The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were revealed today by presenters Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone. With MacFarlane sharing nominations duties with Stone, it marks the first time since 1971 that an Oscar host read off the nominees (MacFarlane will be hosting the Oscars on Sunday, February 26, 2013 on ABC).
It was an interesting morning for sure, and Hollywood insiders, entertainment bloggers and more were on pins and needles with each reveal. And boy were some of the categories very revealing.
The biggest winner is Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln which racked up the most nominations of any other with 12. The offbeat romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook surprised with acting nominations in every category (best actor, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress). Jacki Weaver’s nomination for Playbook was a surprised and prevented me from going five for five with my predictions. (I thought Maggie Smith of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel would get that fifth spot.) A big Oscar fact to know is that Silver Linings Playbook becomes only the 14th film to ever receive at least one Oscar nomination in each of the four acting categories, and the first to do so in 31 years. The others: My Man Godfrey (1936), Mrs. Miniver (1942), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Johnny Belinda (1948), Sunset Blvd. (1950), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967), Network (1976), Coming Home (1978) and Reds (1981).
That sets up a David vs. Goliath battle between Lincoln and Silver Linings unless you include Life of Pi and make it a three-way.
The 3-D release Life of Pi also scored an impressive number of nominations with 11. Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s literary classic becomes only the fourth film to score Oscar nominations in all seven technical categories (best cinematography, film editing, best original score, best sound editing, best sound mixing and best visual effects). The others is James Cameron’s Titanic (not surprising), the underrated Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and last year’s Hugo. And the film continues a tradition that started back in 2009 is having a Best Film field with at least one film that was released predominately in 3-D.
Here are the complete list of nominees followed by some “Oscar Nominations by the Numbers” from The Hollywood Reporter.
Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Daniel Day-Lewisin “Lincoln”
- Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
- Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
- Denzel Washington in “Flight”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Alan Arkin in “Argo”
- Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
- Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
- Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
- Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
- Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
- Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Amy Adams in “The Master”
- Sally Field in “Lincoln”
- Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
- Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
- Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best animated feature film of the year
- “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
- “Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
- “ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
- “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
- “Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore
Adapted screenplay
- “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
- “Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
- “Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
- “Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell
Original screenplay
- “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
- “Django Unchained”Written by Quentin Tarantino
- “Flight” Written by John Gatins
- “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal
Achievement in cinematography
- “Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
- “Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
- “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
- “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
- “Skyfall” Roger Deakins
Achievement in directing
- “Amour” Michael Haneke
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
- “Life of Pi” Ang Lee
- “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
- “Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell
Best foreign language film of the year
- “Amour” Austria
- “Kon-Tiki” Norway
- “No” Chile
- “A Royal Affair” Denmark
- “War Witch” Canada
Best documentary feature
- “5 Broken Cameras”
Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi - “The Gatekeepers”
Nominees to be determined - “How to Survive a Plague”
Nominees to be determined - “The Invisible War”
Nominees to be determined - “Searching for Sugar Man”
Nominees to be determined
Best documentary short subject
- “Inocente”
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine - “Kings Point”
Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider - “Mondays at Racine”
Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan - “Open Heart”
Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern - “Redemption”
Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
Achievement in 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
Achievement in costume design
- “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
- “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
- “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
- “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
- “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- “Hitchcock”
Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel - “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane - “Les Misérables”
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
- “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
- “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
- “Lincoln” John Williams
- “Skyfall” Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”
Music and Lyric by J. Ralph - “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”
Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane - “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”
Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri - “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”
Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth - “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Best motion picture of the year
- “Amour” Nominees to be determined
- “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
- “Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
- “Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
- “Life of Pi”Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
- “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
- “Silver Linings Playbook”Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
- “Zero Dark Thirty”Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
Achievement in production design
- “Anna Karenina”
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer - “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright - “Les Misérables”
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson - “Life of Pi”
Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock - “Lincoln”
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Best animated short film
- “Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
- “Fresh Guacamole” PES
- “Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
- “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare” David Silverman
- “Paperman” John Kahrs
Best live action short film
- “Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
- “Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
- “Curfew” Shawn Christensen
- “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
- “Henry” Yan England
Achievement in 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 N.J. Ottosson
Achievement in sound mixing
- “Argo”
John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia - “Les Misérables”
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes - “Life of Pi”
Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin - “Lincoln”
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins - “Skyfall”
Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in 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”
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
- Sony’s Zero Dark Thirty, which was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, becomes the 11th best picture Oscar nominee directed or co-directed by a woman.
- Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), who is nine years old, becomes the youngest best actress Oscar nominee in history, breaking the record previously held by Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), who was 13 when she was nominated for Whale Rider (2003).
- Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), who is 85 years old, becomes the oldest best actress Oscar nominee in history, breaking the record previously held by Jessica Tandy, who was 80 when she was nominated — and won — for Driving Miss Daisy (1989). The only person older than Riva to ever receive an acting Oscar nomination was Gloria Stuart, who was 87 when she became a best supporting actress nominee for Titanic (1997).
- An unprecedented three Australians are among this year’s acting Oscar nominees: Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Naomi Watts (The Impossible) and Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook).
- For the first time in history all five nominees from one of the acting categories — in this case, best supporting actor (Argo‘s Alan Arkin, Silver Linings Playbook‘s Robert De Niro, The Master‘s Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lincoln‘s Tommy Lee Jones, Django Unchained‘s Christoph Waltz) — are previous Oscar winners.
- Amy Adams (The Master) becomes only the eighth person to have received at least four best supporting actress Oscar nominations.
- Today brought the first Oscar nominations for Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Michael Haneke (Amour), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild).
