The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin host the Oscars.

Directors:

Hamish Hamilton, Anne Fletcher

Writers:

Jon Macks, Steve Martin (special material written by)

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 13 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kristen Stewart	...	Self - Presenter
Keanu Reeves	...	Self - Presenter
Tom Hanks	...	Self - Presenter
Miley Cyrus	...	Self - Presenter
Ryan Reynolds	...	Self - Presenter
Anna Kendrick	...	Self - Nominee & Presenter
Rachel McAdams	...	Self - Presenter
Macaulay Culkin	...	Self - John Hughes Tribute
Quentin Tarantino	...	Self - Nominee & Presenter
Charlize Theron	...	Self - Presenter
Gerard Butler	...	Self - Presenter
Dakota Fanning	...	Coraline (voice)
David Fincher	...	Self (segment "Where People and Ideas Begin")
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Self - Presenter
Zoe Saldana	...	Self - Presenter / Neytiri

Storyline

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin host the Oscars.

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Plot Keywords:

title co directed by female | lifting a woman into the air | man wears a wig | academy awards ceremony | sitting | 

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Taglines:

You've never seen Oscar like this

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Genres:

News

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

This ceremony had the unique distinction of having a real person and a character of the same name as nominees. Ryan Bingham was nominated for (and won) Best Original Song for "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart (2009). George Clooney was nominated for Best Actor for playing a character named Ryan Bingham in Up in the Air (2009).

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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

Steve Martin: Meryl Streep holds the record for most nominations as an actress. Or as I like to think of it, most losses.

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Connections

Features Dracula (1931)

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Soundtracks

True
(uncredited)
Written by Gary Kemp
Performed by Spandau Ballet

User Reviews

The time has come

"The 82nd Annual Academy Awards" will mainly be remembered as important because a woman won Best Director for the first time, and a movie about the Iraq War won Best Picture. I should admit that I haven't seen most of the nominated movies. I'll now have to see "The Hurt Locker", "The Blind Side" and "Crazy Heart" (I think that I'll pass on "Avatar"). Mo'Nique definitely deserved her Oscar. Christoph Waltz, who made one nasty Nazi, must be the first person who won an Oscar for playing a guy who eventually gets a swastika carved into his forehead.

I really liked it when Ben Stiller appeared made up to look like a Na'vi. Silly, yes, but anything that elicits humor is fine by me.

But the most important thing is that a woman has finally won a directing Oscar. To be certain, by awarding it to Kathryn Bigelow, the Academy really stuck it to James Cameron.

All in all, I liked what I saw.

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:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

217 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1