The Gurus O’Gold — a panel of Oscar prognosticators I dropped out of a couple of years ago for various reasons — have their first list of Best Picture contenders up at Movie City News. All eleven of the panelists have chosen the already released “Inception,” “The Kids are All Right,” and “Toy Story 3,” as well as “The King’s Speech,” which began screening for selected critics before its much-lauded bow in Venice.

Ten members of the panel chose David Fincher’s “The Social Network” and The Coen Bros’ “True Grit,” while nine selected Darren Aronofky’s “Black Swan.” There were eight votes apiece for Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours,” David O. Russell’s “The Fighter,” Mike Leigh’s “Another Year” and Edward Zwick’s “Love and Other Drugs.”

This seems like a fairly plausible list (except perhaps the Zwick), but I’m going to wait until I’ve seen a few more titles in Toronto before listing my morning line next week.

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