Here we are again. The 9th Annual Official Oscar Game, and this is my 5th year in monitoring it. In this game, this where you rank the Oscar Nominees in order in which will most likely win to which one will least likely win. Confused, here is an Example.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1. Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
2. Max von Sydow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
3. Kenneth Branagh, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
4. Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
5. Jonah Hill, MONEYBALL

If Christopher Plummer win, you will get 5 points, but if Jonah hill wins, you will get only 1 point, and so forth. In special categories, like best song, since it's only a 50/50 chance, the most you can get is 2 points in that Category. In the Best Picture Category, you can win up to 9 points since there are nine nominees. Get it?

Here are the nominees to refresh you memory.

Best Picture of the Year
THE ARTIST
THE DESCENDANTS
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
THE HELP
HUGO
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
MONEYBALL
THE TREE OF LIFE
WAR HORSE

Best Achievement in Directing
Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE
Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS
Martin Scorsese, HUGO

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir, A BETTER LIFE
George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
Gary Oldman, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS
Viola Davis, THE HELP
Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Jonah Hill, MONEYBALL
Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
Max von Sydow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
Jessica Chastain, THE HELP
Melissa McCarthy, BRIDESMAIDS
Janet McTeer, ALBERT NOBBS
Octavia Spencer, THE HELP

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
THE DESCENDANTS, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
HUGO, screenplay by John Logan
THE IDES OF MARCH, screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL, screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
THE ARTIST, written by Michel Hazanavicius
BRIDESMAIDS, written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
MARGIN CALL, written by J.C. Chandor
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, written by Woody Allen
A SEPARATION, written by Asghar Farhadi

Best Animated Feature Film
A CAT IN PARIS
CHICO & RITA
KUNG FU PANDA 2
PUSS IN BOOTS
RANGO

Best Foreign Language Film
BULLHEAD (Belgium)
FOOTNOTE (Israel)
IN DARKNESS (Poland)
MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Canada)
A SEPARATION (Iran)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
THE ARTIST, Guillaume Schiffman
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Jeff Cronenweth
HUGO, Robert Richardson
THE TREE OF LIFE, Emmanuel Lubezki
WAR HORSE, Janusz Kaminski

Best Achievement in Art Direction
THE ARTIST, Laurence Bennett (production design), Robert Gould (set decoration)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Stuart Craig (production design), Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
HUGO, Dante Ferretti (production design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration)
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Anne Seibel (production design), Hélène Dubreuil (set decoration)
WAR HORSE, Rick Carter (production design), Lee Sandales (set decoration)

Best Achievement in Costume Design
ANONYMOUS, Lisy Christl
THE ARTIST, Mark Bridges
HUGO, Sandy Powell
JANE EYRE, Michael O'Connor
W.E., Arianne Phillips

Best Documentary Feature
HELL AND BACK AGAIN
IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY
PINA
UNDEFEATED

Best Documentary Short
THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS
INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD
SAVING FACE
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM

Best Achievement in Film Editing
THE ARTIST, Annie-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
THE DESCENDANTS, Kevin Tent
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
HUGO, Thelma Schoonmaker
MONEYBALL, Christopher Tellefsen

Best Achievement in Makeup
ALBERT NOBBS, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew M. Mungle
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomlin
THE IRON LADY, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Best Achievement in Music (Original Score)
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, John Williams
THE ARTIST, Ludovic Bource
HUGO, Howard Shore
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, Alberto Igleasis
WAR HORSE, John Williams

Best Achievement in Music (Original Song)
THE MUPPETS, "Man or Muppet" (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie)
RIO, "Real in Rio" (music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyric by Siedah Garrett)

Best Short Film (Animated)
DIMANCHE/SUNDAY
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
LA LUNA
A MORNING STROLL
WILD LIFE

Best Short Film (Live Action)
PENTECOST
RAJU
THE SHORE
TIME FREAK
TUBA ATLANTIC

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
DRIVE, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Ren Klyce
HUGO, Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Ethan Van Der Ryan and Erik Aadahl
WAR HORSE, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
HUGO, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
MONEYBALL, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
WAR HORSE, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
HUGO, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
REAL STEEL, Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink

Tiebreaker: the running time of the show (new classification to this tie breaker question, whatever all the other posters put, you cannot put the same running time as any previous post).

