Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Are we not having an overall show thread to comment on things that happened during the show/general observations/etc?

Okri wrote:

Okri wrote:Yeah, we'll know to turn off the television or settle in for a crappy night should Tree of Life lose right off the bat.

.... dammit.

HUGO was my runner-up prediction, but this is still bad. If Lubezki had to lose, I guess Richardson is the least painful choice.

Okri wrote:Yeah, we'll know to turn off the television or settle in for a crappy night should Tree of Life lose right off the bat.

.... dammit.

I just saw Nick Nolte and good lord he's turned into James Coburn's doppelganger.

He's also gone stone deaf, the poor guy. Father Time is cruel.

I think they're trying to drag out people showing up to see if The Help wins an award...but there is more counter-programming this year than in years past, so it could be that...

Everything's a repeat except Amazing Race, which is new this week.

Sonic Youth wrote:Is Downton Abbey on tonight? That's the only reason I can think of for waiting until after 9pm EST to present the first acting award.

Nope...it finished last week, although most PBS stations are re-running last week's episode from 7-9 tonight.

Is Downton Abbey on tonight? That's the only reason I can think of for waiting until after 9pm EST to present the first acting award.

We'll also know just how strong the Artist flood will be. If it beats Tree of Life, then look for potential victories in Editing and Costume Design among others...we'll just hope that's not the case.

Yeah, we'll know to turn off the television or settle in for a crappy night should Tree of Life lose right off the bat.

I got it from Brad Brevet's Ropes of Silcon. He got from an Israeli Oscar site called Cinemascope. I suspect they got it from one of the attendees representing the nominated Israeli film.

What's the source? I'm always reticent to accept anything purportedly suggested as the final schedule unless it comes from an Academy press release.

OscarGuy wrote:Do we know how accurate this schedule is?

It's the official schedule. The only thing we don't know at this point is which presenters will present which awards.

How odd as they are going pretty much in sequence. Usually the awards are given out in a very haphazard sequence.

Do we know how accurate this schedule is?

Hmmm. We'll know early on how the night goes. If the first 3 awards goes to The Artist, we know we're in for a sweeper.