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No. 507, February 26, 2012

Six-Degrees of Sherlockian Separation:
The 84^th Academy Awards

By Don Hobbs, BSI

Tonight is the 84th Academy Awards® and the eighth year for this little exercise of Sherlockian inanity. By now, you know the drill. In six steps or less, I will tie the nominees for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Picture to a Sherlockian film. So with our further ado, let us start.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Demián Bichir- A Better Life

1. The Runaway (2010) with Claire Johnson
2. Claire Johnson – Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003) with Colin Firth
3. Colin Firth – The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) with Rupert Everett
4. Rupert Everett – Sherlock Holmes and the Case of silk Stocking (2004)
• George Clooney - The Descendants
1. Michael Clayton (2007) with Tom Wilkinson.
2. Tom Wilkinson – Inspector Morse: The Infernal Serpent (1990) with John Thaw
3. John Thaw – The Sign of Four (1987)
• Jean Dujardin – The Artist
1. The Artist (211) with John Goodman
2. John Goodman - The Equalizer: Re Entry (1987) with Edward Woodward
3. Edward Woodward – Sherlock Holmes: Hands of the Murderer (1990)
• Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1. Love Actually (2003) with Martin Freeman
2. Martin Freeman – Sherlock (2010)
• Brad Pitt – Moneyball
1. Legends of the Fall (1994) with Anthony Hopkins
2. Anthony Hopkins – Bounty (1994) Lawrence Olivier
3. Lawrence Olivier – Seven Percent Solution (1976)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Glenn Close –Albert Nobbs
1. Dangerous Liaisons (1988) with John Malkovich
2. John Malkovich – Mary Rielly (1996) with Michael Sheen
3. Michael Sheen – Frost/ Nixon (2008) with Frank Langella
4. Frank Langella - Sherlock Holmes (1981)
• Viola Davis – The Help
1. – Knight and Day (2004) with Celia Weston
2. Celia Weston – The Talented Mr. Ripely (1999) with Jude Law
3. Jude Law – Sherlock Holmes (20096)
• Rooney Mara – Girl With the Dragon Tatoo
1. Tanner Hall (2009) with Tom Everett Scott
2. Tom Everett Scott – The Love Letter (1999) with Blythe Danner
3. Blythe Danner - The Great Santini (1979) with Robert Duval
4. Robert Duval – The Seven Per-Cent Solution (1976)
• Meryl Streep - The Iron lady
1. The Deer Hunter (1978) with Robert De Niro
2. Robert Di Nero – The Godfather II (1974) with Robert Duval
3. Robert Duval – The Seven Per-Cent Solution (1976)
• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
1. The Station Agent (2003) with Patricia Clarkson
2. Patricia Clarkson - London Suite (1996) with Madeline Kahn
3. Madeline Kahn – The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother (1975)

Best Picture

• The Artist (Thomas Langmann, Producer)
1. Renegade (2007) – Ernest Borgnine
2. Ernest Borgnine – The Dirty Dozen (1967) with Donald Southerland
3. Donald Southerland – Murder by Decree (1979)
• The Descendant (The Descendants Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers)
1. The Savages – Laura Linney
2. Laura Linney – The House of Mirth (2000) with Penny Downie
3. Penny Downie – Food of Love (1997) with Nicola Duffett
4. Nicola Duffett – Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995 with Jeremy Brett
5. Jeremy Brett - The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (1984)
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Scott Rudin, Producer)
1. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) with Ben Kingsly
2. Ben Kingsly – Without A Clue (1988)
• The Help (Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers)
1. The Jouneyman (2001) – with Willie Nelson
2. Willie Nelson – Honeysuckle Rose (1980) with Amy Irving
3. Amy Irving – The Confession (1999) with Ben Kingsly
4. Ben Kingsly – Without A Clue (1988
• Hugo (Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producer)
1. Casino (1995) with Robert De Niro
2. Robert Di Nero – The Godfather II (1974) with Robert Duval
3. Robert Duval – The Seven Per-Cent Solution (1976)
• Midnight In Paris (Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers)
1. The Curse of Jade Scorpion (2001) with Brian Markinson
2. Brian Markinson – The Hard Truth (1994) with Ray Baker
3. Ray Baker - The Equalizer: Dead Drop(1987) with Edward Woodward
4. Edward Woodward – Sherlock Holmes: Hands of the Murderer (1990)
• Moneyball (Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers)
1. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) with Elizabeth Hurley
2. Elizabeth Hurley – Inspector Morse: Last Seen Wearing (1988) with John Thaw
3. John Thaw – The Sign of Four (1987
• The Tree of Life (Dede Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, and Bill Pohlad, Producers)
1. The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) – with Rachel McAdams
2. Rachel McAdams – Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• War Horse (Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers)
1. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
• Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik)
1. Winter’s Bone –Garrett Dillahunt
2. Garrett Dillahunt – No Country for Old Men (2007) with Tommy Lee Jones
3. Tommy Lee Jones – Lonesome Dove (1989) with Robert Duvall
4. Robert Duvall – Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Happy Collecting and Happy Movie Watching!!

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Six Degrees of Sherlockian Seperation: The 84th Academy Awards