2013 Academy Award Nominees

[Steve Vale]

Oscar nominees were chosen on Jan 10. Here's the list
http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
Amour (2012): To Be Determined
Argo (2012): Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
Django Unchained (2012): Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone
Les Misérables (2012): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi (2012): Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark
Lincoln (2012): Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln (2012)
Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables (2012)
Joaquin Phoenix for The Master (2012)
Denzel Washington for Flight (2012/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Emmanuelle Riva for Amour (2012)
Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Alan Arkin for Argo (2012)
Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master (2012)
Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln (2012)
Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained (2012)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Master (2012)
Sally Field for Lincoln (2012)
Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)
Helen Hunt for The Sessions (2012)
Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Michael Haneke for Amour (2012)
Ang Lee for Life of Pi (2012)
David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Steven Spielberg for Lincoln (2012)
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Amour (2012): Michael Haneke
Django Unchained (2012): Quentin Tarantino
Flight (2012/I): John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Mark Boal

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
Argo (2012): Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi (2012): David Magee
Lincoln (2012): Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook (2012): David O. Russell

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
Brave (2012): Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie (2012): Tim Burton
ParaNorman (2012): Sam Fell, Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012): Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph (2012): Rich Moore

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Amour (2012)(Austria)
Rebelle (2012)(Canada)
No (2012/I)(Chile)
En kongelig affære (2012)(Denmark)
Kon-Tiki (2012)(Norway)

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Anna Karenina (2012/I): Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained (2012): Robert Richardson
Life of Pi (2012): Claudio Miranda
Lincoln (2012): Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall (2012): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
Argo (2012): William Goldenberg
Life of Pi (2012): Tim Squyres
Lincoln (2012): Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty (2012): William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

Best Achievement in Production Design
Nominees:
Anna Karenina (2012/I): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright
Les Misérables (2012): Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life of Pi (2012): David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
Lincoln (2012): Rick Carter, Jim Erickson

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
Anna Karenina (2012/I): Jacqueline Durran
Les Misérables (2012): Paco Delgado
Lincoln (2012): Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror (2012/I): Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): Colleen Atwood

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Nominees:
Hitchcock (2012): Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Peter King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane
Les Misérables (2012): Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
Anna Karenina (2012/I): Dario Marianelli
Argo (2012): Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi (2012): Mychael Danna
Lincoln (2012): John Williams
Skyfall (2012): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
Chasing Ice (2012): J. Ralph("Before My Time")
Les Misérables (2012): Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer("Suddenly")
Life of Pi (2012): Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayshree("Pi's Lullaby")
Skyfall (2012): Adele, Paul Epworth("Skyfall")
Ted (2012): Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane("Everybody Needs a Best Friend")

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
Argo (2012): John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, José Antonio García
Les Misérables (2012): Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
Life of Pi (2012): Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin
Lincoln (2012): Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins
Skyfall (2012): Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
Argo (2012): Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained (2012): Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi (2012): Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
Skyfall (2012): Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker
Zero Dark Thirty (2012): Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
The Avengers (2012): Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Daniel Sudick
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
Life of Pi (2012): Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott
Prometheus (2012/I): Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Phil Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
5 Broken Cameras (2011): Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers (2012): To Be Determined
How to Survive a Plague (2012): To Be Determined
The Invisible War (2012): To Be Determined
Searching for Sugar Man (2012): To Be Determined

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
Inocente (2012): Sean Fine, Andrea Nix
Kings Point (2012): Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine (2012): Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan
Open Heart (2013): Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption (2012/V): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
Adam and Dog (2011): Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole (2012): PES
Head Over Heels (2012): Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
Paperman (2012): John Kahrs
The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare (2012): David Silverman

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
Asad (2012): Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys (2012): Sam French, Ariel Nasr
Curfew (2012/I): Shawn Christensen
Dood van een Schaduw (2012): Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele
Henry (2011/III): Yan England

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

I'm fairly disappointed that the masterpiece that is Cloud Atlas was overlooked. Too smart for most folks I guess.

[boydo]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

Either Lincoln or Zero Dark Thirty will win everything due to the subject more than the actual merit.

