Earlier than I care for, the Oscar nominations were announced by Emma Stone and, to-be Oscar host, Seth McFarlane. There were certainly more than a few surprises (and huge snubs) for the 85th Academy Awards. Not surprisingly, Steven Spielberg's
Without any further ado, the official selection for the 85th Academy Awards!
Now that I'm out of class, here is the complete list.
Best Picture
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Les Misérables
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Denzel Washington (Flight)
Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Best Actress
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin (Argo)
Christoph Walz (Django Unchained)
Phillip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (The Master)
Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Best Director
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Michael Haneke (Amour)
Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Original Screenplay
Zero Dark Thirty
Django Unchained
Moonrise Kingdom
Amour
Flight
Best Adapted Screenplay
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Argo
Life of Pi
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Animated Feature
Frankenweenie
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It-Ralph
Paranorman
Brave
Best Foreign Feature
Amour (Austria)
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
No (Chile)
War Witch (Canada)
Best Visual Effects
Life of Pi
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Cinematography
Skyfall
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
Best Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
How to Survive a Plague
The Gatkeepers
5 Broken Camera
The Invisible War
Best Documentary Short
Open Heart
Inocente
Redemption
Kings Point
Mondays at Racine
Best Film Editing
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi
Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Best Music (Original Score)
Anna Karenina
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Best Music (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
Best Production Design
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Best Animated Short
Adam and Dog
Fresh Guacamole
Head over Heels
Maggie Simpson in 'The Longest Daycare'
Paperman
Best Live Action Short
Asad
Buzkashi Boys
Curfew
Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)
Henry
Best Sound Editing
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Sound Mixing
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Congratulations on making it through the whole list.
I will certainly be sounding off on the nominations and snubs. Such as,
Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck not being nominated under the Best
Director category, while Ang Lee gets a nod for his bloated Life of Pi, and Benh Zeitlin for the underrated (but not undeserving) Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Or perhaps I will sound off on how Leonardo DiCaprio gets the short
stick, as his co-star Christoph Walz gets the nominations for Best
Supporting Actor. But that shall come later.