Predictions are due before the show, and whoever gets the most points, wins. (119 is the maximum amount of points you can get). Predict away and enjoy the show.

Are there prizes?

This is for pride, not for prizes. Sorry.

Only filled in those that I think have even the slightest shot. It'll be interesting to see if someone I think is impossible to win actually wins.

Best Picture of the Year
1. THE ARTIST
2. THE HELP
3. HUGO

Best Achievement in Directing
1. Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
2. Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE
3. Martin Scorsese, HUGO

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1. JEAN DUJARDIN
2. GEORGE CLOONEY
3. BRAD PITT
4. DEMIAN BICHIR

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
1. VIOLA DAVIS
2. MERYL STREEP

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
1. OCTAVIA SPENCER
2. JESSICA CHASTAIN
3. BERENICE BEJO
4. MELISSA MCCARTHY

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1. THE DESCENDANTS
2. HUGO
3. MONEYBALL
4. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
1. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
2. A SEPARATION
3. THE ARTIST
4. MARGIN CALL

Best Animated Feature Film
1. RANGO

Best Foreign Language Film
1. A SEPARATION
2. MONSIEUR LAZHAR
3. IN DARKNESS

Best Achievement in Cinematography
1. HUGO
2. THE TREE OF LIFE
3. THE ARTIST
4. WAR HORSE

Best Achievement in Art Direction
1. HUGO

Best Achievement in Costume Design
1. HUGO
2. THE ARTIST
3. W.E.
4. JANE EYRE

Best Documentary Feature
1. UNDEFEATED
2. PARADISE LOST 3
3. PINA

Best Documentary Short
1. SAVING FACE
2. TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
3. GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS

Best Achievement in Film Editing
1. THE ARTIST
2. HUGO

Best Achievement in Makeup
1. THE IRON LADY
2. HARRY POTTER
3. ALBERT NOBBS

Best Achievement in Music (Original Score)
1. THE ARTIST
2. HUGO
3. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
4. WAR HORSE

Best Achievement in Music (Original Song)
1. Man or Muppet

Best Short Film (Animated)
1. THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
2. A MORNING STROLL
3. LA LUNA
4. WILD LIFE

Best Short Film (Live Action)
1. TUBA ATLANTIC
2. THE SHORE
3. RAJU

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
1. WAR HORSE
2. HUGO
3. TRANSFORMERS
4. DRIVE
5. GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
1. HUGO
2. WAR HORSE
3. TRANSFORMERS
4. GIRL WITH DRAGON TATTOO

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2
3. HUGO

Here are the nominees to refresh you memory.

Best Picture of the Year
1. THE ARTIST
2. HUGO
3. THE DESCENDANTS
4. THE HELP
5. THE TREE OF LIFE

Best Achievement in Directing
1. Martin Scorsese, HUGO
2. Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
3. Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1. Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
2. Gary Oldman, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
3. George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
1. Viola Davis, THE HELP
2. Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
3. Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1. Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
2 Max von Sydow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
3. Nick Nolte, WARRIOR

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
2. Melissa McCarthy, BRIDESMAIDS
3. Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
4. Jessica Chastain, THE HELP
5. Janet McTeer, ALBERT NOBBS

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1. THE DESCENDANTS, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
2. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
3. HUGO, screenplay by John Logan

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
1. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, written by Woody Allen
2. BRIDESMAIDS, written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
3. THE ARTIST, written by Michel Hazanavicius


