If there was anything that was made clear at the announcement of the 2013 Oscars nominations for the 85th Academy Awards, it was that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loved the movies "Lincoln" and "Life of Pi." Before the nominating concluded Thursday morning (Jan. 10), "Lincoln" had racked up 12 nominations, "Life of Pi" 11, and both had secured a Best Picture nod.
Steven Spielberg got his seventh directorial Oscar nod for "Lincoln." It is an award he has won twice already ("Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List"). The movie is also up for Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Supporting Actor (Tommy Lee Jones), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Field), Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Production, and Best Cinematography.
Ang Lee received his third directorial nomination for "Life of Pi," having won once before with "Brokeback Mountain" in 2006. The movie received no acting nods, but is up for Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (Mychael Danna), Best Original Song, Best Production, and Best Cinematography.
Still, there were other movies with more than a handful of nods. "Les Miserables" garnered eight nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Hugh Jackman), and Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway). "Silver Linings Playbook," a surprise contender, also pulled eight nominations, including nods in all four acting categories and one for Best Director (David O. Russell).
The movie "Argo," one of the more critically acclaimed movies of 2012, received seven nominations. Ben Affleck, who directed, co-produced, and starred in the movie, did not receive a nod for acting or directing and just might be the biggest snub of the awards ceremony.
Affleck's snub wasn't the only noticeable one. Kathryn Bigelow was noticeably missing from the Best Director category for her Best Picture-nominated "Zero Dark Thirty" (which got five nominations in all). Quentin Tarentino was overlooked as well for the Best Director honor for "Django Unchained" (also five total nominations). And Tom Hooper wasn't mentioned in the Best Director's list, either, although "Les Miserables" is up for Best Picture and seven other awards.
One of the biggest surprises was the "Beasts of the Southern Wild" which garnered four nominations. One was for Best Actress for 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis, the youngest person to ever be nominated for an Oscar.
Another surprise was the number of nominations garnered by the foreign film, "Amour." An Austrian product, "Amour" not only got the Best Foreign Language Film nod but a Best Picture nod as well. Michael Haneke got a Best Director nod, Emmanuelle Riva got a Best Actress nomination, and the film also is up for a Best Original Screenplay (Michael Haneke).
Animator Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone announced the nominations at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, Thursday. The awards ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on February 24 beginning at 8 p.m. (EST) on ABC Television.
Best Motion Picture
Argo
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Steven Speilberg - Lincoln
Michael Haneke - Amour
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Alan Arkin – Argo
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Phillip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
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 Film
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Foreign Film
Amour (Austria)
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
No (Chile)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
War Witch (Canada)
Best Documentary
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Searching for Sugar Man
Best Cinematography
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Film Editing
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Best Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Marvel's The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Sound Mixing
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Sound Editing
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Live Action Short
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw)
Henry
Best Documentary Short
Inocente
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Open Heart
Redemption
Best Animated Short
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head over Heels
The Longest Daycare
Paperman
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 Misérables
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