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Mein Tippzettel für die 82ten Academy Awards
Legende:
♥ = Mein Tipp, ich wünsche mir den Oscar für …, manchmal das kleinere Übel
- Bester Film wird nicht, aber sollte "Fantastic Mr. Fox" werden. Punkt.
- Dokumentar- und Kurzfilme hab ich weggelassen, leider kannte ich noch keinen der nominierten.
- Mit dieser Liste ist kein Blumentopf zu gewinnen, ich weiß.
Edit: - Fett: Gewinner


My ballot for the 82nd Academy Awards
Explanations:
♥ = My fav, I'd like the Oscar for..., sometimes the lesser evil.
- "Fantastic Mr. Fox" won't but should win the Oscar for best movie. Period.
- No documentaries and short films, because unfortunately I haven't seen any of the nominated yet.
- I won't get far with this list, I know.
Edit: - Bold: Winner

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

Actor in a Leading Role
• Jeff Bridges / Crazy Heart (Edit: Ich freue mich! Was für ein Charisma, da hat nur der White Russian gefehlt. Edit: I like this! He's so charismatic, he should have had a glass of White Russian in his hand.)
• George Clooney / Up in the Air ♥ (Von mir aus auch Jeff Bridges. Leider kein echter Favorit dabei, wie Mickey Rourke im letzten Jahr. Jeff Bridges can have it, too. I don't really care for all of them, like I did for my fav Mickey Rourke last year.)
• Colin Firth / A Single Man
• Morgan Freeman / Invictus
• Jeremy Renner / The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Supporting Role
• Matt Damon / Invictus
• Woody Harrelson / The Messenger ♥ (Irgendwie mag ich Woody Harrelson seit Zombieland. I like Woody Harrelson since Zombieland.)
• Christopher Plummer / The Last Station
• Stanley Tucci / The Lovely Bones
• Christoph Waltz / Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
• Sandra Bullock / The Blind Side (Edit: Tolle Rede, mir gefällt, dass sie jetzt einen Oscar und daneben eine goldene Himbeere aus demselben Jahr im Regal stehen hat. Edit: Nice speech, cool fact that she's got an Oscar and a Razzie now!)
• Helen Mirren / The Last Station
• Carey Mulligan / An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe / Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire ♥
• Meryl Streep / Julie & Julia

Actress in a Supporting Role
• Penélope Cruz / Nine
• Vera Farmiga / Up in the Air
• Maggie Gyllenhaal / Crazy Heart ♥
• Anna Kendrick / Up in the Air
• Mo'Nique / Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film
• Coraline / Henry Selick
• Fantastic Mr. Fox / Wes Anderson ♥ (Das kommt so richtig von Herzen! This is a decision from the depths of my heart.)
• The Princess and the Frog / John Musker and Ron Clements
• The Secret of Kells / Tomm Moore
• Up / Pete Docter

Art Direction
• Avatar / Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus / Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro (Art Direction); Caroline Smith (Set Decoration) ♥
• Nine / John Myhre (Art Direction); Gordon Sim (Set Decoration)
• Sherlock Holmes / Sarah Greenwood (Art Direction); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
• The Young Victoria / Patrice Vermette (Art Direction); Maggie Gray (Set Decoration)

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 (Das weiße Band) / 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

Directing
• 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 ♥

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
• The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada) / Peru
• A Prophet (Un Prophète) / France
• The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) / Argentina
• The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band) / Germany ♥ (Großartiger Film. Great movie.)

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)
• The Princess and the Frog / “Almost There”
• The Princess and the Frog / “Down in New Orleans”
• Paris 36 / “Loin de Paname”
• Nine / “Take It All”
• Crazy Heart / “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” ♥

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 ♥ (Haha, ein Oscar für Transformers! Haha, an Oscar for Transformers!)

Visual Effects
• Avatar / Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• District 9 / Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken ♥ (Das geringere Übel. The lesser evil.)
• Star Trek / Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

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

(Photo: Hollywood audition for a black cat.)