OSCAR PREVIEW: My (sadly) hypothetical Ballot

As part of my Oscar™ preview (those of you wanting to know what came first in my FILMS OF THE DECADE list will have to wait until tomorrow), I thought one way to go would be to give you what my nominations ballot would look like, were I an Academy™ member. So that’s the way I went, I tried not to go too far away from ‘awardsy’ titles.

BEST ACTOR

JEFF BRIDGES – CRAZY HEART
GEORGE CLOONEY – UP IN THE AIR
COLIN FIRTH – A SINGLE MAN
JEREMY RENNER – THE HURT LOCKER
MICHAEL STUHLBARG – A SERIOUS MAN

BEST ACTRESS

SANDRA BULLOCK – THE BLIND SIDE
ABBIE CORNISH – BRIGHT STAR
CAREY MULLIGAN – AN EDUCATION
ZOE SALDANA – AVATAR
GABOUREY SIDIBE – PRECIOUS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

ZACK GALIFANIAKIS – THE HANGOVER
ANTHONY MACKIE – THE HURT LOCKER
ALFRED MOLINA – AN EDUCATION
PAUL SCHNEIDER – BRIGHT STAR
CHRISTOPH WALTZ – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

MARION COTILLARD – NINE
VERA FARMIGA – UP IN THE AIR
MELANIE LAURENT – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
MO’NIQUE – PRECIOUS
SUSAN SARANDON – THE LOVELY BONES

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BRIGHT STAR
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
A SERIOUS MAN
UP

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

AN EDUCATION
FANTASTIC MR FOX
IN THE LOOP
PRECIOUS...
A PROPHET

BEST DIRECTOR

JACQUES AUDIARD – A PROPHET
KATHRYN BIGELOW – THE HURT LOCKER
JAMES CAMERON – AVATAR
JANE CAMPION – BRIGHT STAR
MICHAEL HANEKE – THE WHITE RIBBON

BEST FILM

AVATAR
BRIGHT STAR
AN EDUCATION
THE HURT LOCKER
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
PRECIOUS
A PROPHET
A SERIOUS MAN
UP
THE WHITE RIBBON