83rd Academy Awards

83rd Academy Awards
Official poster
Date	Sunday, February 27, 2011
Site	Kodak Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Pre-show	Tim Gunn Maria Menounos Robin Roberts Krista Smith
Host	James Franco Anne Hathaway
Producer	Bruce Cohen Don Mischer
Director	Don Mischer
Highlights
Best Picture	The King's Speech
Most awards	Inception and The King's Speech (4)
Most nominations	The King's Speech (12)
TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Duration	3 hours, 15 minutes
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The 83rd Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010. The ceremony took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. During the ceremony, Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) were awarded in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States on ABC. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony, marking the first time for each.
Nominations for the 2010 awards were announced on January 25, 2011. The King's Speech received the most nominations with twelve. True Grit followed with ten and then The Social Network and Inception, with eight each. Toy Story 3, the highest grossing film of 2010, became the third animated film to be nominated for Best Picture; it was also nominated for four other awards including Best Animated Feature.
The King's Speech won four awards, all in major categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay. Inception also tied with four awards, all in the technical categories.

The nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced on January 25, 2011, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of AMPAS, and Mo'Nique, winner of the 2009 Best Supporting Actress Oscar. For 2010, Academy Awards of Merit were presented in 24 competitive categories.

Best Picture	Best Director
The King's Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Christian Colson Black Swan – Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg Inception – Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray The Social Network – Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson True Grit – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin Winter's Bone – Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini	Tom Hooper – The King's Speech Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – True Grit David Fincher – The Social Network David O. Russell – The Fighter
Best Actor	Best Actress
Colin Firth – The King's Speech as Prince Albert, Duke of York / King George VI Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston	Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers / The Swan Queen Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nic Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue	Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon / Queen Elizabeth Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
Best Writing – Original Screenplay	Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
The King's Speech – David Seidler Another Year – Mike Leigh The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson Inception – Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg	The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin from The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy from Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich; characters based on Toy Story and Toy Story 2 True Grit – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen from True Grit by Charles Portis Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Best Animated Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet	In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish, Swedish, and English – Susanne Bier Biutiful (Mexico) in Spanish and English – Alejandro González Iñárritu Dogtooth (Greece) in Greek – Yorgos Lanthimos Incendies (Canada) in French and Arabic – Denis Villeneuve Outside the Law (Algeria) in Arabic and French – Rachid Bouchareb
Best Documentary – Feature	Best Documentary – Short Subject
Inside Job – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley	Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein Poster Girl – Sara Nesson Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Best Live Action Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
God of Love – Luke Matheny The Confession – Tanel Toom The Crush – Michael Creagh Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt Wish 143 – Ian Barnes	The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan Day & Night – Teddy Newton The Gruffalo – Max Lang and Jakob Schuh Let's Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell Inception – Hans Zimmer The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat	"We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman "Coming Home" from Country Strong – Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, and Troy Verges "I See the Light" from Tangled – Alan Menken and Glenn Slater "If I Rise" from 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, and Dido
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
Inception – Richard King Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger	Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick The King's Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland
Best Art Direction	Best Cinematography
Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan Inception – Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat The King's Speech – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr True Grit – Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh	Inception – Wally Pfister Black Swan – Matthew Libatique The King's Speech – Danny Cohen The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth True Grit – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup	Best Costume Design
The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey Barney's Version – Adrien Morot The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng	Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan The Tempest – Sandy Powell True Grit – Mary Zophres
Best Film Editing	Best Visual Effects
The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter 127 Hours – Jon Harris Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum The Fighter – Pamela Martin The King's Speech – Tariq Anwar	Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, and Nicolas Aithadi Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski, and Joe Farrell Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, and Daniel Sudick

Multiple awards and nominations

The following six films received multiple awards: Four: Inception and The King's Speech Three: The Social Network Two: Alice in Wonderland, The Fighter, and Toy Story 3

The following fourteen films received multiple nominations: Twelve: The King's Speech Ten: True Grit Eight: Inception and The Social Network Seven: The Fighter Six: 127 Hours Five: Black Swan and Toy Story 3 Four: The Kids Are All Right and Winter's Bone Three: Alice in Wonderland Two: Biutiful, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and How to Train Your Dragon

Honorary Academy Awards

The Academy held its 2nd Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 13, 2010, during which the following awards were presented.

