Though most of 2010 proved to be a breeding ground for bad cinema, the last month of the year brought us beautiful and bad-ass films like Black Swan, The Fighter, True Grit and The King’s Speech – breathtaking pieces of art that nearly redeemed the rest of the fiscal year of follies. Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially announced their nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony and many of the late-bloomers were honored along with the very best of the year. Read on below for the full list of nominees and be sure to catch the 83rd Academy Awards live from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on February 27th!!!
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
The Kids Are All Right
Winter’s Bone
BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
James Franco, 127 Hours
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
BEST ACTRESS
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
BEST DIRECTION
David Fincher, The Social Network
The Coen Brothers, True Grit
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O. Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year, Mike Leigh
The Fighter Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception, Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech, David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Toy Story 3
The Illusionist
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful
DogTooth
In A Better World
Outside The Law
Incendies
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Coming Home, from Country Strong Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light, from Tangled Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise, from 127 Hours Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together, from Toy Story 3 Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
BEST SOUND EDITING
Inception, Richard King
Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
Tron: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger
BEST SOUND MIXING
Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
BEST ART DIRECTION
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King’s Speech
True Grit
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
Inception, Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins
BEST MAKEUP
Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech, Jenny Beavan
The Tempest, Sandy Powell
True Grit, Mary Zophres
BEST FILM EDITING
Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan
Pamela Martin, The Fighter
Tariq Anwarr, The King’s Speech
Jon Harris, 127 Hours
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter, Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
