Oscars 2012 Winners List & Image Gallery

Yawn. That was largely Electroshadow’s reaction to the Oscars this year. The indignation at several underserving and outright baffling nominations/omissions has given way to indifference. And last night’s broadcast did little to change the feeling that the Oscars is slowly becoming a waste of the film lover’s time. Except for the crafting categories, perhaps, where true artistry still is rewarded accordingly. I can’t say enough about the beauty of a film like “Hugo”, so its wins in categories like Art Direction and Sound is justly earned (although there were better efforts in the Visual Effects category this year). And “The Iron Lady” had the best, most convincing make-up of any film I’ve seen of the nominated bunch, so that one is spot on too. Also, I’m glad to see “Midnight In Paris” getting the Best Original Screenplay Oscar. It really is a delight, and if you haven’t watched it, you simply must.

On the flipside, the boring side of the Academy Awards quickly set in, when “The Artist” started sweeping pretty much every category it was nominated in. That’s not to say the film does not deserve it, but anyone could see this coming a mile away. Frankly, George Clooney was robbed. Small consolation for “The Descendants” came in its Best Adapted Screenplay win. As for the show itself, Sacha Baron Cohen’s much talked about “banned” publicity stunt did indeed happen after all, to absolutely no one’s surprise. Even Will Ferrell’s admittedly amusing stunt of clashing a cymbal in the faces of Brangenlina felt staged. That’s how contrived and predictable the Oscars have become. Billy Crystal’s classy hosting did little to lift the general feeling of gloom that people just don’t really care as much as the organisers (and advertisers) hope for them to. Maybe they should feature more cute doggies at the show, as Uggie from “The Artist” proved to be one of the few genuinely charming moments. Other than that, I believe the one word that best sums it up is: Whatever. Anyway, here’s the full list of nominees, with winners in orange.

 

BEST PICTURE
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

 

BEST DIRECTOR
“The Artist” - Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne
“Hugo” – Martin Scorsese
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
“The Tree of Life” – Terrence Malick

 

BEST ACTOR
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Demián Bichir – “A Better Life”
George Clooney – “The Descendants”
Gary Oldman – “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt – “Moneyball”

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer – “Beginners”
Kenneth Branagh – “My Week With Marilyn”
Jonah Hill – “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte – “Warrior”
Max von Sydow – “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

 

BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep – “The Iron Lady”
Glenn Close – “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis – “The Help”
Rooney Mara – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Michelle Williams – “My Week With Marilyn”

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer – “The Help”
Bérénice Bejo – “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain -” The Help”
Melissa McCarthy – “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs”

 

BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Rango”
“A Cat in Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2″
“Puss in Boots”

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“The Descendants” – Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Hugo” – John Logan
“The Ides of March” – George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
“Moneyball” – Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Midnight in Paris” – Woody Allen
“The Artist” – Michel Hazanavicius
“Bridesmaids” – Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
“Margin Call” – J.C. Chandor
“A Separation” – Asghar Farhadi

 

ART DIRECTION
“Hugo” – Production Design: Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“The Artist” – Production Design: Laurence Bennett, Set Decoration: Robert Gould
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ – Production Design: Stuart Craig, Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Midnight in Paris” – Production Design: Anne Seibel, Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
“War Horse” – Production Design: Rick Carter, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Hugo” – Robert Richardson
“The Artist” – Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Jeff Cronenweth
“The Tree of Life” – Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” – Janusz Kaminski

 

COSTUME DESIGN
“The Artist” - Mark Bridges
“Anonymous” – Lisy Christl
“Hugo” – Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” – Michael O’Connor
“W.E.” – Arianne Phillips

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Undefeated”
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth”
“Liberation Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Saving Face”
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
“God Is the Bigger Elvis”
“Incident in New Baghdad”
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

 

BEST FILM EDITING
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
“The Artist” – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” – Kevin Tent
“Hugo” – Thelma Schoonmaker
“Moneyball” – Christopher Tellefsen

 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“A Separation” – Iran
“Bullhead” – Belgium
“Footnote” – Israel
“In Darkness “- Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” – Canada

 

BEST MAKEUP
“The Iron Lady” - Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
“Albert Nobbs” – Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ – Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“The Artist” – Ludovic Bource
“The Adventures of Tintin” – John Williams
“Hugo” – Howard Shore
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – Alberto Iglesias
“War Horse” – John Williams

 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” – The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” – Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

 

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
“Dimanche/Sunday” – Patrick Doyon
“La Luna” – Enrico Casarosa
“A Morning Stroll” – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
“Wild Life”- Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

 

BEST LIVE SHORT
“The Shore” – Terry George and Oorlagh George
“Pentecost” – Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
“Raju” – Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
“Time Freak” – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
“Tuba Atlantic” – Hallvar Witzø

 

BEST SOUND EDITING
“Hugo” – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
“Drive” – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – Ren Klyce
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
“War Horse” – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

 

BEST SOUND MIXING
“Hugo” – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
“Moneyball” – Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
“War Horse” – Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Hugo” – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ – Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
“Real Steel” – Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier

 

And here’s some shots of the stars from last night ceremony at the Hollywood and Highland Center…

Best Actor Nominee Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

 

Oscar Presenter Rose Byrne

Best Actress Nominee Rooney Mara

Best Actress Nominee Michelle Williams

Best Actor Nominee George Clooney and Stacey Kiebler

Best Actor Nominee Gary Oldman and wife Alexandra Edenborough

 

Best Supporting Actress Nominee Bérénice Bejo and Best Director Winner Michel Hazanavicius

Sacha Baron Cohen in character as The Dictator, carrying Kim Jong Il’s ashes

Best Actress Winner Meryl Streep

Oscar Winner Streep and Best Actor Winner Jean Dujardin

Best Supporting Actor Winner Christopher Plummer

Oscar Winner Dujardin and co-star Uggie

Oscars Host Billy Crystal