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2011 Academy Award Mock Thread ***1mil k to winner***

Actor in a Leading Role

Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”


Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”


Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”


Actress in a Supporting Role

Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”


Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois


Art Direction

“Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat

Cinematography

“True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

“The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan

Directing

“The Social Network” David Fincher

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz


Documentary (Short Subject)

“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” Mexico


Makeup

“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

Music (Original Score)

“The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat

Music (Original Song)

“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman


Best Picture

“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers


Short Film (Animated)

“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang


Short Film (Live Action)

“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt

Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King


Sound Mixing

“The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

Visual Effects

“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler

I haven't seen any of these films, and haven't paid any attention to the hype, so my choices are completely random. Going just from the number of nominations, I guess there's gonna be a sweep of the awards by either "The King's Speech" or "The Social Network".
 
Redshirt's picks said:
Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”


Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”


Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”


Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams in “The Fighter”


Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara


Cinematography
“Black Swan” Matthew Libatique


Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood


Directing
“Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky


Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz


Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein


Film Editing
“Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum


Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful” Mexico


Makeup
“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot


Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell


Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey



Best Picture
“Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton


Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom


Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King


Sound Mixing
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick


Visual Effects
“Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy


Writing (Original Screenplay)
“Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh

just making my entry more legit. i said i'd take the first one listed in all categories and did just that.
 
My annual yearly "guess the most right and win the karma" thread.....

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”

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”

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”

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”

Animated Feature Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
“The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

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

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

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

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

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
“Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
“Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
“Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein
“Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
“Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
“The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

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 Baxter

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

Makeup
“Barney's Version” Adrien Morot
“The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

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

Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman


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

Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

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

Sound Mixing
“Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
“The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
“Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
“The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

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

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

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







b0und (ok, done, I think)
 
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I picked who I think is going to win, not who I think should win.



























b0und (I'm a sellout, I know)
 
Guess I'll give it a go

My annual yearly "guess the most right and win the karma" thread.....

Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich

Art Direction
“The King's Speech”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr

Cinematography
“Inception” Wally Pfister

Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood

Directing
“The King's Speec” Thomas Hooper

Documentary (Feature)
“Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

Documentary (Short Subject)
“Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block

Film Editing
“The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film
“Incendies” Canada

Makeup
“The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)
“The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat

Music (Original Song)
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

Best Picture
“The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton


Short Film (Live Action)
“God of Love” Luke Matheny

Sound Editing
“Inception” Richard King

Sound Mixing
“True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects
“Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
 
Guess I'll give it a go
solid choices AF. except inception is going to win the sound mixing over true grit.

i picked social network over the kings speech for best picture too.
not that i liked either of them more or less, but that's what i predict will win.
 
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