2013
Oscar Nominations
by
Kam Williams
“Lincoln”
and “Life of Pi” Lead
Academy Award Sweepstakes
Quvenzhane Wallis, 9, and Emmanuelle Riva,
85, Nominated
Lincoln
and Life of Pi emerged as the early favorites in the Academy Award Sweepstakes
with 12 and 11 nominations respectively. Buy don’t forget that just a year ago
this critic warned of irrational exuberance when Hugo landed the most, only to ultimately
be beaten by The Artist on Oscar night, thanks in part to an ad campaign
carefully orchestrated by Harvey Weinstein.
And
the Weinstein Company has a few horses in this year’s race, most notably,
Silver Linings Playbook, which has netted a nomination in every major category.
So, don’t be surprised to see that picture’s stock rise considerably in the coming
weeks. Another dark horse which might blossom into the favorite is Zero Dark
Thirty, a film which suffered from political controversy and the fact that it
only went into wide release on January 11th.
In
terms of the acting categories, most of the buzz surrounds cutie-pie Quvenzhane
Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and grand dame Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) as the
youngest and oldest actresses ever to be nominated, at 9 and 85 years of age,
respectively. A lot of attention is being been paid to the contenders in the
Best Supporting Actor category, too, since they all are former winners.
But
practically overshadowing the nominees is the conspicuous absence of Quentin
Tarantino (Django Unchained), Ben Affleck (Argo) and Kathryn Bigelow) in the
Best Director category. Joining them in the snub club are actors John Hawkes
(The Sessions) and Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi), as well as actresses Rachel Weisz
(The Deep Blue Sea) and Ann Dowd (Compliance).
Regardless, the 85th Academy Awards
show is set to air live on ABC on Sunday, February 24th at 8 PM ET/5
PM PT, and will be hosted by the ever-irreverent Seth MacFarlane.
Best
Motion Picture of the Year
|
Amour
|
Argo
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild
|
Django Unchained
|
Les Misérables
|
Life of Pi
|
Lincoln
|
Silver Linings Playbook
|
Zero Dark Thirty
|
Best
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
|
Bradley
Cooper (Silver Linings
Playbook)
|
Daniel
Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
|
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
|
Joaquin
Phoenix (The Master)
|
Denzel
Washington (Flight)
|
Best
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
|
Jessica
Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
|
Jennifer
Lawrence (Silver Linings
Playbook)
|
Emmanuelle
Riva (Amour)
|
Quvenzhané
Wallis (Beasts of the
Southern Wild)
|
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
|
Best
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
|
Alan Arkin (Argo)
|
Robert De
Niro (Silver Linings
Playbook)
|
Philip
Seymour Hoffman (The
Master)
|
Tommy Lee
Jones (Lincoln)
|
Christoph
Waltz (Django Unchained)
|
Best
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
|
Amy Adams (The Master)
|
Sally Field (Lincoln)
|
Anne
Hathaway (Les Misérables)
|
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
|
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
|
Best
Achievement in Directing
|
Michael
Haneke (Amour)
|
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
|
David O.
Russell (Silver Linings
Playbook)
|
Steven
Spielberg (Lincoln)
|
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
|
Best
Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
|
Amour: Michael Haneke
|
Django
Unchained: Quentin Tarantino
|
Flight: John Gatins
|
Moonrise Kingdom: Wes
Anderson, Roman Coppola
|
Zero Dark
Thirty: Mark Boal
|
Best
Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
|
Argo: Chris Terrio
|
Beasts of
the Southern Wild: Lucy Alibar,
Benh Zeitlin
|
Life of Pi: David Magee
|
Lincoln: Tony
Kushner
|
Silver
Linings Playbook: David O.
Russell
|
Best
Animated Feature Film of the Year
|
Brave
|
Frankenweenie
|
ParaNorman
|
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
|
Wreck-It Ralph
|
Best
Foreign Language Film of the Year
|
Amour (Austria)
|
War Witch (Canada)
|
No (Chile)
|
A Royal
Affair (Denmark)
|
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
|
Best
Achievement in Cinematography
|
Anna
Karenina
|
Django
Unchained
|
Life of Pi
|
Lincoln
|
Skyfall
|
Best
Achievement in Editing
|
Argo
|
Life of Pi
|
Lincoln
|
Silver
Linings Playbook
|
Zero Dark
Thirty
|
Best
Achievement in Production Design
|
Anna
Karenina
|
The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey
|
Les
Misérables
|
Life of Pi
|
Lincoln
|
Best
Achievement in Costume Design
|
Anna
Karenina
|
Les
Misérables
|
Lincoln
|
Mirror
Mirror
|
Snow White
and the Huntsman
|
Best
Achievement in Makeup
|
Hitchcock
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
|
Les Misérables
|
Best
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
|
Anna
Karenina
|
Argo
|
Life of Pi
|
Lincoln
|
Skyfall
|
Best
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
|
Chasing Ice:
J.
Ralph("Before My Time")
|
Les
Misérables: Alain Boublil,
Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer("Suddenly")
|
Life of Pi: Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayshree("Pi's Lullaby")
|
Skyfall: Adele, Paul
Epworth("Skyfall")
|
Ted: Walter Murphy, Seth
MacFarlane("Everybody Needs a Best Friend")
|
Best
Achievement in Sound Mixing
|
Argo
|
Les Misérables
|
Life of Pi
|
Lincoln
|
Skyfall
|
Best
Achievement in Sound Editing
|
Argo
|
Django Unchained
|
Life of Pi
|
Skyfall
|
Zero Dark Thirty
|
Best
Achievement in Visual Effects
|
The Avengers
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
|
Life of Pi
|
Prometheus
|
Snow White and the Huntsman
|
Best
Documentary, Features
|
5 Broken Cameras
|
The Gatekeepers
|
How to Survive a Plague
|
The Invisible War
|
Searching for Sugar Man
|
Best
Documentary, Short Subjects
|
Inocente
|
Kings Point
|
Mondays at Racine
|
Open Heart
|
Redemption
|
Best
Short Film, Animated
|
Adam and Dog
|
Fresh
Guacamole
|
Head Over
Heels
|
Paperman
|
The
Simpsons: The Longest Daycare
|
Best
Short Film, Live Action
|
Asad
|
Buzkashi
Boys
|
Curfew
|
Death of a
Shadow
|
Henry
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