The 83rd Oscar Awards may perhaps be swept away completely by Sony Pictures. Yes, the production house has received 17 nominations this time.
The Social Network has been nominated under eight categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Editing, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. Incidentally, this film has been produced by Columbia Pictures. The other nominations that have been lapped up Sony Pictures include: The Best Supporting Actress for Animal Kingdom, Best Animated Feature Film (The Illusionist), Best Documentary (Inside Job).
Here is the entire list of nominations:
BEST PICTURE - THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Columbia Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR - JESSE EISENBERG (THE SOCIAL NETWORK)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - JACKI WEAVER - ANIMAL KINGDOM (Sony Pictures Classics)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - THE ILLUSIONIST (Sony Pictures Classics)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY - JEFF CRONENWETH - THE SOCIAL NETWORK
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING - DAVID FINCHER - THE SOCIAL NETWORK
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - INSIDE JOB (Sony Pictures Classics)
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING - ANGUS WALL AND KIRK BAXTER - THE SOCIAL NETWORK
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - IN A BETTER WORLD - Denmark (Sony Pictures Classics); INCENDIES - Canada (Sony Pictures Classics)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKE UP - BARNEY'S VERSION (Sony Pictures Classics)
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (SCORE) - TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS - THE SOCIAL NETWORK
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (SONG) - COUNTRY STRONG - COMING HOME (Screen Gems)
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING - REN KLYCE, DAVID PARKER, MICHAEL SEMANICK AND MARK WEINGARTEN - THE SOCIAL NETWORK; JEFFREY J. JABOUSH, GREG P. RUSSELL, SCOTT MILLAN AND WILLIAM SAROKIN "SALT" (Columbia Pictures)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - AARON SORKIN - THE SOCIAL NETWORK
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - MIKE LEIGH - ANOTHER YEAR (Sony Pictures Classics)
