Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air Leads 2010 Golden Globe Nominees

UP IN THE AIR

Awards season is now in full swing as the 2010 Golden Globe Nominees were unveiled this morning in Beverly Hills, California. Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air appears to be an early favourite as it picked up a total of 6 nods including Best Feature (Drama), Best Director, Best Actor (Drama) and two spots for Best Supporting Actress. Not too shabby, especially considering that they decided to throw it in the Drama category!

Other notable nominees include Avatar claiming a spot under Best Feature, Matt Damon getting nominated for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor (The Informant! and Invictus), and Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell getting some recognition for District 9 under Best Screenplay. The biggest snub in my opinion? Not a single mention of John Hillcoat’s The Road. Check out the full list of movie-related nominees after the jump; to see the rest visit the HFPA website. The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will take place on January 17th, 2010.

BEST FEATURE – DRAMA
“Avatar”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“Up in the Air”

BEST FEATURE – COMEDY
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hangover”
“It’s Complicated”
“Julie & Julia”
“Nine”

ACTOR – DRAMA
Jeff Bridges – “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney – “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth – “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman – “Invictus”
Tobey Maguire – “Brothers”

ACTRESS – DRAMA
Emily Blunt – “The Young Victoria”
Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren – “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan – “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious”

ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Matt Damon – “The Informant”
Daniel Day-Lewis – “Nine”
Robert Downey Jr. – “Sherlock Holmes”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “500 Days of Summer”
Michael Stuhlbarg – “A Serious Man”

ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sandra Bullock – “The Proposal”
Marion Cotillard – “Nine”
Julia Roberts,”Duplicity”
Meryl Streep – “It’s Complicated”
Meryl Streep – “Julie & Julia”

DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Kathryn Bigelow – “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron – “Avatar”
Clint Eastwood – “Invictus”
Jason Reitman – “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon – “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson – “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer – “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci – “The Lovely Bones”
Christopher Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz – “Nine”
Vera Farmiga – “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique – “Precious”
Julianne Moore – “A Single Man”

SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell – “District 9″
Mark Boal – “The Hurt Locker”
Nancy Meyers – “It’s Complicated”
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – “Up In The Air”
Quentin Tarantino – “Inglourious Basterds”

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Baaria” (Italy) – Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment
“Broken Embraces” (Spain) – El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics
“The Maid” (Chile) – Forastero; Elephant Eye Films
“A Prophet” (France) – Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics
“The White Ribbon” (Germany) – Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
“Coraline”
“Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“The Princess and the Frog”
“Up”

BEST SCORE
Michael Giacchino – “Up”
Marvin Hamlisch – “The Informant!”
James Horner – “Avatar”
Abel Korzeniowski – “A Single Man”
Karen O, Carter Burwell – “Where The Wild Things Are”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine” – Music & Lyrics by: Maury Yeston
“I Want to Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine” – Music & Lyrics by: Paul McCartney
“I Will See You” from “Avatar” – Music by: James Horner, Simon Franglen; Lyrics by: James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell
“The Weary Kind” from “Crazy Heart” – Music & Lyrics by: Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett
“Winter” from “Brothers” – Music by: U2; Lyrics by: Bono



  • KeithTalent

    Bah, Waltz should be up for best actor, not supporting!
    Hope that gets changed for the Oscars, he was crazy awesome.

  • Mason

    Basterds was such an ensemble you could call everyone in it supporting. I wish Melanie Laurent was nominated for that film too.

  • KeithTalent

    I suppose so, but he is the first one I think of when I think of this film and in terms of screen I think he may have the had the most of anyone by a good amount.

    Point taken though.

  • xego

    how did “Avatar” get in for best feature when it isn’t even in theaters yet? ya ok so maybe it finished before the year end but seriously. Glad to see the “Hurt Locker” getting some love, haven’t seen it yet but I have a special love for Kathryn Bigelow (and not because she is Deuce’s sister) even though I haven’t seen it yet I have heard nothing but good about it. I.B was the best film I saw in 2009.

  • Mike

    I don’t think the Road deserves any recognition. In my opinion, it’s a very poorly directed film, without any outstanding acting from any party (especially Viggo Mortenson, who brought little heart to the role). Cormac McCarthy is a tremendously difficult author to adapt, and I don’t think John Hillcoat successfully expanded upon anything from the novel. Best director should go to either Reitman or Bigelow.

  • Goon

    “how did “Avatar” get in for best feature when it isn’t even in theaters yet? ”

    Screeners

  • xego

    @6
    Well yes Goon but it doesn’t seem right. Seems like the doings of some “hard pipe hittin” P.R firm thugs…Meant to say that I am really looking forward to seeing “Up in the air” I think I might be a Clooney fanboy now? I haven’t seen the Goat movie but aside from that I can’t think of much he’s done that I haven’t really liked.

  • KeithTalent

    I thought The Road was great. Did a very good job of building a dark, isolated atmosphere, with an overwhelming sense of dread. Even if you did not like the film, how could you possibly think Viggo was not good in that role? I thought he was fantastic; he conveyed a lot of emotion when necessary and was stoic when he needed to be, and even brutal at times. Could be the best thing about the film really, without Viggo I’m not sure I would have liked it as much as I did.