A.J. Malouin’s 9th Annual Chocolate Oscar Guess Fest — Official Ballot
A.J. Malouin’s 9th Annual Chocolate Oscar Guess Fest — Official Ballot
Win a handsome trophy
and/or
one of two 9.5-inch
SOLID CHOCOLATE Oscars,
during…
A.J. Malouin’s
9th Annual Chocolate Oscar Guess Fest
Your Name: __________________ E-Mail: ______________
Phone Number: _____________________
Tie-Breaker…
The PRECISE time (EDT)— and to-the-second, please— at which the
“Best Picture” Oscar will be announced: _______________
[Time will be recorded off A.J. Malouin’s PowerBook G4, which will be set by his cell phone’s signal & checked against Greenwich Mean Time at noon on Sunday, February the 27th, 2011 Gregorian.]
DIRECTIONS:
1. Fill out your Best Guess in each category below.
2. Read all the Rules, and react accordingly.
Actor in a Leading Role
[ ] Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”
[ ] Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”
[ ] Jesse Eisenberg “The Social Network”
[ ] Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
[ ] James Franco in “127 Hours”
Actor in a Supporting Role
[ ] Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
[ ] John Hawkes in “Winter’s Bone”
[ ] Jeremy Renner in “The Town”
[ ] Mark Ruffalo “The Kids Are All Right”
[ ] Geoffrey Rush in “The King’s Speech”
Actress in a Leading Role
[ ] Annette Bening “The Kids … All Right”
[ ] Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”
[ ] Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter’s Bone”
[ ] Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
[ ] Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”
Actress in a Supporting Role
[ ] Amy Adams in “The Fighter”
[ ] Helena Bonham Carter “King’s Speech”
[ ] Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
[ ] Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”
[ ] Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”
Animated Feature Film
[ ] “How to Train Your Dragon”
[ ] “The Illusionist”
[ ] “Toy Story 3”
Art Direction
[ ] “Alice in Wonderland”
[ ] “Harry Potter ..Deathly Hallows Part 1”
[ ] “Inception”
[ ] “The King’s Speech”
[ ] “True Grit”
Cinematography
[ ] “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique
[ ] “Inception” Wally Pfister
[ ] “The King’s Speech” Danny Cohen
[ ] “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth
[ ] “True Grit” Roger Deakins
Costume Design
[ ] “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood
[ ] “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi
[ ] “The King’s Speech” Jenny Beavan
[ ] “The Tempest” Sandy Powell
[ ] “True Grit” Mary Zophres
Directing
[ ] “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky
[ ] “The Fighter” David O. Russell
[ ] “The King’s Speech” Tom Hooper
[ ] “The Social Network” David Fincher
[ ] “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Documentary (Feature)
[ ] “Exit through the Gift Shop”
[ ] “Gasland”
[ ] “Inside Job”
[ ] “Restrepo”
[ ] “Waste Land”
Documentary (Short Subject)
[ ] “Killing in the Name”
[ ] “Poster Girl
[ ] “Strangers No More”
[ ] “Sun Come Up”
[ ] “The Warriors of Qiugang”
Film Editing
[ ] “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum
[ ] “The Fighter” Pamela Martin
[ ] “The King’s Speech” Tariq Anwar
[ ] “127 Hours” Jon Harris
[ ] “The Social Network” Wall & Baxter
Foreign-Language Film
[ ] “Biutiful” Mexico
[ ] “Kynodontas” Greece
[ ] “Haeven” Denmark
[ ] “Incendies” Canada
[ ] “Hors-la-loi” Algeria
Makeup
[ ] “Barney’s Version”
[ ] “The Way Back”
[ ] “The Wolfman”
Music (Original Score)
[ ] “How to Train Your Dragon”
[ ] “Inception”
[ ] “The King’s Speech”
[ ] “127 Hours”
[ ] “The Social Network”
Music (Original Song)
[ ] “Coming Home”
[ ] “I See the Light”
[ ] “If I Rise”
[ ] “We Belong Together”
Short Film (Animated)
[ ] “Day & Night”
[ ] “The Gruffalo”
[ ] “Let’s Pollute”
[ ] “The Lost Thing”
[ ] “Madagascar, carnet de voyage”
Short Film (Live Action)
[ ] “The Confession”
[ ] “The Crush”
[ ] “God of Love”
[ ] “Na Wewe”
[ ] “Wish 143”
Sound Editing
[ ] “Inception”
[ ] “Toy Story 3”
[ ] “Tron: Legacy”
[ ] “True Grit”
[ ] “Unstoppable”
Sound Mixing
[ ] “Inception”
[ ] “The King’s Speech”
[ ] “Salt”
[ ] “The Social Network”
[ ] “True Grit”
Visual Effects
[ ] “Alice in Wonderland”
[ ] “Harry Potter…Deathly Hallows Part 1”
[ ] “Hereafter”
[ ] “Inception”
[ ] “Iron Man 2”
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
[ ] “127 Hours”
[ ] “The Social Network”
[ ] “Toy Story 3”
[ ] “True Grit”
[ ] “Winter’s Bone”
Writing (Original Screenplay)
[ ] “Another Year”
[ ] “The Fighter”
[ ] “Inception”
[ ] “The Kids Are All Right”
[ ] “The King’s Speech”
Best Picture
[ ] “Black Swan”
[ ] “The Fighter”
[ ] “Inception”
[ ] “The Kids Are All Right”
[ ] “The King’s Speech”
[ ] “127 Hours”
[ ] “The Social Network”
[ ] “Toy Story 3”
[ ] “True Grit”
[ ] “Winter’s Bone”
2011 Sponsors include Donna & Steve, Janice & Eric.
A.J. Malouin’s 9th Annual Chocolate Oscar Guess Fest:
The Rules
1. Every Michigan resident (only!) is invited to celebrate movie-making in Michigan by picking an Oscar winner in each of the 24 listed categories.
2. Print the Tie-Breaker info, your name, phone number, and e-mail address at the top of the ballot.
3. Send your ballot to <50films@malouin.us> or hand a hard copy to our people. (You can also enter by snail-mail postmarked by 26 February 201l. Get the snail-mail address through a request to e-mail address above.)
4. All entries must be in our hands or in our in-box by Sunday, February the 27th, before the national broadcast of the Awards Show begins. (Snail-mail must postmarked by February the 26th, 2011)
5. The “Best Motion Picture” category is worth two points. The other 23 categories are worth one point each. If you’d like to, you may make two choices for “Achievement in Directing.”
6. Winner will be whoever accumulates the most points in the 24 categories. In case of a tie, the winner will be determined by the Tie-Breaker. If no winner(s) is(are) achieved thusly, duplicate Prizes will be awarded.
7. Winner receives a 9.5-inch chocolate Oscar and a lovely trophy which is his or hers to keep until next year’s winner takes over.
Second Place gets a 9.5-inch chocolate Oscar.
8. The outgoing winner will be treated to a bottle of cheap (that is, Spanish “cava”) “champagne” during the following season’s telecast. If our outgoing winner is not of a legal drinking age, or is not of a champagne personality, the champagne will be replaced by two cold six packs of Mountain Dew.
9. Please remember: you can enter the “A.J. Malouin’s 9th Annual Chocolate Oscar Guess Fest” without having seen all — or any — of the nominees or nominations. It’s just a guess fest involving chocolate!!!
10. Entry fee is US$2. You can enter many times. Each entry must be accompanied by an entry fee.
11. You can become a Sponsor by contributing US$5 with your entry, although your benefits as a Sponsor are, at best, nebulous.
11. Good Luck Guessing !! Have Fun Watching!!
Rev. 19 February 2011