Academy Honorary Award

• Kevin Brownlow
• Jean-Luc Godard
• Eli Wallach

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Francis Ford Coppola

Presenters

Presenters as of February 27, 2011

Amy Adams Javier Bardem Annette Bening Halle Berry Kathryn Bigelow Cate Blanchett Russell Brand Jeff Bridges Josh Brolin Sandra Bullock Billy Crystal Kirk Douglas Robert Downey, Jr. Jake Gyllenhaal Tom Hanks

Jennifer Hudson Hugh Jackman Scarlett Johansson Nicole Kidman Mila Kunis Jude Law Matthew McConaughey Helen Mirren Kevin Spacey Steven Spielberg Hilary Swank Justin Timberlake Marisa Tomei Oprah Winfrey Reese Witherspoon

Performers

Performers as of February 26, 2011

• Celine Dion
• Zachary Levi
• Alan Menken
• Mandy Moore
• Randy Newman
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• PS22 chorus
• A. R. Rahman
• William Ross
• Florence Welch

Red Carpet hosts

• Tim Gunn
• Maria Menounos
• Robin Roberts
• Krista Smith

Ceremony information

Opting for a younger face for the ceremony, producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer chose James Franco and Anne Hathaway as co-hosts for the ceremony. Franco's nomination for Best Actor marks the first time since 1973 that an actor or actress has hosted the award ceremony in the same year that he or she was nominated for an acting award. At the 45th Academy Awards, Michael Caine co-hosted the ceremony and was nominated for Best Actor in Sleuth. The last host to win an acting award was David Niven, who won the Oscar for Best Actor in Separate Tables at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959.
This marks the first time since 1957 that an Academy Awards ceremony was co-hosted by a male/female duo. It is also the first time in the history of the awards broadcasts that a male/female duo will physically share the same stage in their hosting duties.
For the first time in ten years there was not a single African-American nominated in the four acting categories.

Voting trends and summary

For the second consecutive year, the field of major nominees included at least one blockbuster at the American and Canadian box offices. However, only three of the nominees had grossed over $100 million before the nominations were announced, compared with five from the previous year. The combined gross of the ten Best Picture nominees when the Oscars were announced was $1.2 billion, the second-highest ever behind 2009. The average gross was $119.3 million.
Two of the ten Best Picture nominees were among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. At the time of the announcement of nominations on January 25, Toy Story 3 was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $414.9 million in domestic box office receipts.The only other top ten box office hit to receive a nomination was Inception which earned $292.5 million. Among the remaining eight nominees, True Grit was the next-highest-grossing film with $137.9 million followed by The Social Network ($95.4  million), Black Swan $83.2 million, The Fighter ($72.6 million), The King's Speech ($57.3 million), The Kids Are All Right ($20.8 million), 127 Hours ($11.2 million), and finally Winter's Bone ($6.2 million).
Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 55 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only Toy Story 3 (1st), Inception (5th), How to Train Your Dragon (9th), True Grit (17th), The Social Network (29th), The Town (32nd), Black Swan (38th), and The Fighter (45th) were nominated for directing, acting, screenwriting, Best Picture or Animated Feature. The other top-50 box office hits that earned nominations were Alice in Wonderland (2nd), Iron Man 2 (3rd), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (6th), Tangled (10th), Tron: Legacy (12th), Salt (21st), and Unstoppable (39th)
For the sixth year in a row the award for Best Picture went to an R rated film (The King's Speech). Despite having the second most nominations of the show with ten, True Grit failed to win anything.
This was the first time since 2000 when the winner of Best Picture also won Best Actor.

Leaked ceremony schedule

On February 25, 2011, reporter Nikki Finke leaked a purported detailed schedule for the entire ceremony on the website Deadline.com. The leaked schedule indicated that, among other details, Tom Hanks would present the first award of the night for Best Art Direction, hosts Franco and Hathaway would appear in an opening segment in which they are digitally inserted into the ten Best Picture nominated films, previous host Billy Crystal would make a guest appearance, Kathryn Bigelow would present the Best Director award, and Steven Spielberg would present the Best Picture award.