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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 84
| award = Academy Awards
| image = 84th Academy Awards Poster.png
| caption =
| date = {{Start date|2012|02|26}}
| site = [[Hollywood and Highland Center (theatre)|Hollywood and Highland Center]]<br>[[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California]]
| host = [[Billy Crystal]]
| preshow = {{Plainlist|
* [[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]]
* [[Tim Gunn]]
* [[Louise Roe]]
* Jess Cagle
* [[Nina Garcia]]<ref>{{citenews|url=http://oscar.go.com/blogs/oscar-news/oscars-pre-show-team|title=Oscars® Pre-Show Team Comes Together!|date=February 13, 2012|19 February 2012|website=oscar.com|author=Oscar Insider|publisher=AMPAS}}</ref>
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brian Grazer]]<ref name="Producers">{{cite web|work=Inside Movies |title=Brian Grazer replacing Brett Ratner as new Oscar producer
|work=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/11/09/oscar-producer-announcement/|date=November 9, 2011|accessdate=November 9, 2011|author=Adam B. Vary}}</ref>
* [[Don Mischer]]
}}
| director = [[Don Mischer]]<ref name="Producers"/>
| best_picture = ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''
| most_wins = ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'' and ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' (5)
| most_nominations = ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' (11)
| network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| duration = 3 hours, 14 minutes
| ratings = 39.30 million<br>25.50% (Nielsen ratings)
| last = 83rd
| next = 85th
}}

The '''84th Academy Awards''' ceremony, hosted by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] (AMPAS), honored the best [[2011 in film|films of 2011]]. The ceremony took place on February 26, 2012, at the [[Hollywood and Highland Center (theatre)|Hollywood and Highland Center]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood, California]], and was televised live in the [[United States]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].

The event was hosted by [[Billy Crystal]], marking his ninth time as host, and produced by [[Brian Grazer]]. [[Eddie Murphy]] was originally scheduled to be the host, and [[Brett Ratner]] was to be producer. However, Murphy stepped down after Ratner resigned, following Ratner's use of a gay slur when discussing rehearsals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110906.html |title=Eddie Murphy to Host 84th Academy Awards® &#124; Press Release &#124; The Academy |publisher=Oscars.org |date=September 6, 2011 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20111108a.html |title=Academy Statement Regarding Brett Ratner |publisher=oscars.org |date= |accessdate=November 8, 2011}}</ref>

[[Academy Award]]s of Merit were presented in 24 standard competitive categories at the February 26, 2012, ceremony. Nominations for these awards were announced by AMPAS on January 24, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://themuddoctor.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-academy-award-nominations.html |title= 2012 Academy Award Nominations! |publisher=The Mud Doctor |date=January 24, 2012 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> In addition, three [[Academy Honorary Award|Honorary Academy Awards]] were presented at the 3rd Annual [[Governors Awards]] ceremony held on on November 12, 2011.

''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'' and ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' each won five awards, with the former winning Best Picture and its star [[Jean Dujardin]] winning Best Actor.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2106903/Oscars-2012-Angelina-Jolie-wows-thigh-high-split-Gwyneth-Paltrow-Cameron-Diaz-sparkle.html|title=Oscars go back to black and white|date=27 February 2012|work=Daily Mail|accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref> ''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]'' won two awards, including Best Actress for [[Meryl Streep]].<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/9107796/Oscars-2012-The-Artist-triumphs-with-five-Academy-Awards.html
|title=The Artist triumphs with five Academy Awards|date=27 February 2012|work=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>
''The Artist'' became the first silent motion picture in 83 years (after ''[[Wings (film)|Wings]]'', which won Best Picture at the [[1st Academy Awards]]) and the first French film to win Best Picture.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17174678
|title=The Artist triumphs at the Oscars|date=27 February 2012|work=BBC News|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/oscars/la-et-oscars-main-20120227,0,814047.story|title='The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards|date=27 February 2012|work=LA Times|accessdate=27 February 2012}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
[[File:Michel Hazanavicius.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Michel Hazanavicius, Best Director winner]]
[[File:Jean Dujardin Cannes 2011.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Jean Dujardin, Best Actor winner]]
[[File:Streep san sebastian 2008 2.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Meryl Streep, Best Actress winner]]
[[File:ChristopherPlummer09TIFF.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Christopher Plummer, Best Supporting Actor winner]]
[[File:Octavia Spencer.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Octavia Spencer, Best Supporting Actress winner]]
[[File:Asghar Farhadi, Viennale 2009.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Asghar Farhadi, Best Foreign Language Film winner]]
[[File:Bret McKenzie @ Gramercy, 2007.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Bret McKenzie, Best Original Song winner]]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in '''bold'''.

