The 11th AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, presented by AARP the Magazine, honored films released in 2011 and were announced on January 20, 2012. The ceremony was hosted by actor Michael Nouri on February 6, 2012 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. Sharon Stone was the winner of the annual Career Achievement Award, and Martin Scorsese won the award for Breakthrough Achievement for his film, Hugo.
Awards Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().Making a Play for Older Voters (and Moviegoers) - The New York Times The Descendants The Artist Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Midnight in Paris War Horse Win Win Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris George Clooney - The Ides of March Cameron Crowe - We Bought a Zoo Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life Martin Scorsese - Hugo Oliver Litondo - The First Grader George Clooney - The Descendants Mel Gibson - The Beaver Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Kevin Spacey - Margin Call Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs Ellen Barkin - Another Happy Day Helen Mirren - The Debt Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin Christopher Plummer - Beginners Jeremy Irons - Margin Call Ben Kingsley - Hugo Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Christoph Waltz - Water for Elephants Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus Ellen Burstyn - Another Happy Day Judi Dench - J. Edgar Allison Janney - The Help Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs The Artist 50/50 Bridesmaids Midnight in Paris Tower Heist Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris Alexander Payne - The Descendants Eric Roth - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Roger Simon - A Better Life Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball J. Edgar The Help The Iron Lady Midnight in Paris Win Win The First Grader Hugo The Music Never Stopped Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent - The Iron Lady Emily Watson and Peter Mullan - War Horse Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson - The Beaver Leonardo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer - J. Edgar Alexandre Desplat - The Tree of Life (film) John Williams - War Horse The Muppets Dolphin Tale Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Hugo Bill Cunningham New York Hot Coffee The Interrupters Project Nim Undefeated The Names of Love - France 80 Days - Spain In Darkness - Poland Queen to Play - France The Skin I Live In - Cinema of Spain | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
The Help The Artist The Descendants Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Hugo Margin Call Midnight in Paris Moneyball War Horse We Bought a Zoo
Career Achievement Award Sharon Stone
Breakthrough Accomplishment Martin Scorsese: "Scorsese’s first-time use of 3-D technology transforms the screen into the most spectacular pop-up book you’ve ever seen."
Films with multiple nominations
+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 6 Midnight in Paris 5 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Hugo 4 The Descendants War Horse 3 The Artist The Help The Iron Lady J. Edgar Margin Call 2 Albert Nobbs Another Happy Day The Beaver The First Grader Moneyball The Tree of Life We Bought a Zoo Win Win
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