FINAL Oscar Nomination Predictions - 1/23/201

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24, January 2012Projection: Oscar

This is it. Nothing more to say.

With that thought in mind, I present these final nomination predictions without my usual commentary. The comments will return next week, when we start to survey the field in earnest. But at this moment, there isn’t much more to say than this: print this list out, get your red pens, and have fun marking how wrong these ultimately are…

Best Picture

The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
War Horse

(look out for: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)

Best Director

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

(look out for: Tomas Alfredson, Nicholas Winding Refn, Bennett Miller)

Best Actress

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin

(look out for: Rooney Mara)

Best Actor

George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

(look out for: Michael Shannon)

Best Supporting Actress

Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

(look out for: Shailene Woodley, Carey Mulligan)

Best Supporting Actor

Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

(look out for: Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow)

Best Original Screenplay

The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumulo
Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
A Separation, Asghar Farhadi
Win Win, Tom McCarthy and Joe Tibani

(look out for: Take Shelter, Jeff Nichols; 50/50, Will Reiser; Margin Call, JC Chandor)

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants, Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash
The Help, Tate Taylor
Hugo, John Logan
Moneyball, Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

(look out for: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Steven Zaillian)

Below the Line…

Foreign Language Film

Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Superclasico (Denmark)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)

Animated Feature

The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Documentary Feature

Bill Cunningham New York
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Project Nim
We Were Here

Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tree of Life

Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn

Film Editing

The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Makeup

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady

Original Score

The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Original Song

‘Lay Your Head Down’ from Albert Nobbs
‘Star Spangled Man’ from Captain America: The First Avenger
‘The Living Proof’ from The Help
‘Life’s a Happy Song’ from The Muppets
‘Man or Muppet’ from The Muppets

Sound Editing

The Adventures of Tintin
Drive
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Sound Mixing

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Visual Effects

Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Tree of Life

Jason McKiernan
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Awards Pundit & Senior Film Critic. I married into the cult of cinema at a very young age - I wasn't of legal marriage age, but I didn't care. It has taken advantage of me and abused me many times. Yet I stay in this marriage because I'm obsessed and consumed. Don't try to save me -- I'm too far gone.
  • http://twitter.com/NextProjection Christopher Misch

    It’s interesting that you think Malick will be nominated and The Tree of Life won’t. I can imagine that doesn’t happen all too often. Either way it’s surely a worthy nomination.

  • http://twitter.com/MoodyHeching Dan Heching

    What about Charlize Theron!!??!!  She deserves a nomination (and the Oscar itself, in my humble opinion)

  • http://twitter.com/NextProjection Christopher Misch

    That’s a good question. I know Jason was a big supporter of the film, which I have yet to see myself.  In the Best Actress category, pulling for Rooney Mara and Tilda Swinton!

  • Willow

    Seeing Jonah Hill’s name beside the likes of Kenneth Branagh, Albert Brooks, Nick Nolte, Christopher Plummer, Ben Kingsly, and Max von Sydow makes me feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone.

  • http://twitter.com/NextProjection Christopher Misch

    Now it must feel even more like the Twilight Zone as Hill came away with an Oscar nomination this morning. Loved the performance, but you’re right he does seem out of place.