{| class=wikitable
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''&nbsp;– [[Thomas Langmann]]'''
* ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]''&nbsp;– [[Jim Burke (film producer)|Jim Burke]], [[Jim Taylor (writer)|Jim Taylor]], and [[Alexander Payne]]
* ''[[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]''&nbsp;– [[Scott Rudin]]
* ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]''&nbsp;– [[Brunson Green]], [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]], and [[Michael Barnathan]]
* ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Graham King]] and [[Martin Scorsese]]
* ''[[Midnight in Paris]]''&nbsp;– [[Letty Aronson]] and [[Stephen Tenenbaum]]'''
* ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''&nbsp;– [[Michael De Luca]], [[Rachael Horovitz]], and [[Brad Pitt]]
* ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]''&nbsp;– [[Dede Gardner]], [[Sarah Green (film producer)|Sarah Green]], [[Grant Hill (producer)|Grant Hill]], and [[Bill Pohlad]]
* ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''&nbsp;– [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Kathleen Kennedy (film producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]]
| valign="top" |
'''[[Michel Hazanavicius]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'''''
* [[Woody Allen]]&nbsp;– ''[[Midnight in Paris]]''
* [[Terrence Malick]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]''
* [[Alexander Payne]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]''
* [[Martin Scorsese]]&nbsp;– ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''[[Jean Dujardin]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''''' as George Valentin
* [[Demián Bichir]]&nbsp;– ''[[A Better Life]]'' as Carlos Galindo
* [[George Clooney]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]'' as Matt King
* [[Gary Oldman]]&nbsp;– ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'' as [[George Smiley]]
* [[Brad Pitt]]&nbsp;– ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' as [[Billy Beane]]
| valign="top" |
'''[[Meryl Streep]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]'' as [[Margaret Thatcher]]'''
* [[Glenn Close]]&nbsp;– ''[[Albert Nobbs]]'' as Albert Nobbs
* [[Viola Davis]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' as Aibileen Clark
* [[Rooney Mara]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]'' as [[Lisbeth Salander]]
* [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]]&nbsp;– ''[[My Week with Marilyn]]'' as [[Marilyn Monroe]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''[[Christopher Plummer]]&nbsp;– ''[[Beginners]]''''' as Hal Fields
* [[Kenneth Branagh]]&nbsp;– ''[[My Week with Marilyn]]'' as [[Laurence Olivier]]
* [[Jonah Hill]]&nbsp;– ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' as Peter Brand
* [[Nick Nolte]]&nbsp;– ''[[Warrior (2011 film)|Warrior]]'' as Paddy Conlon
* [[Max von Sydow]]&nbsp;– ''[[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]'' as The Renter
| valign="top" |
'''[[Octavia Spencer]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]''''' as Minny Jackson
* [[Bérénice Bejo]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'' as Peppy Miller
* [[Jessica Chastain]]&nbsp;– ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' as Celia Foote
* [[Melissa McCarthy]]&nbsp;– ''[[Bridesmaids (2011 film)|Bridesmaids]]'' as Megan Price
* [[Janet McTeer]]&nbsp;– ''[[Albert Nobbs]]'' as Hubert Page
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)|Best Writing – Original Screenplay]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)|Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Midnight in Paris]]''&nbsp;– [[Woody Allen]]'''
* ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''&nbsp;– [[Michel Hazanavicius]]
* ''[[Bridesmaids (2011 film)|Bridesmaids]]''&nbsp;– [[Kristen Wiig]] and [[Annie Mumolo]]
* ''[[Margin Call]]''&nbsp;– [[J.C. Chandor]]
* ''[[A Separation]]''&nbsp;– [[Asghar Farhadi]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]''&nbsp;– [[Alexander Payne]], [[Nat Faxon]], and [[Jim Rash]] from ''[[The Descendants (novel)|The Descendants]]'' by [[Kaui Hart Hemmings]]'''
* ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] from ''[[The Invention of Hugo Cabret]]'' by [[Brian Selznick]]
* ''[[The Ides of March (film)|The Ides of March]]''&nbsp;– [[George Clooney]], [[Grant Heslov]], and [[Beau Willimon]] from ''[[Farragut North (play)|Farragut North]]'' by [[Beau Willimon]]
* ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''&nbsp;– Screenplay by [[Steven Zaillian]] and [[Aaron Sorkin]]; Story by [[Stan Chervin]] from ''[[Moneyball]]'' by [[Michael Lewis]]
* ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''&nbsp;– [[Bridget O'Connor]] and [[Peter Straughan]] from ''[[Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' by [[John le Carré]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]''&nbsp;– [[Gore Verbinski]]'''
* ''[[A Cat in Paris]]''&nbsp;– [[Alain Gagnol]] and [[Jean-Loup Felicioli]]
* ''[[Chico and Rita]]''&nbsp;– [[Fernando Trueba]] and [[Javier Mariscal]]
* ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]''&nbsp;– [[Jennifer Yuh Nelson]]
* ''[[Puss in Boots (2011 film)|Puss in Boots]]''&nbsp;– [[Chris Miller (animator)|Chris Miller]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[A Separation]]'' ([[List of Iranian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Iran]]) in [[Persian language|Persian]]&nbsp;– [[Asghar Farhadi]]'''
* ''[[Bullhead (film)|Bullhead]]'' ([[List of Belgium submissions for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Belgium]]) in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and French&nbsp;– [[Michaël R. Roskam]]
* ''[[Footnote (film)|Footnote]]'' ([[List of Israeli submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Israel]]) in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]&nbsp;– [[Joseph Cedar]]
* ''[[In Darkness (2011 film)|In Darkness]]'' ([[List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Poland]]) in Polish&nbsp;– [[Agnieszka Holland]]
* ''[[Monsieur Lazhar]]'' ([[List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Canada]]) in French&nbsp;– [[Philippe Falardeau]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary – Feature]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)|Best Documentary – Short Subject]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Undefeated (2011 film)|Undefeated]]''&nbsp;– [[TJ Martin]], [[Dan Lindsay]], and [[Richard Middlemas]]'''
* ''[[Hell and Back Again]]''&nbsp;– [[Danfung Dennis]] and [[Mike Lerner (filmmaker)|Mike Lerner]]
* ''[[If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front]]''&nbsp;– [[Marshall Curry]] and [[Sam Cullman]]
* ''[[Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory]]''&nbsp;– [[Joe Berlinger]] and [[Bruce Sinofsky]]
