Awards

2011 Academy Awards

Hugo and The Artist Top The Field with Combined 21 Nominations

Two critically acclaimed love letters to the art of cinema, Michel Hazanavicius' THE ARTIST and Martin Scorsese's HUGO, topped the field with a combined 21 nominations as the 84th annual Academy Award nominees were announced Jan. 24th in Hollywood. In all, 17 films (as well as all the Live Action and Animated Shorts) now playing or coming soon to the Camera Cinemas will be up for 57 Oscars when the awards are presented on February 26th.

HUGO (now at Camera 12) rolled up 11 nominations, including Best Picture, Director (Golden Globe winner Martin Scorsese), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Original Score. Golden Globe winner THE ARTIST (now at Camera 7) received 10 nods, including Best Picture, Actor (Golden Globe winner Jean Dujardin), Supporting Actress, Director, Cinematography and Original Screenplay.

Stephen Spielberg's WAR HORSE (now at Camera 7) received 6 nominations, including Best Picture, while Alexander Payne's Golden Globe winning THE DESCENDANTS (now at Camera 7) and David Fincher's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (now at Camera 12/Camera 7) each received 5 nominations -- both for Best Picture, with George Clooney (Golden Globe winner for THE DESCENDANTS) and Rooney Mara (GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO) nominated for Best Actor and Actress, respectively.

Other Camera Cinemas films recognized included THE IRON LADY (now at Camera 7), TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (now at Camera 7), ALBERT NOBBS (opens Jan. 27th at Camera 7), A SEPARATION (opens Jan. 27th at Camera 3), THE ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN (now at Camera 12), PINA (opens Jan. 27th at Camera 7), MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (now at Camera 3), EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (now at Camera 12/Camera 7/Los Gatos), IN DARKNESS (opens Feb. 24th), FOOTNOTE (opens March 16th), MONSIEUR LAZHAR (opens March 2nd at Camera 3) and W.E. (coming soon).

Following are the complete 2011 Oscar Nominations:

Best Picture
THE ARTIST
THE DESCENDANTS
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
THE HELP
HUGO
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MONEYBALL
THE TREE OF LIFE
WAR HORSE

Best Actor
Demian Bichir for A BETTER LIFE
George Clooney for THE DESCENDANTS
Jean Dujardin for THE ARTIST
Gary Oldman for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Brad Pitt for MONEYBALL

Best Actress
Glenn Close for ALBERT NOBBS
Viola Davis for THE HELP
Rooney Mara for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Meryl Streep for THE IRON LADY
Michelle Williams for MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh for MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Jonah Hill for MONEYBALL
Nick Nolte for THE WARRIOR
Christopher Plummer for BEGINNERS
Max von Sydow for EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo for THE ARTIST
Jessica Chastain for THE HELP
Melissa McCarthy for BRIDESMAIDS
Janet McTeer for ALBERT NOBBS
Octavia Spencer for THE HELP

Best Director
Woody Allen for MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Michel Hazanavicius for THE ARTIST
Terrence Malick for THE TREE OF LIFE
Alexander Payne for THE DESCENDANTS
Martin Scorsese for HUGO

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
THE ARTIST: Michel Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS: Kristen Wiig, Annie Mumolo
J.C. Chandor: MARGIN CALL
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS: Woody Allen
Asghar Farhadi: A SEPARATION

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, Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL: Steve Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

Best Animated Feature Film of The Year
A CAT IN PARIS
CHICO & RITA
KUNG FU PANDA 2
PUSS IN BOOTS
RANGO

Best Foreign Language Film of The Year
BULLHEAD (Belgium)
FOOTNOTE (Israel)
IN DARKNESS (Poland)
MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Canada)
A SEPARATION (Iran)

Best 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

Best Film Editing
THE ARTIST: Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
THE DESCENDANTS: Kevin Tent
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
HUGO: Thelma Schoonmaker
MONEYBALL: Christopher Tellefsen

Best Art Direction
THE ARTIST: Laurence Bennett, Robert Gould
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
HUGO: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS: Anne Seibel, Helene Dubreull
WAR HORSE: Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Best Costume Design
ANONYMOUS: Lisy Christi
THE ARTIST: Mark Bridges
HUGO: Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE: Michael O'Connor
W.E.: Arianne Phillips

Best Makeup
ALBERT NOBBS: Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnson, Matthew W. Mungle
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
THE IRON LADY: Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland

Original Musical Score
THE ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN: John Williams
THE ARTIST: Ludovic Bource
HUGO: Howard Shore
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: Alberto Iglesias
WAR HORSE: John Williams

Best Music, Song
THE MUPPETS: Bret McKenzie ("Man or Muppet")
RIO: Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett ("Real in Rio")

Best Sound Mixing
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: David Parker, Micheal Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson
HUGO: Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
MONEYBALL: Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, David Giammarco, Ed Novick
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON: Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Habousch, Peter J. Devlin
WAR HORSE: Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson

Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing
DRIVE: Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: Ren Klyce
HUGO: Phillip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
WAR HORSE: Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom

Best Effects, Visual Effects Editing
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
HUGO: Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, Alex Henning
REAL STEEL: Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Danny Gordon Taylor, Swen Gillberg
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES: Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
TRANSFORMERS DARK OF THE MOON: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew E. Butler, John Frazier

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 Subjects
THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLIDER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS
INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD
SAVING FACE
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM

Best Animated Short Film
DIMANCHE
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
LA LUNA
A MORNING STROLL
WILD LIFE

Best Live Action Short Film
PENTECOST
RAJU
THE SHORE
TIME FREAK
TUBA ATLANTIC

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