The Alternative Oscars: 2009
My picks for the winners and nominees for the 2009 Oscars...
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- DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsMichael StuhlbargRichard KindSari LennickLarry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.BEST PICTURE: A Serious Man
other nominees:
Moon
A Single Man
Taking Woodstock
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Colin Firth, A Single Man
other nominees:
Michael Caine, Harry Brown
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
Patton Oswalt, Big Fan
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nowhere Boy - DirectorLone ScherfigStarsCarey MulliganPeter SarsgaardAlfred MolinaA coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Carey Mulligan, An Education
other nominees:
Malin Akerman, Watchmen
Maya Rudolph, Away We Go
Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsChristopher PlummerLily ColeHeath LedgerHaving made a deal with the Devil himself for immortality many millennia ago, the now decrepit mystic Doctor Parnassus fights for the freedom of his only daughter's soul.BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Tom Waits, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
other nominees:
Richard Kind, A Serious Man
Jackie Earle Haley, Watchmen
Alfred Molina, An Education
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds - DirectorSam Taylor-JohnsonStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonKristin Scott ThomasAnne-Marie DuffA chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
other nominees:
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Imelda Staunton, Taking Woodstock
Carla Gugino, Watchmen
Allison Janney, Away We Go - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsChristopher PlummerLily ColeHeath LedgerHaving made a deal with the Devil himself for immortality many millennia ago, the now decrepit mystic Doctor Parnassus fights for the freedom of his only daughter's soul.BEST DIRECTOR: Terry Gilliam, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
other nominees:
Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock
Jim Jarmusch, The Limits of Control
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourius Basterds - DirectorEthan CoenJoel CoenStarsMichael StuhlbargRichard KindSari LennickLarry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: A Serious Man
other nominees:
Moon
Whatever Works
Inglourious Basterds
Big Fan - DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: A Single Man
other nominees:
An Education
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Taking Woodstock - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.BEST CASTING: Inglourious Basterds
other nominees:
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Watchmen
Taking Woodstock
A Serious Man - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli RothIn Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Inglourious Basterds
other nominees:
A Serious Man
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Watchmen
Harry Brown - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: District 9
other nominees:
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
Watchmen - DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla GuginoIn a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.BEST FILM EDITING: Watchmen
other nominees:
Taking Woodstock
Big Fan
A Serious Man
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - DirectorZack SnyderStarsJackie Earle HaleyPatrick WilsonCarla GuginoIn a version of 1985 where superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach on the trail of a conspiracy that will change the course of history.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Watchmen
other nominees:
Inglourios Basterds
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Avatar
Star Trek - DirectorWes AndersonStarsGeorge ClooneyMeryl StreepBill MurrayAn urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Fantastic Mr. Fox
other nominees:
Up
Coraline
The Secret of Kells
The Princess and the Frog - DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsChristos StergioglouMichele ValleyAngeliki PapouliaA controlling, manipulative father locks his three adult offsprings in a state of perpetual childhood by keeping them prisoner within the sprawling family compound.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Kynodontas (Dogtooth) (Greece)
other nominees:
El secreto de sus ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) (Argentina) - DirectorDaniel McNicollStarsViggo MortensenKarl UrbanJohn Rhys-DaviesThe Medieval and Renaissance blade, a profound and beautiful object handcrafted by master artisans of old. An object of great complexity, yet one with a singular use in mind- it is designed to kill. The truth of the sword has been shrouded in antiquity, and the Renaissance martial arts that brought it to being are long forgotten. The ancient practitioners lent us all they knew through their manuscripts. As gunslingers of the Renaissance they were western heroes with swords, and they lived and died by them. Yet today their history remains cloaked under a shadow of legend.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Reclaiming the Blade
other nominees:
When You're Strange
Capitalism: A Love Story