* ''[[Pina (film)|Pina]]''&nbsp;– [[Wim Wenders]] and [[Gian-Piero Ringel]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Saving Face (documentary)|Saving Face]]''&nbsp;– [[Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy]] and [[Daniel Junge]]'''
* ''[[The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement]]''&nbsp;– [[Robin Fryday]] and [[Gail Dolgin]]
* ''[[God Is the Bigger Elvis]]''&nbsp;– [[Rebecca Cammisa]] and [[Julie Anderson]]
* ''[[Incident in New Baghdad]]''&nbsp;– [[James Spione]]
* ''[[The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom]]''&nbsp;– [[Lucy Walker (director)|Lucy Walker]] and [[Kira Carstensen]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film|Best Live Action Short Film]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Animated Short Film]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Shore (film)|The Shore]]''&nbsp;– [[Terry George]] and [[Oorlagh George]]'''
* ''[[Pentecost (film)|Pentecost]]''&nbsp;– [[Peter McDonald (actor)|Peter McDonald]] and [[Eimear O'Kane]]
* ''[[Raju (film)|Raju]]''&nbsp;– [[Max Zähle]] and [[Stefan Gieren]]
* ''[[Time Freak]]''&nbsp;– [[Andrew Bowler]] and [[Gigi Causey]]
* ''[[Tuba Atlantic]]''&nbsp;– [[Hallvar Witzø]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore]]''&nbsp;– [[William Joyce (writer)|William Joyce]] and [[Brandon Oldenburg]]'''
* ''[[Dimanche (film)|Dimanche]]''&nbsp;– [[Patrick Doyon]]
* ''[[La Luna (2011 film)|La Luna]]''&nbsp;– [[Enrico Casarosa]]
* ''[[A Morning Stroll]]''&nbsp;– [[Grant Orchard]] and [[Sue Goffe]]
* ''[[Wild Life (film)|Wild Life]]''&nbsp;– [[Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis|Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''&nbsp;– [[Ludovic Bource]]'''
* ''[[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|The Adventures of Tintin]]''&nbsp;– [[John Williams]]
* ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Howard Shore]]
* ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''&nbsp;– [[Alberto Iglesias]]
* ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''&nbsp;– [[John Williams]]
| valign="top" |
"'''[[Man or Muppet]]" from ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]''&nbsp;– [[Bret McKenzie]]'''
* "[[Real in Rio]]" from ''[[Rio (film)|Rio]]''&nbsp;– [[Sérgio Mendes]], [[Carlinhos Brown]], and [[Siedah Garrett]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Mixing]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Philip Stockton]] and [[Eugene Gearty]]'''
* ''[[Drive (2011 film)|Drive]]''&nbsp;– [[Lon Bender]] and [[Victor Ray Ennis]]
* ''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''&nbsp;– [[Ren Klyce]]
* ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''&nbsp;– [[Ethan Van der Ryn]] and [[Erik Aadahl]]
* ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''&nbsp;– [[Richard Hymns]] and [[Gary Rydstrom]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Tom Fleischman]] and [[John Midgley]]'''
* ''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''&nbsp;– [[David Parker (sound engineer)|David Parker]], [[Michael Semanick]], [[Ren Klyce]], and [[Bo Persson]]
* ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''&nbsp;– [[Deb Adair]], [[Ron Bochar]], [[David Giammarco (sound engineer)|David Giammarco]], and [[Ed Novick]]
* ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''&nbsp;– [[Greg P. Russell]], [[Gary Summers]], [[Jeffrey J. Haboush]], and [[Peter J. Devlin]]
* ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''&nbsp;– [[Gary Rydstrom]], [[Andy Nelson (sound engineer)|Andy Nelson]], [[Tom Johnson (sound engineer)|Tom Johnson]], and [[Stuart Wilson (sound engineer)|Stuart Wilson]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Dante Ferretti]] and [[Francesca Lo Schiavo]]'''
* ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''&nbsp;– [[Laurence Bennett]] and [[Robert Gould (art director)|Robert Gould]]
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]''&nbsp;– [[Stuart Craig]] and [[Stephanie McMillan]]
* ''[[Midnight in Paris]]''&nbsp;– [[Anne Seibel]] and [[Hélène Dubreuil]]
* ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''&nbsp;– [[Rick Carter]] and [[Lee Sandales]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]'''
* ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''&nbsp;– [[Guillaume Schiffman]]
* ''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo]]''&nbsp;– [[Jeff Cronenweth]]
* ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]''&nbsp;– [[Emmanuel Lubezki]]
* ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''&nbsp;– [[Janusz Kamiński]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Makeup|Best Makeup]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]''&nbsp;– [[Mark Coulier]] and [[J. Roy Helland]]'''
* ''[[Albert Nobbs]]''&nbsp;– [[Martial Corneville]], [[Lynn Johnson]], and [[Matthew W. Mungle]]
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]''&nbsp;– [[Nick Dudman]], [[Amanda Knight]], and [[Lisa Tomblin]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''&nbsp;– [[Mark Bridges (costume designer)|Mark Bridges]]'''
* ''[[Anonymous (film)|Anonymous]]''&nbsp;– [[Lisy Christl]]
* ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]]
* ''[[Jane Eyre (2011 film)|Jane Eyre]]''&nbsp;– [[Michael O'Connor (costume designer)|Michael O'Connor]]
* ''[[W.E.]]''&nbsp;– [[Arianne Phillips]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
! style="background:#EEDD82" | [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
|-
| valign="top" |
'''''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''&nbsp;– [[Angus Wall]] and [[Kirk Baxter]]'''
* ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''&nbsp;– [[Anne-Sophie Bion]] and [[Michel Hazanavicius]]
* ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]''&nbsp;– [[Kevin Tent]]
* ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
* ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]''&nbsp;– [[Christopher Tellefsen]]
| valign="top" |
'''''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''&nbsp;– [[Rob Legato]], [[Joss Williams]], [[Ben Grossmann]], and [[Alex Henning]]'''
* ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]''&nbsp;– [[Tim Burke (visual effects supervisor)|Tim Burke]], [[David Vickery]], [[Greg Butler]], and [[John Richardson (special effects designer)|John Richardson]]
* ''[[Real Steel]]''&nbsp;– [[Erik Nash]], [[John Rosengrant]], [[Danny Gordon Taylor]], and [[Swen Gillberg]]
* ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]''&nbsp;– [[Joe Letteri]], [[Dan Lemmon]], [[R. Christopher White]], and [[Daniel Barrett (visual effects supervisor)|Daniel Barrett]]
* ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''&nbsp;– [[Scott Farrar]], [[Scott Benza]], [[Matthew E. Butler]], and [[John Frazier]]
|}

