To coincide with Oscar season, the art house circuit of South African cinema chain Ster-Kinekor will screen a host of Oscar-nominated films, including Hugo, The Descendants, The Artist, The Iron Lady, My Week With Marilyn, and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau also recently launched its exciting Oscar Buzz Watch Review and Win competition. Audiences can watch any Oscar nominated title at Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau, share their reviews via twitter (@NouveauBuzz) or SMS (33700) and stand the chance to be one of the weekly winners of an official movie poster with their review immortalised or movie tickets. The grand prize is a trip for two to Cannes, France, in May 2012.
There is also a dedicated Oscar Buzz website (www.nouveaubuzz.co.za) which is loaded with everything from trailers and tweets to fun polls and predictions.
Here are some of the nominees that can be seen at Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau:
Best Picture.
“The Artist” (Thomas Langmann, Producer)
“The Descendants” (Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers)
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Scott Rudin, Producer)
“The Help” (Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers)
“Hugo” (Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers)
“Midnight in Paris” (Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers)
“Moneyball” (Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers)
“The Tree of Life” (Nominees to be determined)
“War Horse” (Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers)
Actor in a Leading Role
Demian Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Berenice Bejo in “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Directing
“The Artist” (Michel Hazanavicius)
“The Descendants” (Alexander Payne)
“Hugo” (Martin Scorsese)
“Midnight in Paris” (Woody Allen)
“The Tree of Life” (Terrence Malick)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“The Descendants” (Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash)
“Hugo” (Screenplay by John Logan)
“The Ides of March” (Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon)
“Moneyball” (Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin)
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” (Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Artist” (Written by Michel Hazanavicius)
“Bridesmaids” (Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig)
“Margin Call” (Written by J.C. Chandor)
“Midnight in Paris” (Written by Woody Allen)
“A Separation” (Written by Asghar Farhadi)
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