Imagine these phrases: “And the Oscar goes to: Eddie Murphy”… “And the Oscar goes to: Ben Stiller” … “And the Academy Award for Best Picture goes to: ‘Tower Heist’”. If any of these statements are uttered at the Academy Awards this upcoming year, I will quit watching movies. However, even before Brett Ratnor became one of the most hated man in Hollywood with his inconsiderate slurs, “Tower Heist” still had no chance of being nominated for any of the awards that it is being considered for. Leave that to the Golden Globes.

BEST PICTURE
Produced by Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, & Kim Roth

BEST DIRECTOR
Brett Ratner

BEST ACTOR
Ben Stiller
Eddie Murphy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Alda
Casey Affleck
Matthew Broderick
Judd Hirsch
Michael Pena

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tea Leoni
Gabourey Sidibe

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Story by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, & Ted Griffin
Screenplay by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC

BEST FILM EDITING
Mark Helfrich, ACE

BEST ART DIRECTION
Kristi Zea (Production Designer)
Diane Lederman (Set Decorator)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Sarah Edwards

BEST MAKEUP
John Caglione, Jr. (Makeup Department Head)
Sunday Englis (Key Makeup Artist)
Nathan J. Busch (Hair Department Head)
Michelle Johnson (Key Hair Stylist)

BEST SOUND MIXING
Tod Maitland (Production Sound Mixer)
Michael Minkley, CAS (Re-Recording Mixer)
Tony Lamberti, CAS (Re-Recording Mixer)

BEST SOUND EDITING
Warren Shaw (Supervising Sound Editor)

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Russell (Visual Effects Supervisor)
Steve Kirshoff (Special Effects Coordinator)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Christophe Beck