Cole Smithey’s 2012 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

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The 84th Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

Artist
The full list of Oscar nominees:

Best Picture:

 "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer

    "The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
    "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer
    "The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
    "Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
    "Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
    "Moneyball" Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
    "The Tree of Life" Nominees to be determined
    "War Horse" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers"The Artist"

Actor in a Leading Role:

 George Clooney in "The Descendants"


    Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
    Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
    Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
    Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role:

 Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"


    Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
    Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
    Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
    Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role:

  Viola Davis in "The Help"


    Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
    Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
    Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
    Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role:

Octavia Spencer in "The Help"


    Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
    Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
    Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
    Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"

Animated Feature Film:

 "Rango" Gore Verbinski


    "A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
    "Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
    "Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
    "Puss in Boots" Chris Miller

Art Direction:

"Hugo" Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo


    "The Artist" Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
    "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
    "Midnight in Paris" Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
    "War Horse" Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography:

  "The Tree of Life" Emmanuel Lubezki


    "The Artist" Guillaume Schiffman
    "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Jeff Cronenweth
    "Hugo" Robert Richardson
    "War Horse" Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design:

 "Hugo" Sandy Powell


    "Anonymous" Lisy Christl
    "The Artist" Mark Bridges
    "Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
    "W.E." Arianne Phillips

Directing:

    "The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius

    "The Descendants" Alexander Payne
    "Hugo" Martin Scorsese
    "Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
    "The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Documentary (Feature):

   "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky


    "Hell and Back Again" Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
    "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
    "Pina" Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
    "Undefeated" TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject):

 "Saving Face" Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy


    "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement" Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
    "God Is the Bigger Elvis" Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
    "Incident in New Baghdad"James Spione
    "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing:

    "The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius

    "The Descendants" Kevin Tent
    "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
    "Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
    "Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film:

  "A Separation" Iran


    "Bullhead" Belgium
    "Footnote" Israel
    "In Darkness" Poland
    "Monsieur Lazhar" Canada

Makeup:

   "The Iron Lady" Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland


    "Albert Nobbs" Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
    "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

Music (Original Score):

  "The Artist" Ludovic Bource


    "The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
    "Hugo" Howard Shore
    "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
    "War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song):

    "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie

    "Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated):

 "La Luna" Enrico Casarosa


    "Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
    "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
    "A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
    "Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action):

 "The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George


    "Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
    "Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
    "Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
    "Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing:

  "War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom


    "Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
    "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
    "Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
    "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl

Sound Mixing:

 "Hugo" Tom Fleischman and John Midgley


    "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
    "Moneyball" Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
    "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
    "War Horse" Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects:

  "Hugo" Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning


    "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
    "Real Steel" Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
    "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
    "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

Writing (Adapted Screenplay):

    "Moneyball" Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin


    "The Descendants" Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
    "Hugo" Screenplay by John Logan
    "The Ides of March" Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
    "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay):

   "Midnight in Paris" Written by Woody Allen


    "The Artist" Written by Michel Hazanavicius
    "Bridesmaids" Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
    "Margin Call" Written by J.C. Chandor
    "A Separation" Written by Asghar Farhadi

 

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