The nominees were ...
- Black Swan
- The Fighter
- Inception
- The Kids Are All Right
- The King's Speech
- 127 Hours
- The Social Network
- Toy Story 3
- True Grit
- Winter's Bone
- Black Swan
- The Fighter
- The Ghost Writer
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Inception
- The Kids Are All Right
- The Social Network
- Toy Story 3
- True Grit
- Winter's Bone
The King's Speech. Lovely acting from Colin Firth (who won the Oscar) and from the supporting player nominees Helena Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush. But Tom Hooper, who won as best director, cut his teeth on TV costume dramas like "John Adams," "Elizabeth I," and "Daniel Deronda," and it shows: The movie has a small-screen feel to it. At 74, David Seidler became the oldest winner for screenplay in Oscar history, though his record was broken the following year when Woody Allen won for Midnight in Paris.
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| The Social Network
A small miracle: a movie about business that isn't boring, and a movie about computer geeks that isn't cluttered with stereotypes. How the producers, Scott Rudin et al., brought it off is by hiring a top-notch writer, Aaron Sorkin (who is at his best when he isn't writing about politicians) and a terrific young cast: starting with Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and continuing with Rooney Mara, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Justin Timberlake, and as both Winkelvii, Armie Hammer ("I'm 6'5", 220, and there's two of me"). And then get David Fincher to direct it. The Academy seemed to prefer 20th century British history to contemporary American history, and showered its awards on The King's Speech. The Social Network won for score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross), film editing, and Sorkin's screenplay, and nominees included Eisenberg, Fincher, Jeff Cronenweth for cinematography, and the sound mixers.
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