[UPDATE]: We have updated the winners list. This morning, Argo scored the top prize of Best Picture, as predicted, while also garnered awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. The Ben Affleck-directed CIA thriller beats other heavyweights like 'Life of Pi', 'Lincoln', 'Zero Dark Thirty' and 'Django Unchained', among others to snatch the night. 'Life of Pi' wins the most award of the night with four, mostly on technical awards and a Best Director nod for Ang Lee. Green Tea Movie would like to congratulate all winners and nominees. As I have mentioned in the top ten last year, both 'Life of Pi' and 'Argo' rank as the top two movies of 2012.
In the list of nominees below, I have edited the winner with a bold font. Please browse on below to see the winners.
[ORIGINAL POST]: The nominations for this year's Academy Awards is officially announced by this year's host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone, just moments ago. The drum-roll begins and the marching troops of the elite vote-goers are here for the nominees to bait. The battle for the highest achievement from Hollywood is only stiffened by the fact that there are plenty of good movies been released over the last few months. Fresh from multiple nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards, it is once again the same list of field-players dominating here. Unfortunately, some of the top contenders are not nominated causing some outcry already. In this post I have put my on-spot short analysis. A full analysis and prediction can be expected in the next few days.
The full nominations can be viewed right after the break.
Before that, here are some of the interesting facts to go along:
BEST PICTURE
Amour - Nominees to be determined
Argo - Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald
Django Unchained - Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone
Les Misérables - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi - Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook - Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison
*On-spot Analysis: Academy is showering 'Beasts' with lots of love which makes this entry a surprise. The absence of Moonrise Kingdom is a little worrying because of the critical appraisal it gets. The absence of Skyfall is a little more pressing as the Producers Guild Award recently honoured that Sam Mendes' 007 film, but that is much expected to happen after all.
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke - Amour
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Behn Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
*On-spot Analysis: I understand that this category is filled with many potentials and hopefuls, thus the most crowded one we will see. Indeed I am right. Haneke and Zeitlin are the surprises victor, while Russell is the underdog going into this one. But their entry into this category happens at the expense of Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty - snubbed!), Ben Affleck (Argo - which I believed is one of the biggest snub of the night) and Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained). TWO MAJOR SNUBS DETECTED!
BEST 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
*On-spot Analysis: The list looks fine but where is John Hawkes from The Sessions. At least his co-star get the nods on the opposite category. Still, Hawkes is one of the biggest snub!
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
*On-spot Analysis: The list looks fine as well, but Marion Cotillard's fine performance in Rust and Bone is missing here. Another major snub! Albeit, the addition Emmanuelle Riva and Quvenzhane Wallis are the most interesting one. Riva is 86 and Wallis is 9, making them both the oldest and youngest nominated actress in the history respectively.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Lining Playbooks
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
*On-spot Analysis: The list looks solid and probably one of these five could have been replaced by another. Potentially also the biggest snub goes to Leonardo DiCaprio. Remember now that Academy has 5 snubs so far!
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
*On-spot Analysis: Just like Beasts of the Southern Wild, I guess Academy is in love with Silver Linings Playbook too. Jacki Weaver comes unexpected and I guess Helen Mirren's performance in Hitchcock goes unnoticed, at the same time. MINOR SNUB!
BEST 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
*On-spot Analysis: Minor snub of Rian Johnson's Looper. And....still do not get how Zero Dark Thirty is in this category.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo - Written by Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - Written by David Magee
Lincoln - Written by Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook - Written by David O. Russell
*On-spot Analysis: Good choice!
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie - Tim Burton
Paranorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Peter Lord
Wrack-It Ralph - Rich Moore
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour (Austria) in French – Michael Haneke
Kon-Tiki (Norway) in Norwegian
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark) in Danish
War Witch (Canada)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
5 Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers - Nominees to be determined
How to Survive a Plague - Nominees to be determined
The Invisible War - Nominees to be determined
Searching for Sugar Man - Nominees to be determined
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
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
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
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
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
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 ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams
Skyfall - Thomas Newman
*On-spot Analysis: Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil's fine score in Cloud Atlas - 6th SNUB of the night!
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
Les Misérables - Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi - David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall - Roger Deakins
BEST 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 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 VISUAL EFFECT
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
BEST 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
In the list of nominees below, I have edited the winner with a bold font. Please browse on below to see the winners.
