STEVE EMBER:
We start with the 3-D science-fiction adventure movie "Avatar." It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, or Oscars.
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"Avatar" uses special effects that have never been seen before in a movie. It combines live action with motion-capture, animation and other technologies. The movie tells the story of humans meeting tall blue creatures called Na'vi on a planet called Pandora.
James Cameron was nominated as best director for "Avatar." The film was reported to have cost more than two hundred thirty million dollars to produce. "Avatar" has earned more than two billion dollars around the world, more money than any other movie in history. The record had been held by James Cameron’s earlier film "Titanic."
FAITH LAPIDUS: The other science-fiction movie nominated this year is "District 9." This South African movie tells about the mistreatment of aliens from another planet. The aliens are forced to live in horrible conditions in special areas separate from humans.
STEVE EMBER: The Hurt Locker" is a tense and exciting movie about a group of American soldiers in Iraq. Their job is to find and safely destroy hidden explosive devices. Like "Avatar," "The Hurt Locker" was also nominated for nine Academy Awards.
Kathryn Bigelow directed "The Hurt Locker." She is competing against her former husband, James Cameron, for best director.
FAITH LAPIDUS: "Inglourious Basterds" is another war movie nominated for best picture along with seven other awards. The film is about a group of American soldiers fighting the German Nazis during World War Two. But it tells a different story from what really happened.
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