The 2013 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Emma Stone and Seth McFarlane, and although most of the nominations follow predictable paths, there were some surprises. The most notable omission was Ben Affleck as Best Director for Argo. He has been nominated in every other award so far, so his exclusion is quite a surprise.
Lincoln leads the way with 12 nominations, followed by Life of Pi with eleven (a surprisingly strong showing) and Les Miserables and Silver Lining Playbook with eight. Silver Linings Playbook got nominations in all four acting categories, the first movie to do so since Reds in 1982. Argo scores seven, and Zero Dark Thirty scores five. The Master, which some people thought may be dead in the water, got nominations in three out of the four acting categories.
I'm also excited that "Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare" got nominated for Best Short Film.
A full list of nominations can be found here. Below are the nominees for the major categories:
Best PictureAmour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
The new rules by the Academy mean that there can be anywhere from five to ten Best Picture nominees, and this year there are nine. There are no real surprises in this category, except perhaps the addition of Amour. Amour is the kind of movie that Academy voters love - a quieter, foreign drama about an elderly couple struggling with the wife's illness and starring respected actors. There were some hopes that Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall, or The Dark Knight Rises might make it in, but they are left off the list.
Best ActorBradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Joaquin Phoenix's inclusion is a bit of a surprise considering that The Master has been losing momentum and he has openly mocked the award season. The snubs here are John Hawkes for The Sessions and Richard Gere for Arbitrage.
Best ActressJessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Many thought Marion Cotillard was a shoo-in here for Rust & Bone, but the Academy voters went with Emanuelle Riva and Naomi Watts instead. Rachel Weisz was also another possibility here for The Deep Blue Sea. Riva is the oldest nominee in this category in Oscar history at 85 years old, and Wallis is the youngest in history at 9 years old.
Best Supporting ActorAlan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
The surprise here is that Christoph Waltz gets the nomination here over Leonardo DiCaprio for Django Unchained. There will be grumbles that Waltz's performance is actually a leading one, not supporting, but the campaign to place him as a supporting actor apparently works. Poor DiCaprio - what does this guy have to do to get a nomination, let alone win? He's going to be one of those actors like Pacino, who will get an Oscar later for a role where he doesn't deserve one, but more as a lifetime achievement award.
Best Supporting ActressAmy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
The predictions have skewed towards Nicole Kidman getting a nomination for The Paperboy after her SAG and Golden Globe nominations, but Jacki Weaver squeaks in instead. It doesn't matter - Anne Hathaway is walking away with this one.
Best DirectorMichael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Other than Ben Affleck, the other big snubs here are Tom Hooper for Les Miserables and Kathryn Bigelow for Zero Dark Thirty, and to a lesser extent, Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained. The inclusions of Benh Zeitlin and Michael Haneke are definitely surprises here.
Best Original ScreenplayAmour, Michael Hanake
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
Flight, John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty, Mark Boal
Best Adapted ScreenplayArgo, 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
The Perks of Being a Wallflower was a favorite prediction for this category, but did not score a nomination.
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