For Oscar this year, three films are competing in the Best Picture category is THE ARTIST, THE Descendants and HUGO. THE ARTIST OF THE Descendants and come out a winner at the Golden Globe (the most prestigious awards event warm up before the Oscars). However HUGO with 11 Oscar nominations that he got for this year certainly can not be underestimated.
In the ranks of the players, Merryl Streep and Viola Davis finished a strong candidate to be a Best Actress in Leading Role. On the actor, Jean Dujardin and George Clooney were both nominated to be the Best Actor in Leading Role. Both the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and other film awards can not be used as a benchmark to see who will win an Oscar. It is Oscar, there's always a surprise. Silent film, a family drama, or fantasy story that later won the most trophies of acquisition? And the Oscar goes to:
Best Director: THE ARTIST - Michel Hazanavicius
Best Actor in Leading Role: Jean Dujardin - THE ARTIST
Best Actress in Leading Role: Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
Best Picture: THE ARTIST
Best Achievement in Cinematography: HUGO - Robert Richardson
Best Achievement in Art Direction: HUGO - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
Costume Design: THE ARTIST - Mark Bridges
Make Up: THE IRON LADY - Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland
Best Foreign Film Languange: A Separation - Iran
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer - THE HELP
Film Editing: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Sound Editing: HUGO - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
Sound Mixing: HUGO - Tom Fleischman, John Midgley
Documentary (Feature): Undefeated - TJ Martin, and Lindsay, Richard Middlemas
Best Animated Feature Film: Rango - Gore Verbinski
Best Visual Effects: HUGO - Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Best Music (Original Score): THE ARTIST - Ludovic Bource
Best Original Song: Man or Muppet (The Muppets) - Bret McKenzie
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Best Original Screenplay: MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - Woody Allen
Live Action Short Film: THE SHORE - Terry George, George Oorlagh
Best Documentary (Short Subject): SAVING FACE - Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Best Short Film (Animated): FLYING BOOKS OF THE FANTASTIC MR. LESSMORE MORRIS - William Joyce, Brandon Oldenburg.
