Fellow film blogger Squasher from Film Actually is hosting a contest in honor of the upcoming Oscars. While the real nominations will be announced tomorrow, the contest asks you to make your predictions beforehand. In true FTS spirit, I’m getting mine in at the last minute. Keep reading to see what I movies I think will be nominated.
Here are my predictions for the 2013 Oscar nominations:
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
• Ben Affleck, Argo
• Ang Lee, Life of Pi
• Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
• David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
• Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ACTOR
• Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
• John Hawkes, The Sessions
• Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
• Denzel Washington, Flight
BEST ACTRESS
• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
• Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
• Quvenzhane Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
• Alan Arkin – Argo
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
• Helen Hunt, The Sessions
• Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
• Sally Field, Lincoln
• Amy Adams, The Master
BEST EDITING
• William Goldenberg – Argo
• Chris Dickens – Les Miserables
• Michael Kahn – Lincoln
• Tim Squyres – Life Of Pi
• William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor – Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty
• Michael Haneke – Amour
• Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
• Rian Johnson – Looper
• Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• Chris Terrio – Argo
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Tony Kushner – Lincoln
• David Magee – Life of Pi
• Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Seamus McGarvey – Anna Karenina
• Robert Richardson – Django Unchained
• Claudio Miranda – Life Of Pi
• Janusz Kaminski – Lincoln
• Roger Deakins – Skyfall
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
• The Intouchables (France)
• A Royal Affair (Denmark)
• Amour (Austria)
• No (Chile)
• War Witch (Canada)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• Bully
• The Gatekeepers
• How To Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War
• Searching For Sugar Man
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• Rise of the Guardians
• Wreck-It-Ralph
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
• Jacqueline Durran – Anna Karenina
• Sharen Davis – Django Unchained
• Paco Delgado – Les Miserables
• Joanna Johnston – Lincoln
• Eiko Ishioka – Mirror Mirror
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
• Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer – Anna Karenina
• Sharon Seymour & Jan Pascale – Argo
• J. Michael Riva, Leslie A. Pope – Django Unchained
• Eve Stewart – Les Miserables
• Rick Carter, Jim Erickson, Peter T Frank – Lincoln
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
• The Avengers
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Life Of Pi
• Prometheus
• The Dark Knight Rises
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Miserables
• Men In Black 3
BEST SOUND MIXING
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty
BEST SOUND EDITING
• The Avengers
• Django Unchained
• Prometheus
• Skyfall
• Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
• Dario Marianelli – Anna Karenina
• Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin – Beasts Of The Southern Wild
• Mychael Danna – Life Of Pi
• John Williams – Lincoln
• Reinhold Hell & Johnny Kilmek – Cloud Atlas
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
• Birdy & Mumford & Sons – “Learn Me Right” (“Brave“)
• Elisa Toffoli – “Ancora Qui” (“Django Unchained“)
• Neil Finn – “Song of the Lonely Mountain” (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey“)
• Hugh Jackman – “Suddenly” (“Les Miserables“)
• Adele – “Skyfall” (“Skyfall“)
