess that's what happens when they go for many grabs like Cars 2. Hell, my son is three and he doesn't even like it.

Click to expand...

Cars 2 sucked balls...
I really think Rango deserves it...
but most likely will go to Kung fu Panda 2

Jen said:

I was surprised The Adventures of Tin Tin didn't get a nomination.

Click to expand...

Ditto... just for the Score though...

karamazov80 said:

Translation: "The Oscars are a farce."

Click to expand...

They have been for about 30 years.

McCarthy owned Bridesmaids - she was the best part of the movie.

I'm shocked that Incredibly Close is on there - while rotten tomatoes isn't a good barometer for me to decide if I'll like something, it ought to be a reasonable barometer for a film to make it on here for Best Picture. The rest of the field had numbers of at least 85%, several mid-90's. Incredibly Close? 48%. Who the Hell nominated it?

And yea, this year is a mighty weak field all around. I'd go Rango over KFP2 for animated film, and I suspect the critics will too.

Kinda disappointed HP got snubbed.... again.

Rickman at least deserved a nod.