Unlike most award categories, the categories of Best Foreign Language Film, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects each have a multiple-stage nomination process. For these awards, specific Academy branches choose pre-nominees and then, from that list, final nominees. From the list of final nominees, the AMPAS membership selects the award winner. For example, seven Best Makeup pre-nominees were narrowed down to three final nominees, from which the entire AMPAS membership chose a winner.

==Honorary Academy Awards==
The Academy held its 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2011, during which the following awards were presented.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oprah-winfrey-receive-academys-hersholt-218264|title=Oprah Winfrey to Receive Academy's Hersholt Humanitarian Award|date= August 2, 2011|first=Gregg |last=Kilday |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref>

; [[Academy Honorary Award]]

* [[James Earl Jones]]
* [[Dick Smith (make-up artist)|Dick Smith]]

; [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]]

* [[Oprah Winfrey]]

== Films with multiple awards and nominations ==

; Multiple awards

The following three films received multiple awards:

* 5 awards: ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'' and ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''
* 2 awards: ''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]''

; Multiple nominations

The following 18 films received multiple nominations:

* 11 nominations: ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''
* 10 nominations: ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]''
* 6 nominations: ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' and ''[[War Horse (film)|War Horse]]''
* 5 nominations: ''[[The Descendants (film)|The Descendants]]'' and ''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)|The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''
* 4 nominations: ''[[The Help (film)|The Help]]'' and ''[[Midnight in Paris]]''
* 3 nominations: ''[[Albert Nobbs]]'', ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'', ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'', ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', and ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]''
* 2 nominations: ''[[Bridesmaids (2011 film)|Bridesmaids]]'', ''[[Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close]]'', ''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]'', ''[[My Week with Marilyn]]'', and ''[[A Separation]]''

==Presenters and performers==
The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.

===Presenters===
{{hidden begin|toggle=left|title=Presenters (in order of appearance)|bodyalign=left|titlealign=left|titlebackground=#CCCCFF}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name(s) !! Role
|-
| [[Tom Kane]]<br>[[Melissa Disney]] || Announcers for the 84th Annual Academy Awards
|-
| [[Morgan Freeman]] || Introduced the opening video
|-
| [[Tom Hanks]] || Presenter of the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction
|-
| [[Cameron Diaz]]<br>[[Jennifer Lopez]] || Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup
|-
| [[Sandra Bullock]] || Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
|-
| [[Christian Bale]] || Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
|-
| [[Bradley Cooper]]<br>[[Tina Fey]] || Presenters of the awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing
|-
| [[Kermit the Frog]]<br>[[Miss Piggy]] || Introduced the performance by [[Cirque du Soleil]]
|-
| [[Gwyneth Paltrow]]<br>[[Robert Downey Jr.]] || Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature
|-
| [[Chris Rock]] || Presenter of the award for Best Animated Feature
|-
| [[Ben Stiller]]<br>[[Emma Stone]] || Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
|-
| [[Melissa Leo]] || Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
|-
| [[Tom Sherak]] (AMPAS President) || Special presentation congratulating host [[Billy Crystal]] and producers [[Brian Grazer]] and [[Don Mischer]]
|-
| [[Penélope Cruz]]<br>[[Owen Wilson]] || Presenters of the award for Best Original Score
|-
| [[Will Ferrell]]<br>[[Zach Galifianakis]] || Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
|-
| [[Angelina Jolie]] || Presenter of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay
|-
| [[Milla Jovovich]] || Presenter of the segment of the [[Academy Scientific and Technical Award]]s
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| [[Rose Byrne]]<br>[[Ellie Kemper]]<br>[[Melissa McCarthy]]<br>[[Wendi McLendon-Covey]]<br>[[Maya Rudolph]]<br>[[Kristen Wiig]] || Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Animated Short Film
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| [[Michael Douglas]] || Presenter of the award for Best Director
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| [[Meryl Streep]] || Presenter of the segment of the [[Academy Honorary Award|Honorary Academy Award]]s and [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]]
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| [[Billy Crystal]] (Host) || Introduced the ''In Memoriam'' tribute
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| [[Natalie Portman]] || Presenter of the award for Best Actor
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| [[Colin Firth]] || Presenter for the award for Best Actress
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| [[Tom Cruise]] || Presenter of the Best Picture segment and the award for Best Picture
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===Performers===
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| [[Hans Zimmer]]<br>[[Pharrell Williams]]<br>[[Sheila E.]] || Musical arrangers || Orchestral
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| [[Billy Crystal]] || '''Host''' || Opening number
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| [[Cirque du Soleil]] || Performers || Special performance in a tribute to movie memories
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| [[Esperanza Spalding]]<br>Southern California Children's Chorus || Performers || "[[What a Wonderful World]]" during the annual ''In Memoriam'' tribute
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== ''In Memoriam'' tribute ==
The ''[[wikt:in memoriam|In Memoriam]]'' tribute was presented by host Billy Crystal. [[Jazz]] singer [[Esperanza Spalding]] performed the [[Louis Armstrong]] standard "[[What a Wonderful World]]" alongside the Southern California Children's Chorus to accompany the video montage that celebrated these prominent film industry figures who died in 2011 and early 2012:

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* [[Jane Russell]]
* [[Annie Girardot]]
* [[John Calley]]
* [[Polly Platt]]
* [[Ken Russell]]
* [[Donald Peterman]]
* [[Farley Granger]]
* [[Whitney Houston]]
* [[Bingham Ray]]
* Takuo Miyagishima
* [[Bert Schneider]]
* [[Michael Cacoyannis]]
* David Z. Goodman
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* [[James Rodnunsky]]
* [[Peter E. Berger]]
* [[Jack Hayes]]
* [[Peter Falk]]
* [[Cliff Robertson]]
* [[Laura Ziskin]]
* [[Sidney Lumet]]
* [[Sue Mengers]]
* [[Steve Jobs]]
* [[George Kuchar]]
* [[Hal Kanter]]
* [[Theadora Van Runkle]]
* [[Tim Hetherington]]
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* [[Gene Cantamessa]]
* [[Gary Winick]]
* [[Bill Varney]]
* [[Jackie Cooper]]
* [[Gilbert Cates]]
* [[Richard Leacock]]
* James M. Roberts
* [[Marion Dougherty]] (misspelled on-screen as Doughtery)
* [[Norman Corwin]]
* Paul John Haggar
* Joseph Farell
* [[Ben Gazzara]]
* [[Elizabeth Taylor]]
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Notable exclusions included <!--Don't include people without a reliable reference-->[[Eiko Ishioka]], [[Jeff Conaway]], [[Harry Morgan]], [[Michael Gough]], [[Maria Schneider]], [[James Arness]], [[Charles Napier]], [[Andy Whitfield]], [[Ryan Dunn]], [[Bubba Smith]], [[Raoul Ruiz]], and [[Theo Angelopoulos]].<ref>[http://www.vulture.com/2012/02/who-was-left-out-of-the-oscars-in-memoriam-montage.html Who Was Left Out of the Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ Montage?], vulture.com, February 27, 2012.</ref>