Best Animated Feature Film
1. RANGO

Best Foreign Language Film
1. A SEPARATION (Iran)
2. IN DARKNESS (Poland)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
1. THE TREE OF LIFE, Emmanuel Lubezki
2. THE ARTIST, Guillaume Schiffman
3. WAR HORSE, Janusz Kaminski

Best Achievement in Art Direction
1. THE ARTIST, Laurence Bennett (production design), Robert Gould (set decoration)
2. HUGO, Dante Ferretti (production design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration)

Best Achievement in Costume Design
1. HUGO, Sandy Powell
2. THE ARTIST, Mark Bridges

Best Documentary Feature
1. PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY
2. UNDEFEATED
3. HELL AND BACK AGAIN
4. IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT
5. PINA

Best Documentary Short
1. THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
2. THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
3. GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS
4. INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD
5. SAVING FACE

Best Achievement in Film Editing
1. THE ARTIST, Annie-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
2. HUGO, Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Achievement in Makeup
1. ALBERT NOBBS, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew M. Mungle
2. THE IRON LADY, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
3. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomlin

Best Achievement in Music (Original Score)
1. THE ARTIST, Ludovic Bource
2. HUGO, Howard Shore
3. WAR HORSE, John Williams

Best Achievement in Music (Original Song)
1. THE MUPPETS, "Man or Muppet" (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie)
2. RIO, "Real in Rio" (music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyric by Siedah Garrett)

Best Short Film (Animated)
1. DIMANCHE/SUNDAY
2. THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
3. LA LUNA
4. A MORNING STROLL
5. WILD LIFE

Best Short Film (Live Action)
1. PENTECOST
2. RAJU
3. THE SHORE
4. TIME FREAK
5. TUBA ATLANTIC

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
1. HUGO, Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
2. WAR HORSE, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Ren Klyce

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
1. HUGO, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
2. WAR HORSE, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
3. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
3. HUGO, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning

Tiebreaker: 3 hours 18 minutes

Best Picture of the Year
1.THE ARTIST
2.HUGO
3.THE DESCENDANTS
4.MONEYBALL
5.THE HELP
6.MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
7.WAR HORSE
8.THE TREE OF LIFE
9.EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Best Achievement in Directing
1.Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
2.Martin Scorsese, HUGO
3.Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS
4.Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
5.Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1.Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
2.George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
3.Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL
4.Gary Oldman, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
5.Demián Bichir, A BETTER LIFE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
1.Viola Davis, THE HELP
2.Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
3.Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS
4.Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
5.Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1.Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
2.Kenneth Branagh, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
3.Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
4.Max von Sydow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
5.Jonah Hill, MONEYBALL

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
1.Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
2.Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
3.Melissa McCarthy, BRIDESMAIDS
4.Jessica Chastain, THE HELP
5.Janet McTeer, ALBERT NOBBS

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1.THE DESCENDANTS, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
2.HUGO, screenplay by John Logan
3.TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
4.MONEYBALL, screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
5.THE IDES OF MARCH, screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
1.MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, written by Woody Allen
2.THE ARTIST, written by Michel Hazanavicius
3.BRIDESMAIDS, written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
4.A SEPARATION, written by Asghar Farhadi
5.MARGIN CALL, written by J.C. Chandor

Best Animated Feature Film
1.RANGO
2.PUSS IN BOOTS
3.CHICO & RITA
4.KUNG FU PANDA 2
5.A CAT IN PARIS

Best Foreign Language Film
1.A SEPARATION (Iran)
2.IN DARKNESS (Poland)
3.BULLHEAD (Belgium)
4.FOOTNOTE (Israel)
5.MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Canada)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
1.THE ARTIST, Guillaume Schiffman
2.THE TREE OF LIFE, Emmanuel Lubezki
3.HUGO, Robert Richardson
4.WAR HORSE, Janusz Kaminski
5.THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Jeff Cronenweth

