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2010

Experience over nine decades of the Oscars from 1927 to 2024

The 82nd Academy Awards | 2010
Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Honoring movies released in 2009
Highlights
Best Actor
Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges winning Best Actor

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock

The Blind Side

Supporting Actor
Inglourious Basterds

Christoph Waltz

Memorable Moments
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin
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Experiencing 3-D while hosting the Oscars

Michael Giacchino
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Original Score winner for Up

A Tribute to John Hughes
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Macaulay Culkin, Matthew Broderick, Jon Cryer, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, and Judd Nelson

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
Nominees
George Clooney
Up in the Air
Nominees
Colin Firth
A Single Man
Nominees
Morgan Freeman
Invictus
Nominees
Jeremy Renner
The Hurt Locker
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds
Nominees
Matt Damon
Invictus
Nominees
Woody Harrelson
The Messenger
Nominees
Christopher Plummer
The Last Station
Nominees
Stanley Tucci
The Lovely Bones
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
Nominees
Helen Mirren
The Last Station
Nominees
Carey Mulligan
An Education
Nominees
Gabourey Sidibe
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Nominees
Meryl Streep
Julie & Julia
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Mo'Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Nominees
Penélope Cruz
Nine
Nominees
Vera Farmiga
Up in the Air
Nominees
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Crazy Heart
Nominees
Anna Kendrick
Up in the Air
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Up
Pete Docter
Nominees
Coraline
Henry Selick
Nominees
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson
Nominees
The Princess and the Frog
John Musker and Ron Clements
Nominees
The Secret of Kells
Tomm Moore
Art Direction
Winner
Avatar
Production Design: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
Nominees
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Production Design: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
Nominees
Nine
Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
Nominees
Sherlock Holmes
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Nominees
The Young Victoria
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Cinematography
Winner
Avatar
Mauro Fiore
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Bruno Delbonnel
Nominees
The Hurt Locker
Barry Ackroyd
Nominees
Inglourious Basterds
Robert Richardson
Nominees
The White Ribbon
Christian Berger
Costume Design
Winner
The Young Victoria
Sandy Powell
Nominees
Bright Star
Janet Patterson
Nominees
Coco before Chanel
Catherine Leterrier
Nominees
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Monique Prudhomme
Nominees
Nine
Colleen Atwood
Directing
Winner
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
Nominees
Avatar
James Cameron
Nominees
Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino
Nominees
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Lee Daniels
Nominees
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
The Cove
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Nominees
Burma VJ
Burma VJ
Nominees
Food, Inc.
Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
Nominees
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Nominees
Which Way Home
Rebecca Cammisa
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Nominees
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
Nominees
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
Nominees
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Nominees
Rabbit à la Berlin
Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Film Editing
Winner
The Hurt Locker
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Nominees
Avatar
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
Nominees
District 9
Julian Clarke
Nominees
Inglourious Basterds
Sally Menke
Nominees
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Joe Klotz
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Secret in Their Eyes
Argentina
Nominees
Ajami
Israel
Nominees
The Milk of Sorrow
Peru
Nominees
A Prophet
France
Nominees
The White Ribbon
Germany
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
John Calley
Makeup
Winner
Star Trek
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Nominees
Il Divo
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Nominees
The Young Victoria
Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Up
Michael Giacchino
Nominees
Avatar
James Horner
Nominees
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Alexandre Desplat
Nominees
The Hurt Locker
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Nominees
Sherlock Holmes
Hans Zimmer
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Crazy Heart
The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) in "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Nominees
The Princess and the Frog
Almost There in "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Nominees
The Princess and the Frog
Down In New Orleans in "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Nominees
Paris 36
Loin De Paname in "Paris 36" Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank Thomas
Nominees
Nine
Take It All in "Nine" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
Best Picture
Winner
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
Nominees
Avatar
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
Nominees
The Blind Side
Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
Nominees
District 9
Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
Nominees
An Education
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
Nominees
Inglourious Basterds
Lawrence Bender, Producer
Nominees
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
Nominees
A Serious Man
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
Nominees
Up
Jonas Rivera, Producer
Nominees
Up in the Air
Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Logorama
Nicolas Schmerkin
Nominees
French Roast
Fabrice O. Joubert
Nominees
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
Nominees
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Javier Recio Gracia
Nominees
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Nick Park
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Nominees
The Door
Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
Nominees
Instead of Abracadabra
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Nominees
Kavi
Gregg Helvey
Nominees
Miracle Fish
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
Sound Editing
Winner
The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Nominees
Avatar
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Nominees
Inglourious Basterds
Wylie Stateman
Nominees
Star Trek
Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Nominees
Up
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Sound Mixing
Winner
The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Nominees
Avatar
Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
Nominees
Inglourious Basterds
Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Nominees
Star Trek
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Nominees
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Visual Effects
Winner
Avatar
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
Nominees
District 9
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Nominees
Star Trek
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Nominees
District 9
Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
Nominees
An Education
Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Nominees
In the Loop
Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Nominees
Up in the Air
Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal
Nominees
Inglourious Basterds
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Nominees
The Messenger
Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
Nominees
A Serious Man
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Nominees
Up
Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

