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2011 Oscar Awards
Nominations were announced 24 January 2012; polls close 21 February;
the 84th Academy Awards show will be televised 26 February 2012 on ???
complete listings of 2012 Acadamy Awards for films of 2011
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Best Motion Picture of the Year
"The Artist";
"The Descendants" starring George Clooney;
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close";
"The Help";
"Hugo" by Martin Scorsese;
"Midnight In Paris" by Woody Allen;
"Moneyball" starring
Brad Pitt;
"The Tree of Life" by Terrence Malick; and
"War Horse" by Steven Spielberg
Best Achievement in Directing
Woody Allen for "Midnight In Paris"
Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"
Terrence Malick; for "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne for "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese for "Hugo"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir for "A Better Life"
George Clooney for "The Descendants"
Jean Dujardin for "The Artist"
Gary Oldman for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt for "Moneyball"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close for "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis for "The Help"
Rooney Mara for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"
Meryl Streep for "The Iron Lady"
Michelle Williams for "My Week With Marilyn"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh for "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill for "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte for "Warrior"
Christopher Plummer for "Beginners"
Max von Sydow for "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo for "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain for "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy for "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer for "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer for "The Help"
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
"A Separation" [Iran]
"Bullhead" [Belgium]
"Footnote" [Israel]
"In Darkness" [Poland] http://www.sonyclassics.com/indarkness/
"Monsieur Lazhar" [Canada]
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen for "Midnight In Paris"
J.C. Chandor for "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi for "A Separation"
Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"
Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo for "Bridesmaids"
Best Adapted Screenplay
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon for "The Ides of March"
John Logan for "Hugo"
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash for "The Descendants"
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin for "Moneyball"
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
"A Cat In Paris" [2010]
"Chico & Rita" [2010]
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss In Boots"
"Rango"
Best Documentary Feature
"Hell and Back Again"
"If A Tree Falls: A Story of The Earth Liberation Front"
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
"Pina" by Wim Wenders
"Undefeated"
And the winner is...
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"--" [2007]
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"The Adjustment Bureau" [2011] 
 | PREDICTION 3/2011: This convoluted sc-fi tale was adapted & directed by George Nolfi, who deserves a nomination for Best Director as well as for Best Adapted Script, for the seamless result.
A young candidate for Senator from New York meets a very special woman, but men wearing hats keep getting in the way of their romance; the story examines free will vs. fate, and how free will is indeed necessary for changing the Future. Co-produced, written & directed by George Nolfi; based on a short story by Philip K. Dick; starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, Michael Kelly, Terence Stamp & John Slattery; DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site adaptation of 1953 short story "The Adjustment Team" Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [undated] for 99˘ |
"The Help" [2011]
full credits from IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Help-Kathryn-Stockett/dp/0425232204/
"Hugo" [Warner Bros. Nov 2011]
live-action adventure in 3-D based on Brian Selznick’s bestselling 2007 book; directed by Martin Scorsese; starring
Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley {as cinema pioneer Georges Méličs}, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloe Moretz,
Helen McCrory, Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Christopher Lee, Frances de la Tour & Richard Griffiths
latest info at IMDb
 | "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" [ages 9-12; 2007 bestseller] by Brian Selznick An orphan boy surviving inside a Paris, France railroad station meets an eccentric girl and a bitter old man, putting the boy's most precious secret in jeopardy; book won the 2008 Caldecott Medal. Scholastic Press 7½x5¼ pb [7/2007] out of print/scarce Scholastic Press 8¼x6 hardcover [1/2007] for $13.72 official book site • book entry at Wikipedia |
"The Iron Lady" [Dec 2011]
PREDICTION 12/2011: Meryl Streep's portrayal of U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
is dead-perfect, Oscar nom is inevitable. •
full credits from IMDb
"The Lady" [EuropaCorp/Cohen Media Group Nov 2011]
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PREDICTION 9/2011: Buzz from the Toronto Film Festival says that Yeoh & Thewlis are contenders for Oscars; the epic nature of Bresson's film (ala "Gandhi") speaks for Best Picture nomination.
The story of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma/Myanmar and British writer & academic Michael Aris [1946-1999], a tale of true love set against political turmoil.
Co-produced & directed by Luc Besson; written by Rebecca Frayn; starring Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, William Hope
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Life In A Day" [2011]
"an astonishing piece of work"
Directed by Kevin Macdonald & Joseph Michael
full credits from IMDb
"Rango" animated feature [I.L.M./Paramount Feb 2011]
 | PREDICTION 4/2011: Nomination for Best Animated Feature
An outstanding and also astounding CGI-generated film, the first from George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic company; suggested by several print reviewers as Best of The Year (before it opened). A city-bred lizard gets abandoned in the desert and stumbles into the town of Dirt in the middle of a water crisis. Co-produced, directed & co-written by Gore Verbinski; co-written by John Logan; starring voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Harry Dean Stanton & Timothy Olyphant
Paramount widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [7/2011] 2 disks for $19.99 
Paramount widescreen color DVD [7/2011] for $15.99
full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
"The Tree of Life" [2011]
PREDICTION 10/2011: Nominations for filmmaker Malick and for actor Brad Pitt
Written & directed by Terrence Malick
full credits from IMDb
"--" [2007]
full credits from IMDb
"--" [2007]
full credits from IMDb
"--" [2007]
full credits from IMDb
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