Thursday, January 10, 2013

Hold your breath and count to ten...

Mere hours away from the big announcement! Which means it's dream ballot time. Unfortunately this year I do this having yet to see ZERO DARK THIRTY (opening tomorrow here in Tarannah). Also LES MIZ, though not so unfortunately. Could not be bothered. On to the categories!

Best Picture



Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Damsels in Distress


Holy Motors
Magic Mike
The Master
Rust and Bone
Silver Linings Playbook



Best Director



Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Michael Haneke, Amour
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook


Special mentions:


Ben Affleck, Argo
Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone
Richard Linklater, Bernie
Steven Soderbergh, Magic Mike
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild



Best Actor



Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour


Special mentions:


Jack Black, Bernie
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Mark Duplass, Your Sister's Sister
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Channing Tatum, 21 Jump Street



Best Actress



Linda Cardellini, Return
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Nina Hoss, Barbara
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild


Special mentions:

Emily Blunt, Your Sister's Sister
Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister's Sister
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

(the rest after the jump)

Best Supporting Actor


Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
James Spader, Lincoln


Special mentions:

John Cusack, The Paperboy
Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained
Seth Rogen, Take This Waltz
Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Ronald Zehrfeld, Barbara



Best Supporting Actress


Amy Adams, The Master
Emily Blunt, Looper
Macy Gray, The Paperboy
Cody Horn, Magic Mike 
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy



Adapted Screenplay


2 Days in New York - Julie Delpy, Alexia Landeau 
Bernie - Skip Hollandsworth, Richard Linklater 
Lincoln - Tony Kushner, John Logan, Paul Webb
Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell




Original Screenplay


Amour - Michael Haneke
Damsels in Distress
- Whit Stillman
The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson 
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Your Sister's Sister - Lynn Shelton


Special mentions:


Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
Looper -
Rian Johnson 
Safety Not Guaranteed - Derek Connolly


Cinematography



Argo - Rodrigo Prieto
Life of Pi -
Claudio Miranda
The Master - Mihai Malamaire Jr.
Rust and Bone - Stéphane Fontaine
Skyfall - Roger Deakins




Original Score


Documentary Feature



The Central Park Five (not shortlisted)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (not shortlisted)
The House I Live In
The Imposter
Searching for Sugar Man
Stories We Tell (not eligible as it has not yet had a theatrical run in the States, but could not leave it out, being the best documentary and one of the best films seen all year)


And with that, all that remains is to heed Adele's advice from the soon-to-be Best Original Song winner that lent this post its title. Now try to get some sleep, will ya? Lemon out.

No comments:

Post a Comment