A

Ajami
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Israel
Avatar
9 NOMINATIONS, 3 WINS
  • * Art Direction - Production Design: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
  • * Cinematography - Mauro Fiore
  • * Visual Effects - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
  • Directing - James Cameron
  • Film Editing - Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
  • Music (Original Score) - James Horner
  • Best Picture - James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
  • Sound Editing - Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
  • Sound Mixing - Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson

B

The Blind Side
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Leading Role - Sandra Bullock
  • Best Picture - Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
Bright Star
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Janet Patterson
Burma VJ
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Burma VJ

C

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
Coco before Chanel
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Catherine Leterrier
Coraline
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Henry Selick
The Cove
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Crazy Heart
3 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actor in a Leading Role - Jeff Bridges
  • * Music (Original Song) - The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) in "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Maggie Gyllenhaal

D

District 9
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Film Editing - Julian Clarke
  • Best Picture - Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
  • Visual Effects - Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
The Door
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Juanita Wilson and James Flynn

E

An Education
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Carey Mulligan
  • Best Picture - Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Nick Hornby

F

Fantastic Mr. Fox
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Animated Feature Film - Wes Anderson
  • Music (Original Score) - Alexandre Desplat
Food, Inc.
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
French Roast
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Fabrice O. Joubert

G

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell

H

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
1 NOMINATION
  • Cinematography - Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker
9 NOMINATIONS, 6 WINS
  • * Directing - Kathryn Bigelow
  • * Film Editing - Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
  • * Best Picture - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
  • * Sound Editing - Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • * Sound Mixing - Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Mark Boal
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Jeremy Renner
  • Cinematography - Barry Ackroyd
  • Music (Original Score) - Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders

I

Il Divo
1 NOMINATION
  • Makeup - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Production Design: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
  • Costume Design - Monique Prudhomme
Inglourious Basterds
8 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Christoph Waltz
  • Cinematography - Robert Richardson
  • Directing - Quentin Tarantino
  • Film Editing - Sally Menke
  • Best Picture - Lawrence Bender, Producer
  • Sound Editing - Wylie Stateman
  • Sound Mixing - Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Quentin Tarantino
Instead of Abracadabra
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Invictus
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Morgan Freeman
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Matt Damon

J

Julie & Julia
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep

K

Kavi
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Gregg Helvey

L

The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Javier Recio Gracia
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Station
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Christopher Plummer
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Helen Mirren
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
Logorama
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Animated) - Nicolas Schmerkin
The Lovely Bones
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Stanley Tucci
In the Loop
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche

M

A Matter of Loaf and Death
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Nick Park
The Messenger
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Woody Harrelson
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
The Milk of Sorrow
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Peru
Miracle Fish
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Music by Prudence
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

N

The New Tenants
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Live Action) - Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Nine
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Penélope Cruz
  • Art Direction - Production Design: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
  • Costume Design - Colleen Atwood
  • Music (Original Song) - Take It All in "Nine" Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston

P

Paris 36
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - Loin De Paname in "Paris 36" Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank Thomas
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
6 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Mo'Nique
  • * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Gabourey Sidibe
  • Directing - Lee Daniels
  • Film Editing - Joe Klotz
  • Best Picture - Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
The Princess and the Frog
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Animated Feature Film - John Musker and Ron Clements
  • Music (Original Song) - Almost There in "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman, Down In New Orleans in "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
A Prophet
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - France

R

Rabbit à la Berlin
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

S

The Secret in Their Eyes
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Foreign Language Film - Argentina
The Secret of Kells
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Tomm Moore
A Serious Man
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Best Picture - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Sherlock Holmes
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Art Direction - Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • Music (Original Score) - Hans Zimmer
A Single Man
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Colin Firth
Star Trek
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Makeup - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
  • Sound Editing - Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
  • Sound Mixing - Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
  • Visual Effects - Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

T

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
1 NOMINATION
  • Sound Mixing - Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

U

Up
5 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Animated Feature Film - Pete Docter
  • * Music (Original Score) - Michael Giacchino
  • Best Picture - Jonas Rivera, Producer
  • Sound Editing - Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Up in the Air
5 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
  • Directing - Jason Reitman
  • Best Picture - Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

W

Which Way Home
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Rebecca Cammisa
The White Ribbon
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - Christian Berger
  • Foreign Language Film - Germany

Y

The Young Victoria
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Costume Design - Sandy Powell
  • Art Direction - Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
  • Makeup - Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
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