I'll go ahead and say that the only thing that I've seen recently was Skyfall and I thought it was fantastic! Don't get to see many movies anymore.

[Deathsdoorstep]

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Either Lincoln or Zero Dark Thirty will win everything due to the subject more than the actual merit.

I'll go ahead and say that the only thing that I've seen recently was Skyfall and I thought it was fantastic! Don't get to see many movies anymore.

I've seen Lincoln, and it is an excellent film. If it wins, nobody will be able to say it wasn't on merit, mate. And Daniel Day should just go pick up his statue now.

[boydo]

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Has Daniel Day Lewis ever had a role that he didn't have some sort of "gimmick"?
-Lincoln - make up etc
-There Will Be Blood - old western style get up etc
-My Left Foot - duh
-Gangsters of New York - James Bond style glass eye etc

Can't think of any other films he's been in off the top of my head. The only one I've seen was Gangs though...

[Esks4ever]

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I"m sure Zero Dark Thirty will win. Just like the undeserving "The Hurt Locker". Politics

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

I had no problem with The Hurt Locker winning that year.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

Has Daniel Day Lewis ever had a role that he didn't have some sort of "gimmick"?
-Lincoln - make up etc
-There Will Be Blood - old western style get up etc
-My Left Foot - duh
-Gangsters of New York - James Bond style glass eye etc

Can't think of any other films he's been in off the top of my head. The only one I've seen was Gangs though...

DDL is one of the best actors of our generation, mate. It's no gimmick. Maybe you'd like him better in latex or rubber?

[esklover]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

Read the Life of Pi and just saw the movie on Tuesday... Loved both. May not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is a fantastic story beautifully told. Ang Lee and the screen writers deserve credit for a remarkable work of art if nothing else. The movie followed the book very closely and in my opinion masterfully depicted, great casting and great effects. Glad it is being recognized.

[boydo]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

DDL is one of the best actors of our generation, mate. It's no gimmick. Maybe you'd like him better in latex or rubber?

Don't get me wrong...he goes the extra mile when it comes to getting ready for a role, but if just seems like he needs the extra stuff to make it. He's definitely not someone that's typecast by any stretch of the imagination. Keep in mind though that I haven't seen anything he's done aside from Gangs though so I'm basically just talking out of my a$$ here.

Glad to hear the Life of Pi was close to the book. Although I remember there being more animals in the boat? It's been a while since I read it though.

[Steve Vale]

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In the foreign language category, I saw "Kon Tiki" at TIFF last fall. A idealized film about the background and journey of the epic voyage.

It is done extremely well considering they only spent about 16 million on filming. Apparently, it has had American distribution rights bought - and is going to be released in English for N. American audiences...which is hilarious since at least half the film already is in English (N. Americans can't read subtitles when they're at the theatre? Inglourious Basterds did perfectly fine with subtitling in multiple languages...)

[Esks4ever]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

I had no problem with The Hurt Locker winning that year.

no way was it best movie. It was good, but not best.

[Inquiring Mind]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

Has Daniel Day Lewis ever had a role that he didn't have some sort of "gimmick"?
-Lincoln - make up etc
-There Will Be Blood - old western style get up etc
-My Left Foot - duh
-Gangsters of New York - James Bond style glass eye etc

Can't think of any other films he's been in off the top of my head. The only one I've seen was Gangs though...

He was phenomenal in "In the Name of the Father"

[234ever]

Re: 2013 Academy Award Nominees

I was so happy Avatar didn't win in 2009. I saw it once and haven't been remotely interested in seeing it again.

Admittedly I haven't seen any of this year's nominees except Frankenweenie.

[Inquiring Mind]

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Most figured Silver Linings Playbook was a sleeper, but it's got nominations all over the place. Haven't seen it unfortunately, nor most the rest (live a tad to far outside of civilization, must wait until they hit BluRay), just found it interesting.

I did see The Master... it was sort of strange, but Joaquin Phoenix was great in it, and what he did physically must have been excruciating. It got a few noms, but Phoenix is the only one who really stood out to me as a potential Oscar winner.