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2009 Academy Awards Nominations Contest Results

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Best Picture (4 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Avatar X X 85 69.7%
The Blind Side X   19 15.6%
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs   X 2 1.6%
District 9 X X 34 27.9%
Duplicity   X 2 1.6%
An Education X   49 40.2%
The Hurt Locker X   68 55.7%
Inglourious Basterds X X 78 63.9%
Invictus   X 68 55.7%
Julie & Julia   X 11 9.0%
The Men Who Stare At Goats   X 6 4.9%
Precious X   66 54.1%
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee   X 1 0.8%
A Serious Man X   38 31.1%
Up X X 64 52.5%
Up In the Air X   69 56.6%

Best Director (2 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
James Cameron, Avatar X X 78 63.9%
Henry Selick, Coraline   X 3 2.5%
Neill Blomkamp, District 9   X 14 11.5%
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker X   59 48.4%
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds X X 72 59.0%
Clint Eastwood, Invictus   X 34 27.9%
Lee Daniels, Precious X   40 32.8%
Jason Reitman, Up In the Air X   58 47.5%

Best Actor (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart X   56 45.9%
George Clooney, The Men Who Stare At Goats   X 6 4.9%
George Clooney, Up In the Air X   69 56.6%
Sharlto Copley, District 9   X 5 4.1%
Matt Damon, Invictus   X 8 6.6%
Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine   X 15 12.3%
Colin Firth, A Single Man X   56 45.9%
Morgan Freeman, Invictus X X 59 48.4%
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker X   42 34.4%

Best Actress (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Amy Adams, Julie & Julia   X 8 6.6%
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side X   59 48.4%
Zooey Deschanel, (500) Days of Summer   X 7 5.7%
Cameron Diaz, My Sister's Keeper   X 4 3.3%
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds   X 10 8.2%
Helen Mirren, The Last Station X   34 27.9%
Carey Mulligan, An Education X   48 39.3%
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious X   48 39.3%
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia X   61 50.0%
Audrey Tautou, Coco Before Chanel   X 6 4.9%

Best Animated Feature (2 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
9   X 17 13.9%
A Christmas Carol   X 14 11.5%
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs   X 41 33.6%
Coraline X X 75 61.5%
Fantastic Mr. Fox X   70 57.4%
The Princess and the Frog X   66 54.1%
The Secret of Kells X   1 0.8%
Up X X 86 70.5%

Best Visual Effects (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Avatar X X 82 67.2%
District 9 X   38 31.1%
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra   X 2 1.6%
Star Trek X   38 31.1%
Terminator Salvation   X 5 4.1%

How many nominations will the film with the most nominations get? (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
9 X X 16 13.1%

How many nominations will the film with the second-most nominations get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
7   X 20 16.4%
9 X   5 4.1%

How many nominations will the film with the third-most nominations get? (0 correct guesses)

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
4   X 17 13.9%
8 X   3 2.5%


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