Producers Guild Nominations

Here are the nominees for the Producers Guild Association of America. Like the Academy Awards, they have opted for 10 nominees this year. Will this be the Oscar list? Usually the PGA differs slightly, but then again, with 10 this year, who knows. One thing to keep in mind-- the PGA likes big movies, profitable movies alongside more middlebrow dramas.


FEATURE FILM

• Avatar
• District 9
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Invictus
• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
• Star Trek
• Up
• Up in the Air

The sci-fi nerds must be in Klingon heaven here, as sci-fi\fantasy ruled an otherwise predictable slate...why is Invictus here? When the slobbering of Mr. Eastwood stop; the man has four Oscars already-- his legacy is sealed.





ANIMATED FEATURE

• 9
• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Princess & the Frog
• Up

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Burma VJ
• The Cove
• Sergio
• Soundtrack for a Revolution

STANLEY KRAMER AWARD

• Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
  

Respectable list-- lusting over the District 9 and Up mentions-- could it be? An amazing animated feature and the best sci-fi hybrid of the year on their way to the pantheon of the Oscars.... I wouldn't read too much into the Star Trek mention (the PGA has a long history of supporting big moneymakers, especially ones with any artistic cred.) These are producers. I think the official awards death of Nine has just occured as well.