== Changes to award categories ==
On June 14, 2011, Academy President [[Tom Sherak]] announced that the Board of Governors approved changes to the following award categories:<ref>{{cite news | title=Academy Builds Surprise Into Best Picture Rules | url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110614a.html | work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date=June 14, 2011 | accessdate=June 15, 2011}}</ref>

* [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: The number of final nominees can now range from five to ten. The nomination voting process will be the same as before, through [[preferential balloting]], but now only films that receive a minimum of 5% of total number-one votes are eligible for Best Picture nominations. "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number," Academy executive director Bruce Davis explained.
* [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]]: This is now a permanent competitive category, and no longer requires the Board to '''"activate"''' it annually. Additionally, rules were amended to give the category more flexibility in terms of the number of nominees it can allow.
* [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]]: The category's eligibility period has been modified. Prior to 2011, documentaries that screened theatrically between September 1 and August 31 of the following year were eligible. This has now been changed to match the calendar year from January 1 to December 31. As a transition period, the 84th Academy Awards will accept documentaries that were released between September 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
* [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]: Previously, seven short-listed Best Visual Effects contenders were announced several weeks before the official nominations announcement. This number has now been changed to ten to coincide with last year's expansion of the category from three to five nominees.

== Schedule ==
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On April 26, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the following key dates for the 84th annual Academy Awards.<ref>{{cite news | title=Key Dates Announced for the 84th Academy Awards | url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110426.html | work=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date=April 26, 2011 | accessdate=April 26, 2011}}</ref>

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| Tuesday, January 24, 2012
| Nominations announced at 5:38&nbsp;am [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]] (13:38 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) (8:38&nbsp;am [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]]) at Samuel Goldwyn Theater
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| Wednesday, February 1, 2012
| Final ballots mailed
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| Monday, February 6, 2012
| Nominees Luncheon
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| Saturday, February 11, 2012
| Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
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| Tuesday, February 21, 2012
| Final polls closed at 5:00&nbsp;pm [[Pacific Time Zone|PST]] (01:00, Feb. 22 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) (8:00&nbsp;pm [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]])
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| Sunday, February 26, 2012
| 84th Annual Academy Awards presentation
|}

== Ceremony information ==
The Academy originally chose director [[Brett Ratner]] as co-producer of the ceremony with Don Mischer. Actor and comedian and [[Eddie Murphy]] was hired by Ratner to preside over hosting duties. However, after Ratner resigned as producer in the wake of using a gay slur when talking about rehearsals, Murphy subsquently stepped down. Immediately, the Academy selected film producer [[Brian Grazer]] as a replacement for Ratner, and actor and comedian [[Billy Crystal]] was recruited by Grazer to take over hosting duties. Head writer [[Bruce Vilanch]] was not involved in writing duties due to other projects.

=== Voting trends and summary ===
For the first time since 2008, the field of major nominees lacked a [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] at the American and Canadian box offices. In fact, only one of the nominees had grossed over $100&nbsp;million before the nominations were announced (compared with three from the previous year).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3057&p=.htm |title=2010 Academy Award Nominations |publisher=Box Office Mojo |accessdate=March 2, 2011}}</ref>

None of the nine Best Picture nominees was among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. When the nominations were announced on January 24, 2012, ''The Help'' was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $169.6&nbsp;million in domestic box office receipts. Among the remaining eight nominees, ''Moneyball'' was the second-highest-grossing film with $75.5&nbsp;million; this was followed by ''War Horse'' ($72.3&nbsp;million); ''Midnight in Paris'' ($56.4&nbsp;million); ''Hugo'' ($55.9&nbsp;million); ''The Descendants'' ($51.3&nbsp;million); ''The Tree of Life'' ($13.3&nbsp;million); ''The Artist'' ($12.1&nbsp;million); and, finally, ''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'' ($10.7&nbsp;million).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/01/box-office-help-academy-awards-moneyball.html |work=Tribune Company |title=Oscars 2012: 'The Help' has biggest box office among nominees |accessdate=January 25, 2012 |date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 36 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only ''The Help'' (13th), ''Bridesmaids'' (14th), ''Kung Fu Panda 2'' (15th), ''Puss in Boots'' (16th), ''Rango'' (22nd), ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (28th), ''War Horse'' (41st), ''The Descendants'' (42nd), and ''Moneyball'' (46th) were nominated for Best Picture (or Animated Feature), directing, acting, or screenwriting. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2'' (1st), ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2nd), ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (11th), ''Rio'' (18th), ''The Muppets'' (34th), ''Real Steel'' (35th), and ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (44th).

==Controversies==
=== Sacha Baron Cohen appearance ===

In effort to promote his new film, ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]'', actor [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] vowed he would appear at the Oscars as the lead character Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen. Fearing some inappropriate stunt would occur, the Academy and Oscars producers threatened to revoke Baron Cohan's Oscars tickets<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/9099963/Sacha-Baron-Cohen-banned-from-the-Oscars.html</ref><ref>http://www.theprovince.com/life/fashion-beauty/Actor+Sacha+Baron+Cohen+Oscar+tickets+jeopardy/6199687/story.html</ref>. Actor Baron Cohen was to appear with members of the cast of the film ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''. After some reassurances from Baron Cohen that no disruptions would occur, Academy president Tom Sherak and Oscar show producer Brian Grazer reluctantly approved Baron Cohen's appearance as the Admiral General.<ref>http://www.torontosun.com/2012/02/27/cohens-oscars-stunt-worried-producers</ref> However, during pre-Oscar interviews on the [[red carpet]], Baron Cohen appeared with an urn that bore the likeness of the late [[Kim Jong-il]] and purposely poured the ashes on ''[[E!]] Live at the Red Carpet'' host [[Ryan Seacrest]]. Academy COO Ric Robertson and a security guard stepped in and removed Baron Cohen.

