Oscar nominations were announced early this morning. It’s another reminder to finish that silly script I’ve been working on forever. Here’s the list of this year’s nominations, courtesy of the Deadline Hollywood website:
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 Picture nom “Lincoln.” Photo courtesy of DreamWorks.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook
- Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
- Hugh Jackman in Les Misérables
- Joaquin Phoenix in The Master
- Denzel Washington in Flight
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Alan Arkin in Argo
- Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Master
- Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln
- Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained
Achievement in directing
- “Amour” Michael Haneke
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
- “Life of Pi” Ang Lee
- “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
- “Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty
- Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook
- Emmanuelle Riva in Amour
- Quvenzhané Wallis in Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Naomi Watts in The Impossible
Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty.” Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Amy Adams in “The Master”
- Sally Field in “Lincoln”
- Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
- Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
- Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best animated feature film of the year
- “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
- “Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
- “ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
- “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
- “Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore
Adapted screenplay
- “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
- “Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
- “Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
- “Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell
Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Photo courtesy of the Weinstein Company.
Original screenplay
- “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
- “Django Unchained”Written by Quentin Tarantino
- “Flight” Written by John Gatins
- “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal
Achievement in cinematography
- “Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
- “Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
- “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
- “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
- “Skyfall” Roger Deakins
Best foreign language film of the year
- “Amour” Austria
- “Kon-Tiki” Norway
- “No” Chile
- “A Royal Affair” Denmark
- “War Witch” Canada
Best documentary feature
- “5 Broken Cameras”
- “The Gatekeepers”
- “How to Survive a Plague”
- “The Invisible War”
- “Searching for Sugar Man”
Best documentary short subject
- “Inocente”
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine - “Kings Point”
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider - “Mondays at Racine”
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan - “Open Heart”
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern - “Redemption”
Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
Achievement in film editing
- “Argo” William Goldenberg
- “Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
- “Lincoln” Michael Kahn
- “Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Multiple nominated movie “Argo.” Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.
Achievement in costume design
- “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
- “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
- “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
- “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
- “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- “Hitchcock”
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel - “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane - “Les Misérables”
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
- “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
- “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
- “Lincoln” John Williams
- “Skyfall” Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph - “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane - “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri - “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth - “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Achievement in production design
- “Anna Karenina”
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer - “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright - “Les Misérables”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson - “Life of Pi”
Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock - “Lincoln”
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Best animated short film
- “Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
- “Fresh Guacamole” PES
- “Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
- “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” David Silverman
- “Paperman” John Kahrs
Best live action short film
- “Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
- “Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
- “Curfew” Shawn Christensen
- “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
- “Henry” Yan England
Achievement in sound editing
- “Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
- “Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
- “Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
- “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson
Achievement in sound mixing
- “Argo”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia - “Les Misérables”
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes - “Life of Pi”
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin - “Lincoln”
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins - “Skyfall”
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Ang Lee’s adaptation of “Life of Pi.” Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox.
Achievement in visual effects
- “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White - “Life of Pi”
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott - “Marvel’s The Avengers”
Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick - “Prometheus”
Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill - “Snow White and the Huntsman”
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
I haven’t seen all of the nominated movies so I can’t really say I agree or disagree with a lot of these. However, after a quick glance, I am surprised by some missing names, such as Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino in the directing category. I was also surprised by the lack of nominations for “Moonrise Kingdom.” I thought it was some of Wes Anderson’s best work and Oscar worthy. Maybe it was a little too precious and quirky for the Academy.
My favorite movie this past year was “Argo,” but, again, I’ve only seen half of the movies in the best picture category. I’m planning to watch many more in the coming weeks, such as “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Life of Pi” and “Django Unchained,” so I hope to get a better perspective and sense of things as it gets closer to the Oscar show.
More to come about the nominated — and snubbed — screenplays.