OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2011 – Who Is Likely To Win An Award?

 

   

It’s been almost two weeks since the nominations for this year’s OSCARS were announced, and news outlets all over the world have been speculating and discussing the talent who are likely to walk away with the famous golden statuettes.

Each year I put my neck on the line by putting down who, in my opinion, will win an Oscar. This year I will be putting down a first and second choice, meaning that the winner could be either of them, but there are categories where there will be a clear favourite.
   

  
So, without further ado, here are my predictions for this year’s OSCAR:
 

   

 
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE   

 
COLIN FIRTH for ‘The King’s Speech‘ 
   

Second choice  

Jeff Bridges for ‘True Grit‘
   

   

  

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE  

  

GEOFFREY RUSH for ‘The King’s Speech‘
   

Second choice  

Christian Bale for ‘The Fighter‘
   

   

  

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE   

  

NATALIE PORTMAN for ‘Black Swan‘ 
  

Second choice  

Annette Bening for ‘The Kids Are All Right‘
   

   

  

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE  

  

MELISSA LEO for ‘The Fighter‘ 
   

Second choice  

Helena Bonham Carter in ‘The King’s Speech‘
   

   

  

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM  

  

‘TOY STORY 3‘ – directed by Lee Unkrich
   

  

  

ART DIRECTION  

  

‘INCEPTION‘ – Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
   

  

  

CINEMATOGRAPHY  

  

‘INCEPTION‘ – Wally Pfister 
   

Second choice  

‘The King’s Speech‘ – Danny Cohen 
  

   

  

COSTUME DESIGN  

  

‘ALICE IN WONDERLAND‘ – Colleen Atwood 
   

Second choice  

‘The King’s Speech‘- Jenny Beavan
   

  

 
 
DIRECTING  

  

‘THE SOCIAL NETWORK‘ – David Fincher 
   

Second choice  

‘The King’s Speech‘ – Tom Hooper
   

  

  

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)  

  

‘EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP‘ – Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz 
   

Second choice  

‘Inside Job‘ – Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
   

  

  

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)  

  

‘KILLING IN THE NAME‘ 
   

Second choice  

‘Poster Girl‘
   

  

  

FILM EDITING   

  

‘THE KING’S SPEECH‘ – Tariq Anwar 
   

Second choice  

‘127 Hours‘ – Jon Harris
   

  

  

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM  

  

‘BIUTIFUL‘ – Mexico
   

  

  

MAKEUP  

  

‘THE WOLFMAN‘- Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
   

   

  

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)   

  

‘INCEPTION‘ – Hans Zimmer 
   

Second choice  

‘The Social Network‘ – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
   

   

  

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)  

  

WE BELONG TOGETHER – from ‘Toy Story 3‘ Music and Lyric by Randy Newman 
  

Second choice 

If I Rise – from ‘127 Hours‘ Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong 
   

   

  

BEST PICTURE  

  

‘THE SOCIAL NETWORK‘ – Producers Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin 
   

Second choice  

‘The King’s Speech‘ – Producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin 
   

   

  

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)  

  

‘THE GRUFFALO‘ – Jakob Schuh and Max Lang 
   

   

  

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)  

  

‘GOD OF LOVE‘ – Luke Matheny 
   

   

  

SOUND EDITING  

  

‘INCEPTION‘ – Richard King 
  

Second choice  

‘Toy Story 3‘ – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers 
   

   

  

SOUND MIXING  

  

‘INCEPTION‘ – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick 
   

   

  

VISUAL EFFECTS  

  

‘INCEPTION‘ – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb 
   

Second choice  

‘Alice in Wonderland‘ – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips  
  

  

  

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)  

  

‘THE SOCIAL NETWORK‘ – Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin 
  

  

  

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)  

  

‘INCEPTION‘ – Written by Christopher Nolan