Start date: Monday, February 15th, 2010.
The deadline: 82nd Annual Academy Awards, March 7th, 2010.
It all started last year around Oscar time. I looked at the nominees list and, sadly, realized I had only seen a few of the films. I've watched the Oscars every year since... birth? I'll have to ask my mom... I usually haven't seen most of the films, but last year I hadn't even heard of a lot of them! After the show, I watched a few of the films, but then lost interest. This year I looked at the list and got excited. I had seen or planned to see quite a few of the films (YAY!) But the rest were a mystery, and the challenge began! I decided to watch as many of the 58 films (including the shorts) as possible before the show.
1 week later, 18 films down, 40 films and 13 days to go, not exactly "behind" in school, but not as ahead as I was a week ago, and I kind of wish I had either made this plan sooner, or not at all...
Alas, I am a procrastinator at heart, and I always need some distraction from school and work. If I wasn't doing this, I probably would have started watching a TV series from the beginning (I just finished Californication a few weeks ago, and Parks and Recreation came before that... It probably would have been Mad Men. I've heard good things.)
This is the list of films (not including Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects... I'm not sure why):
(http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nomineesByPicture.html)
Blue is for films I have watched, green is for films I haven't.
Hopefully the list will be completely blue by the 7th! Wish me luck :)
Ajami
Inosan Production (Kino International)
- Best foreign language film (Israel)
Avatar
Lightstorm Entertainment Production (20th Century Fox)
- Art direction
- Cinematography
- Directing
- Film editing
- Original score
- Best picture
- Sound editing
- Sound mixing
- Visual effects
The Blind Side
Alcon Entertainment Production (Warner Bros.)
- Sandra Bullock - Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Best picture
Bright Star
Jan Chapman/Bright Star Films Production (Apparition)
- Costume design
Burma VJ
Magic Hour Films Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
- Documentary feature
Coco before Chanel
Haut et Court Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Costume design
Coraline
LAIKA Production (Focus Features)
- Best animated feature film
The Cove
Oceanic Preservation Society Production (Roadside Attractions)
- Documentary feature
Crazy Heart
Informant Media/Butcher’s Run Films Production (Fox Searchlight)
- Jeff Bridges - Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Maggie Gyllenhaal - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Original song - “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)”
District 9
Block/Hanson Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)
- Film editing
- Best picture
- Visual effects
- Adapted screenplay
An Education
Finola Dwyer/Wildgaze Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Carey Mulligan - Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Best picture
- Adapted screenplay
Fantastic Mr. Fox
American Empirical Production (20th Century Fox)
- Best animated feature film
- Original score
Food, Inc.,
Robert Kenner Films Production (Magnolia Pictures)
- Documentary feature
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Warner Bros. Production (Warner Bros.)
- Cinematography
The Hurt Locker
Voltage Pictures Production (Summit Entertainment)
- Jeremy Renner - Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Cinematography
- Directing
- Film editing
- Original score
- Best picture
- Sound editing
- Sound mixing
- Original screenplay
Il Divo
Indigo Film/Lucky Red/Parco Film/Babe Films Production (MPI Media Group through Music Box)
- Makeup
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Poo Poo Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Art direction
- Costume design
In the Loop
Loop Film/BBC Films and UK Film Council in association with Aramid Entertainment Production (IFC Films)
- Adapted screenplay
Inglourious Basterds
Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures/A Band Apart/Zehnte Babelsberg Production (The Weinstein Company)
- Christoph Waltz - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Cinematography
- Directing
- Film editing
- Best picture
- Sound editing
- Sound mixing
- Original screenplay
Invictus
Liberty Pictures Production (Warner Bros.)
- Morgan Freeman - Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Matt Damon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Julie & Julia
Columbia Pictures Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)
- Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role
The Last Station
Egoli Tossell Film/Zephyr Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Christopher Plummer - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Helen Mirren - Performance by an actress in a leading role
The Lovely Bones
Wingnut Films Production (DreamWorks in association with Film4, Distributed by Paramount)
- Stanley Tucci - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
The Messenger
All the King’s Horses Production (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
- Woody Harrelson - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Original screenplay
The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)
Wanda Visión/Oberon Cinematogràfica/Vela Production
- Best foreign language film (Peru)
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Kovno Communications Production
- Documentary feature
Nine
Weinstein Brothers/Marc Platt/Lucamar/Relativity Media Production (The Weinstein Company)
- Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Art direction
- Costume design
- Original song - “Take It All”
Paris 36
Galatée Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Original song - “Loin de Paname”
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Lee Daniels Entertainment/ Smokewood Entertainment Production (Lionsgate)
- Gabourey Sidibe - Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Mo’Nique - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Directing
- Film editing
- Best picture
- Adapted screenplay
The Princess and the Frog
Walt Disney Pictures Production (Walt Disney)
- Best animated feature film
- Original song - “Almost There”
- Original song - “Down in New Orleans”
A Prophet (Un Prophète)
Why Not/Page 114/Chic Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Best foreign language film (France)
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Haddock Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Best foreign language film (Argentina)
The Secret of Kells
Cartoon Saloon/Les Armateurs/Vivi Film Production (GKIDS)
- Best animated feature film
A Serious Man
Working Title Films Production (Focus Features)
- Best picture
- Original screenplay
Sherlock Holmes
Warner Bros. UK Services Production (Warner Bros.)
- Art direction
- Original score
A Single Man
Fade to Black and Depth of Field Production (The Weinstein Company)
- Colin Firth - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Star Trek
Bad Robot Production (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
- Makeup
- Sound editing
- Sound mixing
- Visual effects
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Don Murphy/Tom DeSanto/di Bonaventura Pictures/Ian Bryce Production (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro, Distributed by Paramount)
- Sound mixing
Up
Pixar Production (Walt Disney)
- Best animated feature film
- Original score
- Best picture
- Sound editing
- Original screenplay
Up in the Air
Montecito Picture Company Production (Paramount in association with Cold Spring Pictures and DW Studios)
- George Clooney - Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Vera Farmiga - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Anna Kendrick - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Directing
- Best picture
- Adapted screenplay
Which Way Home
Mr. Mudd Production
- Documentary feature
The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)
X Filme Creative Pool/Wega Film/Les Films du Losange/Lucky Red Production (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Cinematography
- Best foreign language film (Germany)
The Young Victoria
GK Films Production (Apparition)
- Art direction
- Costume design
- Makeup
The rest weren't on the list, but were found on the nominees by category list: (http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html)
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 à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
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
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
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