248 Films Eligible For 2010 Best Picture
By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2010 5:00 am EST
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have announced that 248 feature films are eligible for best picture at the 2010 Academy Awards. The number is down from previous years — According to THR, 274 films were eligible in 2009, and 281 in 2008.
The list of 248 eligible films have been sent with a nominations ballot to all active and life members of the Academy “who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than ten pictures.” The ten films receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Best Picture award. The nominations will be announced live on January 25th 2011 at 5:30am psd. The rules for eligibility is as follows: Films must be feature length (defined as over 40 minutes) Publicly exhibited by means of 35mm or 70mm film, or in a 24- or 48-frame progressive scan Digital Cinema format with a minimum projector resolution of 2048 by 1080 pixels For paid admission in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County for a qualifying run of at least seven consecutive days, advertised and exploited during their Los Angeles County qualifying run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry. Films that, in any version, receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release will not be eligible for Academy Awards in any category. (This includes broadcast and cable television as well as home video marketing and Internet transmission.) However, ten minutes or ten percent of the running time of a film, whichever is shorter, is allowed to be shown in a nontheatrical medium prior to the film’s theatrical release. Here is the list of qualifying films: THE A-TEAM AGORA ALICE IN WONDERLAND ALL GOOD THINGS ALPHA AND OMEGA THE AMERICAN ANIMAL KINGDOM ANOTHER YEAR ANTON CHEKOV’S THE DUEL APAPORIS APPLAUSE BABIES BARNEY’S VERSION BIUTIFUL BLACK SWAN BLACK TULIP BLUE VALENTINE THE BOOK OF ELI THE BOUNTY HUNTER
BROOKLYN’S FINEST BURIED BURLESQUE CAIRO TIME CASE 39 CASINO JACK CATFISH CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE CHARLIE ST. CLOUD CHLOE THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER CITY ISLAND CLASH OF THE TITANS COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY THE COMPANY MEN THE CONCERT CONVICTION COP OUT COUNTRY STRONG CRAYON THE CRAZIES CYRUS DATE NIGHT DAYBREAKERS DEAR JOHN DEATH AT A FUNERAL DEFENDOR DESPICABLE ME DEVIL DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS DREAMKILLER THE DREAMS OF JINSHA DROOL THE DRY LAND DUE DATE EASY A EAT PRAY LOVE EDGE OF DARKNESS ESSENTIAL KILLING EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP EXPECTING MARY THE EXPENDABLES THE EXTRA MAN FAIR GAME THE FIGHTER FLIPPED FOR COLORED GIRLS FOUR LIONS FRANKIE & ALICE FROM PARIS WITH LOVE FURRY VENGEANCE GET HIM TO THE GREEK GET LOW THE GHOST WRITER THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEXT THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO GOING THE DISTANCE GREEN ZONE GREENBERG GROWN UPS GULLIVER’S TRAVELS HAPPY TEARS THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE HARRY BROWN HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 HEARTBREAKER HEAVEN’S RAIN HEMINGWAY’S GARDEN OF EDEN HEREAFTER HIDEAWAY (LE REFUGE) HOLY ROLLERS HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON HOWL HUBBLE 3D I AM LOVE I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
IDIOTS AND ANGELS THE ILLUSIONIST INCEPTION INSIDE JOB IRON MAN 2 IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY JACK GOES BOATING JACKASS 3D JOHN RABE JONAH HEX THE JONESES JUST WRIGHT THE KARATE KID KICK-ASS THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT KILLERS THE KING’S SPEECH KNIGHT AND DAY THE LAST AIRBENDER THE LAST EXORCISM THE LAST SONG LEAP YEAR LEBANON LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE LEGION LET ME IN LETTERS TO GOD LETTERS TO JULIET LIFE AS WE KNOW IT LIFE DURING WARTIME LIKE DANDELION DUST LITTLE FOCKERS THE LOSERS LOTTERY TICKET LOUIS LOVE & OTHER DRUGS LOVE RANCH MACGRUBER MACHETE MADE IN DAGENHAM MAO’S LAST DANCER MARMADUKE MEGAMIND MICMACS MIDDLE MEN MISCONCEPTIONS MONSTERS MORNING GLORY MOTHER AND CHILD MY DOG TULIP MY NAME