Oscar nominations for 2009 movies...

The following is a complete list of nominations for the upcoming Academy Award.  My friend Pat Conlan in Sydney has once again distributed the list for his yearly competition amongs friends from around the world.  We are required to submit to him our picks by a dateline.  The winners will receive a prize.  He has been organising this competiton for decades now..



Best Picture
AVATAR
THE BLIND SIDE
DISTRICT 9
AN EDUCATION
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS
A SERIOUS MAN
UP
UP IN THE AIR

Directing
AVATAR – James Cameron
THE HURT LOCKER – Kathryn Bigelow
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino
PRECIOUS – Lee Daniels
UP IN THE AIR – Jason Reitman

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges – CRAZY HEART
George Clooney – UP IN THE AIR
Colin Firth – A SINGLE MAN
Morgan Freeman – INVICTUS
Jeremy Renner – THE HURT LOCKER

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock – THE BLIND SIDE
Helen Mirren – THE LAST STATION
Carey Mulligan – AN EDUCATION
Gabourey Sidibe – PRECIOUS
Meryl Streep – JULIE & JULIA

Actor in a Support Role
Matt Damon – INVICTUS
Woody Harrelson – THE MESSENGER
Christopher Plummer – THE LAST STATION
Stanley Tucci – THE LOVELY BONES
Christopher Waltz – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz – NINE
Vera Farmiga – UP IN THE AIR
Maggie Gyllenhaal – CRAZY HEART
Anna Kendrick – UP IN THE AIR
Mo’Nique – PRECIOUS

Writing – Original Screenplay
THE HURT LOCKER – Mark Boal
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Quentin Tarantino
THE MESSENGER – Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A SERIOUS MAN – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
UP – Peter Docter, Bob Peterson & Tom McCarthy

Writing – Adapted Screenplay
DISTRICT 9 – Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
AN EDUCATION – Nick Hornby
IN THE LOOP – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
PRECIOUS – Geoffrey Fletcher
UP IN THE AIR – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

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

Film Editing
AVATAR – Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua & James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 – Julian Clarke
THE HURT LOCKER – Bob Murawski & Chris Innis
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Sally Menke
PRECIOUS – Joe Klotz

Music – Original Score
AVATAR – James Horner
FANTASTIC MR FOX – Alexandre Desplat
THE HURT LOCKER – Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders
SHERLOCK HOLMES – Hans Zimmer
UP – Michael Giacchino

Music – Original Song
“Almost There” – THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG – Music & Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans – THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG – Music & Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loine de Paname” – PARIS 36 – Music by Reinhardt Wagner, Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” – NINE – Music & Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind” – CRAZY HEART – Music & Lyric by Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett

Art Direction
AVATAR – Art Direction – Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration – Kim Sinclair
THE IMAGINATION OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS – Art Direction – Dave Warren & Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration – Caroline Smith
NINE – Art Direction – John Myhre; Set Decoration – Gordon Sim
SHERLOCK HOLMS – Art Direction – Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration – Katie Spencer
THE YOUNG VICTORIA – Art Direction – Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration – Maggie Gray

Costume Design
BRIGHT STAR – Janet Patterson*
COCO BEFORE CHANEL – Catherine Leterrier
THE IMAGINATION OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS- Monique Prudhomme
NINE – Colleen Atwood
THE YOUNG VICTORIA – Sandy Powell

Sound Mixing
AVATAR – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson & Tony Johnson
THE HURT LOCKER – Paul NJ Ottosson & Ray Beckett
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti & Mark Ulano
STAR TREK – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson & Peter J Devlin
TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P Russell, Gary Summers & Geoffrey Patterson

Animated Feature
CORALINE
FANTASTIC MR FOX
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
THE SECRET OF KELLS
UP

Foreign Language Film
AJAMI – Israel
EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS – Argentina
THE MILK OF SORROW – Peru
UN PROPHETE – France
THE WHITE RIBBON – Germany

Visual Effects
AVATAR – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Beneham & Andrew R Jones
DISTRICT 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros & Matt Aitken
STAR TREK – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh & Burt Dalton

Sound Editing
AVATAR – Christopher Boyes & Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
THE HURT LOCKER – Paul NJ Ottosson
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS – Wylie Stateman
STAR TREK – Mark Stoeckinger & Alan Rankin
UP – Michael Silvers & Tom Myers

MakeUp
IL DIVO – Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano
STAR TREK – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall & Joel Harlow
THE YOUNG VICTORIA – Jon Henry Gordon & Jenny Shircone

Documentary Feature
BURMA VJ
THE COVE
FOOD, INC
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
WHICH WAY HOME

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 A LA BERLIN

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

Live Action Short Film
THE DOOR
INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
KAVI
MIRACLE FISH*
THE NEW TENANTS
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