Best Achievement in Art Direction
1.HUGO, Dante Ferretti (production design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration)
2.THE ARTIST, Laurence Bennett (production design), Robert Gould (set decoration)
3.HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Stuart Craig (production design), Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
4.WAR HORSE, Rick Carter (production design), Lee Sandales (set decoration)
5.MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Anne Seibel (production design), Hélène Dubreuil (set decoration)

Best Achievement in Costume Design
1.HUGO, Sandy Powell
2.THE ARTIST, Mark Bridges
3.JANE EYRE, Michael O'Connor
4.W.E., Arianne Phillips
5.ANONYMOUS, Lisy Christl

Best Documentary Feature
1.PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY
2.UNDEFEATED
3.PINA
4.HELL AND BACK AGAIN
5.IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

Best Documentary Short
1.THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
2.SAVING FACE
3.GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS
4.THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
5.INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD

Best Achievement in Film Editing
1.THE ARTIST, Annie-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
2.HUGO, Thelma Schoonmaker
3.MONEYBALL, Christopher Tellefsen
4.THE DESCENDANTS, Kevin Tent
5.THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Best Achievement in Makeup
1.THE IRON LADY, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
2.HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomlin
3.ALBERT NOBBS, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew M. Mungle

Best Achievement in Music (Original Score)
1.THE ARTIST, Ludovic Bource
2.WAR HORSE, John Williams
3.HUGO, Howard Shore
4.TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, Alberto Igleasis
5.THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, John Williams

Best Achievement in Music (Original Song)
1.THE MUPPETS, "Man or Muppet" (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie)
2.RIO, "Real in Rio" (music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyric by Siedah Garrett)

Best Short Film (Animated)
1.THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
2.A MORNING STROLL
3.WILD LIFE
4.LA LUNA
5.DIMANCHE/SUNDAY

Best Short Film (Live Action)
1.TIME FREAK
2.PENTECOST
3.TUBA ATLANTIC
4.RAJU
5.THE SHORE

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
1.HUGO, Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
2.WAR HORSE, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
3.TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Ethan Van Der Ryan and Erik Aadahl
4.THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Ren Klyce
5.DRIVE, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
1.HUGO, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
2.WAR HORSE, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
3.TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
4.THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
5.MONEYBALL, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1.RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
2.HUGO, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
3.HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
4.TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink
5.REAL STEEL, Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg

Best Picture of the Year
1. THE ARTIST
2. THE DESCENDANTS
3. HUGO
4. MONEYBALL
5. THE HELP
6. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
7. WAR HORSE
8. THE TREE OF LIFE
9. EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Best Achievement in Directing
1. Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
2. Martin Scorsese, HUGO
3. Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS
4. Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
5. Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
1. Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
2. George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
3. Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL
4. Gary Oldman, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
5. Demián Bichir, A BETTER LIFE

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
1. Viola Davis, THE HELP
2.Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
3. Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
4. Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS
5. Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1. Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
2. Kenneth Branagh, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
3. Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
4. Max von Sydow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
5. Jonah Hill, MONEYBALL

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
2. Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
3. Melissa McCarthy, BRIDESMAIDS
4. Jessica Chastain, THE HELP
5. Janet McTeer, ALBERT NOBBS

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1. THE DESCENDANTS, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
2. HUGO, screenplay by John Logan
3. MONEYBALL, screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
4. THE IDES OF MARCH, screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
5. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
1. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, written by Woody Allen
2. THE ARTIST, written by Michel Hazanavicius
3. BRIDESMAIDS, written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
4. A SEPARATION, written by Asghar Farhadi
5. MARGIN CALL, written by J.C. Chandor

Best Animated Feature Film
1. RANGO
2. CHICO & RITA
3. PUSS IN BOOTS
4. KUNG FU PANDA 2
5. A CAT IN PARIS