== Academy Award records ==

* ''[[The Artist (film)|The Artist]]'' becomes the second silent film to win the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] behind 1927's film [[Wings (film)|''Wings'']].
* ''[[A Separation]]'' wins for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]], the first Iranian movie to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-oscarsaseparation-urgentw1e8dj01s-20120226,0,754287.story|title=Iran's 'A Separation' wins best foreign language Oscar|first=Chris|last=Michaud|work= Chicago Tribune |date=February 26, 2012|accessdate=February 27, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Glenn Close]] ties the record with [[Deborah Kerr]] and [[Thelma Ritter]] for most nominations without a win by an actress (six).
* [[Viola Davis]] becomes the second African-American actress (after [[Whoopi Goldberg]]) to receive multiple Academy Award nominations. She is also the first African-American actress to receive multiple nominations without ever winning ([[Goldberg]] won on her second nomination, for ''[[Ghost (film)|Ghost]]'').
* [[Jean Dujardin]] becomes the first French actor to win the [[Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role]] and the fourth French actor overall to win an [[Academy Award]] in a leading role, behind [[Claudette Colbert]] in 1934, [[Simone Signoret]] in 1959, and [[Marion Cotillard]] in 2008.
* [[Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy]] becomes the first Pakistani to win an Oscar award, for her documentary ''Saving Face''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Nasir|first=Farhat|title=Pakistani Film "Saving Face" on Acid Attacks Wins Oscar!|url=http://hitechanalogy.com/pakistani-film-makers-saving-face-acid-attacks-wins-oscar-2012-oscar-awards/|publisher=HitechAnalogy|accessdate=28 February 2012}}</ref>
* [[Gary Oldman]], after 30 years in film, receives his first nomination.
* [[Christopher Plummer]], at the age of 82, becomes the oldest winner of an Academy Award in the four acting categories. ([[Jessica Tandy]] is now second, having won for ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' at the age of 80.<ref name="stats">{{cite web |url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics/indexStats.html |accessdate=February 27, 2012 |date=2011 |title=Oldest/Youngest Acting Nominees and Winners by Category |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>)
* [[Meryl Streep]], extending her own record, earns a 17th nomination for an acting award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/9095990/The-Oscars-2012-in-numbers.html|title=The Oscars 2012 in numbers|author=The Telegraph|work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK|date=February 24, 2012|accessdate=February 26, 2012}}</ref> ([[Katharine Hepburn]] and [[Jack Nicholson]] are tied for second with 12 nominations.) This was also her first Oscar win since the [[55th Academy Awards]] for her performance in ''[[Sophie's Choice (film)|Sophie's Choice]]'', 28 years, 10 months and 15 days earlier.
* [[Meryl Streep]] joins [[Walter Brennan]], [[Ingrid Bergman]], and [[Jack Nicholson]], as the fourth performer with three acting Academy Award's wins, behind only [[Katharine Hepburn]] with four wins. Streep also becomes the ninth performer in the last fourteen years to win Best Actress for playing a real person.
* [[John Williams]], with his 46th and 47th nominations (for [[The Adventures of Tintin (film)|''The Adventures of Tintin'']] and [[War Horse (film)|''War Horse'']]), becomes the single most nominated musician in Academy history (having been tied with [[Alfred Newman]]'s record of 45 nominations since 2006), and the second most nominated individual overall, behind [[Walt Disney]]'s 59 nominations.

== International telecasts ==
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* Albania – Klan TV
* Andorra – [[Canal+ Spain]]
* Argentina –[[TNT (TV channel)|TNT Argentina]]
* Armenia – Armenia TV Channel
* Australia – [[Nine Network]] and [[Movie Extra]]
* Austria – [[ORF 1]]
* Azerbaijan – [[AZTV]]
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* Belarus – [[National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus|Public National TV]]
* Belgium – BE TV SA (French) and Film 1 (Flemish)
* Bolivia – [[Unitel Bolivia|Unitel]]
* Brazil – [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]] and [[Rede Globo]]
* Bulgaria – [[BTV Cinema|bTV]] Cinema
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* Canada – [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
* Chile – [[La Red (Chilean television)|La Red]] and [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]]
* China – [[CCTV-6]] Movie Channel
* Colombia – [[RCN TV]] and [[TNT (TV channel)|TNT]]
* Costa Rica – [[Teletica Canal 7]]
* Cyprus – [[Nova Cinema (Greece)|Novacinema 1]]
* Czech Republic – [[HBO Central Europe|HBO Czech]]
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* Denmark – [[TV 2 Film]] and [[DR (broadcaster)|Danmarks Radio TV]]
* Dominican Republic – Canal 2
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* El Salvador – [[Teledos|Canal Dos]]
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* Fiji – [[Fiji Television]]
* Finland – [[Nelonen]]
* France – [[Canal+]]
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* Georgia – [[Rustavi 2]]
* Germany – [[Pro 7]]
* Greece – [[Nova Cinema (Greece)|Novacinema 1]]
* Guatemala – Channel 3, Channel 7, Channel 11 and Channel 13
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* Hong Kong – [[TVB Pearl|Pearl Channel/TVB]] and [[Fox Movies Premium]]
* Honduras – Compania Televisora Hondureña
* Hungary – [[HBO Hungary]]
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* Iceland – 365 Media
* India – [[STAR Movies|Star Movies India]]
* Ireland – [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTE]] and [[RTE 2]]
* Israel – Hot Cinema Channels and /[[Yes (Israel)|Yes Israel]]/DBS Satellite TV
* Italy – [[Sky Italia]]
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* Japan – [[Wowow]] and [[NHK]]
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* Kazakhstan – Channel 31
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* Latin America – [[TNT Latin America]]
* Liechtenstein – [[Pro 7]]
* Lithuania – [[Viasat]]
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* Macedonia – [[Sitel (TV channel)|Sitel]]
* Malaysia – [[Fox Movies Premium]]
* Malta – [[Sky Cinema (Italy)]]
* Mauritius – Canal+ France, Canal+ Horizons
* Mexico – [[XHIMT-TV|Channel 7]], [[XHDF-TV|Channel 13]], and [[TV Azteca|TVAzteca.com]]
* Middle East – Fox Entertainment
* Moldova – [[HBO Romania]]
* Monaco – Canal+ France (French) and [[Sky Cinema (Italy)]] (Italian)
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* Netherlands – Film 1
* New Zealand – [[Sky Movies (New Zealand)|Sky Movies]]
* Nicaragua – [[Televicentro (Canal 2)|Canal 2 Managua]]
* Norway – [[NRK1]]
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* Papua New Guinea – [[Nine Network]]
* Paraguay – Channel 9
* Peru – [[Frecuencia Latina]]
* Philippines – [[Velvet]], [[Studio 23]], [[ABS-CBN]], and [[STAR Movies]]
* Poland – [[Canal +]]
* Portugal – [[Televisão Independente|TVI]]
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* Romania – [[HBO Romania]]
* Russia – [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]]
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* Serbia – [[Radio Television of Serbia]]
* Slovakia – HBO Czech
* South Africa – [[M-Net]]
* South Korea, [[Orion Cinema Network]]
* Spain – Canal+, Sogecable
* Sweden – [[Kanal 9]]
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* Taiwan – [[STAR Movies]]
* Thailand – [[True Visions]], and [[Star Movies]]
* Turkey – [[NTV Turkey|NTV]]
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* United Kingdom – [[Sky Movies]]
* Uruguay – Canal 12
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* Venezuela – Canal 4
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== See also ==
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* [[18th Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
* [[32nd Golden Raspberry Awards]]
* [[54th Grammy Awards]]
* [[63rd Primetime Emmy Awards]]
* [[64th Primetime Emmy Awards]]
* [[65th British Academy Film Awards]]
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* [[66th Tony Awards]]
* [[69th Golden Globe Awards]]
* [[2011 in film]]
* [[Governors Awards]]
* [[List of Academy Awards ceremonies]]
* [[List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|2012 Academy Awards}}
;Official websites
* [http://www.oscar.com/ Academy Awards Official website]
* [http://www.oscars.org/ The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website]

