Saturday, February 23, 2013

BLACK SHEEP'S OSCAR PREDICTIONS

And here we are. Awards season typically begins to take shape during the height os festival season in September and is in full swing by the time December rolls around. ARGO and SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK were the early frontrunners when they launched at the Toronto International Film Festival but this awards season has been anything but predictable, which is an incredibly welcome change for this critic. It is no fun to know exactly where everything is leading months before you get there but we are one day away now and this year's top prize could still go to LINCOLN or LIFE OF PI or ZERO DARK THIRTY. I don't see AMOUR taking it that doesn't mean it will walk away empty handed. I believe the love will be spread around this year and this is how I see it going.


BEST PICTURE

AMOUR

ARGO

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
DJANGO UNCHAINED
LES MISERABLES
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST DIRECTOR

Michael Haneke for AMOUR
Ang Lee for LIFE OF PI
David O. Russell for SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Steven Spielberg for LINCOLN

Benh Zeitlin for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper for SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Daniel Day-Lewis for LINCOLN

Hugh Jackman for LES MISERABLES
Joaquin Phoenix for THE MASTER
Denzel Washington for FLIGHT

BEST ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain for ZERO DARK THIRTY
Jennifer Lawrence for SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Emmanuelle Riva for AMOUR

Quvenzhane Wallis for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Naomi Watts for THE IMPOSSIBLE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin for ARGO

Robert De Niro for SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Philip Seymour Hoffman for THE MASTER
Tommy Lee Jones for LINCOLN
Christoph Waltz for DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams for THE MASTER
Sally Field for LINCOLN

Anne Hathaway for LES MISERABLES

Helen Hunt for THE SESSIONS
Jacki Weaver for SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

AMOUR
DJANGO UNCHAINED
FLIGHT
MOONRISE KINGDOM

ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ARGO

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
LIFE OF PI
LINCOLN
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS

CINEMATOGRAPHY


COSTUME DESIGN


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

5 BROKEN CAMERAS
THE GATEKEEPERS
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
THE INVISIBLE WAR

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

INOCENTE

KING'S POINT
MONDAYS AT RACINE
OPEN HEART
REDEMPTION

EDITING


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

AMOUR (Austria)

NON-TIKI (Norway)
NO (Chile)
A ROYAL AFFAIR (Denmark)
WAR WITCH (Canada)

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

THE HOBBIT


ORIGINAL SCORE


ORIGINAL SONG

BEFORE MY TIME from CHASING ICE
EVERYBODY NEEDS A BEST FRIEND from TED
PI'S LULLABY from LIFE OF PI

SKYFALL from SKYFALL

SUDDENLY from LES MISERABLES

PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE HOBBIT

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

ADAM AND DOG
FRESH GUACAMOLE

HEAD OVER HEELS

MAGGIE SIMPSON IN "THE LONGEST DAYCARE"
PAPERMAN

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

ASAD

BUZKASHI BOYS
CURFEW
DEATH OF A SHADOW
HENRY

SOUND EDITING


SOUND MIXING


VISUAL EFFECTS

THE HOBBIT


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3 comments:

  1. Brett3:40 pm

    Nice post and I like the use of teh poll. This year is actually one of the first in quite a while when there are more than a couple of very good contenders in several categories.

    Best, Brett
    www.OCanadaBlog.com

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  2. Brett3:41 pm

    Nice post and I like the use of the poll. This is the first year in while when there are actually more than a couple of very good movies in contention in several of the categories.

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  3. Anonymous9:23 pm

    Nice job Joe, as always.
    Hope you enjoy your soirée.
    Max xxx

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