Best Foreign Language Film
1. A SEPARATION (Iran)
2. IN DARKNESS (Poland)
3. BULLHEAD (Belgium)
4. FOOTNOTE (Israel)
5. MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Canada)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
1. THE TREE OF LIFE, Emmanuel Lubezki
2. THE ARTIST, Guillaume Schiffman
3. HUGO, Robert Richardson
4. WAR HORSE, Janusz Kaminski
5. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Jeff Cronenweth

Best Achievement in Art Direction
1. HUGO, Dante Ferretti (production design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration)
2. THE ARTIST, Laurence Bennett (production design), Robert Gould (set decoration)
3. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Stuart Craig (production design), Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
4. WAR HORSE, Rick Carter (production design), Lee Sandales (set decoration)
5. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Anne Seibel (production design), Hélène Dubreuil (set decoration)

Best Achievement in Costume Design
1. THE ARTIST, Mark Bridges
2. HUGO, Sandy Powell
3. JANE EYRE, Michael O'Connor
4. W.E., Arianne Phillips
5. ANONYMOUS, Lisy Christl

Best Documentary Feature
1. PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY
2. UNDEFEATED
3. PINA
4. HELL AND BACK AGAIN
5. IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT

Best Documentary Short
1. THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
2. SAVING FACE
3. GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS
4. THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
5. INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD

Best Achievement in Film Editing
1. THE ARTIST, Annie-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
2. HUGO, Thelma Schoonmaker
3. MONEYBALL, Christopher Tellefsen
4. THE DESCENDANTS, Kevin Tent
5. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Best Achievement in Makeup
1. THE IRON LADY, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomlin
3. ALBERT NOBBS, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew M. Mungle

Best Achievement in Music (Original Score)
1. THE ARTIST, Ludovic Bource
2. WAR HORSE, John Williams
3. HUGO, Howard Shore
4. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, Alberto Igleasis
5. THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, John Williams

Best Achievement in Music (Original Song)
1. THE MUPPETS, "Man or Muppet" (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie)
2. RIO, "Real in Rio" (music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyric by Siedah Garrett)

Best Short Film (Animated)
1. THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
2. LA LUNA
3. DIMANCHE/SUNDAY
4. A MORNING STROLL
5. WILD LIFE

Best Short Film (Live Action)
1. THE SHORE
2. RAJU
3. PENTECOST
4. TUBA ATLANTIC
5. TIME FREAK

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
1. HUGO, Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
2. WAR HORSE, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
3. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Ethan Van Der Ryan and Erik Aadahl
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Ren Klyce
5. DRIVE, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
1. HUGO, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
2. WAR HORSE, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
3. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
4. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
5. MONEYBALL, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
1. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
2. HUGO, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
3. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
4. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink
5. REAL STEEL, Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg

Tiebreaker: Run time = 3 Hours 13 Minutes

Best Picture of the Year
THE ARTIST
THE DESCENDANTS

Best Achievement in Directing
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, THE HELP

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer, THE HELP

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
THE DESCENDANTS, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
A SEPARATION, written by Asghar Farhadi

Best Animated Feature Film
CHICO & RITA

Best Foreign Language Film
A SEPARATION (Iran)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
THE TREE OF LIFE, Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Achievement in Art Direction
THE ARTIST, Laurence Bennett (production design), Robert Gould (set decoration)

Best Achievement in Costume Design
HUGO, Sandy Powell

Best Documentary Feature
PINA

Best Documentary Short
THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Best Achievement in Film Editing
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Best Achievement in Makeup
THE IRON LADY, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Best Achievement in Music (Original Score)
THE ARTIST, Ludovic Bource

Best Achievement in Music (Original Song)
THE MUPPETS, "Man or Muppet" (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie)

Best Short Film (Animated)
LA LUNA

Best Short Film (Live Action)
RAJU

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
DRIVE, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
WAR HORSE, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett


Tiebreaker: the running time of the show 3 hours 6 minutes

Picture
1. The Artist
2. Hugo
3. The Descendants
4. Moneyball
5. The Help
6. Midnight in Paris
7. The Tree of Life
8. War Horse
9. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Director
1. Hazanavicius
2. Scorsese
3. Payne
4. Allen
5. Malick

