The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV 2010)

The curtain rises and we are greeted by sparkly stars, all the nominees for best actor and actress are on the stage in pairs... See full synopsis »

Directors:

Hamish Hamilton, Pete Docter,

Writers:

Jon Macks, Steve Martin (special material written by),

Stars:

Robert Downey Jr., Carey Mulligan, Chris Pine

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Original Screenplay
Carey Mulligan	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Animated Short Film, Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Live Action Short Film
Chris Pine	...	Himself - Presenter: 'District 9' Film Clip
Zoe Saldana	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Animated Short Film, Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Live Action Short Film / Neytiri
Bradley Cooper	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Anna Kendrick	...	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing
Tom Hanks	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
Rachel McAdams	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Director & Best Original Screenplay & Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film
Jeremy Renner	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
Christoph Waltz	...	Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Gerard Butler	...	Himself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
Amanda Seyfried	...	Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song
Matt Damon	...	Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Documentary Feature
Ryan Reynolds	...	Himself - Presenter: 'The Blind Side' Film Clip

Storyline

The curtain rises and we are greeted by sparkly stars, all the nominees for best actor and actress are on the stage in pairs... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

doll | vampire | theatre | awards show | forest | 

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Taglines:

You've never seen Oscar like this

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

2010 Academy Awards

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

217 min 217 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

Did You Know?

Trivia

For the first time since 1944, there were 10 Best Picture nominees.

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Goofs

Samuel L. Jackson states that Up is the second film to be nominated for both Best Picture and Best Animated Film. This is incorrect since the only other animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast, but it was not nominated for Best Animated Film. The category didn't exist in 1991.

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Quotes

Alec Baldwin: Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to introduce actor, writer, musician, Grammy and Emmy winner, one of the most enduring entertainers of all time, Mr. Steve Martin!
Steve Martin: And this is Alec Baldwin.

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Connections

Follows The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960)

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Soundtracks

"Hooray for Hollywood"
(1937) (uncredited)
Music by Richard A. Whiting
Played during end credits

User Reviews

tuning up

Well, the world has changed. So did the people (specially the people). Not being American, i never shared the prime time family moment of watching the Oscars ceremony. I suppose that would have a symbolic impact in the lives of the Americans, at least until a couple decades ago.

Not today. I mean, people still value the prizes. The Oscar is still, like Fellini would put it, the highest prize in the mythology of cinema. People care about the prize, because it is invested of somewhat a mythical proportions. It's showbiz, and Hollywood has always known much about that, much about illusion. But today the Oscars-prizes, is a thing totally separated from the Oscars-ceremony. The first one still matters, despite its so celebrated unfairness, its so celebrated politics within, its so celebrated consideration that "the bigger the better" and that less risk in films equals higher entertainment and higher box office receipts. That's what ruled Citizen Kane or Taxi Driver out of the award. But hey, the thing is still hard-wired in the unconscious side of film goers. But not the ceremony. That one fades, increasingly. Television cannot be the only catalyzer of audiences, it just isn't possible, and the very idea of the gala, the party where famous people get together, with fancy dresses and fake smiles, and deliver and get awards, just isn't appealing anymore. Not as it used to be. So in a way, these Oscars TV shows do not work for us today for the same reason that, for instance, Elizabethan plays won't work in the same way: our minds are simply not immediately tuned to it, not anymore. We no longer immediately assume that a couple guys telling some jokes in front of lots of famous actors and directors is amusing. So, Unless the show is exceptionally well conceived, we just won't connect. That's why today we only care about The very best Elizabethan plays. The average and bad ones that were entertaining back than, simply aren't anymore. That's the thing with this ceremony.

This one was Not exceptionally well done, rather poor actually. So i didn't connect to it.

My opinion: 2/5

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