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My 2012 Oscar Nomination Predictions
Posted by Terry Gale
The Academy of Motion Picture Sciences will announce their nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards on Thursday, January 10, 2013.
Here are my 2012 Oscar nomination predictions (in order of probability) along with the actual nominations in blue:
Best Picture
Predicted Nominations:
- Argo
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Les Misérables
If Six Nominations:
- Life of Pi
If Seven Nominations:
- Django Unchained
- Moonrise Kingdom
If Nine Nominations:
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
If Ten Nominations:
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Other Possible Contenders:
- The Master
- Amour
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Skyfall
Other Note-Worthy Films:
- The Sessions
- Flight
- The Impossible
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Hitchcock
- Promised Land
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- The Hunger Games
Best Director
Predicted Nominations:
- Ben Affleck, Argo
- Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
- Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
- David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
- Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Other Possible Contenders:
- Tom Hooper, Les Misérables
- Michael Haneke, Amour
- Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
- Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
- Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Other Note-Worthy Directors:
- Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Ben Lewin, The Sessions
- Sam Mendes, Skyfall
- Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
- Gus Vant Sant, Promised Land
- Robert Zemeckis, Flight
- Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- John Madden, The Exotic Marigold Hotel
- Lasse Hallström, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Joe Wright, Anna Karenina
- Juan Antonio Bavona, The Impossible
- Sacha Gervasi, Hitchcock
Best Actor
Predicted Nominations:
- Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
- John Hawkes, The Sessions
- Denzel Washington, Flight
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
- Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
- Richard Gere, Arbitrage
- Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
- Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock
Other Note-Worthy Performances:
- Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
- Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained
- Ben Affleck, Argo
- Daniel Craig, Skyfall
- Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
- Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
- Matt Damon, Promised Land
- Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson
- Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
- Jack Black, Bernie
- Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen & The Impossible
- Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch
Best Actress
Predicted Nominations:
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
- Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
- Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
- Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Other Possible Contenders:
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
- Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Other Note-Worthy Performances:
- Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
- Laura Linney, Hyde Park on Hudson
- Deanie Yip, A Simple Life
- Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
- Maggie Smith, Quartet
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed
- Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
- Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
Best Supporting Actor
Predicted Nominations:
- Alan Arkin, Argo
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
- Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
- Javier Bardem, Skyfall
- Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Other Possible Contenders:
- Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
- William H. Macy, The Sessions
- Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
Other Note-Worthy Performances:
- Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained
- Jason Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty
- Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Eddie Redmayne, Les Misérables
- John Goodman, Flight or Argo
- Hal Holbrook, Promised Land
- Russell Crowe, Les Misérables
Best Supporting Actress
Predicted Nominations:
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Amy Adams, The Master
- Maggie Smith, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Other Possible Contenders:
Other Note-Worthy Performances:
- Jennifer Ehle, Zero Dark Thirty
- Emma Watson, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Pauline Collins, Quartet
- Kelly Reilly, Flight
- Kerry Washington, Django Unchained
- Helena Bonham Carter, Les Misérables
- Frances McDormand, Promised Land
- Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Adapted Screenplay
Predicted Nominations:
- Chris Terrio, Argo
- Tony Kushner, Lincoln
- David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
- David Magee, Life of Pi
- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Other Possible Contenders:
- Lucy Alibar & Ben Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Ben Lewin, The Sessions
- Ol Parker, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
- William Nicholson, Les Miserables
Other Note-Worthy Adapted Screenplays:
- Tom Stoppard, Anna Karenina
- Jose Rivera, On The Road
- Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain, Rust and Bone
- Christopher & Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
- Judd Apatow, This is 40
- John Logan, Patrick Marber, Neal Purvis & Robert Wade, Skyfall
- John J. McLaughlin, Hitchcock
- Simon Beaufoy, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
- Ronald Harwood, Quartet
Best Original Screenplay
Predicted Nominations:
- Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
- Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
- Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
- Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
- Rian Johnson, Looper
Other Possible Contenders:
- Michael Haneke, Amour
- John Gatins, Flight
- Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano, The Intouchables
- Ava DuVernay, Middle of Nowhere
- Reid Carolin, Magic Mike
Other Note-Worthy Original Screenplays:
- Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
- Matt Damon & John Krasinski, Promised Land
- Sergio G. Sanchez, The Impossible
- Dan Fogelman, The Guilt Trip
- Sarah Polley, Take This Waltz
- Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard, The Cabin in the Woods
Best Animated Feature
Predicted Nominations:
Other Possible Contenders:
- Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
- The Painting (Le Tableau)
- From Up on Poppy Hill
- The Rabbi’s Cat
- Hotel Transylvania
- A Liar’s Autobiography – The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman
Other Note-Worthy Animated Films:
Best Foreign Language Film
Predicted Nominations:
- Amour
- The Intouchables
- A Royal Affair
- Kon-Tiki
- No
Other Possible Contenders:
Other Note-Worthy Foreign Films:
- Rust and Bone
- I Wish
- The Kid with a Bike
- Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
- Holy Motors
- Tabu
- The Loneliest Planet
- The Turin Horse
- Oslo, August 31st
- Lore
- Our Children
- Barbara
Best Documentary Feature
- Searching for Sugar Man
- The Gatekeepers
- How to Survive a Plague
- The Invisible War
- This is Not a Film
Other Possible Contenders:
- The Imposter
- Detropia
- The Waiting Room
- Bully
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
- The House I Live In
- Chasing Ice
- Ethel
- 5 Broken Cameras
Other Note-Worthy Documentaries:
- The Queen of Versailles
- The Central Park Five
- Samsara
- West of Memphis
Best Original Song
Predicted Nominations:
- Skyfall, Skyfall
- Suddenly, Les Misérables
- Learn Me Right, Brave
- From Here to the Moon and Back, Joyful Noise
- Abraham’s Daughter, The Hunger Games
Other Possible Contenders:
- Still Alive, Paul Williams Still Alive
- For You, Act of Valor
- Not Running Anymore, Stand Up Guys
- Touch the Sky, Brave
- Ancora Qui, Django Unchained
Other Note-Worthy Songs:
- Safe & Sound, The Hunger Games
- Dull Tool, This is 40
- Breath of Life, Snow White and the Huntman
- Strange Love, Frankenweenie
- When Can I See You Again, Wreck-It Ralph
- Still Dream, Rise of the Guardians
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