I guess I could look at the win last night from the American Cinema Editors (ACE) for The Descendants for Best Editing in a dramatic feature as a sign we may still have an upset at the Oscars, but I think that would be overstepping my bounds. I will, however, say I think it shows The Descendants is a stronger #2 candidate for Best Picture than Hugo is as The Artist remains the clear front-runner in the Best Picture category as it also won last night for Best Editing in a comedy or musical.
In the lackluster animation category Rango took the win over Puss in Boots and The Adventures of Tintin where, I guess, we could have seen Tintin win, but I’m having a hard time mustering up any kind of passion one way or another to really care.
The ACE winners are listed below along with the other nominees.
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
- The Descendants (Kevin Tent, A.C.E.)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Angus Wall, A.C.E. and Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.)
- Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.)
- Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E.)
- War Horse (Michael Kahn, A.C.E.)
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
- The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius )
- Bridesmaids (William Kerr and Michael L. Sale)
- Midnight in Paris (Alisa Lepselter)
- My Week with Marilyn (Adam Recht)
- Young Adult (Dana E. Glauberman, A.C.E.)
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
- The Adventures of Tintin (Michael Kahn, A.C.E.)
- Puss in Boots (Eric Dapkewicz)
- Rango (Craig Wood, A.C.E.)
The Descendants was a double winner last night actually as the script written by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash based on Kaui Hart Hemmings‘ novel won the USC Libraries Scripter Award over the likes of A Dangerous Method, Moneyball, Jane Eyre and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Right now I have The Descendants losing to Moneyball in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, but depending on how the Writers Guild (WGA) votes later today I may have to re-evaluate that pick.
And finally, the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) also handed out their awards for Best Sound Mixing from 2011 and Hugo unsurprisingly took the win over Hanna, Moneyball, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Super 8. I have Hugo winning the Oscar for both Sound Mixing and Editing at the moment and we’ll learn a little more about the Editing category later today as well when the Motion Picture Sound Editors hand out their awards.
I have listed the nominees for the CAS award below as well as highlighted Hugo as the winner. You can also check out my “Oscar Overture” section where winners from all the guilds and societies are listed to help give you a better idea on how to predict the winners at next Sunday’s Oscars.
You can also check out my current Oscar predictions right here and stay tuned, later this week I’ll have my final list of predictions as well as open polls for you to vote on the winners as well.
- Hanna
Production Mixer: Roland Winke
Re-recording Mixers: Christopher Scarabosio
Craig Berkey, CAS
Scoring Mixer: Andrew Dudman - Hugo
Production Mixer: John Midgley
Re-recording Mixer: Tom Fleischman, CAS
Scoring Mixer: Simon Rhodes - Moneyball
Production Mixer: Ed Novick
Re-recording Mixers: Deb Adair, CAS
Ron Bochar, CAS
David Giammarco
Scoring Mixer: Brad Haenel - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Production Mixer: Lee Orloff, CAS
Re-recording Mixers: Paul Massey, CAS
Chris Boyes
Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson - Super 8
Production Mixer: Mark Ulano, CAS
Re-recording Mixers: Andy Nelson
Anna Behlmer
Scoring Mixer: Dan Wallin
