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B E S T   F I L MA Prophet

A PROPHET
(Jacques Audiard)
2. A SERIOUS MAN (Joel & Ethan Coen)
3. FISH TANK (Andrea Arnold)
4. MUGABE AND THE WHITE AFRICAN (Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson)
5. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (Marc Webb)
6. BRIGHT STAR (Jane Campion)
7. THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (Rémi Benzaçon)
8. MARY AND MAX (Adam Elliot)
9. TRICKS (Andrzej Jakimowski)
10. DISTRICT 9 (Neill Blomkamp)
11. Johnny Mad Dog (Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire)
12. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)
13. Sugar (Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck)
14. Avatar (James Cameron)
15. Garapa (Jose Padilha)
16. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci)
17. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
18. About Elly (Asghar Farhadi)
19. Big Fan (Robert Siegel)
20. Moon (Duncan Jones)
21. Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu)
22. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)
23. The Road (John Hillcoat)
24. Balibo (Robert Connolly)
25. Katalin Varga (Peter Strickland)
26. The Cove (Louie Psihoyos)
27. Tales from the Golden Age (Cristian Mungiu, Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Hoffer, Constantin Popescu)
28. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
29. Invictus (Clint Eastwood)
30. Love Exposure (Shion Sono)
31. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (Lee Daniels)
32. Big River Man (John Maringouin)
33. Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee (Shane Meadows)
34. Kisses (Lance Daly)
35. A Single Man (Tom Ford)
36. Ander (Roberto Castón)
37. All Around Us (Ryosuke Hashiguchi)
38. Nowhere Boy (Sam Taylor-Wood)
39. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
40. Burma VJ (Anders Ostergard)
41. Seraphine (Martin Provost)
42. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
43. Sounds Like Teen Spirit (Jamie Jay Johnson)
44. The Damned United (Tom Hooper)
45. Star Trek (JJ Abrams)
46. Jetsam (Simon Welsford)
47. Amreeka (Cherian Dabis)
48. Skin (Anthony Fabian)
49. Welcome (Philippe Lioret)
50. Soul Power (Jeffrey Levy-Hinte)

NB. I saw 495 films in 2009
B E S T   o f   t h e   ’ 0 0 s
1. Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)
2. Moulin Rouge (Luhrmann, 2001)
3. Paradise Now (Abu-Assad, 2005)
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Gondry, 2004)
5. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Mungiu, 2007)
6. City of God (Meirelles, 2002)
7. Hunger (McQueen, 2008)
8. A Prophet (Audiard, 2009)
9. United 93 (Greengrass, 2006)
10. Wall-E (Stanton, 2008)
11. This Is England (Meadows, 2007)
12. Far From Heaven (Haynes, 2002)
13. The Wrestler (Aronofsky, 2008)
14. The Edge of Heaven (Akin, 2007)
15. A Serious Man (Coen/Coen, 2009)
16. Memento (Nolan, 2000)
17. Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney, 2005)
18. Elephant (Van Sant, 2003)
19. The Hours (Daldry, 2002)
20. Shortbus (Mitchell, 2006)
SHADOWS HALL OF FAME
2008   <   SHADOWS AWARDS   >   2010

director: campion D I R E C T O R

Jane Campion
(Bright Star)
2. Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank)
3. Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
4. Andrzej Jakimowski (Tricks)
5. Jacques Audiard (A Prophet)
6. Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson (Mugabe and the White African)
7. Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon)
8. Joel & Ethan Coen (A Serious Man)
9. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (Johnny Mad Dog)
10. Peter Strickland (Katalin Varga)

screenplay: in the loop W R I T E R

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
(In the Loop)
2. Joel & Ethan Coen (A Serious Man)
3. Robert Siegel (Big Fan)
4. Cristian Mungiu (Tales from the Golden Age)
5. Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain (A Prophet)
6. Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air)
7. Jane Campion (Bright Star)
8. Rémi Benzaçon (The First Day of the Rest of Your Life)
9. Adam Elliot (Mary and Max)
10. Andrzej Jakimowski (Tricks)

