The golden, prized statues have finally been bestowed as the glitz and glamor of Hollywood’s finest was displayed in front of the world. The 85 annual Oscars took place Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theater, formally known as the Kodak Theater, in Los Angeles, California.
The staff of the McIntosh Trail picked which film they believed would win from the potential nominees. In the list below, the nominees from each category are listed, with the winners in bold and the staff’s picks are noted to the right of the title.
Best Picture:
“Amour”
“Argo”
“Beasts of the Southern Wild”
“Django Unchained”
“Les Miserables” (Staff’s Choice)
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Best Actor:
Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln” (Staff’s Choice)
Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”
Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
Denzel Washington, “Flight”
Best Actress:
Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook” (Staff’s Choice)
Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
Quvenzhane Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”
Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, “Argo”
Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln” (Staff’s Choice)
Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”
Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, “The Master”
Sally Field, “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables” (Staff’s Choice)
Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Directing:
Michael Haneke, “Amour”
Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln” (Staff’s Choice)
David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Foreign Language Film:
“Amour,” Austria (Staff’s Choice)
“Kon-Tiki,” Norway
“No,” Chile
“A Royal Affair,” Denmark
“War Witch,” Canada
Adapted Screenplay:
Chris Terrio, “Argo” (Staff’s Choice)
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
David Magee, “Life of Pi”
Tony Kushner, “Lincoln”
David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
Original Screenplay:
Michael Haneke, “Amour”
Quentin Tarantino, “Django Unchained” (Staff’s Choice)
John Gatins, “Flight”
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, “Moonrise Kingdom”
Mark Boal, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Animated Feature Film:
“Brave” (Staff’s Choice)
“Frankenweenie”
“ParaNorman”
“The Pirates! Band of Misfits”
“Wreck-It Ralph”
Production Design:
“Anna Karenina”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
“Les Miserables” (Staff’s Choice)
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
Cinematography:
“Anna Karenina”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Skyfall” (Staff’s Choice)
Sound Mixing:
“Argo”
“Les Miserables” (Staff’s Choice)
“Life of Pi”
“Lincoln”
“Skyfall”
Sound Editing:
“Argo”
“Django Unchained”
“Life of Pi”
“Skyfall” (Staff’s Choice)
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Original Score:
“Anna Karenina,” Dario Marianelli
“Argo,” Alexandre Desplat
“Life of Pi,” Mychael Danna
“Lincoln,” John Williams
“Skyfall,” Thomas Newman (Staff’s Choice)
Original Song:
“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
“Skyfall” from “Skyfall,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (Staff’s Choice)
“Suddenly” from “Les Miserables,” Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Costume:
“Anna Karenina”
“Les Miserables”
“Lincoln”
“Mirror Mirror”
“Snow White and the Huntsman” (Staff’s Choice)
Documentary Feature:
“5 Broken Cameras”
“The Gatekeepers” (Staff’s Choice)
“How to Survive a Plague”
“The Invisible War”
“Searching for Sugar Man”
Documentary (short subject):
“Inocente” (Staff’s Choice)
“Kings Point”
“Mondays at Racine”
“Open Heart”
“Redemption”
Film Editing:
“Argo”
“Life of Pi” (Staff’s Choice)
“Lincoln”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Zero Dark Thirty”
Makeup and Hairstyling:
“Hitchcock”
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (Staff’s Choice)
“Les Miserables”
Animated Short Film:
“Adam and Dog”
“Fresh Guacamole”
“Head over Heels”
“Maggie Simpson in ‘The Longest Daycare’”
“Paperman” (Staff’s Choice)
Live Action Short Film:
“Asad”
“Buzkashi Boys”
“Curfew” (Staff’s Choice)
“Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)”
“Henry”
Visual Effects:
“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (Staff’s Choice)
“Life of Pi”
“Marvel’s The Avengers”
“Prometheus”
“Snow White and the Huntsman”
