"The test for Humanity can take many forms, so let your senior Sister decide the best form. In any event, a great deal of non-injurious pain is required. It must be something that makes the Postulant question herself at a very deep level. If she can withstand the pain and humiliation with grace and self-control, then she has passed. In any case, the ordeal is to be kept a secret by all parties involved."

February 25, 2011

OSCAR PREDICTIONS







Here are My Choices and My Predictions 
for the 2011 Academy Awards

(What Are Yours, Pal?)

Writing (Original Screenplay)

•       “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh
•       “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
•       “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan
•       “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
•       “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

My Choice:  Cholodenko & Blumberg  (The Kids Are All Right)

My Prediction: Seidler  (The King's Speech)


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

•       “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
•       “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
•       “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
•       “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
•       “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

My Choice:  Sorkin  (The Social Network)

My Prediction: Sorkin  (The Social Network)



Visual Effects

•       “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
•       “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
•       “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
•       “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
•       “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick


My Choice:  Franklin, Corbould, Lockley, and Bebb   (Inception)

My Prediction:  Ralston, Schaub, Villegas, and Phillips (Alice in Wonderland)


Sound Editing

•       “Inception” Richard King
•       “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
•       “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
•       “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
•       “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

My Choice:  Whittle & Teague  (Tron: Legacy)

My Prediction:  King  (Inception)



Music (Original Score)

•       “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell
•       “Inception” Hans Zimmer
•       “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat
•       “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman
•       “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

My Choice:  Reznor & Ross  (The Social Network)

My Prediction:  Reznor & Ross  (The Social Network)



Foreign Language Film

•       “Biutiful” Mexico
•       “Dogtooth” Greece
•       “In a Better World” Denmark
•       “Incendies” Canada
•       “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria


My Prediction:  Denmark  (In a Better World)



Film Editing

•       “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
•       “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
•       “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar
•       “127 Hours” Jon Harris
•       “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxte


My Choice:  Wall & Baxte  (The Social Network)

My Prediction:  Wall & Baxte  (The Social Network)



Directing

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

My Choice:  Fincher  (The Social Network)

My Prediction:  Hooper   (The King's Speech)



Costume Design

•       “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
•       “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
•       “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan
•       “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
•       “True Grit” Mary Zophres

My Choice:  Beavan  (The King's Speech)

My Prediction:  Atwood  (Alice in Wonderland)



Cinematography

•       “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
•       “Inception” Wally Pfister
•       “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen
•       “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
•       “True Grit” Roger Deakins


My Choice:  Cronenweth  (The Social Network)

My Prediction:  Pfister  (Inception)



Art Direction

•       “Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
•       “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
•       “Inception” 
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
•       “The King's Speech” 
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
•       “True Grit” 
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh


My Choice:  Dyas, Dias, & Mowat  (Inception)

My Prediction:  Stromberg & O'Hara  (Alice in Wonderland)



Actress in a Supporting Role

•       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"

My Choice:  Bonham Carter  (The King's Speech)

My Prediction:  Leo  (The Fighter)



Actress in a Leading Role

•       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

My Choice:  Portman  (Black Swan)

My Prediction:  Portman  (Black Swan)



Actor in a Supporting Role

•       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”


My Choice:  Hawkes  (Winter's Bone)

My Prediction:  Bale  (The Fighter)



Actor in a Leading Role

•       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”


My Choice:  Bridges  (True Grit)

My Prediction:  Firth  (The King's Speech)



Best Picture

•       “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
•       “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
•       “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
•       “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
•       “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
•       “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
•       “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
•       “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer
•       “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
•       “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

My Choice:  Rudin, Brunetti, De Luca, and Chaffin   (The Social Network)

My Prediction:  Canning, Sherman & Unwin (The King's Speech)


See you Sunday!






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