IS KHAN MY SOUL TO TAKE NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS NEVER LET ME GO THE NEXT THREE DAYS NIGHT CATCHES US A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET NOWHERE BOY THE NUTCRACKER IN 3D OSS 117 – LOST IN RIO OCEANS ONDINE 127 HOURS THE OTHER GUYS OUR FAMILY WEDDING PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF THE PERFECT GAME PICTURE ME: A MODEL’S DIARY PIRANHA 3D PLEASE GIVE PREACHER’S KID PREDATORS PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME PURE COUNTRY 2: THE GIFT QUEEN OF THE LOT RABBIT HOLE RAMONA AND BEEZUS RED RED HILL REMEMBER ME REPO MEN RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
RESTREPO ROBIN HOOD ROZYCZKA THE RUNAWAYS SALT SAW 3D SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD SECRETARIAT SEQUESTRO SEX AND THE CITY 2 SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE SHREK FOREVER AFTER SHUTTER ISLAND THE SICILIAN GIRL SIX DAYS IN PARADISE SKYLINE THE SOCIAL NETWORK SOLITARY MAN SOMEWHERE THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE SPLICE THE SPY NEXT DOOR STEP UP 3D STONE SUMMER WARS THE SWITCH TAKERS TAMARA DREWE TANGLED THE TAQWACORES THE TEMPEST 3 BILLION AND COUNTING THE TILLMAN STORY TINKER BELL AND THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE TOOTH FAIRY TOUCHING HOME THE TOURIST THE TOWN TOY STORY 3 TRASH HUMPERS TRON: LEGACY TRUE GRIT THE TWLIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE TYLER PERRY’S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? UNBEATEN UNSTOPPABLE VALENTINE’S DAY VAMPIRES SUCK THE VIRGINITY HIT WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS THE WARRIOR’S WAY WATERCOLORS THE WAY BACK WELCOME TO THE RILEYS WHEN IN ROME WILD GRASS WINTER’S BONE THE WOLFMAN A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP WRETCHES & JABBERERS YOGI BEAR YOU AGAIN YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER YOUTH IN REVOLT
248 Films Eligible For 2010 Best Picture
By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2010 5:00 am EST
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences have announced that 248 feature films are eligible for best picture at the 2010 Academy Awards. The number is down from previous years — According to THR, 274 films were eligible in 2009, and 281 in 2008.
The list of 248 eligible films have been sent with a nominations ballot to all active and life members of the Academy “who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than ten pictures.” The ten films receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Best Picture award. The nominations will be announced live on January 25th 2011 at 5:30am psd. The rules for eligibility is as follows: Films must be feature length (defined as over 40 minutes) Publicly exhibited by means of 35mm or 70mm film, or in a 24- or 48-frame progressive scan Digital Cinema format with a minimum projector resolution of 2048 by 1080 pixels For paid admission in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County for a qualifying run of at least seven consecutive days, advertised and exploited during their Los Angeles County qualifying run in a manner considered normal and customary to the industry. Films that, in any version, receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release will not be eligible for Academy Awards in any category. (This includes broadcast and cable television as well as home video marketing and Internet transmission.) However, ten minutes or ten percent of the running time of a film, whichever is shorter, is allowed to be shown in a nontheatrical medium prior to the film’s theatrical release. Here is the list of qualifying films: THE A-TEAM AGORA ALICE IN WONDERLAND ALL GOOD THINGS ALPHA AND OMEGA THE AMERICAN ANIMAL KINGDOM ANOTHER YEAR ANTON CHEKOV’S THE DUEL APAPORIS APPLAUSE BABIES BARNEY’S VERSION BIUTIFUL BLACK SWAN BLACK TULIP BLUE VALENTINE THE BOOK OF ELI THE BOUNTY HUNTER
