St. Louis Film Critics Association 2010 Awards

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Best Film
The Social Network
runner-up: The King’s Speech

Best Director
David Fincher (The Social Network)
runner-up: Christopher Nolan (Inception)

Best Actor
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
runner-up: James Franco (127 Hours)

Best Actress
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
runner-up: Geoffrey Rush (King’s Speech)

Best Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
runner-up: Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

Best Cinematography (photography, not special effects)
True Grit (Roger Deakins)
runner-up: 127 Hours (Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle)

Best Music (soundtrack or score)
Social Network
runners-up: Inception & Black Swan (tie

 Best Visual Effects
Inception
runner-up: Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Best Original Screenplay
The King’s Speech (David Seidler)
runner-up: Inception (Christopher Nolan)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)
runner-up: Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini)

Best Foreign-Language Film
Micmacs
runners-up: Biutiful, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo & A Prophet (tie)

Best Documentary
The Tillman Story
runner-up: Waiting for Superman

Best Comedy
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
runner-up: Micmacs

Best Animated Film
Toy Story 3
runner-up: How To Train Your Dragon

Best Artistic/Creative Film (for excellence in art-house cinema)
Micmacs
runner-up: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Moving the Medium Forward (for technical/artistic innovative that advances the medium)
Inception
runner-up: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Special Merit (for best scene, cinematic technique or other memorable aspect or moment) (a tie)

–          127 Hours: the zoom-up scene beginning with a tight shot on Aron (James Franco) screaming which pulls up to a wide shot of a large land area, showing how isolated he was.

–          Inception: the zero-gravity hotel hallway fight scene with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

runners-up:
–          Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, Part 1: the “obliviate” scene in which Hermione erases her parents’ memories of her.
–          Kick-Ass: the Hit-Girl kill spree.
–          Easy A: the John Hughes tribute near the beginning.

 

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