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 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 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 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 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 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 Best animated feature film of the year Brave Frankenweenie ParaNorman The Pirates! Band of Misfits Wreck-It Ralph Achievement in cinematography Anna Karenina Seamus McGarvey Django Unchained Robert Richardson Life of Pi Claudio Miranda Lincoln Janusz Kaminski Skyfall Roger Deakins 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 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 Kings Point Mondays at Racine Open Heart Redemption 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 Best foreign language film of the year Amour (Austria) Kon-Tiki (Norway) No (Chile) A Royal Affair (Denmark) War Witch (Canada) 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 Fresh Guacamole Head over Heels Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" Paperman Best live action short film Asad Buzkashi Boys Curfew Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) Henry 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 SkyfallScott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson 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 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 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
Could someone explain to me what qualifies an actor for lead and or supporting consideration? I would have guessed to see Hathaway in the lead category?
I didn't see the movie, but I've heard she's only in it for 15 minutes. I think the Academy decides who goes where. I know for the Emmy's the actors decide but I think it's different here.
I remember when Denzel won for Training Day, he was in the lead category even though Ethan Hawke had more screentime than he did. So in short, it's pretty arbitrary?
+1 I'd like to see at least 3. I see Kathryn Bigelow has not been nominated for Best Director, which seems odd considering all the early plaudits that film got. For a solid month I think I heard it was the greatest film of the year and incredible, etc. Then the pro-torture stories started coming out and now that's pretty much all I hear about the film. Personally, I'm not sure I could stomach the movie, although it is intriguing and I did like The Hurt Locker.
Of the Best Picture nominees I've seen Django Unchained, Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty. Of them I enjoyed ZDT the best. I've never even heard of Amour or Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Having seen it I can honestly say that for me it didn't bother me one bit. The waterboarding scene didn't last very long, maybe 20-30 seconds at the most. As long as you tell yourself it's just a movie you'll be fine.
Hope Django wins Best Picture. Surprised at Amour pick..WTF Only because it's Haneke of course. Seems to have convinced people he's art darling but only if they saw his older and better work...
I see a Belgian short was nominated: Fun thing is that it shares the same lead as the Belgian movie nominated in the foreign film category last year: Matthias Schoenaerts.
Best motion picture of the year I have seen the following movies : Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Les Misérables Silver Linings Playbook and I want to see the following movies: Lincoln Zero Dark Thirty This has been a very good year for movies. My two favorites are Argo and Silver Linings Playbook. Highly recommends from screen play, acting, 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 Tough, tough choice. Loved both Bradley Cooper and Hugh Jackman. Need to see Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln. I give the nod to Hugh. 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 Jennifer Lawerance is worthy of the award. However, I haven't seen the others except for Quvenhane. I don't like giving awards to child actors. 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 Alan Arkin gets my vote, but need to see Tomy Lee Jones.
I don't get how Christoph Waltz gets nominated over Samuel Jackson or Leonardo Dicaprio in the same movie. I also heard that Sally Field was pretty bad in Lincoln but I haven't seen it. And it seems Helen Hunt got nominated because of showing full frontal a couple of time because I don't think it was that great of a performance. Pretty weak field this year.
Forget about Django. If they didn't selection Quentin for a best director nod, they won't be giving Django the top pic award. I loved it but it will win nothing. Amour should not be eligible for both best picture and best foreign-language film. What's that all about? I'm horrified to say I might not even watch them this year. They look like a snoozefest.
As Jitty pointed out to me just today, that's pretty much at the heart of the controversy. The fact that the screenplay could be read as a way to legitimize a controversial and unpopular means of intelligence gathering.
Gosh, 20 years ago I would have paid money to see this.... And yet, here we are in 2012, and I find this almost more compelling. Hunt's older than I am, which means she's pushing 50. Must take some level of courage to go frontal at that age... Edit: Here's the article Mark O'Brien wrote about his experiences that lead to The Sessions: http://thesunmagazine.org/issues/174/on_seeing_a_sex_surrogate?page=1