BROOKLYN’S FINEST BURIED BURLESQUE CAIRO TIME CASE 39 CASINO JACK CATFISH CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE CHARLIE ST. CLOUD CHLOE THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER CITY ISLAND CLASH OF THE TITANS COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY THE COMPANY MEN THE CONCERT CONVICTION COP OUT COUNTRY STRONG CRAYON THE CRAZIES CYRUS DATE NIGHT DAYBREAKERS DEAR JOHN DEATH AT A FUNERAL DEFENDOR DESPICABLE ME DEVIL DIARY OF A WIMPY KID DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS DREAMKILLER THE DREAMS OF JINSHA DROOL THE DRY LAND DUE DATE EASY A EAT PRAY LOVE EDGE OF DARKNESS ESSENTIAL KILLING EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP EXPECTING MARY THE EXPENDABLES THE EXTRA MAN FAIR GAME THE FIGHTER FLIPPED FOR COLORED GIRLS FOUR LIONS FRANKIE & ALICE FROM PARIS WITH LOVE FURRY VENGEANCE GET HIM TO THE GREEK GET LOW THE GHOST WRITER THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEXT THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO GOING THE DISTANCE GREEN ZONE GREENBERG GROWN UPS GULLIVER’S TRAVELS HAPPY TEARS THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE HARRY BROWN HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1 HEARTBREAKER HEAVEN’S RAIN HEMINGWAY’S GARDEN OF EDEN HEREAFTER HIDEAWAY (LE REFUGE) HOLY ROLLERS HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON HOWL HUBBLE 3D I AM LOVE I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
IDIOTS AND ANGELS THE ILLUSIONIST INCEPTION INSIDE JOB IRON MAN 2 IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY JACK GOES BOATING JACKASS 3D JOHN RABE JONAH HEX THE JONESES JUST WRIGHT THE KARATE KID KICK-ASS THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT KILLERS THE KING’S SPEECH KNIGHT AND DAY THE LAST AIRBENDER THE LAST EXORCISM THE LAST SONG LEAP YEAR LEBANON LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE LEGION LET ME IN LETTERS TO GOD LETTERS TO JULIET LIFE AS WE KNOW IT LIFE DURING WARTIME LIKE DANDELION DUST LITTLE FOCKERS THE LOSERS LOTTERY TICKET LOUIS LOVE & OTHER DRUGS LOVE RANCH MACGRUBER MACHETE MADE IN DAGENHAM MAO’S LAST DANCER MARMADUKE MEGAMIND MICMACS MIDDLE MEN MISCONCEPTIONS MONSTERS MORNING GLORY MOTHER AND CHILD MY DOG TULIP MY NAME IS KHAN MY SOUL TO TAKE NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS NEVER LET ME GO THE NEXT THREE DAYS NIGHT CATCHES US A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET NOWHERE BOY THE NUTCRACKER IN 3D OSS 117 – LOST IN RIO OCEANS ONDINE 127 HOURS THE OTHER GUYS OUR FAMILY WEDDING PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF THE PERFECT GAME PICTURE ME: A MODEL’S DIARY PIRANHA 3D PLEASE GIVE PREACHER’S KID PREDATORS PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME PURE COUNTRY 2: THE GIFT QUEEN OF THE LOT RABBIT HOLE RAMONA AND BEEZUS RED RED HILL REMEMBER ME REPO MEN RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
RESTREPO ROBIN HOOD ROZYCZKA THE RUNAWAYS SALT SAW 3D SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD SECRETARIAT SEQUESTRO SEX AND THE CITY 2 SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE SHREK FOREVER AFTER SHUTTER ISLAND THE SICILIAN GIRL SIX DAYS IN PARADISE SKYLINE THE SOCIAL NETWORK SOLITARY MAN SOMEWHERE THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE SPLICE THE SPY NEXT DOOR STEP UP 3D STONE SUMMER WARS THE SWITCH TAKERS TAMARA DREWE TANGLED THE TAQWACORES THE TEMPEST 3 BILLION AND COUNTING THE TILLMAN STORY TINKER BELL AND THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE TOOTH FAIRY TOUCHING HOME THE TOURIST THE TOWN TOY STORY 3 TRASH HUMPERS TRON: LEGACY TRUE GRIT THE TWLIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE TYLER PERRY’S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO? UNBEATEN UNSTOPPABLE VALENTINE’S DAY VAMPIRES SUCK THE VIRGINITY HIT WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS THE WARRIOR’S WAY WATERCOLORS THE WAY BACK WELCOME TO THE RILEYS WHEN IN ROME WILD GRASS WINTER’S BONE THE WOLFMAN A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP WRETCHES & JABBERERS YOGI BEAR YOU AGAIN YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER YOUTH IN REVOLT
The list of 248 eligible films have been sent with a nominations ballot to all active and life members of the Academy “who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than ten pictures.” The ten films receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Best Picture award. The nominations will be announced live on January 25th 2011 at 5:30am psd.
