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Feb 26, 2010

Best of 2009: Part I

Supporting Actress
Runners-up: Susanne Lothar and Leonie Benesch (The White Ribbon), Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds)

Finalists:
5- Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds)
4- Marion Cotillard (Nine)
3- Samantha Morton (The Messenger)
2- Taraneh Alidoosti (About Elly)

Top Pick:
Mo’Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire)


Supporting Actor
Runners-up: Peiman Moadi (About Elly), Paul Schneider (Bright Star), Niels Arestrup (A Prophet)

Finalists:
5- Peter Capaldi (In the Loop)
4- Alfred Molina (An Education)
3- Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
2- Saber Abar (About Elly)

Top Pick:
1- Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Actress

Runners-up: Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist), Penelope Cruz (Broken Embraces)

Finalists:
5- Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia)
4- Tilda Swinton (Julia)
3- Golshifteh Farahani (About Elly)
2- Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Top Pick:
1- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star)

Actor

Just missed my final list: Colin Firth (A Single Man), Robin Williams (World’s Greatest Dad), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man), Shahab Hosseini (About Elly), Joaquin Phoenix (Two Lovers)

Finalists:
5- Ben Foster (The Messenger)
4- George Clooney (Up in the Air)
3- Jeff Bridges (Crazy H­eart)
2- Tahar Rahim (A Prophet)

Top Pick:
1- Sam Rockwell (Moon)

Ensemble Cast

Runners-up:
A Prophet, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker,

Finalists:
5- An Education
4- The Messenger

3- Inglourious Basterds

2- The White Ribbon

1- About Elly

4 comments:

  1. Neat post. I really gotta watch The Messenger. And About Elly of course.

    Quite impressive that you prepared this post in the midst of all the school crap we have going on ;)

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  2. Nice to see Ben Foster up there. I was really struck by his work. I thought he would have been a much better choice at the Oscars than the lazy Morgan Freeman nomination.

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  3. Morgan Freeman's nomination is a perfect example of how front-runner status can get an actor a nomination even if the movie turns out to be a flop.
    And it's really interesting to me how the attention to Wooyd Harrelson's performance never really helped Foster or Morton. Then again, one can ask the same question about Anthony Mackie's case with Jeremy Renner.

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  4. We have 4/5 the same Best Actress lineup! I just haven't seen "About Elly" and so Golshifteh Farahani on my list is replaced by Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer. Also, it's awesome to see The White Ribbon in your best ensemble lineup. What an awesome cast.

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