Avatar este marele favorit la Premiile Oscar 2010, fiind nominalizat la noua categorii, inclusiv pentru Cea mai buna coloana sonor si cel mai bun film.
La categoria Cea mai buna coloana sonora (Best Original Score) au mai fost propuse soundtrack-urile filmelor Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Hurt Locker, Sherlock Holmes si Up.
In lupta pentru trofeul Cea mai buna tema muzicala au intrat doua piese de pe coloana sonora a filmului The Princess and The Frog si cate o piesa din productiile Paris 36, Nine, Crazy Heart.
Din filmul The Princess and The Frog au fost alese melodiile Almost There (versuri, muzica Randy Newman) si `Down in New Orleans` (versuri, muzica Randy Newman).
De asemenea, la categoria Cea mai buna tema muzicala au fost propuse melodiile: `Loin de Paname` (Paris 36), Take It All (Nine), `The Weary Kind` (Crazy Heart).
Nominalizarile Oscar 2010 au fost anuntate astazi, iar ceremonia de decernare a ravnitelor statuete va avea loc pe 7 martie.
Nominalizari Premiile Oscar 2010:
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Direction
Avatar — James Cameron
The Hurt Locker — Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds — Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire — Lee Daniels
Up in the Air — Jason Reitman
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
George Clooney in Up in the Air
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Morgan Freeman in Invictus
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Carey Mulligan in An Education
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in Invictus
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz in Nine
Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
District 9 — Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education — Screenplay by Nick Hornby
In the Loop — Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire — Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air — Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker — Written by Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds — Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger — Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
A Serious Man — Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Up — Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Animated Feature Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Art Direction
Avatar — Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nine — Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes — Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria — Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Cinematography
Avatar — Mauro Fiore
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker — Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds — Robert Richardson
The White Ribbon — Christian Berger
Costume Design
Bright Star — Janet Patterson
Coco before Chanel — Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — Monique Prudhomme
Nine — Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria — Sandy Powell
Documentary (Feature)
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Documentary (Short Subject)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin
Film Editing
Avatar — Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9 — Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker — Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds — Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire — Joe Klotz
Foreign Language Film
Ajami — Israel
El Secreto de Sus Ojos — Argentina
The Milk of Sorrow — Peru
Un Prophete — France
The White Ribbon — Germany
Makeup
Il Divo — Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek — Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria — Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Music (Original Score)
Avatar — James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox — Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker — Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes — Hans Zimmer
Up — Michael Giacchino
Music (Original Song)
Almost There from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Down in New Orleans from The Princess and the Frog Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Loin de Paname from Paris 36 Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
Take It All from Nine Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Short Film (Animated)
French Roast Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte) Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death Nick Park
Short Film (Live Action)
The Door — Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Instead of Abracadabra — Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom
Kavi — Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish — Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The New Tenants — Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Sound Editing
Avatar — Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker — Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds — Wylie Stateman
Star Trek — Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up — Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Sound Mixing
Avatar — Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker — Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds — Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek — Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen — Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Visual Effects
Avatar — Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
District 9 — Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek — Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton