Gurus o’ Gold Special: The Trajectory Of The Season

With all the controversy around the Oscar voting, we thought we would take a look at how we got to nominations Thursday. The chart shows where the contenders were, in the minds of The Gurus, in the 10 weeks of voting, from August’s pre-festival vote until the week that voting closed. We hope it is enlightening.

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19 Weeks To Oscar (20W2O) Charts: October 23, 2011

With 19 weeks to go, the Oscar race has barely moved. The only real event of the last week was the successful release of Tintin in 19 countries overseas.

That’s all about to change. In the next 3 weeks, most of the award season will take root. All but a couple of the contenders will be exposed to the light. Talent will be filling the corridors of LA’s hotels and screening rooms at a nearly insane level. Some will rise. Some will fall.

But for now… animation.

20W20: Best Animated Feature Chart, Oct 30, 2011

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Picture Studio Comment The Nomination Frontrunners (seen) Rango Par The Adventures Of Tintin Par/Sony If qualified as animation Happy Feet Two WB Kung Fu Pands 2 Sony Rio Fox Arthur Christmas Sony Puss In Boots DWA Cars 2 Pixar Hoodwinked Too! TWC Gnomeo & Juliet BV Winnie The Pooh Dis Mars Needs…

20W20: Best Picture Chart, Oct 30, 2011

BEST PICTURE Date Picture Studio Director Comment Seen & Close to Certain Open Midnight in Paris SPC Allen Their first love of 2011 Nov 23 The Artist TWC Hazanavicius Their current love of 2011 Nov 18 The Descendants FxSrch Payne The love to come in 2011 We’re Waiting!!!! Dec 28 War Horse DW/Dis Spielberg Old-fashioned……

20 Weeks To Oscar (20W2O) Charts: October 23, 2011

We are now on the 20 week road to Oscar and here, to go with
the first column of this year’s series, are the first set of post-Toronto charts for Best Picture and the four acting categories. Six unseen movies are still major question marks in all of the races, especially Best Picture, which could have anywhere from 5 to 10 nominees this year.

(BP Chart corrected, Monday 11:30a)

20W20: Best Actress Chart, Oct 23, 2011

10/23/11 Charts Picture | Actor | Supporting Actor | Actress | Supporting Actress BEST ACTRESS Picture Comment The Field Michelle Williams My Week With Marilyn Transformative performance by a twice-nominated actor playing a famous person in more than an imitation, Rooney Mara The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo No doubt she’ll be great and the…

20W20: Best Supporting Actor Chart, Oct 23, 2011

10/23/11 Charts Picture | Actor | Supporting Actor | Actress | Supporting Actress BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Picture Comment The Field Christopher Plummer / Stellan Skarsgard The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo I expect one of these two great actors to take a nod… maybe both.  Or a shy Academy could reward Plummer by nom’ing him…

20W20: Best Supporting Actress Chart, Oct 23, 2011

10/23/11 Charts Picture | Actor | Supporting Actor | Actress | Supporting Actress BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Picture Comment The Field Berenice Bejo The Artist The movie The Academy will adore.  Berenice has the harder role, in a way… the Ginger… backwards and in heels. Janet McTeer Albert Nobbs She channels Hugh Jackman perfectly and delivers…

20W20: Best Actor Chart, Oct 23, 2011

10/23/11 Charts Picture | Actor | Supporting Actor | Actress | Supporting Actress BEST ACTOR Picture Comment The Field Jean Dujardin The Artist One of France’s biggest stars is about to become one of Hollywood’s favorite stars. A win could be dependent on his ability to charm in English this January. George Clooney The Descendents…

20W20: Best Picture Chart, Oct 23, 2011

We are now on the 20 week road to Oscar and here, to go with
the first column of this year’s series are the first set of post-Toronto charts for Best Picture and the four acting categories. Six unseen movies are still major question marks in all of the races, especially Best Picture, which could have anywhere from 5 to 10 nominees this year.

20 Weeks To Oscar: Best Picture Chart

Best Picture Chart – 16 Weeks To Go – 11/11/10

BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Ten, If I Had To Pick Today Dec 25 True Grit Par Coens Bridges Brolin Damon Nov 24 The King’s Speech TWC Hooper Firth Dec 1 Black Swan FxSch Aronofsky Portman Oct 1 The Social Network Sony Fincher Eisenberg Nov 5 127 Hours FxSch Boyle Franco June…

Best Picture Chart – 18 Weeks To Go – 10/29/10

BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Ten, If I Had To Pick Today Dec 25 True Grit Par Coens Bridges Brolin Damon Late intensity. Could disappoint, but how often do the Coens dissapoint? Nov 24 The King’s Speech TWC Hooper Firth Absolutely solid. Could be the last one standing as other fads fade…

Best Picture Chart – 19 Weeks To Go – 10/21/10

BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Ten, If I Had To Pick Today Dec 25 True Grit Par Coens Bridges Brolin Damon Nov 24 The King’s Speech TWC Marshall Firth Dec 1 Black Swan FxSch Aronofsky Portman Oct 1 The Social Network Sony Fincher Eisenberg Dec 10 The Fighter Par/Rel O. Russell Wahlberg…

Actress Charts – 19 Weeks To Go – 10/21/10

BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Natalie Portman – Black Swan Anette Bening – The Kids Are All Right Carey Mulligan – Never Let Me Go Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone Reese Witherspoon – How Do You Know Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole Anne Hathaway – Love & Other Drugs Lesley Manville – Another Year…

Actor Charts – 19 Weeks To Go – 10/21/10

BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Colin Firth – The King’s Speech Jsmes Franco – 127 Hours Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network Jeff Bridges – True Grit Robert Duvall – Get Low Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter Jack Nicholson – How Do You Know Javier Bardem – Biutiful Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine Leo…

Best Actress/Supporting Actress

BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Natalie Portman – Black Swan Carey Mulligan – Never Let Me Go Helen Mirren – The Debt/The Tempest Reese Witherspoon – How Do You Know Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone Anne Hathaway – Love & Other Drugs Anette Bening – The Kids Are All Right Lesley Manville – Another…

Best Actor/ Supporting Actor

BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Colin Firth – The King’s Speech James Franco – 127 Hours Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network Jeff Bridges – True Grit Javier Bardem – Biutiful Jack Nicholson – How Do You Know Robert Duvall – Get Low Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine Leo…

Best Picture Chart – 9/30/10

BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Films Most Likely (by release date) June 18 Toy Story 3 Disney Unkrich – July 16 Inception WB Nolan DiCaprio Oct 1 The Social Network Sony Fincher Eisenberg Nov 5 127 Hours FxSch Boyle Franco Nov 24 The King’s Speech TWC Marshall Firth Dec 1 Black Swan…