Quelli dell'Academy, combattendo come al solito contro il sonno (per motivi di fuso, le nomination vengono annunciate live all'alba losangelina) hanno annunciato i candidati per la ottantaquattresima edizione dei premi Oscar.
Tra i film spiccano l'exploit dell'ultima opera di Martin Scorsese, Hugo (con 11 nomination) e The Artist di Michel Hazanavicius (10). Seguono, con distacco, Moneyball e War Horse (6), The Descendants e The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (5), Midnight in Paris e The Help (4).

Ecco l'elenco completo:

Best Picture

    "The Artist" 
    "The Descendants" 
    "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" 
    "The Help" 
    "Hugo" 
    "Midnight in Paris" 
    "Moneyball" 
    "The Tree of Life" 
    "War Horse"


Directing

    "The Artist" Michel Hazanavicius
    "The Descendants" Alexander Payne
    "Hugo" Martin Scorsese
    "Midnight in Paris" Woody Allen
    "The Tree of Life" Terrence Malick

Actor in a Leading Role

    Demián Bichir in "A Better Life"
    George Clooney in "The Descendants"
    Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
    Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
    Brad Pitt in "Moneyball"

Actor in a Supporting Role

    Kenneth Branagh in "My Week with Marilyn"
    Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
    Nick Nolte in "Warrior"
    Christopher Plummer in "Beginners"
    Max von Sydow in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Actress in a Leading Role

    Glenn Close in "Albert Nobbs"
    Viola Davis in "The Help"
    Rooney Mara in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"
    Meryl Streep in "The Iron Lady"
    Michelle Williams in "My Week with Marilyn"

Actress in a Supporting Role

    Bérénice Bejo in "The Artist"
    Jessica Chastain in "The Help"
    Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids"
    Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs"
    Octavia Spencer in "The Help"

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    "The Descendants" by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
    "Hugo"  by John Logan
    "The Ides of March"  by George Clooney, Grant Heslov , Beau Willimon
    "Moneyball"  by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin  Story by Stan Chervin
    "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"  by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

    "The Artist" by Michel Hazanavicius
    "Bridesmaids" by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
    "Margin Call" by J.C. Chandor
    "Midnight in Paris" by Woody Allen
    "A Separation"  by Asghar Farhadi

Animated Feature Film

    "A Cat in Paris" Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
    "Chico & Rita" Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
    "Kung Fu Panda 2" Jennifer Yuh Nelson
    "Puss in Boots" Chris Miller
    "Rango" Gore Verbinski

Art Direction

    "The Artist"
    Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
    "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
    Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
    "Hugo"
    Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
    "Midnight in Paris"
    Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
    "War Horse"
    Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

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

Costume Design

    "Anonymous" Lisy Christl
    "The Artist" Mark Bridges
    "Hugo" Sandy Powell
    "Jane Eyre" Michael O'Connor
    "W.E." Arianne Phillips

Documentary (Feature)

    "Hell and Back Again"
    Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
    "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
    Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
    "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
    Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
    "Pina"
    Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
    "Undefeated"
    TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)

    "The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement"
    Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
    "God Is the Bigger Elvis"
    Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
    "Incident in New Baghdad"
    James Spione
    "Saving Face"
    Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
    "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"
    Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

    "The Artist" Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
    "The Descendants" Kevin Tent
    "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
    "Hugo" Thelma Schoonmaker
    "Moneyball" Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

    "Bullhead" Belgium
    "Footnote" Israel
    "In Darkness" Poland
    "Monsieur Lazhar" Canada
    "A Separation" Iran

Makeup

    "Albert Nobbs"
    Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
    "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
    Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
    "The Iron Lady"
    Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

    "The Adventures of Tintin" John Williams
    "The Artist" Ludovic Bource
    "Hugo" Howard Shore
    "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Alberto Iglesias
    "War Horse" John Williams

Music (Original Song)

    "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
    "Real in Rio" from "Rio" Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)

    "Dimanche/Sunday" Patrick Doyon
    "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
    "La Luna" Enrico Casarosa
    "A Morning Stroll" Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
    "Wild Life" Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

    "Pentecost" Peter McDonald and Eimear O'Kane
    "Raju" Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
    "The Shore" Terry George and Oorlagh George
    "Time Freak" Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
    "Tuba Atlantic" Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

    "Drive" Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
    "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Ren Klyce
    "Hugo" Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
    "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
    "War Horse" Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

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

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"
    Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John Frazier