In general, a very nice set of nominees, though there's an obvious bias towards smaller British films that haven't yet made it stateside. I'm disappointed by the lack of nominations for Nine in the artistic categories save for makeup, and the lack of a nomination for Marion Cotillard, though not entirely surprising, is still saddening. That said, there are a number of surprises on here that I'm quite happy about, even though others still leave me mystified.
BEST FILM
AVATAR James Cameron, Jon Landau
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer
THE HURT LOCKER Nominees TBC
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
UP IN THE AIR Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, Daniel Dubiecki
I never expected BAFTA to go crazy for Precious aside from acting, but apparently they're quite fond of it. The inclusion of An Education isn't a surprise, given its stellar acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. It's nice to see The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air here too; if either of those films wins, I'd be happy.
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AN EDUCATION Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Lone Scherfig, Nick Hornby
FISH TANK Kees Kasander, Nick Laws, Andrea Arnold
IN THE LOOP Kevin Loader, Adam Tandy, Armando Iannucci, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Tony Roche
MOON Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
NOWHERE BOY Kevin Loader, Douglas Rae, Robert Bernstein, Sam Taylor-Wood, Matt Greenhalgh
I love the mention for In the Loop, a film which I actually liked more on a second viewing. It truly is a brilliant satire and I hope that this recognition translates into an Oscar nomination or two.
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
LUCY BAILEY, ANDREW THOMPSON, ELIZABETH MORGAN HEMLOCK, DAVID PEARSON Directors, Producers –
Mugabe and the White African
ERAN CREEVY Writer/Director – Shifty
STUART HAZELDINE Writer/Director – Exam
DUNCAN JONES Director – Moon
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD Director – Nowhere Boy
DIRECTOR
AVATAR James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp
AN EDUCATION Lone Scherfig
THE HURT LOCKER Kathryn Bigelow
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
A bit surprised that Tarantino's film didn't make it in to the top five over Precious, but at least he's being acknowledged. The inclusion of District 9's Neill Blomkamp makes me happy as well, since I consider his to be the superior work of sci-fi film-making.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
THE HANGOVER Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
THE HURT LOCKER Mark Boal
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Quentin Tarantino
A SERIOUS MAN Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
UP Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
The Hangover couldn't look more out of place sitting next to these other excellent nominees. If there was one country that I never figured would go for the film in any form, it was the British; apparently they're full of surprises this year. This will most likely go to Tarantino, but Boal and the Coens could win also. Actually, anything but The Hangover has a shot at this category.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
DISTRICT 9 Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
AN EDUCATION Nick Hornby
IN THE LOOP Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE Geoffrey Fletcher
UP IN THE AIR Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Another screenplay nomination for District 9 another smile on my face. A major nomination for In the Loop's screenplay, another massive smile on my face.
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
BROKEN EMBRACES Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, Philippe Carcassonne, Anne Fontaine
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Carl Molinder, John Nordling, Tomas Alfredson
A PROPHET Pascale Caucheteux, Marco Chergui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
THE WHITE RIBBON Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Margaret Menegoz, Michael Haneke
For Americans, Let the Right One In was eligible for 2008, but its inclusion here only makes for a much stronger lineup.
ANIMATED FILM
CORALINE Henry Selick
FANTASTIC MR FOX Wes Anderson
UP Pete Docter
LEADING ACTOR
JEFF BRIDGES Crazy Heart
GEORGE CLOONEY Up in the Air
COLIN FIRTH A Single Man
JEREMY RENNER The Hurt Locker
ANDY SERKIS Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Four likely contenders, and a British performance unseen by most is how this category breaks down. Renner in particular gains the most from this nomination, seeing as it's not just critics groups who are willing to recognize him, but major award organizations as well (except those star-whores at the HFPA).
LEADING ACTRESS
CAREY MULLIGAN An Education
SAOIRSE RONAN The Lovely Bones
GABOUREY SIDIBE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
MERYL STREEP Julie & Julia
AUDREY TAUTOU Coco Before Chanel
Tatou has no chance at the Oscar nomination, but aside from her and Ronan, everyone else here is a likely nominee. The absence of Sandra Bullock sends a strong message, however, and means that Streep is one step closer to finally winning her third Oscar. Oh, and no nomination for Abbie Cornish? Screw you, BAFTAs.
