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2009 Academy Awards Nominations Contest Results

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Best Picture (6 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Avatar X X 85 69.7%
The Blind Side X X 19 15.6%
Coraline   X 4 3.3%
District 9 X X 34 27.9%
An Education X   49 40.2%
Fantastic Mr. Fox   X 8 6.6%
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince   X 8 6.6%
The Hurt Locker X X 68 55.7%
I Love You, Man   X 2 1.6%
Inglourious Basterds X X 78 63.9%
Precious X   66 54.1%
A Serious Man X   38 31.1%
Up X X 64 52.5%
Up In the Air X   69 56.6%

Best Director (3 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
James Cameron, Avatar X X 78 63.9%
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker X X 59 48.4%
Terry Gilliam, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus   X 8 6.6%
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds X X 72 59.0%
Nora Ephron, Julie & Julia   X 3 2.5%
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, Up In the Air X   69 56.6%
Colin Firth, A Single Man X   56 45.9%
Morgan Freeman, Invictus X X 59 48.4%
Tom Hanks, Angels & Demons   X 1 0.8%
Heath Ledger, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus   X 6 4.9%
Clive Owen, The International   X 2 1.6%
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker X   42 34.4%
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones   X 4 3.3%

Best Actress (1 correct guess)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria   X 22 18.0%
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side X X 59 48.4%
Helen Mirren, The Last Station X   34 27.9%
Carey Mulligan, An Education X   48 39.3%
Saoirse Ronan, The Lovely Bones   X 10 8.2%
Zoe Saldana, Avatar   X 6 4.9%
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious X   48 39.3%
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia X   61 50.0%
Tilda Swinton, Julia   X 4 3.3%

Best Animated Feature (3 correct guesses)

Candidate Winners Guesses # Who Guessed This
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 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%
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince   X 14 11.5%
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus   X 5 4.1%
Star Trek X   38 31.1%

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

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
9 X   16 13.1%
11   X 13 10.7%

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

Candidate Winner Guess # Who Guessed This
6   X 17 13.9%
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
6   X 14 11.5%
8 X   3 2.5%


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