jarvis A C T R E S S

Katie Jarvis
(Fish Tank)
2. Yolande Moreau (Seraphine)
3. Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia, It's Complicated)
4. Julianne Moore (A Single Man, Chloe, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee)
5. Carey Mulligan (An Education, Brothers)
6. Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
7. Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
8. Sophie Okonedo (Skin)
9. Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist)
10. Michelle Pfeiffer (Cheri)

rahim A C T O R

Tahar Rahim
(A Prophet)
2. Colin Firth (A Single Man, Dorian Gray, A Christmas Carol)
3. Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
4. Paddy Considine (Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee)
5. Sharlto Copley (District 9)
6. Patton Oswalt (Big Fan, The Informant!)
7. Michael Sheen (The Damned United)
8. Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
9. Sam Rockwell (Moon, Everybody's Fine)
10. Tom Hardy (Bronson)

mo'nique S U P P O R T I N G
A C T R E S S

Mo'Nique
(Precious)
2. Marion Cotillard (Nine, Public Enemies)
3. Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
4. Winona Ryder (The Informers, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Star Trek)
5. Hiam Abbass (Amreeka, The Limits of Control)
6. Judi Dench (Nine, Rage)
7. Allison Janney (Life During Wartime, Away We Go)
8. Jennifer Connelly (Creation)
9. Jennifer Lawrence (The Burning Plain)
10. Sigourney Weaver (Avatar)

renier S U P P O R T I N G
A C T O R

Woody Harrelson
(The Messenger, Zombieland, 2012, Management)
2. Mathieu Amalric (Mesrine: Public Enemy No 1)
3. Jason Isaacs (Good)
4. Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank, Inglourious Basterds)
5. Stanley Tucci (Julie & Julia, The Lovely Bones)
6. Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles)
7. Ulrich Tukur (Seraphine, The White Ribbon, Eden is West, Kill Daddy Goodnight)
8. Paul Schneider (Bright Star)
9. Bill Milner (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Is Anybody There?)
10. Colin Farrell (Crazy Heart, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus)

H A L L   O F   S H A M E

worst: transformers 2 WORST FILM
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay)
2. Terminator Salvation (McG)
3. Law Abiding Citizen (F Gary Gray)
4. Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Marc Lawrence)
5. It's Alive (Josef Rusnak)
6. Dance Flick (Damien Dante Wayans)
7. The Ugly Truth (Robert Luketic)
8. New Town Killers (Richard Jobson)
9. Pandorum (Christian Alvart)
10. Couples Retreat (Peter Billingsley)
11. The Boat That Rocked (Richard Curtis)
12. Lesbian Vampire Killers (Phil Claydon)
13. Post Grad (Vicky Jenson)
14. Gamer (Neveldine/Taylor)
15. Year One (Harold Ramis)
16. Spread (David Mackenzie)
17. My Life in Ruins (Donald Petrie)
18. Adam (Max Mayer)
19. The Other Man (Richard Eyre)
20. Amelia (Mira Nair)

disappointment: lovely bones BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: The Lovely Bones.
The Soloist. The Boat That Rocked. Terminator Salvation. X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
MOST PRETENTIOUS: The Soloist.
Amelia. Fighting. Antichrist. New Town Killers.
MOST INDULGENT: Funny People.
The Box. The Lovely Bones. Shorts. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. 2012.
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
2012. X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The Taking of Pelham 123.
MOST DERIVATIVE: The Final Destination.
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. Dead Man Running. Paranormal Activity
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Oliver Parker (Dorian Gray).
Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife). Rob Marshall (Nine).
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: David Mackenzie (Spread).
Robert Luketic (The Ugly Truth). Andrew Morahan (Goal III).
SHOULD RETIRE: The Wayans (Dance Flick).
Paris Hilton (Repo). Michael Bay (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen). McG (Terminator Salvation). Dito Montiel (Fighting).
WORST MANAGEMENT: Jane Alexander (The Unborn, Terminator Salvation).
Idris Elba (The Unborn). Gary Oldman (The Unborn). Alfred Molina (The Pink Panther 2). Ewan McGregor (Amelia, Angels & Demons).

