The Oscars 2013

[Naomidee]

Les Miserables was nominated for best film? I thought it was total shit (besides Hathaway).

[Josef K.]

The way this is always set up is that a few films get nominations in a lot of categories, and they all win one of them, for example I expect Tarantino to win screenplay but his film might win one more award, the way it is set up Amour and Life of Pi will also get one award, they are nominated in a few categories as well.

[Crude]

Amour will most likely win best foreign film seeing as it was both nominated for that plus the best film award. And I think Django might win best screenplay.

[Josef K.]

Amour will most likely win best foreign film seeing as it was both nominated for that plus the best film award. And I think Django might win best screenplay.

Tarantino is like Woody Allen, he may end up with more Screenplay awards than with Director awards. Of course I do think Woody should bring his gear back and start making high art films as he previously did. He has been lacking in recent years.

[goldb]

An art exhibition has been launched ahead of this year's Oscars by the Academy. It features posters for the Best Picture nominees done by some young artists. Here's an example:

The rest can be found here.

[Crude]

^ I am in love with the Les Miserables one ! And the Django Unchained one looks pretty damn epic as well!

[goldb]

^ I am in love with the Les Miserables one ! And the Django Unchained one looks pretty damn epic as well!

Yep me too, I also like the Life of Pi strip art; really nicely done, but my favourite would be Django. So Western.


The Academy Awards has unveiled an official poster by Olly Moss.

The artist and graphic designer has paid homage to 85 years of 'Best Picture' Oscars.

source: digitalspy

[Josef K.]

So Argo won the BAFTA, but I doubt the Oscars will be similar to the BAFTAs. Though usually they are seen as a preview to the Oscars.

[goldb]

Best film

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Life Of Pi
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best actress

• Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
• Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best actor

• Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
• Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
• Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
• Denzel Washington - Flight

Best director

• Michael Haneke - Amour
• Ang Lee - Life of Pi
• David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best supporting actor

• Alan Arkin - Argo
• Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best supporting actress

• Amy Adams - The Master
• Sally Field - Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt - The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Best foreign film

• Amour
• No
• War witch
• A Royal Affair
• Kon-Tiki

Best animated film

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Paranorman
• Pirates! Band of Misfits (UK title: Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists)
• Wreck-it Ralph

Best documentary film

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How To Survive A Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching For Sugarman

Music (original song)

• Before My Time (Chasing Ice) - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Ted) - Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• Pi's lullaby (Life Of Pi) - Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• Skyfall (Skyfall) - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• Suddenly (Les Miserables) - Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Music (original score)

• Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
• Argo - Alexandre Desplat
• Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna
• Lincoln - John Williams
• Skyfall - Thomas Newman

Adapted screenplay

• Argo - Chris Terrio
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life Of Pi - David Magee
• Lincoln - Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell

Original screenplay

• Amour - Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
• Flight - John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Cinematography

• Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
• Skyfall - Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
• Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
• Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

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

Make-up and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Production Design

• Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Miserables - Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life Of Pi - David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln - Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

Short film (animated)

• Adam and the 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 - 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 NJ Ottosson

Sound mixing

• Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Miserables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life Of Pi - Ron Bartlett, DM Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual effects

• 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 (UK title: Marvel's Avengers Assemble) - 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

Okay, so I've highlighted my predictions in green for awards to win. It's a mixture of those I want/hope to win and those I think will win because of hype and critical acclaim. We'll see how accurate or close I got.

[Josef K.]

Well Lincoln and Life of Pi really have a lot of nominations but it seems they will be in for a ride. A lot of competition, I do expect Life of pi to win some of the "less important" awards. Though Lincoln might grab best director and best actor, so that's really cool.

At what time do the awards start?

[goldb]

It's quite an open race this year; there's no one film that's out to sweep and landsline the competition. I thought Les Miserables would scoop it all but pre-Oscars awards have not been so kind to them.

The awards show will begin at 7pm ET( midnight GMT) on ABC.

---------- Post added February 25, 2013 at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was February 24, 2013 at 01:59 PM ----------

Okay, so let's see how close I was with my predictions: (mine in green, official wins in red. Crossovers in purple)

Best film

• Amour
• Argo
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Life Of Pi
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best actress

• Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
• Emmanuelle Riva - Amour
• Quvenzhane Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts - The Impossible

Best actor

• Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln
• Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook
• Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
• Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
• Denzel Washington - Flight

Best director

• Michael Haneke - Amour
• Ang Lee - Life of Pi
• David O Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg - Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best supporting actor

• Alan Arkin - Argo
• Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
• Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln
• Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

Best supporting actress

• Amy Adams - The Master
• Sally Field - Lincoln
• Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
• Helen Hunt - The Sessions
• Jacki Weaver - Silver Linings Playbook

Best foreign film

• Amour
• No
• War witch
• A Royal Affair
• Kon-Tiki

Best animated film

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Paranorman
• Pirates! Band of Misfits (UK title: Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists)
• Wreck-it Ralph

Best documentary film

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How To Survive A Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching For Sugarman

Music (original song)

• Before My Time (Chasing Ice) - Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• Everybody Needs A Best Friend (Ted) - Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• Pi's lullaby (Life Of Pi) - Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• Skyfall (Skyfall) - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• Suddenly (Les Miserables) - Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Music (original score)

• Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
• Argo - Alexandre Desplat
• Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna
• Lincoln - John Williams
• Skyfall - Thomas Newman

Adapted screenplay

• Argo - Chris Terrio
• Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
• Life Of Pi - David Magee
• Lincoln - Tony Kushner
• Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell

Original screenplay

• Amour - Michael Haneke
• Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
• Flight - John Gatins
• Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Cinematography

• Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
• Django Unchained - Robert Richardson
• Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
• Skyfall - Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
• Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
• Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
• Mirror Mirror - Eiko Ishioka
• Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Best documentary short subject

• Inocente
• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

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

Make-up and Hairstyling

• Hitchcock - Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Production Design

• Anna Karenina - Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• Les Miserables - Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson
• Life Of Pi - David Gropman and Anna Pinnock
• Lincoln - Rick Carter and Jim Erickson

Short film (animated)

• Adam and the 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 - 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 TIED
• Zero Dark Thirty - Paul NJ Ottosson TIED

Sound mixing

• Argo - John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• Les Miserables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• Life Of Pi - Ron Bartlett, DM Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• Lincoln - Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• Skyfall - Scott Millan, Greg P Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual effects

• 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 (UK title: Marvel's Avengers Assemble) - 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

12/24 That's poor man...