By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Best Picture Chart – 16 Weeks To Go – 11/11/10
BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director
Stars CommentThe Ten, If I Had To Pick Today Dec 25True Grit Par Coens Bridges
Brolin
Damon Nov
24The King’s Speech TWC Hooper Firth Dec 1Black Swan FxSch Aronofsky PortmanOct 1 The Social Network Sony Fincher Eisenberg Nov 5127 Hours FxSch Boyle Franco
June 18Toy Story 3 Disney Unkrich – July 9The Kids Are All Right Focus Cholodenko Bening
Moore
Ruffalo Dec 29Another Year SPC Leigh ManvilleJuly 16 Inception WB Nolan DiCaprio Oct 22Hereafter WB Eastwood DamonThe Next Tiers Of Likely Dec 10The Fighter Par/Rel O. Russell WahlbergJune 11 Winter’s Bone RdAtt Granik Lawrence Sept 17The Town WB AffleckRenner
Dec 29Biutiful RdAttGonzalez-
Inarritu
Bardem Feb 19Shutter Island Par Scorsese DiCaprio
July 30Get Low SPC Schneider Duvall
Spacek
Murray Sept 15Never Let Me Go FxSch Romanek Mulligan
Dec 25 Somewhere Focus CoppolaDorff
Fanning Nov 19Made In Dagenham SPC Cole Hawkins Dec 31Blue Valentine TWC Cianfrance Gosling
Williams Dec 17Everything You’ve Got Sony Brooks Witherspoon
Nicholson Nov 24Love & Other Drugs Fox Zwic Hathaway Dec 29The Way Home NewMkt Weir FarrellNovember 11, 2010
Hate to always do this, but it’s The Way Back, not The Way Home. And despite your difficulty recalling its proper title, I think its chances of making the Top 10 are greater than your list suggests. At any rate, I hope you’re right about Black Swan. I haven’t even seen it yet, but I’m sure it will be great, and if so, it’d be a shame to see it dismissed for being too dark, bizarre, and/or edgy.