The rules for eligibility is as follows:
Here is the list of qualifying films:
THE A-TEAM
AGORA
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
ALL GOOD THINGS
ALPHA AND OMEGA
THE AMERICAN
ANIMAL KINGDOM
ANOTHER YEAR
ANTON CHEKOV’S THE DUEL
APAPORIS
APPLAUSE
BABIES
BARNEY’S VERSION
BIUTIFUL
BLACK SWAN
BLACK TULIP
BLUE VALENTINE
THE BOOK OF ELI
THE BOUNTY HUNTER
BROOKLYN’S FINEST
BURIED
BURLESQUE
CAIRO TIME
CASE 39
CASINO JACK
CATFISH
CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE
CHARLIE ST. CLOUD
CHLOE
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER
CITY ISLAND
CLASH OF THE TITANS
COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY
THE COMPANY MEN
THE CONCERT
CONVICTION
COP OUT
COUNTRY STRONG
CRAYON
THE CRAZIES
CYRUS
DATE NIGHT
DAYBREAKERS
DEAR JOHN
DEATH AT A FUNERAL
DEFENDOR
DESPICABLE ME
DEVIL
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
DREAMKILLER
THE DREAMS OF JINSHA
DROOL
THE DRY LAND
DUE DATE
EASY A
EAT PRAY LOVE
EDGE OF DARKNESS
ESSENTIAL KILLING
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
EXPECTING MARY
THE EXPENDABLES
THE EXTRA MAN
FAIR GAME
THE FIGHTER
FLIPPED
FOR COLORED GIRLS
FOUR LIONS
FRANKIE & ALICE
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
FURRY VENGEANCE
GET HIM TO THE GREEK
GET LOW
THE GHOST WRITER
THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEXT
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
GOING THE DISTANCE
GREEN ZONE
GREENBERG
GROWN UPS
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
HAPPY TEARS
THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE
HARRY BROWN
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1
HEARTBREAKER
HEAVEN’S RAIN
HEMINGWAY’S GARDEN OF EDEN
HEREAFTER
HIDEAWAY (LE REFUGE)
HOLY ROLLERS
HOW DO YOU KNOW
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
HOWL
HUBBLE 3D
I AM LOVE
I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
IDIOTS AND ANGELS
THE ILLUSIONIST
INCEPTION
INSIDE JOB
IRON MAN 2
IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
JACK GOES BOATING
JACKASS 3D
JOHN RABE
JONAH HEX
THE JONESES
JUST WRIGHT
THE KARATE KID
KICK-ASS
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
KILLERS
THE KING’S SPEECH
KNIGHT AND DAY
THE LAST AIRBENDER
THE LAST EXORCISM
THE LAST SONG
LEAP YEAR
LEBANON
LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE
LEGION
LET ME IN
LETTERS TO GOD
LETTERS TO JULIET
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
LIFE DURING WARTIME
LIKE DANDELION DUST
LITTLE FOCKERS
THE LOSERS
LOTTERY TICKET
LOUIS
LOVE & OTHER DRUGS
LOVE RANCH
MACGRUBER
MACHETE
MADE IN DAGENHAM
MAO’S LAST DANCER
MARMADUKE
MEGAMIND
MICMACS
MIDDLE MEN
MISCONCEPTIONS
MONSTERS
MORNING GLORY
MOTHER AND CHILD
MY DOG TULIP
MY NAME IS KHAN
MY SOUL TO TAKE
NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS
NEVER LET ME GO
THE NEXT THREE DAYS
NIGHT CATCHES US
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
NOWHERE BOY
THE NUTCRACKER IN 3D
OSS 117 – LOST IN RIO
OCEANS
ONDINE
127 HOURS
THE OTHER GUYS
OUR FAMILY WEDDING
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF
THE PERFECT GAME
PICTURE ME: A MODEL’S DIARY
PIRANHA 3D
PLEASE GIVE
PREACHER’S KID
PREDATORS
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME
PURE COUNTRY 2: THE GIFT
QUEEN OF THE LOT
RABBIT HOLE
RAMONA AND BEEZUS
RED
RED HILL
REMEMBER ME
REPO MEN
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
RESTREPO
ROBIN HOOD
ROZYCZKA
THE RUNAWAYS
SALT
SAW 3D
SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD
SECRETARIAT
SEQUESTRO
SEX AND THE CITY 2
SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE
SHREK FOREVER AFTER
SHUTTER ISLAND
THE SICILIAN GIRL
SIX DAYS IN PARADISE
SKYLINE
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
SOLITARY MAN
SOMEWHERE
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE
SPLICE
THE SPY NEXT DOOR
STEP UP 3D
STONE
SUMMER WARS
THE SWITCH
TAKERS
TAMARA DREWE
TANGLED
THE TAQWACORES
THE TEMPEST
3 BILLION AND COUNTING
THE TILLMAN STORY
TINKER BELL AND THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE
TOOTH FAIRY
TOUCHING HOME
THE TOURIST
THE TOWN
TOY STORY 3
TRASH HUMPERS
TRON: LEGACY
TRUE GRIT
THE TWLIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE
TYLER PERRY’S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?
UNBEATEN
UNSTOPPABLE
VALENTINE’S DAY
VAMPIRES SUCK
THE VIRGINITY HIT
WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
THE WARRIOR’S WAY
WATERCOLORS
THE WAY BACK
WELCOME TO THE RILEYS
WHEN IN ROME
WILD GRASS
WINTER’S BONE
THE WOLFMAN
A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP
WRETCHES & JABBERERS
YOGI BEAR
YOU AGAIN
YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
YOUTH IN REVOLT
