Inception leads the way with 11 nominations as the International Press Academy has announced the nominees for the 15th Annual Satellite Awards. But when you see the likes of Dinner for Schmucks and Letters to Juliet getting nominations alongside potential Oscar nominees I don’t think the number of nominations counts, however the winners should help in telling the awards path tale.
Of course, it looks as if certain films weren’t seen before the voting deadline as the recently universally praised (well almost) True Grit doesn’t have a nomination, nor does Peter Weir’s The Way Back. Whether they were seen or not is unknown, though I find it hard to believe both would be shut out had they been.
Looking at the list perhaps the only thing left to scrutinize are the ten films nominated for Best Motion Picture (Drama) as only The Kids are All Right looks to be the only film in the Comedy/Musical category currently being looked at as a potential Oscar Best Picture nominee.
As far as nominee counts go, 127 Hours comes in second with nine, The Social Network has seven, The King’s Speech has six and Alice in Wonderland, Black Swan, The Kids are All Right, Unstoppable and The Town have five each.
As for the awards, they will be announced on December 19 and I’ll not only post the winners, I will be tracking the big winners alongside several other guilds, academies, groups, etc. in my “Oscar Overture” section, a section that will get its first addition tomorrow when the National Board of Review announces its winners. Until then, have a look at the nominees below.
Motion Picture (Drama)
- 127 Hours
- Animal Kingdom
- Blue Valentine
- Get Low
- The Ghost Writer
- Inception
- The King’s Speech
- The Social Network
- The Town
- Winter’s Bone
Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
- Cyrus
- The Kids are All Right
- Made in Dagenham
- The Other Guys
- Please Give
- Red
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Director
- Ben Affleck, The Town
- Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
- Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
- Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids are All Right
- David Fincher, The Social Network
- Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
- David Michod, Animal Kingdom
- Christopher Nolan, Inception
- Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer
- Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
- Javier Bardem, Biutiful
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Inception
- Michael Douglas, Solitary Man
- Robert Duvall, Get Low
- Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
- Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
- James Franco, 127 Hours
- Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine
Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
- Steve Carrell, Dinner for Schmucks
- Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Romain Duris, Heartbreaker
- Andy Garcia, City Island
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs
- John Malkovich, Red
- John C. Reilly, Cyrus
Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
- Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
- Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
- Helen Mirren, The Tempest
- Natalie Portman, Black Swan
- Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Tilda Swinton, I Am Love
- Naomi Watts, Fair Game
- Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
- Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right
- Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs
- Sally Hawkins, Made in Dagenham
- Catherine Keener, Please Give
- Julianne Moore, The Kids are All Right
- Mary-Louise Parker, Red
- Marisa Tomei, Cyrus
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Christian Bale, The Fighter
- Pierce Brosnan, The Ghost Writer
- Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
- Tommy Lee Jones, The Company Men
- Bill Murray, Get Low
- Sean Penn, Fair Game
- Jeremy Renner, The Town
- Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Adams, The Fighter
- Marion Cotillard, Inception
- Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy
- Vanessa Redgrave, Letters to Juliet
- Rosamund Pike, Barney’s Version
- Kristin Scott Thomas, Nowhere Boy
- Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
- Dianne Wiest, Rabbit Hole
Screenplay (Original)
- Biutiful
- The Eclipse
- Get Low
- Inception
- The Kids are All Right
- The King’s Speech
- Toy Story 3
Screenplay (Adapted)
- 127 Hours
- Fair Game
- The Ghost Writer
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- The Social Network
- The Town
- Winter’s Bone
Art Direction and Production Design
- Alice in Wonderland
- Black Swan
- Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky
- I Am Love
- Inception
- Scott Pilgrim vs the World
- Shutter Island
Cinematography
- 127 Hours
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- I Am Love
- Inception
- Salt
- Secretariat
- Shutter Island
- Unstoppable
Costume Design
- Alice in Wonderland
- Black Swan
- Eat Pray Love
- The King’s Speech
- Robin Hood
Film Editing
- Inception
- Please Give
- Shutter Island
- The Social Network
- The Town
- Unstoppable
Original Score
- 127 Hours
- Black Swan
- The Eclipse
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Inception
- Salt
- The Social Network
- Unstoppable
Original Song
- “If I Rise” from 127 Hours
- “Alice” from Alice in Wonderland
- “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” from Burlesque
- “Country Strong” from Country Strong
- “What Part of Forever” from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- “Eclipse (All Yours)” from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sound (Editing and Mixing)
- 127 Hours
- Inception
- Iron Man 2
- Nowhere Boy
- Secretariat
- Shutter Island
- Unstoppable
Visual Effects
- 127 Hours
- Alice in Wonderland
- Inception
- Iron Man 2
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
- Unstoppable
Motion Picture (Foreign Language Film)
- Biutiful
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- I Am Love
- Mother
- Outside the Law
- Soul Kitchen
- White Material
Motion Picture (Animated or Mixed Media)
- Alice in Wonderland
- Despicable Me
- How to Train Your Dragon
- The Illusionist
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
- Toy Story 3
Motion Picture (Documentary)
- Behind the Burly Q
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
- Countdown to Zero
- A Film Unfinished
- Inside Job
- Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
- Restrepo
- Sequestro
- The Tillman Story
- Waiting for Superman
