Kathryn Bigelow was not nominated for Best Director. Has the Academy gone mad? Apparently. It’s going to be a tight race, however, for “Best Picture” this year and hopefully that will go to “Zero Dark Thirty.” Plenty of additional tough choices including best actor and actress in lead roles and supporting roles.
This Examiner’s favorites are marked by asterisks. Now, drum roll please… Here is the eagerly awaited list of the 2013 Oscar nominations (in alpha order):
Best Picture
“Argo”
“Django Unchained”
“Les Miserables”
“Life of Pi”
“Amour”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Zero Dark Thirty” *
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis for “Lincoln” *
Hugh Jackman for “Les Miserables”
Joaquin Phoenix for “The Master”
Denzel Washington for “Flight”
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain for”Zero Dark Thirty” *
Jennifer Lawrence for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva for “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis for “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts for “The Impossible”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin for “Argo”
Robert De Niro for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman for “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones for “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz for “Django Unchained” *
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for “The Master”
Sally Field for “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway for “Les Miserables” *
Helen Hunt for “The Sessions”
Jackie Weaver for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Animated Feature Film
“Brave”
“Frankenweenie” *
“ParaNorman”
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits”
“Wreck-It Ralph”
Best Director
Michael Haneke for “Amour”
Benh Zeitlin for “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Ang Lee for “Life of Pi”
Steven Spielberg for “Lincoln” *
David O. Russell for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Original Screenplay
“Amour” by Michael Haneke
“Django Unchained” by Quentin Tarantino
“Flight” by John Gatins
“Moonrise Kingdom” by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
“Zero Dark Thirty” by Mark Boal *
Writing, Adapted Screenplay
“Argo” by Chris Terrio *
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” by David Magee
“Lincoln” by Tony Kushner
“Silver Linings Playbook” by David O. Russell
Music, Original Song
“Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice,” music and lyrics by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from “Ted,” music by Walter Murphy, lyrics by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi,” music by Mychael Danna, lyrics by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from “Skyfall,” music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth *
“Suddenly” from “Les Miserables,” music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Foreign Language Film
“Amour” (Austria)
“Kon-Tiki” (Norway)
“No” (Chile)
“A Royal Affair” (Denmark) *
“War Witch” (Canada)
Cinematography
“Anna Karenina”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln” *
“Skyfall”
Costume Design
“Anna Karenina”
“Les Miserables” *
“Lincoln”
“Mirror Mirror”
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Documentary, Feature
“5 Broken Cameras”
“The Gatekeepers” *
“How to Survive a Plague”
“The Invisible War”
“Searching for Sugar Man”
Documentary, Short
“Inocente”
“Kings Point”
“Mondays at Racine”
“Open Heart”
“Redemption” *
Film Editing
“Argo”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Zero Dark Thirty” *
Makeup & Hairstyling
“Hitchcock” *
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Les Miserables”
Music, Original Score
“Anna Karenina”
“Argo” *
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Skyfall”
Production Design
“Anna Karenina”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Les Miserables” *
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
Short Film, Animated
“Adam and Dog”
“Fresh Guacamole”
“Head over Heels”
“Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare'”
“Paperman”
Short Film, Live Action
“Asad”
“Buzkashi Boys”
“Curfew”
“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” *
“Henry”
Sound Editing
“Argo”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Skyfall”
“Zero Dark Thirty” *
Sound Mixing
“Argo”
“Les Miserables” *
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Skyfall”
Visual Effects
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Life of Pi” *
“Marvel’s The Avengers”
“Prometheus”
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
This Examiner’s favorites are marked by asterisks. Now, drum roll please… Here is the eagerly awaited list of the 2013 Oscar nominations (in alpha order):
Best Picture
“Argo”
“Django Unchained”
“Les Miserables”
“Life of Pi”
“Amour”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Zero Dark Thirty” *
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis for “Lincoln” *
Hugh Jackman for “Les Miserables”
Joaquin Phoenix for “The Master”
Denzel Washington for “Flight”
Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain for”Zero Dark Thirty” *
Jennifer Lawrence for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva for “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis for “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts for “The Impossible”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin for “Argo”
Robert De Niro for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman for “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones for “Lincoln”
Christoph Waltz for “Django Unchained” *
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for “The Master”
Sally Field for “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway for “Les Miserables” *
Helen Hunt for “The Sessions”
Jackie Weaver for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Animated Feature Film
“Brave”
“Frankenweenie” *
“ParaNorman”
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits”
“Wreck-It Ralph”
Best Director
Michael Haneke for “Amour”
Benh Zeitlin for “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Ang Lee for “Life of Pi”
Steven Spielberg for “Lincoln” *
David O. Russell for “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best Original Screenplay
“Amour” by Michael Haneke
“Django Unchained” by Quentin Tarantino
“Flight” by John Gatins
“Moonrise Kingdom” by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
“Zero Dark Thirty” by Mark Boal *
Writing, Adapted Screenplay
“Argo” by Chris Terrio *
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
“Life of Pi” by David Magee
“Lincoln” by Tony Kushner
“Silver Linings Playbook” by David O. Russell
Music, Original Song
“Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice,” music and lyrics by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from “Ted,” music by Walter Murphy, lyrics by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi,” music by Mychael Danna, lyrics by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from “Skyfall,” music and lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth *
“Suddenly” from “Les Miserables,” music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Foreign Language Film
“Amour” (Austria)
“Kon-Tiki” (Norway)
“No” (Chile)
“A Royal Affair” (Denmark) *
“War Witch” (Canada)
Cinematography
“Anna Karenina”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln” *
“Skyfall”
Costume Design
“Anna Karenina”
“Les Miserables” *
“Lincoln”
“Mirror Mirror”
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
Documentary, Feature
“5 Broken Cameras”
“The Gatekeepers” *
“How to Survive a Plague”
“The Invisible War”
“Searching for Sugar Man”
Documentary, Short
“Inocente”
“Kings Point”
“Mondays at Racine”
“Open Heart”
“Redemption” *
Film Editing
“Argo”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Zero Dark Thirty” *
Makeup & Hairstyling
“Hitchcock” *
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Les Miserables”
Music, Original Score
“Anna Karenina”
“Argo” *
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Skyfall”
Production Design
“Anna Karenina”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Les Miserables” *
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
Short Film, Animated
“Adam and Dog”
“Fresh Guacamole”
“Head over Heels”
“Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare'”
“Paperman”
Short Film, Live Action
“Asad”
“Buzkashi Boys”
“Curfew”
“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” *
“Henry”
Sound Editing
“Argo”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Skyfall”
“Zero Dark Thirty” *
Sound Mixing
“Argo”
“Les Miserables” *
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Skyfall”
Visual Effects
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Life of Pi” *
“Marvel’s The Avengers”
“Prometheus”
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
