The Houston Film Critics Society on Saturday named The Social Network the best film of 2010; and also named the film’s David Fincher best director, the film’s Aaron Sorkin best screenwriter and Jesse Eisenberg best actor.
The 2010 nominees and winners:
Best picture: The Social Network
127 Hours, Black Swan, Inception, Kick Ass, The Kids are All Right, The King’s Speech, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter’s Bone
Best director: David Fincher, The Social Network
Nominees: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan; Danny Boyle, 127 Hours; Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit; Christopher Nolan, Inception
Best actor: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Nominees: Jeff Bridges, True Grit; Robert Duvall, Get Low; Colin Firth, The King’s Speech; James Franco, 127 Hours
Best actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Nominees: Annette Bening, The Kids are All Right; Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole; Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone; Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best supporting actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter;
Nominees: Andrew Garfield, The Social Network; Bill Murray, Get Low; Jeremy Renner, The Town; Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
Best supporting actress: Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Nominees: Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech; Melissa Leo, The Fighter; Julianne Moore, The Kids are All Right; Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
Best screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Nominees: Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids are All Right; Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter’s Bone; J. Lasseter, A. Stanton, L. Unkrich and M. Arndt, Toy Story 3; Christopher Nolan, Inception
Best animated film: Toy Story 3
Nominees: Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, Megamind, Tangled
Best cinematography: Wally Pfister, Inception
Nominees: Roger Deakins, True Grit; Matthew Libatique, Black Swan; Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak, 127 Hours; Eduardo Serra, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One
Best documentary: Restrepo
Nominees: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Marwencol, The Pat Tillman Story, Waiting for Superman
Best foreign language film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,
Nominees: Biutiful, Carlos, Mother, The Secret in their Eyes
Best original score: Hans Zimmer, Inception
Carter Burwell, True Grit; John Powell, How to Train your Dragon; A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours; Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Best original song: We are Sex Bob-Omb! from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, music & lyrics by Beck;
Nominees: If I Rise, from 127 Hours, music by A.R. Rahman, D. Armstrong & R. Armstrong; Shine, from Waiting for Superman, music & lyrics by John Legend; The Clap, from Get Him to the Greek, music & lyrics by Dan Bern & Mike Viola; You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me, from Burlesque, music & lyrics by D. Warren
Worst picture: Jonah Hex
Humanitarian of the year: George Clooney
Lifetime achievement prize: Sissy Spacek
Cinematic achievement award: Hector Luna, founder and editor of C-47 Houston magazine, and Charles Dove, director of the Rice U. Media Center