;Other resources
* [http://inogolo.com/guides/84th+oscars Pronunciation Guide to the 84th Academy Award Nominees]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17159870 Coverage at the ''BBC'']
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/feb/26/oscars-2012-live Coverage at the ''Guardian'']
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2089826/ 84th Academy Awards at IMDb]

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84th Academy Awards
DateFebruary 26, 2012 (2012-02-26)
SiteHollywood and Highland Center
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hosted byBilly Crystal
Preshow hosts
Produced by
Directed byDon Mischer[2]
Highlights
Best PictureThe Artist
Most awardsThe Artist and Hugo (5)
Most nominationsHugo (11)
TV in the United States
NetworkABC
Duration3 hours, 14 minutes
Ratings39.30 million
25.50% (Nielsen ratings)

The 84th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2011. The ceremony took place on February 26, 2012, at the Hollywood and Highland Center in Hollywood, California, and was televised live in the United States on ABC.

The event was hosted by Billy Crystal, marking his ninth time as host, and produced by Brian Grazer. Eddie Murphy was originally scheduled to be the host, and Brett Ratner was to be producer. However, Murphy stepped down after Ratner resigned, following Ratner's use of a gay slur when discussing rehearsals.[3][4]

Academy Awards of Merit were presented in 24 standard competitive categories at the February 26, 2012, ceremony. Nominations for these awards were announced by AMPAS on January 24, 2012.[5] In addition, three Honorary Academy Awards were presented at the 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony held on on November 12, 2011.

The Artist and Hugo each won five awards, with the former winning Best Picture and its star Jean Dujardin winning Best Actor.[6] The Iron Lady won two awards, including Best Actress for Meryl Streep.[7] The Artist became the first silent motion picture in 83 years (after Wings, which won Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards) and the first French film to win Best Picture.[8][9]

Winners and nominees

Michel Hazanavicius, Best Director winner
Jean Dujardin, Best Actor winner
Meryl Streep, Best Actress winner
Christopher Plummer, Best Supporting Actor winner
Octavia Spencer, Best Supporting Actress winner
Asghar Farhadi, Best Foreign Language Film winner
Bret McKenzie, Best Original Song winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Picture Best Director

The Artist – Thomas Langmann

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

Best Actor Best Actress

Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher

Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress

Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields

Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

Best Writing – Original Screenplay Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay

Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen

The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash from The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Best Animated Feature Best Foreign Language Film

Rango – Gore Verbinski

A Separation (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi

Best Documentary – Feature Best Documentary – Short Subject

Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas

Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge

Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film

The Shore – Terry George and Oorlagh George

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

Best Original Score Best Original Song

The Artist – Ludovic Bource

"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets – Bret McKenzie

Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing

Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty

Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

Best Art Direction Best Cinematography

Hugo – Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo

Hugo – Robert Richardson

Best Makeup Best Costume Design

The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

The Artist – Mark Bridges

Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Hugo – Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning

Unlike most award categories, the categories of Best Foreign Language Film, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects each have a multiple-stage nomination process. For these awards, specific Academy branches choose pre-nominees and then, from that list, final nominees. From the list of final nominees, the AMPAS membership selects the award winner. For example, seven Best Makeup pre-nominees were narrowed down to three final nominees, from which the entire AMPAS membership chose a winner.

Honorary Academy Awards

The Academy held its 3rd Annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2011, during which the following awards were presented.[10]

Academy Honorary Award
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Films with multiple awards and nominations

Multiple awards

The following three films received multiple awards:

Multiple nominations

The following 18 films received multiple nominations:

Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.

Presenters

Presenters (in order of appearance)
Name(s) Role
Tom Kane
Melissa Disney		 Announcers for the 84th Annual Academy Awards
Morgan Freeman Introduced the opening video
Tom Hanks Presenter of the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction
Cameron Diaz
Jennifer Lopez		 Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup
Sandra Bullock Presenter of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
Christian Bale Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Bradley Cooper
Tina Fey		 Presenters of the awards for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing
Kermit the Frog
Miss Piggy		 Introduced the performance by Cirque du Soleil
Gwyneth Paltrow
Robert Downey Jr.		 Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Feature
Chris Rock Presenter of the award for Best Animated Feature
Ben Stiller
Emma Stone		 Presenters of the award for Best Visual Effects
Melissa Leo Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Tom Sherak (AMPAS President) Special presentation congratulating host Billy Crystal and producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer
Penélope Cruz
Owen Wilson		 Presenters of the award for Best Original Score
Will Ferrell
Zach Galifianakis		 Presenters of the award for Best Original Song
Angelina Jolie Presenter of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay
Milla Jovovich Presenter of the segment of the Academy Scientific and Technical Awards
Rose Byrne
Ellie Kemper
Melissa McCarthy
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Maya Rudolph
Kristen Wiig		 Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Animated Short Film
Michael Douglas Presenter of the award for Best Director
Meryl Streep Presenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Billy Crystal (Host) Introduced the In Memoriam tribute
Natalie Portman Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Colin Firth Presenter for the award for Best Actress
Tom Cruise Presenter of the Best Picture segment and the award for Best Picture

