All that glitters is gold
And with mere minutes to spare, here are my picks for the Oscars for 2011:
Actor in a Leading Role
* Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role
* Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role
* Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role
* Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film
* “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
* “Inception”
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
Cinematography
* “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
Costume Design
* “The King’s Speech” Jenny Beavan
Directing
* “The Social Network” David Fincher
Documentary (Feature)
* “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Documentary (Short Subject)
* “Killing in the Name” Nominees to be determined
Film Editing
* “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
Foreign Language Film
* “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria
Makeup
* “Barney’s Version” Adrien Morot
Music (Original Score)
* “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Music (Original Song)
* “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
Best Picture
* “The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
* “Day & Night” Teddy Newton
Short Film (Live Action)
* “The Confession” Tanel Toom
Sound Editing
* “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Sound Mixing
* “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
Visual Effects
* “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
* “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Writing (Original Screenplay)
* “The King’s Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler
I’ve not seen some of these films, but am going off my instincts and love of movies for my picks. We’ll have to see how well I did after tonight.