Oscars 2012: Final Predictions List

Happy Oscar Day! Below is my full list of predictions in the event that you care or want to know what the safe picks are for potential use in an Oscar pool. The nominees for each are listed followed by the prediction and a link to my post breaking down the category.  My total award count for each film is all the way at the bottom. Have fun watching the telecast and be sure to check back for my final thoughts/reactions!

 

Best Motion Picture of the Year

• “The Artist”
• “The Descendants”
• “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
• “The Help”
• “Hugo”
• “Midnight in Paris”
• “Moneyball”
• “The Tree of Life”
• “War Horse”

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Best Achievement in Directing

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

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist”
• Jessica Chastain – “The Help”
• Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
• Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs”
• Octavia Spencer – “The Help”

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh – “My Week with Marilyn”
• Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”
• Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
• Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
• Max von Sydow – “Extremely Loud & Increibly Close”

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Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Glenn Close – “Albert Nobbs”
• Viola Davis – “The Help”
• Rooney Mara – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
• Meryl Streep – ”The Iron Lady”
• Michelle Williams – “My Week with Marilyn”

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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Demian Bichir – “A Better Life”
• George Clooney – “The Descendants”
• Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
• Gary Oldman – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
• Brad Pitt – ”Moneyball”

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Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• “The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
• “Bridesmaids” – Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumulo
• “Margin Call” – J.C. Chandor
• “Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
• “A Separation” – Asghar Farhadi

 

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

• “The Descendants” – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• “Hugo” – John Logan
• “The Ides of March” – George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
• “Moneyball” – Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian, Stan Chervin
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

 

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

• “A Separation” (Iran)
• “Bullhead” (Belgium)
• “In Darkness” (Poland)
• “Monsieur Lazhar” (Canada)
• “Footnote” (Israel)

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Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

• “A Cat in Paris”
• “Chico and Rita”
• “Puss in Boots”
• “Rango”
• “Kung Fu Panda 2”

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Best Achievement in Cinematography

• “The Artist” – Guillaume Schiffman
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Jeff Cronenweth
• “Hugo” – Robert Richardson
• “The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki
• “War Horse” – Janusz Kaminski

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Best Achievement in Art Direction

• “Midnight in Paris” – Hélène Dubreuil; Anne Seibel
• “The Artist” – Laurence Bennett; Robert Gould
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Stuart Craig; Stephenie McMillan
• “Hugo” – Dante Ferretti; Francesca Lo Schiavo
• “War Horse” – Rick Carter; Lee Sandales

 

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• “Anonymous” – Lisy Christl
• “The Artist” – Mark Bridges
• “Hugo” – Sandy Powell
• “Jane Eyre” – Michael O’Connor
• “W.E.” – Arianne Phillips

 

Best Achievement in Film Editing

• “The Artist” – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• “The Descendants” – Kevin Tent
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• “Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker
• “Moneyball” – Christopher Tellefsen

 

Best Achievement in Makeup

• “Albert Nobbs” – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
• “The Iron Lady” – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

 

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

• “The Adventures of Tintin” – John Williams
• “The Artist” – Ludovic Bource
• “Hugo” – Howard Shore
• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Alberto Iglesias
• “War Horse” – John Williams

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Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

• “Muppet or Man” by Bret McKenzie from “The Muppets”
• “Real in Rio” by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett from “Rio”

 

Best Documentary, Features

• “Hell and Back Again”
• “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
• “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
• “Pina”
• “Undefeated”

 

Best Documentary, Short

• “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
• “God is the Bigger Elvis”
• “Incident in New Baghdad”
• “Saving Face”
• “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

 

Best Short Film, Animated

• “Dimanche/Sunday”
• “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
• “La Luna”
• “A Morning Stroll”
• “Wild Life”

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Best Short Film, Live Action

• “Pentecost”
• “Raju”
• “The Shore”
• “Time Freak”
• “Tuba Atlantic”

 

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

• “Drive” – Lou Bender and Victory Ray Ennis
• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Ren Klyce
• “Hugo” – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahi
• “War Horse” – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

 

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

• “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• “Hugo” – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
• “Moneyball” – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Gianmarco and Ed Novick
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffre J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• “War Horse” – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Neslon, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

 

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
• “Hugo” – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
• “Real Steel” – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink

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Final Count Predictions

• The Artist: 4
• Hugo: 3
• The Help: 2
• War Horse: 2
• Midnight in Paris: 1
• The Descendants: 1
• The Tree of Life: 1
• Beginners: 1
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes: 1
• The Iron Lady: 1
• The Muppets: 1