Performers

Performers (in order of appearance)
Name(s) Role Performed
Hans Zimmer
Pharrell Williams
Sheila E.		 Musical arrangers Orchestral
Billy Crystal Host Opening number
Cirque du Soleil Performers Special performance in a tribute to movie memories
Esperanza Spalding
Southern California Children's Chorus		 Performers "What a Wonderful World" during the annual In Memoriam tribute

In Memoriam tribute

The In Memoriam tribute was presented by host Billy Crystal. Jazz singer Esperanza Spalding performed the Louis Armstrong standard "What a Wonderful World" alongside the Southern California Children's Chorus to accompany the video montage that celebrated these prominent film industry figures who died in 2011 and early 2012:

Notable exclusions included Eiko Ishioka, Jeff Conaway, Harry Morgan, Michael Gough, Maria Schneider, James Arness, Charles Napier, Andy Whitfield, Ryan Dunn, Bubba Smith, Raoul Ruiz, and Theo Angelopoulos.[11]

Changes to award categories

On June 14, 2011, Academy President Tom Sherak announced that the Board of Governors approved changes to the following award categories:[12]

  • Best Picture: The number of final nominees can now range from five to ten. The nomination voting process will be the same as before, through preferential balloting, but now only films that receive a minimum of 5% of total number-one votes are eligible for Best Picture nominations. "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number," Academy executive director Bruce Davis explained.
  • Best Animated Feature: This is now a permanent competitive category, and no longer requires the Board to "activate" it annually. Additionally, rules were amended to give the category more flexibility in terms of the number of nominees it can allow.
  • Best Documentary Feature: The category's eligibility period has been modified. Prior to 2011, documentaries that screened theatrically between September 1 and August 31 of the following year were eligible. This has now been changed to match the calendar year from January 1 to December 31. As a transition period, the 84th Academy Awards will accept documentaries that were released between September 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011.
  • Best Visual Effects: Previously, seven short-listed Best Visual Effects contenders were announced several weeks before the official nominations announcement. This number has now been changed to ten to coincide with last year's expansion of the category from three to five nominees.

Schedule

On April 26, 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the following key dates for the 84th annual Academy Awards.[13]

Date Event
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Nominations announced at 5:38 am PST (13:38 UTC) (8:38 am EST) at Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 6, 2012 Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 11, 2012 Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Final polls closed at 5:00 pm PST (01:00, Feb. 22 UTC) (8:00 pm EST)
Sunday, February 26, 2012 84th Annual Academy Awards presentation

Ceremony information

The Academy originally chose director Brett Ratner as co-producer of the ceremony with Don Mischer. Actor and comedian and Eddie Murphy was hired by Ratner to preside over hosting duties. However, after Ratner resigned as producer in the wake of using a gay slur when talking about rehearsals, Murphy subsquently stepped down. Immediately, the Academy selected film producer Brian Grazer as a replacement for Ratner, and actor and comedian Billy Crystal was recruited by Grazer to take over hosting duties. Head writer Bruce Vilanch was not involved in writing duties due to other projects.

Voting trends and summary

For the first time since 2008, the field of major nominees lacked a blockbuster at the American and Canadian box offices. In fact, only one of the nominees had grossed over $100 million before the nominations were announced (compared with three from the previous year).[14]

None of the nine Best Picture nominees was among the top ten releases in box office during the nominations. When the nominations were announced on January 24, 2012, The Help was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $169.6 million in domestic box office receipts. Among the remaining eight nominees, Moneyball was the second-highest-grossing film with $75.5 million; this was followed by War Horse ($72.3 million); Midnight in Paris ($56.4 million); Hugo ($55.9 million); The Descendants ($51.3 million); The Tree of Life ($13.3 million); The Artist ($12.1 million); and, finally, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ($10.7 million).[15]

Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 36 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only The Help (13th), Bridesmaids (14th), Kung Fu Panda 2 (15th), Puss in Boots (16th), Rango (22nd), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (28th), War Horse (41st), The Descendants (42nd), and Moneyball (46th) were nominated for Best Picture (or Animated Feature), directing, acting, or screenwriting. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (1st), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2nd), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (11th), Rio (18th), The Muppets (34th), Real Steel (35th), and The Adventures of Tintin (44th).

Controversies

Sacha Baron Cohen appearance

In effort to promote his new film, The Dictator, actor Sacha Baron Cohen vowed he would appear at the Oscars as the lead character Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen. Fearing some inappropriate stunt would occur, the Academy and Oscars producers threatened to revoke Baron Cohan's Oscars tickets[16][17]. Actor Baron Cohen was to appear with members of the cast of the film Hugo. After some reassurances from Baron Cohen that no disruptions would occur, Academy president Tom Sherak and Oscar show producer Brian Grazer reluctantly approved Baron Cohen's appearance as the Admiral General.[18] However, during pre-Oscar interviews on the red carpet, Baron Cohen appeared with an urn that bore the likeness of the late Kim Jong-il and purposely poured the ashes on E! Live at the Red Carpet host Ryan Seacrest. Academy COO Ric Robertson and a security guard stepped in and removed Baron Cohen.

Academy Award records

International telecasts

List of international telecasts
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See also

References

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  10. ^ Kilday, Gregg (August 2, 2011). "Oprah Winfrey to Receive Academy's Hersholt Humanitarian Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media.
  11. ^ Who Was Left Out of the Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ Montage?, vulture.com, February 27, 2012.
  12. ^ "Academy Builds Surprise Into Best Picture Rules". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 14, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  13. ^ "Key Dates Announced for the 84th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. April 26, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
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  18. ^ http://www.torontosun.com/2012/02/27/cohens-oscars-stunt-worried-producers
  19. ^ Michaud, Chris (February 26, 2012). "Iran's 'A Separation' wins best foreign language Oscar". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  20. ^ Nasir, Farhat. "Pakistani Film "Saving Face" on Acid Attacks Wins Oscar!". HitechAnalogy. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  21. ^ "Oldest/Youngest Acting Nominees and Winners by Category". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  22. ^ The Telegraph (February 24, 2012). "The Oscars 2012 in numbers". The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved February 26, 2012.

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