Back on Track

I've been off my game lately, lots of work due for school, Thanksgiving Holidays, etc. But This week is the official start of the Oscar/Award Season. Tuesday NBR annouces its winners and the Grammy nominations are announced live!

Usually completley irrelvant, but the Golden Satellite Awards have announced their nominees. Three big contenders The Lovely Bones, Invictus, and Avatar, have been largely unseen, so it's no surprise they were left from the list. I like a lot of the choices, and we do get to see some of the major contenders emerging

Motion Picture, Drama

The Hurt Locker, Summit Entertainment
Bright Star, Apparition
An Education, Sony Pictures Classics
The Messenger, Oscilloscope Laboratories
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Lionsgate
The Stoning of Soraya M., Roadside Attractions

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

Julie & Julia, Columbia Pictures
The Informant! Warner Bros.
A Serious Man, Focus Features
It’s Complicated, Universal Pictures
Up in the Air, Paramount Pictures
Nine, The Weinstein Company

10 BEST FILMS OF 2009 – [ listed alphabetically ]- (500) Days of Summer- A Serious Man- An Education- Bright Star- Inglourious Basterds- Nine- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire- The Hurt Locker- The Stoning of Soraya M.- Up in the Air

Best Actress, Drama

Emily Blunt The Young Victoria Apparition
Abbie Cornish Bright Star Apparition
Carey Mulligan An Education Sony Pictures Classics
Shohreh Aghdashloo The Stoning of Soraya M. Roadside Attractions
Catalina Saavedra The Maid Elephant Eye Films
Penélope Cruz Broken Embraces Sony Pictures Classics

Actor In A Motion Picture, Drama

Johnny Depp Public Enemies Universal
Hugh Dancy Adam Fox Searchlight Pictures
Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker Summit Entertainment
Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart Fox Searchlight Pictures
Michael Sheen The Damned United Sony Pictures Classics
Colin Firth A Single Man The Weinstein Company

Actress In A Motion Picture, Comedy Or Musical

Meryl Streep Julie & Julia Columbia Pictures
Zooey Deschanel (500) Days of Summer Fox Searchlight
Katherine Heigl The Ugly Truth Columbia Pictures
Sandra Bullock The Proposal Walt Disney Studios
Marion Cotillard Nine The Weinstein Company

Actor In A Motion Picture, Comedy Or Musical

Daniel Day-Lewis Nine The Weinstein Company
Bradley Cooper The Hangover Warner Bros.
Matt Damon The Informant! Warner Bros.
Michael Stuhlbarg A Serious Man Focus Features
George Clooney Up in the Air Paramount Pictures

Actress In A Supporting Role

Emily Blunt Sunshine Cleaning Overture Films
Mozhan Marnò The Stoning of Soraya M. Roadside Attractions
Mo’Nique Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Lionsgate
Anna Kendrick Up in the Air Paramount Pictures
Penélope Cruz Nine The Weinstein Company

Actor In A Supporting Role

Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds Universal Pictures / The Weinstein Co.
Alfred Molina An Education Sony Pictures Classics
Woody Harrelson The Messenger Oscilloscope Laboratories
James McAvoy The Last Station Sony Pictures Classics
Timothy Spall The Damned United Sony Pictures Classics

Motion Picture, Foreign Language Film

Red Cliff China Magnet Releasing
The Maid Chile Elephant Eye Films
The White Ribbon Germany Sony Pictures Classics
Broken Embraces Spain Sony Pictures Classics
I Killed My Mother Canada Here Films
Winter in Wartime Netherlands Benelux Films

Motion Picture, Animated Or Mixed Media

Up Disney – Pixar
Where the Wild Things Are Warner Bros. Pictures
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. Pictures
The Princess and the Frog Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Fantastic Mr. Fox Fox Searchlight Pictures
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Columbia Pictures

Motion Picture, Documentary

Every Little Step Sony Pictures Classics
The Cove Lionsgate
It Might Get Loud Sony Pictures Classics
The September Issue Roadside Attractions
The Beaches of Agnès Cinema Guild
Valentino: The Last Emperor Truly Indie / Vitagraph Films

Director

Neill Blomkamp District 9 Tristar Pictures
Rob Marshall Nine
Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Jane Campion Bright Star
Lone Scherfig An Education

Screenplay, Original

Jane Campion Bright Star
Mark Boal The Hurt Locker
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter Up
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber (500) Days of Summer
Joel & Ethan Coen A Serious Man

Screenplay, Adapted

Nora Ephron Julie & Julia
Nick Hornby An Education
Geoffrey Fletcher Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell District 9
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner Up in the Air

Original Score

Elliot Goldenthal Public Enemies
Rolfe Kent Up in the Air
Michael Giacchino Up
Carter Burwell, Karen O Where the Wild Things Are
Marvin Hamlisch The Informant!
Gabriel Yared Amelia

Original Song

"Almost There”Randy Newman The Princess and the Frog
“I Can See in Color”Mary J. Blige Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
“Down in New Orleans”Randy Newman The Princess and the Frog
“Cinema Italiano”Maury Yeston Nine
“The Weary Kind”Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett Crazy Heart
“We are the Children of the World”Terry Gilliam The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Sony Pictures Classics

Cinematography

Dion Beebe Nine
Dante Spinotti Public Enemies
Guillermo Navarro, Erich Roland It Might Get Loud
Lu Yue, Zhang Li Red Cliff
Roger Deakins A Serious Man
Robert Richardson Inglourious Basterds

Visual Effects

Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Wayne Billheimer, John Frazier Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Craig Hayes Red Cliff
John Paul Docherty, Richard Bain The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Tim Ledbury Fantastic Mr. Fox
Robert Habros, Charlie Bradbury, Stephen Pepper, Winston Helgason District 9
Volker Engel, Marc Weigert, Mike Vezina 2012

Film Editing

Greg Finton It Might Get Loud
Angie Lam, Yang Hongyu, Robert A. Ferretti Red Cliff
Julian Clarke District 9
David Brenner, Peter S. Elliot 2012
Chris Innis, Bob Murawski The Hurt Locker
Claire Simpson, Wyatt Smith Nine

Sound (Mixing & Editing)

Cameron Frankley, Mark Ulano, Richard Van Dyke, Ron Bartlett Terminator Salvation
Ethan Van Der Ryn, Erik Aadahl, Geoffrey Patterson, Gary Summers, Greg P. Russell Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Joel Dougherty, Chuck Fitzpatrick It Might Get Loud
Steve Burgess Red Cliff
Paul N.J. Ottosson, Michael Mcgee, Rick Kline, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Michael Keller 2012
Margit Pfeiffer, Jim Greenhorn Nine

Art Direction & Production Design

Terry Gilliam, Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nathan Crowley, Patrick Lumb, William Ladd Skinner Public Enemies
Eddy Wong Red Cliff
Chris Kennedy The Road
Barry Chusid, Elizabeth Wilcox 2012
Ian Phillips, Dan Bishop A Single Man

Costume Design

Tim Yip Red Cliff
Consolata Boyle Chéri Miramax Films
Monique Prudhomme The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Sandy Powell The Young Victoria
Colleen Atwood Nine

Tesla Award In Recognition Of Visionary Achievement In Filmmaking Technology

Roger Deakins

Auteur Award

Roger Corman

BEST ENSEMBLE, MOTION PICTURE

Nine The Weinstein Company

BEST ENSEMBLE, TELEVISION

True Blood

HBO OUTSTANDING GUEST STAR

Kristin Chenoweth for Glee

OUTSTANDING NEW TALENT

Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire