By Dustin Rowles | Industry | January 10, 2013 |
By Dustin Rowles | Industry | January 10, 2013 |
The 85th Academy Award nominations were announced this morning, and it’s kind of a sh*t show in the snubs department, in particular in the directing category: No Quentin Tarantino. No Ben Affleck. No Tom Hooper. No Kathryn Bigelow (I had to double check that, in fact). The surprise here is how much momentum Beasts of the Southern Wild has been able to maintain going into the nominations (it was nominated for best film, best actress, and best director), and the omnipresence of Michael Haneke’s Amour.
A big surprise is also the multiple nominations for David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, a movie I loved but which is poised to be this year’s The Artist: Primed for the most backlash, since it’s a fairly formulaic romantic comedy that just happens to hit every beat perfectly and not exactly the heavy, statement film that most Best Picture nominees tend to be. It really is, as Joanna said, The Cutting Edge, except with Prozac instead of ice-skating.
Also disappointing: Looper is nowhere to be found (nor is Safety Not Guaranteed , though we didn’t have huge expectations for either). There’s no Matthew McConaughey in the supporting category, nor Javier Bardem, nor Leonardo DiCaprio: That fifth slot went somewhat surprisingly to Robert DeNiro, proving once again that the Weinsteins have bought the Oscar nomination process (they are behind Silver Linings Playbook, The Master and Django Unchained).
I think the biggest snub of the day, however, goes to the criminal omission of John Hawkes for The Sessions, even though Helen Hunt did got nominated in the supporting actress category (along with another surprise: Jacki Weaver).
We can also usually rely upon the screenplay categories to recognize the more offbeat films that aren’t chosen in the Best Picture categories, but other than Moonrise Kingdom that wasn’t the case this year, either, although the horrendously scripted Flight got a nod (as did Denzel, in the Best Actor category, to no one’s surprise).
Fun Facts: Quvenzhané Wallis (9) is the youngest nominee ever, while Emmanuelle Riva (85) is the oldest nominee ever.
Here are your 2013 Academy Award Nominations.
Best Picture
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Amour
Django Unchained
Best Director
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Michael Haneke, Amour
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Denzel Washington, Flight
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Best Actress
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
John Gatins, Flight
Michael Haneke, Amour
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Adapted Screenplay
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David Magee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Chris Terrio, Argo
Best Animated Film
Best Foreign Film
Amour, Austria
No, Chile
War Witch, Canada
A Royal Affair, Denmark
Kon-Tiki, Norway
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