N O N - F I L M   P I C K S

battlestar galactica TV SERIES
Battlestar Galactica (Sky)
2. Mad Men (BBC)
3. Glee (Fox)
4. 30 Rock (NBC)
5. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
6. United States of Tara (Showtime)
7. True Blood (FX)
8. Torchwood (BBC)
9. Ugly Betty (C4)
10. Desperate Housewives (C4)
11. Lost (Sky/ABC)
12. Dexter (FX)
13. Peep Show (C4)
14. ER (E4)
15. Heroes (BBC)

lily allen SINGLE
The Fear (Lily Allen)

2. Underdog (Kasabian)
3. A Dustland Fairytale (Killers)
4. Uprising (Muse)
5. Rubber Lover (Marmaduke Duke)
6. Confusion Girl (Frankmusik)
7. Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer) (Freemasons with Sophie Ellis Bextor)
8. Wheels (Foo Fighters)
9. You Know Me (Robbie Williams)
10. I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
11. Not Fair (Lily Allen)
12. Blue Skies (Noah and the Whale)
13. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight (U2)
14. Crying Lightning (Arctic Monkeys)
15. Just Say Yes (Snow Patrol)
16. She Wolf (Shakira)
17. Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up) (Florence and the Machine)
18. Bodies (Robbie Williams)
19. Meet Me Halfway (Black Eyed Peas)
20. 22 (Lily Allen)
21. Jai Ho (AR Rahman with Pussycat Dolls)
22. Break Your Heart (Taio Cruz)
23. Said It All (Take That)
24. Fire Burning (Sean Kingston)
25. We Are the People (Empire of the Sun)
26. The Day I Died (Just Jack)
27. Bonkers (Dizzee Rascal with Armand Van Helden)
28. We Are Golden (Mika)
29. My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson)
30. Love Sex Magic (Ciara with Justin Timberlake)

