What ‘The Social Network’ Won (Thus Far) #Oscars

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We’re more than halfway through the Oscars and Aaron Sorkin’s epic Facebook creation myth The Social Network has already picked up Best Film Editing, Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay. The Social Network, which picked up four awards including Best Picture at the Golden Globes, is definitely the Twitter and tech crowd favorite tonight at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, and indeed it looks like we have something to to root for despite David Fincher losing to The King’s Speech’s Tom Hooper for Best Director.

Best Editing is usually an indicator of what film will win Best Picture (only nine films have taken the coveted Best Picture award without winning Best Editing) and the only film that has won more 2011 awards as of this post is Inception, at four to The Social Network’s three.
Here’s the four categories that The Social Network still has outstanding (via Slashfilm), and who it’s up against.
SOUND MIXING
Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
True Girt (Paramount) Roger Deakins
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
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

Source: techcrunch.com