Oscar Academy Award Winners 2011
The Academy Awards program this year was not the most exciting Oscars I’ve seen over the years. The hosts did their best. Anne Hathaway was great while James Franco was maybe a little too laid back, however, I can’t imagine Franco being nominated as best actor and trying to be the host of the evening as well, it couldn’t have been easy to go through. The expected results for best actor, actress, supporting actor and actress came to be, all of them well deserved. The King’s Speech trumped The Social Network as best picture. There were some surprises with the film Inception winning four awards (why wasn’t there a nomination for directing for Nolan?), and Alice In Wonderland nabbing awards for Art Direction and Costume Design, both well deserved. I have to say the set design for the Oscars this year was probably one of my least favorite over the years, just didn’t work for me other than the star design on the stage floor.
2011 Oscar Winners List
BEST PICTURE
“The King’s Speech”
DIRECTING
Tom Hooper, “The King’s Speech”
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech”
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, “The Fighter”
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Melissa Leo, “The Fighter”
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Aaron Sorkin, “The Social Network”
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
David Seidler, “The King’s Speech”
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Toy Story 3″
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Lost Thing”
ART DIRECTION
“Alice in Wonderland”
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inception”
COSTUME DESIGN
“Alice in Wonderland”
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Inside Job”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“Strangers No More”
FILM EDITING
“The Social Network”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“In a Better World,” Denmark
MAKEUP
“The Wolfman”
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Social Network,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3,” Randy Newman
SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“God of Love”
SOUND EDITING
“Inception”
SOUND MIXING
“Inception”
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Inception”
