Lincoln leads the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards; directors Affleck, Tarantino, and Bigelow snubbed

The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced today, with a few notable snubs.  We expected movies like LINCOLN, LES MISERABLES, ARGO, and ZERO DARK THIRTY to take a lot of nominations, but to leave out the directors for some of those is kind of crazy.  Kathryn Bigelow has been winning directing awards right and left, and Ben Affleck has been praised as the second coming for his work in ARGO, but both were left off the list for their work in both of those films.  Also left off was Tarantino, which leaves me wondering if the controversy over the film hurt his chances.

I’m one of those “f*ck the Oscars” guys anyway, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t like to see how it all turns out.  So, let’s get on with the nominations, shall we?

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards:

Best Picture
AMOUR (Sony Pictures Classics), Nominees To Be Determined
ARGO (Warner Bros.), Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Fox Searchlight), Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
DJANGO UNCHAINED (The Weinstein Company), Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
LES MISERABLES (Universal), Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
LIFE OF PI (20th Century Fox), Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
LINCOLN (DreamWorks), Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (The Weinstein Company), Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
ZERO DARK THIRTY (Sony), Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Directing
Michael Haneke – AMOUR
Benh Zeitlin – BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Ang Lee – LIFE OF PI
Steven Spielberg – LINCOLN
David O. Russell – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Daniel Day-Lewis – LINCOLN
Hugh Jackman – LES MISERABLES
Joaquin Phoenix – THE MASTER
Denzel Washington – FLIGHT

Actress in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain – ZERO DARK THIRTY
Jennifer Lawrence – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Emmanuelle Riva – AMOUR
Quvenzhané Wallis – BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Naomi Watts – THE IMPOSSIBLE

Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin – ARGO
Robert De Niro – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Philip Seymour Hoffman – THE MASTER
Tommy Lee Jones – LINCOLN
Christoph Waltz – DJANGO UNCHAINED

Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams – THE MASTER
Sally Field – LINCOLN
Anne Hathaway – LES MISERABLES
Helen Hunt – THE SESSIONS
Jacki Weaver – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
ARGO, Written by Chris Terrio
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, Written by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
LIFE OF PIi, Written by David Magee
LINCOLN, Written by Tony Kushner
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, Written by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)
AMOUR, Written by Michael Haneke
DJANGO UNCHAINED, Written by Quentin Tarantino
FLIGHT, Written by John Gatins
MOONRISE KINGDOM, Written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
ZERO DARK THIRTY, Written by Mark Boal

Foreign Language Film
AMOUR (Sony Pictures Classics), Austria
KON-TIKI (The Weinstein Company), Norway
NO (Sony Pictures Classics), Chile
A ROYAL AFFAIR (Magnolia Pictures), Denmark
WAR WITCH (Tribeca Film), Canada

Animated Feature Film
BRAVE (Disney•Pixar), Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
FRANKENWEENIE (Walt Disney Pictures), Tim Burton
PARANORMAN (Focus Features), Sam Fell and Chris Butler
THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (Sony), Peter Lord
WRECK-IT RALPH (Walt Disney Pictures), Rich Moore

Art Direction
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 MISERABLES, Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
LIFE OF PIi, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
LINCOLN, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Cinematography
Seamus McGarvey – ANNA KARENINA
Robert Richardson – DJANGO UNCHAINED
Claudio Miranda – LIFE OF PI
Janusz Kaminski – LINCOLN
Roger Deakins – SKYFALL

Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran – ANNA KARENINA
Paco Delgado – LES MISERABLES
Joanna Johnston – LINCOLN
Eiko Ishioka – MIRROR MIRROR
Colleen Atwood – SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN

Film Editing
William Goldenberg – ARGO
Tim Squyres – LIFE OF PI
Michael Kahn – LINCOLN
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers – SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg – ZERO DARK THIRTY

Documentary (Feature)
5 BROKEN CAMERAS (Kino Lorber), Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
THE GATEKEEPERS (Sony Pictures Classics), Nominees to be determined
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE (Sundance Selects), Nominees to be determined
THE INVISIBLE WAR (Docurama Films), Nominees to be determined
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (Sony Pictures Classics), Nominees to be determined

Makeup
HITCHCOCK, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
LES MISERABLES, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)
Dario Marianelli – ANNA KARENINA
Alexandre Desplat – ARGO
Mychael Danna – LIFE OF PI
John Williams – LINCOLN
Thomas Newman – SKYFALL

Music (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 MISERABLES, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Sound Mixing
ARGO, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
LES MISERABLES, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
LIFE OF PIi, 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

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

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

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

Short Film (Animated)
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

Short Film (Live Action)
ASAD, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
BUZKASHI BOYS, Sam French and Ariel Nasr
CURFEW, Shawn Christensen
DEATHS OF A SHADOW (Dood van een Schaduw), Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
HENRY, Yan England