It’s that time of year when everyone in Hollywood gets together to hand out their most prestigious award, The Oscar. That’s right the 2013 Academy Awards. It’s also the same time of year when everyone else in America says “I’ve never heard of that movie.” The Oscar beast has evolved over the years and now mostly the movies that are nominated are smaller and usually feature a cast of unknowns. I had the privilege this year of seeing most of them and I am now proud to present this years, or technically last years? I don’t know. Anyway, here are the nominees.
BEST PICTURE
- Amour
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ACTOR
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
- Denzel Washington, Flight
- Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
BEST ACTRESS
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
- Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Alan Arkin, Argo
- Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
- Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
- Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, The Master
- Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
- Ang Lee, Life of Pi
- David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
- Behn Zeitlin, Beast of the Southern Wild
- Michael Haneke, Amour
- Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Amour
- Django Unchained
- Flight
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Brave
- Frankenweenie
- ParaNorman
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits
- Wreck-It Ralph
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Amour
- A Royal Affair
- No
- Kon-Tiki
- War Witch
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Anna Karenina
- Django Unchained
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Skyfall
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Anna Kareninna
- Les Miserables
- Lincoln
- Mirror Mirror
- Snow White and the Huntsman
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- 5 Broken Cameras
- The Gatekeepers
- How to Survive a Plague
- The Invisible War
- Searching for Sugar Man
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- Inocente
- Kings Point
- Mondays at Racine
- Open Heart
- Redemption
BEST FILM EDITING
- Argo
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- Hitchcock
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Les Miserables
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Anna Karenina
- Argo
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Skyfall
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- “Before My Time” from Chasing Ice
- “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted
- “Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi
- “Skyfall” from Skyfall
- “Suddenly” from Les Miserables
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- Anna Karenina
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
- Adam and Dog
- Fresh Guacamole
- Head Over Heels
- Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare
- Paperman
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
- Asad
- Buzkashi Boys
- Curfew
- Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
- Henry
BEST SOUND EDITING
- Argo
- Django Unchained
- Life of Pi
- Skyfall
- Zero Dark Thirty
BEST SOUND MIXING
- Argo
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Skyfall
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Life of Pi
- Marvel’s The Avengers
- Prometheus
- Snow White and the Huntsman
Any surprises? Any snubs? Who or what do you think will win?
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Watcher of movies. Writer of books. I love doing both and sometimes I even write about movies. Follow me on Twitter so you can keep track of my boring and uninteresting life @redsixx.
