16th Critics’ Choice Award Nominations

The nominations for the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards have been announced, and amongst the many very pleasing revelations is that BLACK SWAN has earned a record breaking 12 nominations.

Best Picture

• 127 HOURS
• BLACK SWAN
• THE FIGHTER
• INCEPTION
• THE KING’S SPEECH
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• THE TOWN
• TOY STORY 3
• TRUE GRIT
• WINTER’S BONE

Best Actor

• Jeff Bridges – TRUE GRIT
• Robert Duvall – GET LOW
• Jesse Eisenberg – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• Colin Firth – THE KING’S SPEECH
• James Franco – 127 HOURS
• Ryan Gosling – BLUE VALENTINE

Best Actress

• Annette Bening – THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
• Nicole Kidman – RABBIT HOLE
• Jennifer Lawrence – WINTER’S BONE
• Natalie Portman – BLACK SWAN
• Noomi Rapace – THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
• Michelle Williams – BLUE VALENTINE

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale – THE FIGHTER
• Andrew Garfield – THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• Jeremy Renner – THE TOWN
• Sam Rockwell – CONVICTION
• Mark Ruffalo – THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
• Geoffrey Rush -THE KING’S SPEECH

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams – THE FIGHTER
• Helena Bonham Carter – THE KING’S SPEECH
• Mila Kunis – BLACK SWAN
• Melissa Leo – THE FIGHTER
• Hailee Steinfeld – TRUE GRIT
• Jacki Weaver – ANIMAL KINGDOM

Best Young Actor/Actress

• Elle Fanning — SOMEWHERE
• Jennifer Lawrence — WINTER’S BONE
• Chloe Grace Moretz — LET ME IN
• Chloe Grace Moretz — KICK-ASS
• Kodi Smit-McPhee — LET ME IN
• Hailee Steinfeld — TRUE GRIT

Best Acting Ensemble

• THE FIGHTER
• THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
• THE KING’S SPEECH
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• THE TOWN

Best Director

• Darren Aronofsky — BLACK SWAN
• Danny Boyle — 127 HOURS
• Joel Coen & Ethan Coen– TRUE GRIT
• David Fincher — THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• Tom Hooper — THE KING’S SPEECH
• Christopher Nolan — INCEPTION

Best Original Screenplay

• ANOTHER YEAR — Mike Leigh
• BLACK SWAN — Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
• THE FIGHTER — Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson)
• INCEPTION — Christopher Nolan
• THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT — Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
• THE KING’S SPEECH — David Seidler

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 127 HOURS — Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK — Aaron Sorkin
• THE TOWN — Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Sheldon Turner
• TOY STORY 3 — Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
• TRUE GRIT — Joel & Ethan Coen
• WINTER’S BONE — Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best Cinematography

• 127 HOURS — Anthony Dod Mantle
• BLACK SWAN — Matthew Libatique
• INCEPTION — Wally Pfister
• THE KING’S SPEECH — Danny Cohen
• TRUE GRIT — Roger Deakins

Best Art Direction

• ALICE IN WONDERLAND — Stefan Dechant
• BLACK SWAN — Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
• INCEPTION — Guy Hendrix Dyas
• THE KING’S SPEECH — Netty Chapman
• TRUE GRIT — Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

Best Editing

• 127 HOURS — Jon Harris
• BLACK SWAN — Andrew Weisblum
• INCEPTION — Lee Smith
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK — Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Best Costume Design

• ALICE IN WONDERLAND — Colleen Atwood
• BLACK SWAN — Amy Westcott
• THE KING’S SPEECH — Jenny Beavan
• TRUE GRIT — Mary Zophres

Best Makeup

• ALICE IN WONDERLAND
• BLACK SWAN
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
• TRUE GRIT

Best Visual Effects

• ALICE IN WONDERLAND
• HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
• INCEPTION
• TRON: LEGACY

Best Sound

• 127 HOURS
• BLACK SWAN
• INCEPTION
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK
• TOY STORY 3

Best Animated Feature

• DESPICABLE
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
• THE ILLUSIONIST
• TANGLED
• TOY STORY 3

Best Action Movie

• INCEPTION
• KICK-ASS
• RED
• THE TOWN
• UNSTOPPABLE

Best Comedy

• CYRUS
• DATE NIGHT
• EASY A
• GET HIM TO THE GREEK
• I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
• THE OTHER GUYS

Best Picture Made For TV

• THE PACIFIC
• TEMPLE GRANDIN
• YOU DON’T KNOW JACK

Best Foreign language Film

• BIUTIFUL
• I AM LOVE
• THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Best Documentary Feature

• EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
• INSIDE JOB
• RESTREPO
• JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
• THE TILLMAN STORY
• WAITING FOR SUPERMAN

Best Song

• “I See the Light” – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – TANGLED
• “If I Rise” – performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong – 127 HOURS
• “Shine” – performed and written by John Legend – WAITING FOR SUPERMAN
• “We Belong Together” – performed and written by Randy Newman – TOY STORY 3
• “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet” – performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren – BURLESQUE

Best Score

• BLACK SWAN – Clint Mansell
• INCEPTION – Hans Zimmer
• THE KING’S SPEECH – Alexandre Desplat
• THE SOCIAL NETWORK – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• TRUE GRIT – Carter Burwell

Source: Critics Choice Awards