The Real EvRo

As you know, I’m a huge movie nerd/buff. I entered a free pool on a message board (AP.net) that some may be familiar with. Here’s my ballot for anyone to check out. I’ll tweet @EvanRomano during the show what I think should and will win- this is not my personal choices, just what I predict to win. 

My Prediction to win is number 1, number 2 is my backup, and so on and so forth (that’s the way the pool’s scoring works)

Evan Romano

• Best Motion Picture of the Year
• “The Artist” - 1
• “The Descendants”- 2
• “Moneyball”- 3
• “The Tree of Life”-4
• “The Help”-5
• “Hugo”-6
• “Midnight in Paris”-7
• “The Tree of Life”-8
• “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”-9
• “War Horse”-10
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
• Jean Dujardin, “The Artist” - 1
• George Clooney, “The Descendants”-2
• Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”-3
• Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”-4
• Demian Bechir, “A Better Life”-5
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
• Viola Davis, “The Help”- 1
• Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”-2
• Rooney Mara, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”-3
• Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”-4
• Michelle Williams, “My Week with Marilyn”-5
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
• Christopher Plummer, “Beginners” - 1
• Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”-2
•  Max von Sydow, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”-3
• Kenneth Branagh, “My Week with Marilyn”-4
• Nick Nolte, “Warrior”-5
• Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
• Octavia Spencer, “The Help” -1
• Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”-2
• Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”-3
• Jessica Chastain, “The Help”-4
•  Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”-5
• Best Achievement in Directing
• Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist” - 1
• Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”-2
• Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”-3
• Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”-4
• Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”-5
• Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
•  Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris” - 1
• Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”- 2
• Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”-3
• Kristen Wigg, Annie Mumolo, “Bridesmaids”-4
•  J.C. Chandor, “Margin Call”-5
• Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, “The Descendants” - 1
• Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin, “Moneyball”- 2
• John Logan, “Hugo”- 3
• Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”- 4
• George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, “The Ides of March”- 5
• Best Achievement in Cinematography
• Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Tree of Life”- 1
• Guillaume Schiffman, “The Artist”- 2
• Jeff Cronenweth, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”- 3
• Robert Richardson, “Hugo”- 4
• Janusz Kaminski, “War Horse”- 5
• Best Achievement in Editing
• Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”- 1
• Christopher Tellefsen, “Moneyball”-2
• Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”-3
• Thelma Schoonmaker, “Hugo”-4
• Kevin Tent, “The Descendants”-5
• Best Achievement in Art Direction
• Ann Seibel, Helene Dubreuil, “Midnight in Paris”-1
• Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo, “Hugo”- 2
• Laurence Bennett, Gregory S. Hooper, “The Artist”-3
•  Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”-4
• Rick Carter, Lee Sandales, “War Horse”-5
• Best Achievement in Costume Design
• Mark Bridges, “The Artist”-1
• Sandy Powell, “Hugo”-2
• Lisy Christl, “Anonymous”-3
• Michael O’Connor, “Jane Eyre”-4
•  Arianne Phillips, “W.E.”-5
• Best Achievement in Makeup
• Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland, “The Iron Lady”-1
•  Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”-2
• Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle, “Albert Nobbs”-3
• Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
• Ludovic Bource, “The Artist”-1
• John Williams, “War Horse”-2
• John Williams, “The Adventures of Tintin”-3
•  Howard Shore, “Hugo”-4
• Alberto Iglesias, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”-5
• Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
• Bret McKenzie – “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets” -1
•  Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett – “Real in Rio” from “Rio”-2
• Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
• Tom Fleischman, John Midgley, “Hugo” -1
• Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”-2
• David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Bo Persson, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”-3
• Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco, Ed Novick, “Moneyball”-4
• Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson, Stuart Wilson, “War Horse”-5
• Best Achievement in Sound Editing
• Ren Klyce, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”-1
• Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”-2
• Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom, “War Horse”-3
• Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, “Hugo”-4
• Lon Bender, Victory Ray Ennis, “Drive”-5
• Best Achievement in Visual Effects
• Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”-1
• Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull, Michael Fink, “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”-2
•  Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning, “Hugo”-3
• Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”-4
• Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg, “Real Steel”-5
• Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
•  “Rango” -1
•  “Puss in Boots”-2
• “Kung Fu Panda 2”-3
• “A Cat in Paris”-4
• “Chico & Rita”-5
• Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
•  “A Separation” (Iran)-1
• “Monsieur Lazhar” (Canada)-2
• “In Darkness” (Poland)-3
• “Bullhead” (Belgium)-4
•  “Footnote” (Israel)-5
• Best Documentary, Features
• “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”-1
•  “Undefeated”-2
• “Hell and Back Again”-3
• “Pina”-4
•  “If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”-5
• Best Documentary, Short Subjects
• “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”-1
•  “Saving Face”-2
•  “God Is the Bigger Elvis”-3
•  “The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”-4
• “Incident in New Baghdad”-5
• Best Short Film, Animated
•  “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” -1
•  “A Morning Stroll”-2
• “La Luna”-3
• “Wild Life”-4
•  “Dimanche”-5
• Best Short Film, Live Action
• The Shore”-1
•  “Raju”-2
•  “Tuba Atlantic”-3
•  “Pentecost”-4
•   “Time Freak”-5
• Tiebreaker questions:
•  How many different films will receive at least ONE Oscar? 15
• How many different films will receive at least TWO Oscars? 5
• What film will win the most Oscars? The Artist