Sunday, February 24, 2013

My predictions at this year's 85th Academy Awards.

I haven't seen most of the nominated films. As the title suggest the following are my predictions.

I'm quite bias here. Because some of the predications listed below, I already watched some of the films listed in this prediction list.

Best Picture:
Les Misérables – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, and Cameron Mackintosh;
Life of Pi – Gil Netter, Ang Lee, and David Womark

Best Director:
Ang Lee for Life of Pi

Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln

Best Actress:
Naomi Watts for The Impossible as Maria Bennett

Best Supporting Actor: (any of the following)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master as Lancaster Dodd;
Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens;
Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained as Dr. King Schultz

Best Supporting Actress: (any of the following)
Amy Adams for The Master as Peggy Dodd;
Sally Field for Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln;
Helen Hunt for The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene

Best Writing - Original Screenplay:
Flight – John Gatins

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay:
Life of Pi – David Magee from Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Best Animated Feature:
Brave – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman;
Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore

Best Foreign Language Film: (any of the following)
Amour (Austria) in French – Michael Haneke;
A Royal Affair (Denmark) in Danish – Nikolaj Arcel;
War Witch (Canada) in French – Kim Nguyen

Best Documentary – Feature:
Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

Best Documentary – Short Subject: (any of the following)
Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly;
The Longest Daycare – David Silverman

Best Live Action Short Film:
Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele

Best Animated Short Film: (any of the following)
Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly;
The Longest Daycare – David Silverman;
Paperman – John Kahrs

Best Original Score: (any of the following)
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna;
Lincoln – John Williams;
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song: (any of the following)
"Before My Time" from Chasing Ice – J. Ralph;
"Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted – Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane;
"Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi – Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri

Best Sound Editing;
Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

Best Sound Mixing: (any of the following)
Les Misérables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, and Simon Hayes;
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill, and Drew Kunin;
Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, and Stuart Wilson

Best Production Design: (any of the following)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, and Simon Bright;
Les Misérables – Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson;
Life of Pi – David Gropman and Anna Pinnock

Best Cinematography: (any of the following)
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda;
Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński;
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: (any of the following)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, and Tami Lane;
Les Misérables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Best Costume Design: (any of the following)
Les Misérables – Paco Delgado;
Snow White and the Huntsman - Colleen Atwood

Best Film Editing:
Life of Pi – Tim Squyres

Best Visual Effects: (any of the following)
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;
Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould, and Michael Dawson

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