Actor
1. Clooney
2. Dujardin
3. Pitt
4. Oldman
5. Bichir

Actress
1. Davis
2. Streep
3. Williams
4. Close
5. Mara

Supporting Actor
1. Plummer
2. von Sydow
3. Nolte
4. Branagh
5. Hill

Supporting Actress
1. Spencer
2. Bejo
3. McCarthy
4. Chastain
5. McTeer

Original Screenplay
1. Midnight in Paris
2. The Artist
3. Bridesmaids
4. A Separation
5. Margin Call

Adapted Screenplay
1. The Descendants
2. Moneyball
3. Hugo
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
5. The Ides of March

Animated Feature
1. Rango
2. Chico & Rita
3. A Cat in Paris
4. Kung Fu Panda 2
5. Puss in Boots

Foreign Language Film
1. A Separation
2. Monsieur Lazhar
3. In Darkness
4. Footnote
5. Bullhead

Documentary Feature
1. Paradise Lost 3
2. Pina
3. Undefeated
4. Hell and Back Again
5. If a Tree Falls

Documentary Short
1. The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
2. Incident in New Baghdad
3. The Barber of Birmingham
4. God Is the Bigger Elvis
5. Saving Face

Live Action Short
1. Raju
2. The Shore
3. Tuba Atlantic
4. Time Freak
5. Pentecost

Animated Short
1. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
2. La Luna
3. A Morning Stroll
4. Wild Life
5. Dimanche

Original Score
1. The Artist
2. Hugo
3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
4. War Horse
5. The Adventures of Tintin

Original Song
1. "Man or Muppet"
2. "Real in Rio"

Sound Editing
1. Hugo
2. War Horse
3. Drive
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Sound Mixing
1. Hugo
2. Moneyball
3. War Horse
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Art Direction
1. Hugo
2. The Artist
3. Midnight in Paris
4. Harry Potter
5. War Horse

Cinematography
1. The Tree of Life
2. The Artist
3. War Horse
4. Hugo
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Makeup
1. The Iron Lady
2. Albert Nobbs
3. Harry Potter

Costume Design
1. Jane Eyre
2. The Artist
3. Hugo
4. Anonymous
5. W.E.

Film Editing
1. The Artist
2. Hugo
3. Moneyball
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. The Descendants

Visual Effects
1. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. Harry Potter
3. Hugo
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
5. Real Steel

213 minutes

Best Picture of the Year
THE ARTIST
HUGO
THE DESCENDANTS
THE HELP
WAR HORSE
MONEYBALL
THE TREE OF LIFE
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE


Best Achievement in Directing
Michel Hazanavicius, THE ARTIST
Alexander Payne, THE DESCENDANTS
Martin Scorsese, HUGO
Woody Allen, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Terrence Malick, THE TREE OF LIFE



Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jean Dujardin, THE ARTIST
George Clooney, THE DESCENDANTS
Demián Bichir, A BETTER LIFE
Gary Oldman, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
Brad Pitt, MONEYBALL

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, THE HELP
Meryl Streep, THE IRON LADY
Michelle Williams, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Glenn Close, ALBERT NOBBS
Rooney Mara, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Plummer, BEGINNERS
Nick Nolte, WARRIOR
Kenneth Branagh, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Max von Sydow, EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE
Jonah Hill, MONEYBALL


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Octavia Spencer, THE HELP
Bérénice Bejo, THE ARTIST
Jessica Chastain, THE HELP
Melissa McCarthy, BRIDESMAIDS
Janet McTeer, ALBERT NOBBS


Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
HUGO, screenplay by John Logan
THE DESCENDANTS, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
THE IDES OF MARCH, screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
MONEYBALL, screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
THE ARTIST, written by Michel Hazanavicius
A SEPARATION, written by Asghar Farhadi
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, written by Woody Allen
BRIDESMAIDS, written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
MARGIN CALL, written by J.C. Chandor