S P E C I A L   A W A R D S

ensemble: in the loop ENSEMBLE: In the Loop
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Star Trek
4. The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
5. The Hurt Locker
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Duncan Jones (Moon)
2. Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
3. Tom Ford (A Single Man)
4. Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls)
5. Peter Strickland (Katalin Varga)
BREAKOUT ACTOR: Carey Mulligan (An Education)
2. Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
3. Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover)
4. Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)
5. Sharlto Copley (District 9).
music: where the wild things are MUSIC: Where the Wild Things Are (Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek)
2. Crazy Heart (T Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton)
3. The Informant (Marvin Hamlisch)
4. Broken Embraces (Alberto Iglesias)
5. Avatar (James Horner).
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The White Ribbon (Christian Berger)
2. The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd)
3. Bright Star (Greig Fraser)
4. Where the Wild Things Are (Lance Acord)
5. A Single Man (Eduard Grau).
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Fantastic Mr Fox (Nelson Lowry)
2. The Hurt Locker (Karl Juliusson)
3. Broken Embraces (Antxon Gomez)
4. Avatar (Rick Carter, Robert Strombe)
5. Where the Wild Things Are (KK Barrett)
EFFECTS: Avatar
2. District 9
3. Bunny & the Bull
4. 2012
5. Where the Wild Things Are.
EDITING: The Hurt Locker (Chris Innis & Bob Murawski)
2. Bright Star (Alexandre de Franceschi)
3. The Messenger (Alexander Hall)
4. Avatar (Steve R. Moore, John Refoua & Stephen Rivkin)
5. Mugabe and the White African (Tim Lovell)
STUNTS: District 13: Ultimatum
Crank: High Voltage. The Hurt Locker. Fighting.
casting: streep BEST CASTING: Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
Michael Caine (Harry Brown). James Gandolfini (In the Loop). Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles).
WORST CASTING: Larry David & Evan Rachel Wood (Whatever Works)
Curtis Jackson (Dead Man Running). Renee Zellweger (My One and Only).
BEST HAIR: Jude Law (Rage)
Matt Damon (The Informant!). Hugh Jackman (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). Julianne Moore (A Single Man).
WORST HAIR: Bruce Willis (Surrogates)
Michael Cera (Year One). Jamie Foxx (The Soloist). Tilda Swinton (The Limits of Control).
MOST GLAMMED-DOWN: Mariah Carey and Mo'Nique (Precious)
LEAST CONVINCING MAKE-UP: Eric Bana (The Time Traveler's Wife)
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Marley (Marley & Me)
Baxter (Sherlock Holmes). The fox (Antichrist). The kitty (Drag Me to Hell).
hunk: lautner HUNK OF THE YEAR: Taylor Lautner (New Moon)
Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator Salvation). Channing Tatum (Fighting, GI Joe). Nick Zano (The Final Destination).
BABE OF THE YEAR: Zoe Saldana (Star Trek, Avatar)
Odette Yustman (The Unborn). Ayelet Zurer (Angels & Demons). Zulay Henao (Fighting).
BEST CHEMISTRY: Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci (Julie & Julia)
Michael Sheen & Timothy Spall (The Damned United). Dustin Hoffman & Emma Thompson (Last Chance Harvey). Robert Downey Jr & Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes).
WORST CHEMISTRY: Katherine Heigl & Gerard Butler (The Ugly Truth)
Hugh Grant & Sarah Jessica Parker (Did You Hear About the Morgans?). Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson (New Moon). Ben Barnes & Rebecca Hall (Dorian Gray).
scene stealer: ryder BEST SCENE-STEALING: Winona Ryder (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee)
Dakota Fanning (New Moon). Kristin Johnston (Bride Wars). Christopher Guest (Night at the Museum 2).
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Helen Mirren (State of Play, The Last Station)
Lorna Raver (Drag Me to Hell). Paul Giamatti (Duplicity). John Goodman (In the Electric Mist, Gigantic).
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: John Travolta (The Taking of Pelham 123)
Imelda Staunton (Taking Woodstock). Adriana Barraza (Drag Me to Hell). Michael C Hall (Gamer).
BEST COSTAR-CHEWING: Van Diemen's Land
BIGGEST HAM: Nicolas Cage (The Bad Lieutenant)
John Cleese (The Pink Panther 2). Kathy Bates (Cheri). Beyonce Knowles (Obsessed).
BEST ACCENT: Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds)
WORST ACCENT: Ewan McGregor (Angels & Demons)
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Ewan McGregor (Angels & Demons)
Ray Liotta (Observe and Report). Peter Sarsgaard (Orphan). Richard Dreyfuss (My Life in Ruins).
cameo: thompson BEST CAMEO: Emma Thompson (The Boat That Rocked)
Geri Halliwell (Crank: High Voltage). Tom & Dick Smothers (The Informant!). Dakota Fanning (New Moon).
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Brendan Fraser (GI Joe). Kris Kristofferson (He's Just Not That Into You). Michael McKean (Whatever Works). Jane Krakowski (Cirque du Freak).
WORST CAMEO: Curtis Jackson (Dead Man Running)
 Ken Jeung (Couples Retreat).
THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: Stephen Graham (Public Enemies, The Damned United, Doghouse, Awaydays, The Crew)
 Ulrich Tukur (Seraphine, The White Ribbon, Eden is West, Kill Daddy Goodnight).
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Billy Crudup (Watchmen)
Tom Hardy (Bronson). Emile Hirsch (Taking Woodstock). Patrick Wilson (Watchmen). Seth Rogen (Observe and Report).
 underrated: bright star MOST UNDERRATED: Bright Star
2. Coraline
3. Cheri
4. Rage
5. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
MOST OVERRATED: Paranormal Activity
2. Up
3. Humpday
4. Nine
5. The Lovely Bones.
MOST IMPORTANT FILM: Precious
2. A Prophet
3. Invictus
4. Garapa
5. The Cove
guilty pleasure: 2012 GUILTY PLEASURE: 2012
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. The Bad Lieutenant
4. Crank: High Voltage
5. GI Joe: the Rise of Cobra
NICEST SURPRISE: Star Trek
Avatar. JCVD. The Hangover. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL: District 13: Ultimatum
Night at the Museum 2. Ice Age 3.
MOST INVENTIVE: (500) Days of Summer
Fig Trees. District 9. Cold Souls. Bunny & the Bull.
BEST USE OF 3D: Avatar
A Christmas Carol. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: A Serious Man
The Messenger. In the Loop. Moon.
WORST MESSAGE: Law Abiding Citizen
The Ugly Truth. New Town Killers. Fighting.
funniest: in the loop FUNNIEST MOVIE: In the Loop
The Hangover. Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee. I Love You, Man. 2012.
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: Bride Wars. Dance Flick. The Boat That Rocked. Lesbian Vampire Killers. The Pink Panther 2.
SCARIEST MOVIE: Precious. Mugabe and the White African. Harry Brown. Lebanon. Antichrist.
LEAST SCARY THRILLER: It's Alive. Paranormal Activity. Sorority Row. The Unborn.
MOST GRATUITOUS GORE: Doomsday. Rambo. The Cottage. Scar.
YUCKIEST MOVIE: Antichrist. The Cove. Thirst. Kinatay. Trash Humpers.
MOST DELICIOUS-LOOKING MOVIE: Julie & Julia
GIRLIEST MOVIE: He's Just Not That Into You
The Time Traveler's Wife. Cracks. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee.
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: The Ugly Truth
My Life in Ruins. Adam. Little Ashes.
LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus
Shorts.
depressing: the end of the line MOST DEPRESSING DOC: The End of the Line
Garapa. The Cove. Food Inc. Capitalism: A Love Story.
MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC: Valkyrie
The Young Victoria. Notorious. My One and Only.
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: Big River Man
Fish Tank. An Education. Mary and Max. The White Ribbon.
GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): I Love You, Man
Fighting. Rudo y Cursi. The Hangover.
STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE: Dorian Gray
Humpday. Fast & Furious. Little Ashes. Awaydays.
WORST TITLE: The Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call: New Orleans
Fast & Furious. X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Robert DeNiro (Everybody's Fine)
Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones).
book-to-film: where the wild things are BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: Where the Wild Things Are
The Road. Precious. A Single Man. Thirst.
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Dorian Gray
The Lovely Bones. The Informers. Cirque du Freak.
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: Watchmen
WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: Wolverine
BEST TV-TO-FILM: State of Play
WORST TV-TO-FILM: Land of the Lost
BEST PLAY-TO-FILM: Telstar
WORST PLAY-TO-FILM: Nine
BEST TOY-TO-FILM: GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
WORST TOY-TO-FILM: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
biopic: the damned united BEST BIOPIC: The Damned United
Seraphine. Bright Star. Before I Forget.
WORST BIOPIC: Amelia.
Notorious. Little Ashes. My One and Only.
BEST REMAKE: Chloe
WORST REMAKE: Brothers
Everybody's Fine. The Taking of Pelham 123.
BEST SEQUEL: Life During Wartime
The Bone Man. Crank: High Voltage. District 13: Ultimatum.
WORST SEQUEL: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Terminator Salvation. The Pink Panther 2. Fast & Furious.
BEST PREQUEL: Star Trek
 WORST PREQUEL: Wolverine
villain: hank azaria BEST VILLAIN: Hank Azaria (Night at the Museum 2)
Lorna Raver (Drag Me to Hell). Stephen Lang (Avatar). Robert Mugabe (Mugabe and the White African). Japan (The Cove).
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Michael C Hall (Gamer)
Michael Ironside (Terminator Salvation). Dougray Scott (New Town Killers). James Spader (Shorts). Lorenzo Lamas (Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus).
BEST NEW TREND: grim kids movies (Coraline, Mary and Max, Harry Potter 6, Where the Wild Things Are, Fantastic Mr Fox); lushly shot docs (Big River Man, Garapa, Sounds Like Teen Spirit, The Cove, Shooting Robert King, Food Inc, Mugabe and the White African)
WORST NEW TREND: over-titled movies (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, The Twilight Saga: New Moon; The Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call: New Orleans); super-vague male dramas (Little Ashes, Awaydays, The Disappeared)

