OSCAR RACE 2010
commentary by Nathaniel R


Oscar Predix for fun and discussion

Rankings are for entertainment / predictive purposes only and sometimes bare little resemblance to the actual worth of achievements or performances.


September 7th-10th, 2010
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PICTURE

127 Hours
(Fox Searchlight)
Another Year
(Focus)
The Fighter
(Paramount) Inception
(Warner Bros)
Kids Are All Right
(Focus)
The King's Speech
(Weinstein Co)
Love & Other...
(Fox)
Social Network
(TBA)
Toy Story 3
(Pixar/Disney)
The Way Back
(TBA)

DIR

Fincher
The Social Network
Leigh
Another Year
Nolan
Inception
O.Russell
The Fighter
Weir
The Way Back

ACTOR

Bardem
Biutiful
Duvall
Get Low
Firth
The King's Speech
Franco
127 Hours
Wahlberg
The Fighter

ACTRESS

Bening
The Kids Are...
Hathaway
Love and Other...
Kidman
Rabbit Hole
Watts
Fair Game
Wright
The Conspirator


SUPP. ACTOR

Bale
The Fighter
Harris
The Way Back
Ruffalo
The Kids Are...
Rush
The King's Speech
Timberlake
Social Network

SUPP. ACTRESS

Bonham-Carter
The King's Speech
Manville
Another Year
Mirren
Brighton Rock
Riseborough
Brighton Rock
Wiest
Rabbit Hole

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Another Year
Leigh
The Fighter
(multiple)
The Kids Are...
Cholodenko & Blumber
The King's Speech
Seidler
Somewhere
Coppola

 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Love and Other Drugs
Zwick & Herkovitz
Rabbit Hole
Lindsay-Abaire
Social Network
Sorkin
Toy Story 3
Arndt
The Way Back
Weir

 

CINEMA-TOGRAPHY

127 Hours
Mantle & Chediak
Black Swan
Libatique
Inception
Pfister
Tree of Life
Lubezki
The Way Back
Boyd

ART DIRECTION

The Conspirator
Ivanov
Inception
Dyas
The King's Speech
Stewart
Tree of Life
Fisk
True Grit
Gonchor

COSTUME DESIGN

Alice Wonderland
Atwood
The Conspirator
Frogley
The King's Speech
Beavan
Miral
unknown
The Tempest
Powell

EDITING

Inception
Smith
The Fighter
Martin
Love and Other...
Rosenblum
The Social Network
Baxter and Wall
The Way Back
Smith

SCORE

Biutiful
Santaoalla
Inception
Zimmer
Never Let Me Go
Portman
The Tempest
Goldenthal
True Grit
Burwell

FOREIGN
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France
Israel
Italy
Iraq
South Korea

SOUND MIXING

Burlesque
Inception
Iron Man 2
Tron Legacy
The Way Back

SOUND EDITING

Inception
Iron Man 2
Salt
Toy Story 3
True Grit

VISUAL fx

Alice Wonderland
Harry Potter
Inception
Iron Man 2
Tron Legacy

MAKEUP

Alice Wonderland
Let Me In
The Tempest

SONG

Burlesque
The Illusionist
My Own Love Song
Tangled
Toy Story 3

ANIMATED
FEATURE

Despicable Me
How to Train...
The Illusionist
Shrek 4
Toy Story 3

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

12th and Delaware
A Film Unfinished
Gasland
Restrepo
Waiting for...

 

Overall Nomination Tallies Predicted
This never looks right... but FWIW...


9 noms
INCEPTION

8 noms
THE KING'S SPEECH

7 noms
THE WAY BACK

5 noms
THE FIGHTER
THE SOCIAL NETWORK

4 noms
127 HOURS
ANOTHER YEAR
 THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS
TOY STORY 3

3 noms
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
THE CONSPIRATOR
IRON MAN 2
RABBIT HOLE
THE TEMPEST
TRUE GRIT

2 noms
BIUTIFUL
BRIGHTON ROCK
BURLESQUE
THE ILLUSIONIST
TRON LEGACY

1 nom
BLACK SWAN
DESPICABLE ME
FAIR GAME
GET LOW
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
LET ME IN
MIRAL
MY OWN LOVE SONG
NEVER LET ME GO
SALT
SHREK FOREVER AFTER
SOMEWHERE
TANGLED







 

Academy Awards Membership Numbers
(biggest to smallest)

Actors 1205
Producers 452
Executives 437
Sound 405
Writers 382
Art Directors (this branch includes costume designers as well) 374
Public Relations 368
Directors 366
Short Films and Animation 340
Visual Effects 279
Members-at-Large 245
Music 234
Film Editors 221
Cinematographers 200
Documentary 151
Makeup Artists 118