My personal 2011 awards...
My Academy Awards style rundown of my personal winners.
Other nominees are presented in alphabetical order.
Other nominees are presented in alphabetical order.
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- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.BEST PICTURE
other nominees:
The Artist
Drive
A Separation
The Tree of Life - DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittSean PennJessica ChastainThe story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.BEST DIRECTOR - TERRENCE MALICK
other nominees:
Tomas Alfredson - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Asghar Farhadi - A Separation
David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive - DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.BEST LEAD ACTOR - GARY OLDMAN
other nominees:
George Clooney - The Descendants
Michael Fassbender - Shame
Ryan Gosling - Drive
Brad Pitt - Moneyball - DirectorDavid FincherStarsDaniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher PlummerJournalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.BEST LEAD ACTRESS - ROONEY MARA
other nominees:
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis - The Help
Charlize Theron - Young Adult
Mia Wasikowska - Jane Eyre - DirectorStephen DaldryStarsThomas HornTom HanksSandra BullockA nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MAX VON SYDOW
other nominees:
Tom Hiddleston - Thor
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Andy Serkis - Rise of the Planet of the Apes - DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean DujardinBérénice BejoJohn GoodmanWhen George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - BERENICE BEJO
other nominees:
Rose Byrne - Bridesmaids
Jessica Chastain - Take Shelter
Carey Mulligan - Shame
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
Beginners
50/50
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life - DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Ides of March - DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
other nominees:
The Artist
The Help
The Ides of March
A Separation - DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppIsla FisherTimothy OlyphantRango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
other nominees:
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Winnie the Pooh - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
other nominee:
Certified Copy - DirectorDanfung DennisStarsNathan HarrisAshley HarrisThe Marines of Echo CompanyWhat does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home? Hell and Back Again is a cinematically revolutionary film that asks and answers these questions with a power and intimacy no previous film about the conflict in Afghanistan has been able to achieve. It is a masterpiece in the cinema of war.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
other nominees:
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Project Nim - DirectorTerrence MalickStarsBrad PittSean PennJessica ChastainThe story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
other nominees:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse - DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsRyan GoslingCarey MulliganBryan CranstonA mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.BEST FILM EDITING
other nominees:
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintHarry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
other nominees:
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Water for Elephants - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsRhys IfansVanessa RedgraveDavid ThewlisThe theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
other nominees:
The Artist
Captain America: The First Avenger
Hugo
War Horse - DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsChris EvansHugo WeavingSamuel L. JacksonSteve Rogers, a rejected military soldier, transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a warmonger and a terrorist organization.BEST MAKEUP
other nominees:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJamie BellAndy SerkisDaniel CraigIntrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
other nominees:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Real Steel
War Horse - DirectorJames BobinStarsAmy AdamsJason SegelChris CooperA Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.BEST ORIGINAL SONG - "LIFE'S A HAPPY SONG"
other nominees:
"Gathering Stories" - We Bought a Zoo
"Man or Muppet" - The Muppets
"Star Spangled Man" - Captain America
"Think You Can Wait" - Win Win - DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufRosie Huntington-WhiteleyTyrese GibsonThe Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.BEST SOUND MIXING
other nominees:
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse - DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufRosie Huntington-WhiteleyTyrese GibsonThe Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.BEST SOUND EDITING
other nominees:
The Adventures of Tintin
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Super 8
Thor - DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppIsla FisherTimothy OlyphantRango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
other nominees
The Adventures of Tintin
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Tree of Life - DirectorBrad BirdStarsTom CruiseJeremy RennerSimon PeggThe IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.BEST STUNT/DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
other nominees:
The Artist
Hanna
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Warrior