The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Recap and Podcast (2010 Oscars)

 

Madness Brewing 2010 Oscar Recap Podcast – 51 mins (46.5 MB)
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The Oscars were last night and there were very few surprises. Steve Wood joins me and we go over all the categories from last night’s show and what we though of the show in general. We discuss the few upsets that happened and the reasons behind The Hurt Locker’s dominance. It’s a pretty good show and best of all, it’s free! As well, continue reading this post to see all the winners and some interesting statistics about the awards including which productions were the real losers of the evening and how much each award cost compared to a film’s budget.

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Winners (Oscars)

Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
2010 Golden Globe Awards
March 7, 2010

Best motion picture of the year

• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  A Voltage Pictures Production

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year

• “Up” (Walt Disney)
  Pete Docter

Achievement in art direction

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox)
  Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg
  Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Achievement in cinematography

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox)
  Mauro Fiore

Achievement in costume design

• “The Young Victoria” (Apparition)
  Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing

• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  Kathryn Bigelow

Best documentary feature

• “The Cove” (Roadside Attractions)
  An Oceanic Preservation Society Production
  Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject

• “Music by Prudence”
  An iThemba Production
  Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Achievement in film editing

• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Best foreign language film of the year

• “El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics)
  A Haddock Films Production
  Argentina

Achievement in makeup

• “Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment)
  Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Up” (Walt Disney)
  Michael Giacchino

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)
  Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best animated short film

• “Logorama” (Autour de Minuit)
  An Autour de Minuit Production
  Nicolas Schmerkin

Best live action short film

• “The New Tenants”
  A Park Pictures and M & M Production
  Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Achievement in visual effects

• “Avatar” (20th Century Fox)
  Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Adapted screenplay

• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)
  Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Original screenplay

• “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment)
  Written by Mark Boal

Film Winners (click on titles for trailers)

The Hurt Locker (read my review)	6
Avatar (read my review)	3
Crazy Heart (read my review)	2
Precious (read my review)	2
Up (read my review)	2
The Blind Side (read my review)	1
Inglourious Basterds (read my review)	1
The Secret of Her Eyes	1
Star Trek (read my review)	1
The Young Victoria	1

 
Winning Percentage of Films That Won More Than Once

The Hurt Locker	67% (6/9)
Crazy Heart	67% (2/3)
Up	40% (2/5)
Avatar	33% (3/9)
Precious	33% (2/6)

Films That Had Multiple Nominations With No Wins

Up in the Air (read my review)	6
District 9 (read my review)	4
Nine (read my review)	4
An Education (read my review)	3
The Princess and the Frog	3
A Serious Man (read my review)	2
Fantastic Mr. Fox	2
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	2
Invictus (read my review)	2
The Last Station	2
The Messenger	2
Sherlock Holmes (read my review)	2

Cost of Each Oscar Win Compared to a Film’s Budget

The Hurt Locker	$1.8 million
Crazy Heart	$3.5 million
Precious	$5.0 million
The Blind Side	$29.0 million
The Young Victoria	$35.0 million
Inglourious Basterds	$70.0 million
Avatar	$79.0 million
Up	$87.5 million
Star Trek	$150.0 million