'The King's Speech' leads this year's Oscar nominations with 12
Posted Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 8:55 AM Central
Last updated Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 11:25 AM Central
by Tim Briscoe
The King's Speech was crowned with the most nominations for this year's Academy Awards. The true tale of England's King George VI starring Colin Firth earned 12 nods.
Other favorites included True Grit (10 nominations), The Social Network (8), Inception (8), The Fighter (7), 127 Hours (6), Black Swan (5), and Toy Story 3 (5). Each of these received a selection in the 10-film Best Picture race.
The love for True Grit is not surprising for this critical and public favorite but remember that the film didn't even earn a single nomination at this year's Golden Globes. Another notable nominee is Winter's Bone. The rural drama picked up four deserving nods including ones for Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes and Best Picture.
Of course there are movies and individuals that critics feel are overlooked by the Academy. Most are pointing to Christopher Nolan's omission in the Best Director category for Inception. Others think Daft Punk should've earned recognition for their Tron: Legacy musical score. Get Low was surprisingly ignored as well.
With only 20 total slots for acting nominations there always worthy performances ignored. Lots of people on Twitter have mentioned Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter, Mila Kunis in Black Swan, and Andrew Garfield in The Social Network as oversights.
Here are all the nominees in every category.
Best Picture
- Black Swan
- The Fighter
- Inception
- The Kids Are All Right
- The King's Speech
- 127 Hours
- The Social Network
- Toy Story 3
- True Grit
- Winter's Bone
Actor In A Leading Role
- Javier Bardem, Biutiful
- Jeff Bridges, True Grit
- Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
- Colin Firth, The King's Speech
- James Franco, 127 Hours
Actress In A Leading Role
- Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
- Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
- Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
- Natalie Portman, Black Swan
- Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Actor In A Supporting Role
- 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
Actress In A Supporting Role
- Amy Adams, The Fighter
- Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
- Melissa Leo, The Fighter
- Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
- Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Directing
- Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
- David O. Russell, The Fighter
- Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
- David Fincher, The Social Network
- Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Original Screenplay
- Mike Leigh, Another Year
- Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Keith Dorrington, The Fighter
- Christopher Nolan, Inception
- Lisa Colodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
- David Seidler, The King's Speech
Adapted Screenplay
- Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours
- Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
- Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, Toy Story 3
- Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
- Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone
Animated Feature Film
Art Direction
- Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara, Alice in Wonderland
- Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat, Inception
- Eve Stewart and Judy Farr, The King's Speech
- Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh, True Grit
Cinematography
- Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
- Wally Pfister, Inception
- Danny Cohen, The King's Speech
- Jeff Cronenweth, The Social Network
- Roger Deakins, True Grit
Costume Design
- Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland
- Antonella Cannarozzi, I Am Love
- Jenny Beavan, The King's Speech
- Sandy Powell, The Tempest
- Mary Zophres, True Grit
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short Subject
- Killing in the Name
- Poster Girl
- Strangers No More
- Sun Come Up
- The Warriors of Qiugang
Film Editing
- Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan
- Pamela Martin, The Fighter
- Tariq Anwar, The King's Speech
- Jon Harris, 127 Hours
- Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
Foreign Language Film
- (Mexico), Biutiful
- (Greece), Dogtooth
- (Denmark), In a Better World
- (Canada), Incendies
- (Algeria), Outside the Law
Makeup
- Adrien Morot, Barney's Version
- Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng, The Way Back
- Rick Baker and Dave Elsey, The Wolfman
Music (Original Score)
- John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
- Hans Zimmer, Inception
- Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
- A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Music (Original Song)
- 'Coming Home' by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, and Hillary Lindsey, Country Strong
- 'I See the Light' by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, Tangled
- 'If I Rise' by A.R. Rahman, Dido, and Rollo Armstrong, 127 Hours
- 'We Belong Together' by Randy Newman, Toy Story 3
Short Film (Animated)
- Day & Night
- The Gruffalo
- Let's Pollute
- The Lost Thing
- Madagascar, A Journey Diary
Short Film (Live Action)
- The Confession
- The Crush
- God of Love
- Na Wewe
- Wish 143
Sound Editing
- Richard King, Inception
- Tom Myers and Michael Silvers, Toy Story 3
- Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague, Tron: Legacy
- Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey, True Grit
- Mark P. Stoeckinger, Unstoppable
Sound Mixing
- Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick, Inception
- Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley, The King's Speech
- Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin, Salt
- Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten, The Social Network
- Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland, True Grit
Visual Effects
- Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips, Alice in Wonderland
- Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, and Nicolas Aithadi, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski, and Joe Farrell, Hereafter
- Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb, Inception
- Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, and Daniel Sudick, Iron Man 2
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 27. The ceremony with be hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway. It will be broadcast on ABC television.
A video replay of this morning's nomination announcement event with Mo'Nique and A.M.P.A.S. President Tom Sherak is currently available on Oscar.com.
The official site is also your place to make your Oscar predictions. You can also download a PDF of the nominations. You know, in case you're planning an office pool or Oscar-watching shindig.