Best Animated Feature Film
RANGO
A CAT IN PARIS
CHICO & RITA
KUNG FU PANDA 2
PUSS IN BOOTS


Best Foreign Language Film
A SEPARATION (Iran)
FOOTNOTE (Israel)
IN DARKNESS (Poland)
MONSIEUR LAZHAR (Canada)
BULLHEAD (Belgium)



Best Achievement in Cinematography
THE ARTIST, Guillaume Schiffman
THE TREE OF LIFE, Emmanuel Lubezki
HUGO, Robert Richardson
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Jeff Cronenweth
WAR HORSE, Janusz Kaminski


Best Achievement in Art Direction
HUGO, Dante Ferretti (production design), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decoration)
THE ARTIST, Laurence Bennett (production design), Robert Gould (set decoration)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Stuart Craig (production design), Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Anne Seibel (production design), Hélène Dubreuil (set decoration)
WAR HORSE, Rick Carter (production design), Lee Sandales (set decoration)

Best Achievement in Costume Design
JANE EYRE, Michael O'Connor
THE ARTIST, Mark Bridges
HUGO, Sandy Powell
ANONYMOUS, Lisy Christl
W.E., Arianne Phillips


Best Documentary Feature
PINA
UNDEFEATED
PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY
IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT
HELL AND BACK AGAIN





Best Documentary Short
SAVING FACE
THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM
INCIDENT IN NEW BAGHDAD
THE BARBER OF BIRMINGHAM: FOOT SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
GOD IS THE BIGGER ELVIS




Best Achievement in Film Editing
THE ARTIST, Annie-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
HUGO, Thelma Schoonmaker
THE DESCENDANTS, Kevin Tent
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
MONEYBALL, Christopher Tellefsen

Best Achievement in Makeup
THE IRON LADY, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland
ALBERT NOBBS, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew M. Mungle
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomlin


Best Achievement in Music (Original Score)
HUGO, Howard Shore
THE ARTIST, Ludovic Bource
WAR HORSE, John Williams
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN, John Williams
TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY, Alberto Igleasis


Best Achievement in Music (Original Song)
RIO, "Real in Rio" (music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, lyric by Siedah Garrett)
THE MUPPETS, "Man or Muppet" (music and lyric by Bret McKenzie)


Best Short Film (Animated)
LA LUNA
DIMANCHE/SUNDAY
WILD LIFE
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE
A MORNING STROLL


Best Short Film (Live Action)
RAJU
PENTECOST
THE SHORE
TIME FREAK
TUBA ATLANTIC

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
HUGO, Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
WAR HORSE, Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom
DRIVE, Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, Ren Klyce
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Ethan Van Der Ryan and Erik Aadahl


Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
HUGO, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
WAR HORSE, Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
MONEYBALL, Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin


Best Achievement in Visual Effects
HUGO, Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2, Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
REAL STEEL, Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink

Tiebreaker: the running time of the show (new classification to this tie breaker question, whatever all the other posters put, you cannot put the same running time as any previous post) 3 hours 10 mins.

Predictions are due before the show, and whoever gets the most points, wins. (119 is the maximum amount of points you can get). Predict away and enjoy the show.

Viper Rogers - 109
Kenspy - 105
Price - 104
i.hope
David - 101
nghtvsn - 90
rev - 49

Viper Rogers wins the game. Congrats.

rev just got the lowest score ever in the history of this game.

Thanks for playing.

Cool. Congrats, Viper.

Thanks for running the game, Scotty.

RETRIBUTION!!!! I tied for the most points last year, but lost on the stupid tiebreakers...

I do love me some glory, but am really thrilled about winning over $100 on a bet I placed on Jean Dujardin before he was considered the frontrunner

Thanks everyone!

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How many points did I get?

I should get something for that

103.