Costume Design
Alice In Wonderland - Colleen Atwood
When Alice, now 19, flees the scene of her impending marriage to an obnoxious aristocrat, she follows a rabbit down a hole and finds herself once again in the Wonderland she remembers as a childhood dream. There, she reencounters the strange beings she met on her first visit and discovers that they have been awaiting her return.
This is the ninth Academy Award nomination for Colleen Atwood. She was previously nominated for:
NINE (2009) -- Nominee, Costume Design
SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (2007) -- Nominee, Costume Design
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (2005) -- Winner, Costume Design
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (2004) -- Nominee, Costume Design
CHICAGO (2002) -- Winner, Costume Design
SLEEPY HOLLOW (1999) -- Nominee, Costume Design
BELOVED (1998) -- Nominee, Costume Design
LITTLE WOMEN (1994) -- Nominee, Costume Design |
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Directing
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Plagued since childhood by a paralyzing stammer, the future King George VI of England has given up hope of finding a cure for his impediment. His concerned wife urges him to seek the help of an iconoclastic Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue, who insists on a level of familiarity with his new patient that the royal prince is loath to permit.
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Documentary Feature
Inside Job - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
The financial practices that laid the groundwork for the global economic crisis are traced to their sources in an examination that lays the blame for the collapse at the doorstep of many who are still in power. Predatory lending, credit default swaps, and financial deregulation are subjected to close scrutiny and criticism in a primer on the situation that affected the lives of millions.
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Foreign Language Film
In A Better World - Denmark
When schoolboys Christian and Elias are involved in a violent incident, their fathers are initially unable to grasp the full implications of the boys' actions. Elias's father, Anton, an idealistic doctor often absent from home while he works in an African refugee camp, tries to communicate his own commitment to non-violence to the boys, but the troubled Christian continues to see Anton's beliefs as a sign of weakness.
This is the eighth Academy Award nomination for Denmark. Previous nominations were:
AFTER THE WEDDING (2006) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
WALTZING REGITZE (1989) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
PELLE THE CONQUEROR (1988) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
BABETTE'S FEAST (1987) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
HARRY AND THE BUTLER (1961) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
PAW (1959) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film
QIVITOQ (1956) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film |
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