On the heels of completing my Top 10 list on Monday, I’ve decided to now offer up my hypothetical Oscar ballot for the 2011 year in film. I’ve also underlined the specific nominees that, if the world operated according to my frequency, would walk away with Oscar statuettes at the end of the day. I went ahead, too, and added my six-through-ten choices (in alphabetical order) in some of the categories where I just couldn’t help myself. And one more note: I felt ill-prepared for compiling a full list of nominees for a handful of categories at the bottom of the list — Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, etc. — so I resorted in each field to merely crowning my personal winner.
More end-of-the-year madness to come, by the way, over the next few days.
Best Picture
Best Director
6-10: Joe Wright (Hanna), Oren Moverman (Rampart), Asghar Farhadi (A Separation), Steve McQueen (Shame), Tomas Alfredson (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
Best Actor
6-10: George Clooney (The Descendants), Ryan Gosling (Drive), Brendan Gleeson (The Guard), Peyman Moaadi (A Separation), Paul Giamatti (Win Win)
Best Actress
6-10: Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia), Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur), Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
Best Supporting Actor
6-10: Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method), Don Cheadle (The Guard), John C. Reilly (Terri), Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
Best Supporting Actress
6-10: Mélanie Laurent (Beginners), Judy Greer (The Descendants), J. Smith-Cameron (Margaret), Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter), Amy Ryan (Win Win)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
6-10: Mike Mills (Beginners), Scott Z. Burns (Contagion), Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan (Shame), Thomas McCarthy, Joe Tibani (Win Win)
Best Cinematography
6-10: Steven Soderbergh (Contagion), Newton Thomas Sigel (Drive), Robert Richardson (Hugo), Wally Pfister (Moneyball), Bobby Bukowski (Rampart)
Best Original Score
6-10: Cliff Martinez (Contagion), Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Gabriel Yared (In the Land of Blood and Honey), Alberto Iglesias (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Jónsi (We Bought a Zoo)
Best Art Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
6-10: The Adventures of Tintin, Contagion, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Shame, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best Visual Effects
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation
Best Documentary: Into the Abyss
Best Animated Film: Rango
Best Sound Editing: The Tree of Life
Best Sound Mixing: Super 8
Best Original Song: “Think You Can Wait” (Win Win)
Best Makeup: Anonymous
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Number of Mentions (excluding six-through-ten citations, and with the number of wins in parenthesis):
10 — The Tree of Life (7)
7 — Margaret (1), We Need to Talk About Kevin
6 — Moneyball (1)
5 — Drive, A Separation (2), Shame (2)
4 — Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2)
3 — The Descendants, Hugo, Take Shelter
2 — Anonymous (1), Certified Copy, Into the Abyss (1), Warrior
1 — The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, 50/50, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Guard, Hanna (1), The Ides of March, J. Edgar, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Midnight in Paris, My Week with Marilyn, Rampart, Rango (1), Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Super 8 (1), Win Win (1)