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Oscars: Visual F/X and Makeup Contenders Narrowed Down

7 January 2009 8:03 AM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

The Oscars aren't until Feb. 22, and the nominations won't be announced until Jan. 22, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is steadfastly whittling away the contenders. Shortlists were announced Tuesday for the Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects categories, helping us narrow down which films will eventually be nominated.

For visual effects, the three nominees will be drawn from these seven choices: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Australia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Notably absent, at least in my estimation, are Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Raiders and Temple of Doom both won this category), Cloverfield, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Because seriously: Australia?

Next Thursday, members of the Academy's visual effects branch will gather at L.A.'s Goldwyn Theater

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Eric D. Snider

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Name the Noms: Oscar Make-up and Visual Effects Finalists

6 January 2009 10:38 PM, PST | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

So that's how that works...

Photo: Paramount Pictures via "New York Times" Yesterday In Contention got revealed the seven finalists for the Oscar Best Makeup category and today the Academy sent over the seven finalists in the running in the Visual Effects category at the 2009 Oscars. You will remember back on December 12 we published the list of 15 Visual Effects contenders and the three I took a guess at receiving the nominations (Benjamin Button, Hellboy II and The Mummy) are still in the running. Here are the seven remaining as three will be announced on January 22. Australia The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man Journey to the Center of the Earth The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor As for the makeup contenders I am not so sure Button will be able to carryover as a lot of that I believe was

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Brad Brevet

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Seven Remain as Visual Effects Finalists of the 81st Academy Awards

6 January 2009 8:39 PM, PST | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

There are 7 movies left in the running for the 81st Academy Awards' visual effects category. On Tuesday, January 6, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that "Australia", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Dark Knight" are still competing for the Oscar consideration.

Joining those three on the shortlist are "Hellboy II: The Golden Army", "Iron Man", "Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor". All these seven movies will be cut down into only three by members of the Academy's Visual Effects Branch after the 15-minute screenings of each movie held on Thursday, January 15.

The 81st Academy Awards will announce its selections of nominees at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 5:38 A.M. Pst, while the gala ceremony honoring the best in film for 2008 will be held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California exactly a month later,

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Oscar Visual Effects Candidates Narrowed to Seven

6 January 2009 4:41 PM, PST | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

The first Oscar short list for the highly competitive visual effects award has been whittled from fifteen films to seven, and the three most likely winners, at least in my opinion, are still in the running.

This award is quickly becoming one of the biggest Oscars handed out every year. It's not in the Big Five - picture, actor, actress, director, screenply - but it has probably become the most coveted technical award every year. That prominence should only grow as visual effects become a more integral part of what we wouldn't traditionally think of as "effects" movies.

For example, I think Benjamin Button is the runaway choice this year. Last year, David Fincher's Zodiac was loaded with them, but you'd never notice. And because he's using effects to create more commonplace things, the challenge is much greater than making an army of skeletons.

Here are the seven potential nominees,

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Colin Boyd

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7 Films for the Visual Effects Oscar

6 January 2009 2:25 PM, PST | From /Film | See recent /Film news

The visual effects branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures has narrowed down the films of 2008 to just seven selections. These seven films will compete in a “bake off” on January 15th to narrow the list to just three selections — the nominees for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Here is the lost of the final seven:

Australia The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man Journey to the Center of the Earth The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Discuss: Which film would you award the Best Achievement in Visual Effects? Related Stories

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Peter Sciretta

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Batman, Iron Man, Kidman Clash Over F/X Oscar

6 January 2009 12:26 PM, PST | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Indy, we hardly knew ya. Comic book-based blockbusters The Dark Knight, Iron Man and Hellboy II: The Golden Army lead the list of seven semifinalists in the running for this year's Best Visual Effects Oscar, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Also making the cut: Australia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and two Brendan Fraser-powered flicks, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor and Journey to the Center of the Earth (which is gunning to be the first 3-D movie to be  nominated in this category). Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Cloverfield and two other superhero opuses—Hancock and The Incredible Hulk—were...

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