SUPPORTING ACTOR
ALEC BALDWIN It’s Complicated
CHRISTIAN McKAY Me and Orson Welles
ALFRED MOLINA An Education
STANLEY TUCCI The Lovely Bones
CHRISTOPH WALTZ Inglourious Basterds
The lack of Peter Capaldi disheartens me, but it's nice to see Alfred Molina get a little something after nearly vanishing from the Supporting Actor race. Waltz should take this no problem, even with surprise candidates like Christian McKay and Alec Baldwin.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANNE-MARIE DUFF Nowhere Boy
VERA FARMIGA Up in the Air
ANNA KENDRICK Up in the Air
MO’NIQUE Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Nowhere Boy
Three likely nominees (2 of them locks), and two British performances that no one else has seen. Again, I wish Cotillard could have been nominated here, as it would have been a nice indicator that she still has a shot at the nomination. Call me crazy, but I have this weird feeling that Anna Kendrick will win this one. I don't really have any "evidence" but...that's just the vibe I'm getting.
MUSIC
AVATAR James Horner
CRAZY HEART T-Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton
FANTASTIC MR FOX Alexandre Desplat
SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL Chaz Jankel
UP Michael Giacchino
Not crazy about this lineup. Horner's score is epic but pretty generic, Desplat's work in Fox is far from his best. My problem is that there were so many scores that (under the assumption that the music was eligible) should be in here: The Road, A Single Man, Moon, Broken Embraces...
CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVATAR Mauro Fiore
DISTRICT 9 Trent Opaloch
THE HURT LOCKER Barry Ackroyd
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Robert Richardson
THE ROAD Javier Aguirresarobe
Well it's nice to see The Road get something, even if it did have that scene where the color correction was a bit off. None of these are bad nominees, though I'm not sure District 9's high point was its camera work.
EDITING
AVATAR Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
DISTRICT 9 Julian Clarke
THE HURT LOCKER Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Sally Menke
UP IN THE AIR Dana E. Glauberman
Now THIS is a good set of nominees. Avatar may have been long, but it did hold your attention the whole way through, as did Basterds, while The Hurt Locker's naturalistic tension owes a lot to the way the bomb diffusions and shoot-outs were put together. District 9 beautifully moved between regular storytelling and faux-documentary, while Up in the Air kept a story about economic trouble light on its feet, never once allowing it to drag, even in its weightier moments.
PRODUCTION DESIGN
AVATAR Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
DISTRICT 9 Philip Ivey, Guy Poltgieter
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Nominees TBC
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds Wasco
COSTUME DESIGN
BRIGHT STAR Janet Patterson
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Catherine Leterrier
AN EDUCATION Odile Dicks-Mireaux
A SINGLE MAN Arianne Phillips
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Sandy Powell
An Education over Cheri, Nine, or Harry Potter 6? Meh. Maybe Bright Star can pull a win here?
SOUND
AVATAR Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Addison Teague
DISTRICT 9 Nominees TBC
THE HURT LOCKER Ray Beckett, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Craig Stauffer
STAR TREK Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark Stoeckinger, Ben Burtt
UP Tom Myers, Michael Silvers, Michael Semanick
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
AVATAR Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
DISTRICT 9 Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE John Richardson, Tim Burke, Tim Alexander, Nicolas Aithadi
THE HURT LOCKER Richard Stutsman
STAR TREK Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton
MAKE UP & HAIR
COCO BEFORE CHANEL Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen, Jane Milon
AN EDUCATION Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Sarah Monzani
NINE Peter ‘Swords’ King
THE YOUNG VICTORIA Jenny Shircore
SHORT ANIMATION
THE GRUFFALO Michael Rose, Martin Pope, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
THE HAPPY DUCKLING Gili Dolev
MOTHER OF MANY Sally Arthur, Emma Lazenby
SHORT FILM
14 Asitha Ameresekere
I DO AIR James Bolton, Martina Amati
JADE Samm Haillay, Daniel Elliott
MIXTAPE Luti Fagbenle, Luke Snellin
OFF SEASON Jacob Jaffke, Jonathan van Tulleken
THE ORANGE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
JESSE EISENBERG
NICHOLAS HOULT
CAREY MULLIGAN
TAHAR RAHIM
KRISTEN STEWART
Oscar Meter: Up
- Picture: District 9 (not nominated for the BAFTA, but they don't have 10 nominees this year)
- Actor: Jeremy Renner
- Actress: Meryl Streep (for the win), Gabourey Sidibe
- Supporting Actor: Alfred Molina
- Adapted Screenplay: District 9
Oscar Meter: Down
- Director: Lee Daniels
- Actor: Morgan Freeman
- Actress: Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren
- Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Matt Damon
- Supporting Actress: Marion Cotillard, Melanie Laurent
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