The King’s Speech has overtaken The Social Network as the hot tip to be crowned Best Picture at the 83rd Academy Awards.
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The British historical drama is now just 1/6 with Paddy Power to pick up the Oscar for Best Picture having been backed in from an opening 14/1! Tom Hooper’s movie which tells the story of the stammering King George VI reigned supreme on home turf by picking up the BAFTA for Best Film.
US blockbuster The Social Network has slipped to second favourite position at 7/2.
In other categories Colin Firth looks a ‘sure thing’ at odds of 1/50 to win Best Actor while US actress Natalie Portman is tipped to pick up the Best Actress accolade for her dark performance in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan at 1/10. Another punters favourite to be a big winner on the night is Christian Bale at 1/6 for his role as Dicky Ward in The Fighter.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for Paddy Power, told Bettingpro:
“The odds for Best Film have completely flip-flopped with The King’s Speech now considered the hot favourite over David Fincher’s The Social Network, but will the Brit flick have enough pulling power in Hollywood to win the coveted Oscar? Only time will tell!”
Another Paddy Power betting market catching everyone’s eye are the odds on whether or not the elusive British graffiti artist Banksy will show his face. The British street artist has been nominated for his work on his feature film documentary “Exit Through The Gift Shop”. It’s 1/20 that Banksy stays away from the ceremony and 7/1 he reveals his face on the night!
The Oscars, hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, take place on Sunday February 27 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.
OSCARS – SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27th 2011
Special market – Will graffiti artist Banksy show up on the night?
7/1 Yes
1/20 No
Best Picture
1/6 The King's Speech
7/2 The Social Network
40/1 Black Swan
50/1 True Grit
80/1 The Fighter
100/1 Toy Story 3
100/1 Inception
100/1 127 Hours
150/1 The Kids Are All Right
150/1 Winter's Bone
Best Director
4/7 David Fincher (The Social Network)
5/4 Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
20/1 Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
50/1 Joel & Ethan Coen (True Grit)
66/1 David O. Russell (The Fighter)
Best Actor
1/50 Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
14/1 James Franco (127 Hours)
20/1 Jesse Eisenberg (Social Network)
33/1 Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
66/1 Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Best Actress
1/16 Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
7/1 Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
25/1 Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
66/1 Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
66/1 Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Best Supporting Actor
1/6 Christian Bale (The Fighter)
7/2 Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
40/1 Jeremy Renner (The Town)
50/1 John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
66/1 Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
Best Supporting Actress
1/3 Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
7/2 Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
6/1 Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
50/1 Amy Adams (The Fighter)
50/1 Jackie Weaver (The Animal Kingdom)
Best Animated Feature
1/50 Toy Story 3
10/1 How to Train Your Dragon
20/1 The Illusionist
Best Foreign Language
10/11 Biutiful
2/1 In A Better World
11/4 Incendies
16/1 Dogtooth
22/1 Hors La Loi
Best Adapted Screenplay
1/25 The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)
9/1 Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt)
20/1 True Grit (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
25/1 127 Hours (Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy)
25/1 Winter's Bone (Debra Granik & Anne Rossellini)
Best Animated Short
5/4 The Gruffalo
7/4 Day And Night
7/2 Madagascar - A Journey Diary
4/1 The Lost Thing
12/1 Let's Pollute
Best Art Direction
5/6 The Kings Speech
2/1 Inception
11/4 Alice In Wonderland
16/1 True Grit
33/1 Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt 1
Best Cinematography
1/3 True Grit
5/1 The Kings Speech
6/1 Inception
6/1 Black Swan
12/1 The Social Network
Best Costume
10/11 Alice in Wonderland
11/10 The King's Speech
10/1 True Grit
16/1 The Tempest
25/1 I Am Love
Best Documentary Feature
8/13 Inside Job
2/1 Exit through the Gift Shop
6/1 Waste Land
10/1 Restrepo
11/1 Gasland
Best Film Editing
1/4 The Social Network
5/1 The King's Speech
6/1 127 Hours
16/1 The Fighter
16/1 Black Swan
Best Make Up
1/3 The Wolfman
4/1 Barney's Version
5/1 The Way Back
Best Original Score
10/11 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)
11/8 Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech)
7/2 Hans Zimmer (Inception)
18/1 John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon)
25/1 A.R. Rahman (127 Hours)
Best Original Screenplay
2/9 The King's Speech (David Seidler)
11/4 Inception (Christopher Nolan)
20/1 The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
25/1 Another Year (Mike Leigh)
40/1 The Fighter (Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson)
Best Original Song
8/15 We Belong Together (Toy Story 3)
3/1 I See The Light (Tangled)
4/1 If I Rise (127 Hours)
16/1 Coming Home (Country Strong)
Best Visual Effects
1/16 Inception
13/2 Alice in Wonderland
16/1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
25/1 Hereafter
25/1 Iron Man 2
OSCAR DOUBLES
Social Network Doubles
11/2 The Social Network to win Best Picture & David Fincher to win Best Director
66/1 The Social Network to win Best Picture & Jesse Eisenberg to win Best Actor
The King's Speech Doubles
1/5 The King’s Speech to win Best Picture & Colin Firth to win Best Actor
6/4 The King’s Speech to win Best Picture & Tom Hooper to win Best Director
OSCAR SPECIALS
9/2 One of the main nominees to suffer a wardrobe malfunction
5/1 The longest speech record to be broken
8/1 The Best Actor winner to cry during his acceptance speech