[ORIGINAL POST]: The nominations for this year's Academy Awards is officially announced by this year's host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone, just moments ago. The drum-roll begins and the marching troops of the elite vote-goers are here for the nominees to bait. The battle for the highest achievement from Hollywood is only stiffened by the fact that there are plenty of good movies been released over the last few months. Fresh from multiple nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards, it is once again the same list of field-players dominating here. Unfortunately, some of the top contenders are not nominated causing some outcry already. In this post I have put my on-spot short analysis. A full analysis and prediction can be expected in the next few days.
The full nominations can be viewed right after the break.
Before that, here are some of the interesting facts to go along:
- Silver Lining Playbook becomes the first movie in 31 years, since 1981's Reds to receive nomination on each acting categories.
- Les Miserables is the first musical to receive a Best Picture nom since 2002's Chicago
- Life of Pi's seven technical nominations is one of the only four films to do so, others include Titanic, Master and Commander and Hugo.
- Emmanuelle Riva, 86 and Quvenzhane Wallis, 9 are the oldest and youngest nominated actress in the history, respectively.
- For the first time in the history, all five nominees in one acting categories are past winners - Best supporting actor has Arkin (last won with 2006's Little Miss Sunshine), De Niro (last won with 1980's Raging Bull), Hoffman (last won with 2005's Capote), Jones (last won with 1993's The Fugitive) and Waltz (last won with 2009's Inglourious Basterds)
- Producing partner, Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg, earns their 8th Best Picture nomination with Lincoln.
- Today brought the first Oscar nominations for Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Michael Haneke (Amour), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild).
- Amour is the first movie since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to receive nominations in both Best Picture and Best Foreign-Language Film in the same year.
BEST PICTURE
Amour - Nominees to be determined
Argo - Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald
Django Unchained - Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone
Les Misérables - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi - Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark
Lincoln - Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook - Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison
*On-spot Analysis: Academy is showering 'Beasts' with lots of love which makes this entry a surprise. The absence of Moonrise Kingdom is a little worrying because of the critical appraisal it gets. The absence of Skyfall is a little more pressing as the Producers Guild Award recently honoured that Sam Mendes' 007 film, but that is much expected to happen after all.
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke - Amour
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
Behn Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
*On-spot Analysis: I understand that this category is filled with many potentials and hopefuls, thus the most crowded one we will see. Indeed I am right. Haneke and Zeitlin are the surprises victor, while Russell is the underdog going into this one. But their entry into this category happens at the expense of Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty - snubbed!), Ben Affleck (Argo - which I believed is one of the biggest snub of the night) and Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained). TWO MAJOR SNUBS DETECTED!
BEST 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
*On-spot Analysis: The list looks fine but where is John Hawkes from The Sessions. At least his co-star get the nods on the opposite category. Still, Hawkes is one of the biggest snub!
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
*On-spot Analysis: The list looks fine as well, but Marion Cotillard's fine performance in Rust and Bone is missing here. Another major snub! Albeit, the addition Emmanuelle Riva and Quvenzhane Wallis are the most interesting one. Riva is 86 and Wallis is 9, making them both the oldest and youngest nominated actress in the history respectively.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Lining Playbooks
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
*On-spot Analysis: The list looks solid and probably one of these five could have been replaced by another. Potentially also the biggest snub goes to Leonardo DiCaprio. Remember now that Academy has 5 snubs so far!
Amy Adams - The Master
Sally Field - Lincoln
Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook
*On-spot Analysis: Just like Beasts of the Southern Wild, I guess Academy is in love with Silver Linings Playbook too. Jacki Weaver comes unexpected and I guess Helen Mirren's performance in Hitchcock goes unnoticed, at the same time. MINOR SNUB!
BEST 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
*On-spot Analysis: Minor snub of Rian Johnson's Looper. And....still do not get how Zero Dark Thirty is in this category.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo - Written by Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi - Written by David Magee
Lincoln - Written by Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook - Written by David O. Russell
*On-spot Analysis: Good choice!
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave - Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie - Tim Burton
Paranorman - Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits - Peter Lord
Wrack-It Ralph - Rich Moore
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour (Austria) in French – Michael Haneke
Kon-Tiki (Norway) in Norwegian
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark) in Danish
War Witch (Canada)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
5 Broken Cameras - Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers - Nominees to be determined
How to Survive a Plague - Nominees to be determined
The Invisible War - Nominees to be determined
Searching for Sugar Man - Nominees to be determined
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
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
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
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
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
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 ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Argo - Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Lincoln - John Williams
Skyfall - Thomas Newman
*On-spot Analysis: Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil's fine score in Cloud Atlas - 6th SNUB of the night!
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST 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
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)
Les Misérables - Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi - David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
Lincoln - Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall - Roger Deakins
BEST 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 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 VISUAL EFFECT
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
BEST 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
