The 11th Best Picture Nomination of 2009

Kim Nunley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:09:37 +0000

This is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen.

This is a short film entitled “A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever,” which is claimed to be the 11th Best Picture Nomination of 2009. It was put together by my new idols, Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher.

Brian & Nick’s website can be found here.

A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever — powered by Cracked.com

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Over the weekend, I spent some time working on Superhero. Although at times I want to use it a kindling, it’s getting stronger every day.

My OSCAR picks

Kim Nunley — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:00:48 +0000

Because I’m kicking back with the Giants, I programmed this entry to come up while I was gone.

Here are my 2010 Oscar picks. Screen shot this bad boy! All of them will be right… maybe.

Click on “read more” to see all of my picks.

Nick Hornby - ‘An Education’

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche - ‘In the Loop’

Geoffrey Fletcher - ‘Precious’

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - ‘Up in the Air’

Best Foreign Language Film

‘Ajami’ - Israel

‘El Secreto de Sus Ojos’ - Argentina

‘The Milk of Sorrow’ - Peru

‘Un Prophète’ - France

‘The White Ribbon’ - Germany

Best 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

Best 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

Best Documentary Feature

‘Burma VJ’

‘The Cove’

‘Food, Inc.’

‘The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers’

‘Which Way Home’

Best Documentary (Short Subject)

‘China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province’ - Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

‘The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner’ - Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher

‘The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant’ - Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

‘Music by Prudence’ - Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

‘Rabbit a la Berlin’ - Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Best Short Film (Live Action)

‘The Door’ - Juanita Wilson and James Flynn

‘Instead of Abracadabra’ - Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström

‘Kavi’ - Gregg Helvey

‘Miracle Fish’ - Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey

‘The New Tenants’ - Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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’ - Joe Klotz

Best 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

Best 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

Best 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

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The 11th Best Picture Nomination of 2009

My OSCAR picks

Best Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Animated Feature Film

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay