The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards have been announced. The Oscars will be aired on ABC on Sunday, Feb 24.
There are not many surprises in the nominations, with “Lincoln” and “Silver Linings Playbook” obtaining the most nominations in the main categories. The real surprise nomination comes from Quvenzhané Wallis being nominated in the leading actress category. At the age of 9, she is the youngest to be nominated for the leading actress award ever. She is fantastic in the role and rightfully earned a spot in the nominations. “Beasts of the Southern Wild” had been excluded from the Golden Globe nominations and earned four big award nominations, including best picture.
Tarantino (“Django Unchained”) and Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty”) did not gain nominations for directing, whereas they did garner nominations for the Golden Globes. “Amour” has gained a nomination in the best picture and best foreign language film categories which is rarely ever done. Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” is only nominated for writing, but snubbed from a best picture nomination. In all likeliness, "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" will probably win most of the awards. They are both certainly deserving of wins.
The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards are as follows:
Best Picture:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Directing:
Michael Haneke - Amour
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
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
Actress in a Leading Role:
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts - The Impossible
Actor in a Supporting Role:Alan Arkin - Argo
Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
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
Writing (Adapted Screenplay):
Argo, Written by Chris Terrio
Beasts of the Southern Wild, Written 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
Writing (Original Screenplay):
Amour, Written by Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Written by Quentin Tarantino
Flight, Written by John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal
Foreign Language Film:
Amour (Sony Pictures Classics), Austria
Kon-Tiki (The Weinstein Company), Norway
No (Sony Pictures Classics), Chile
A Royal Affair (Magnolia Pictures), Denmark
War Witch (Tribeca Film), Canada
Animated Feature Film:
Brave (Disney•Pixar), Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie (Walt Disney Pictures), Tim Burton
ParaNorman (Focus Features), Sam Fell and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Sony), Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph (Walt Disney Pictures), Rich Moore
For the full list of Oscar nominations, click here.
What do you think about the nominations? What are your Oscar predictions?
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