Day: February 12, 2011

My Oscars 2011 predictions

~ Dheeraj Gautam ~ 1 Comment

This is that time of the year again when every films maker dreams of walking that red carpet in the sun city of Los Angeles at the world famous Kodak theatre.well not every one makes it to the red carpet but there is nothing wrong in dreaming.i also dream about winning an oscars.lets hope i will make it to the kodak theatre one day.on 27th feb 2011 83rd annual academy awards will take place.everyone will have their own favourites. i have mine.i have analysed the movies,directors,actors and screenplay writers closely.

These predictions are based on my analysis.i will waiting for 27th feb 2011 to see if my predictions will come true.

my winners list is as follows

Best Motion Picture of the Year

My vote is to                                        The social network

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)

Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010)

James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)

my vote is to                                           James Franco

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Nominees:

Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)

my vote is to                                Natalie Portman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)

Geoffrey Rush for The King’s Speech (2010)

my vote is to                        Mark Ruffalo

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Nominees:

Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)

Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)

Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)

my vote is to                         Helena Bonham Carter

Best Achievement in Directing

Nominees:

David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)

my vote is to                                              David Fincher

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Nominees:

The King’s Speech (2010): David Seidler

my vote is to                                             The King’s Speech

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

Nominees:

Winter’s Bone (2010): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini

my vote is to                                                The Social Network By Aaron Sorkin

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Nominees:

Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich

my vote is to                               How to Train Your Dragon

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Nominees:

Kynodontas (2009): Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)

Hævnen (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)

Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)

Hors-la-loi (2010): Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)

my vote is to                      Biutiful

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Nominees:

True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins

my vote is to                            Inception    by Wally Pfister

Best Achievement in Editing

Nominees:

The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

my vote is to                               127 Hours by Jon Harris

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Nominees:

True Grit (2010): Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

my vote is to                     The King’s Speech by Eve Stewart and Judy Farr

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Nominees:

True Grit (2010): Mary Zophres

my vote is to         The King’s Speech

Best Achievement in Makeup

Nominees:

The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, Dave Elsey

my vote is to                             The Wolfman     by Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Nominees:

The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

my vote is to                      127 Hours By A.R.Rahman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Nominees:

127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido(“If I Rise”)

Country Strong (2010): Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges(“Coming Home”)

Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater(“I See the Light”)

Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman(“We Belong Together”)

my vote is to                          127 Hours   by A.R.Rahman and Rollo Armstrong,Dido(“if is rise”)

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Nominees:

True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland

my vote is to                     Inception(2010)  Lora Hirschberg,Gary Rizzo,Ed Novick

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Nominees:

Unstoppable (2010): Mark P. Stoeckinger

my vote is to                                            Inception(2010)  Richard King

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Nominees:

Iron Man 2 (2010): Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick

my vote is to                        Inception(2010)   Chris Corbould,Andrew Lockley,Pete Bebb,Paul j.Franklin

Best Documentary, Features

Nominees:

Waste Land (2010): Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley

my vote is to                       GasLand(2010)     Josh Fox,Trish Adlesic

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Nominees:

The Warriors of Qiugang (2010): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

my vote is to                Poster Girl (2010) Sara Nesson,Mitchell Block

Best Short Film, Animated

Nominees:

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (2010): Bastien Dubois

my vote is to                Let’s Pollute (2009) Geefwee Boedoe

Best Short Film, Live Action

my vote is to                            The Crush(2009)  Michael Creagh

Ok so these were my predictions ,how many of them will come true ,we will see on 27th feb 2011.if they all come true i will be as famous as

Sir Octopus Paul.

cheers

dheeraj gautam