S H A D O W S   S W E E P S T A K E S   2 0 1 0
The final standings on 10.Mar.10 with 217 awards tabulated...

F I L M
1204 The Hurt Locker **++
1026 Up **++
825 Up in the Air *+
780 Inglourious Basterds *+
621 Precious *+
539 A Serious Man *
507 Avatar *+
471 Fantastic Mr Fox *+
406 An Education *+
403 The White Ribbon *
D I R E C T O R
567 Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) **++
263 Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) *+
241 Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) *+
202 James Cameron (Avatar) *+
189 Lee Daniels (Precious) *+
W R I T E R
431 Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) *++
305 Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds). *
284 Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker). **++
230 Joel & Ethan Coen (A Serious Man). *+
227 Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious) **+
A C T R E S S
462 Carey Mulligan (An Education) *+
442 Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia *+, It's Complicated)
309 Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) *+
248 Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side **++, The Proposal)
160 Helen Mirren (The Last Station) *+
A C T O R
441 George Clooney (Up in the Air *+, The Men Who Stare at Goats)
358 Colin Firth (A Single Man) *+
349 Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) **++
287 Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) *+
212 Morgan Freeman (Invictus) *+
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S
669 Mo'Nique (Precious) **++
304 Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) *+
239 Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) *+
188 Penelope Cruz (Nine *+, Broken Embraces)
137 Julianne Moore (A Single Man)
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R
643 Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) **++
241 Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones *+, Julie & Julia)
191 Woody Harrelson (The Messenger *+, Zombieland)
168 Matt Damon (Invictus *+, The Informant!)
157 Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles)
E N S E M B L E
119 Inglourious Basterds ++
63 The Hurt Locker +
50 Precious +
48 Star Trek
35 Nine +
B R E A K T H R O U G H   A C T O R
80 Carey Mulligan (An Education)
73 Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
62 Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)
60 Tahar Rahim (A Prophet)
30 Christian McKay (Me & Orson Welles)
B R E A K T H R O U G H   F I L M M A K E R
115 Duncan Jones (Moon)
71 Peter Strickland (Katalin Varga)
62 Neill Blomkamp (District 9)
42 Sam Taylor-Wood (Nowhere Boy)
35 Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart)
S C O R E
308 Up (Michael Giacchino) **
116 Avatar (James Horner) *
82 Fantastic Mr Fox (Alexandre Desplat) *
81 Crazy Heart (T Bone Burnett, Stephen Bruton)
72 Where the Wild Things Are (Carter Burwell, Karen O)
S O N G
148 The Weary Kind (Crazy Heart) **
52 Almost There (The Princess and the Frog) *
43 Cinema Italiano (Nine)
28 (I Want to) Come Home (Everybody's Fine)
25 Down in New Orleans (The Princess and the Frog) *
C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y
219 The Hurt Locker (Barry Ackroyd) *+
179 Avatar (Mauro Fiore) **+
172 Inglourious Basterds (Robert Richardson) *+
143 The White Ribbon (Christian Berger) *++
79 Nine (Dion Beebe) +
P R O D U C T I O N   D E S I G N
245 Avatar (Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg) **++
107 Inglourious Basterds (David Wasco) +
105 Sherlock Holmes (Sarah Greenwood) *++
91 Nine (John Myhre) *
81 District 9 (Philip Ivey) +
E D I T I N G
302 The Hurt Locker (Chris Innis, Bob Murawski) **++
186 Avatar (John Refoua, Stephen Rivkin, James Cameron) *+
133 Inglourious Basterds (Sally Menke) *
99 District 9 (Julian Clarke) *+
75 Up in the Air (Dana E Glauberman) +
W O R S T   F I L M
254 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
161 All About Steve
135 Land of the Lost
127 Old Dogs
114 Miss March
Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system, combining year-end awards, Oscarwatchers, top-ten lists and much more.

Oscar *nominees **winners
guild +nominees ++winners.
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