Wednesday, 5 December 2012

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES


Best Film
       Zero Dark Thirty
·          Argo
·          Beasts of the Southern Wild
·          Django Unchained
·          Lincoln
·          Looper
·          Les Misérables
·          The Perks of Being a Wallflower
·          Promised Land
·          Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Supporting Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained)
Best Supporting Actress
Ann Dowd (Compliance)
Best Original Screenplay
Rian Johnson (Looper)
Best Adapted Screenplay
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Ensemble
Les Misérables
Best Animated Feature
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Documentary
       Searching for Sugar Man
·          Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry
·          Detropia
·          The Gatekeepers
·          The Invisible War
·          Only the Young
Best Foreign Language Film
       Amour
·          Barbara
·          The Intouchables
·          The Kid with a Bike
·          No
·          War Witch
Best Directorial Debut
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Best Breakthrough Actor
Tom Holland (The Impossible)
Best Breakthrough Actress
Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Best Independent Film
·          Arbitrage
·          Bernie
·          Compliance
·          End of Watch
·          Hello I Must Be Going
·          Little Birds
·          Moonrise Kingdom
·          On the Road
·          Quartet
·          Sleepwalk with Me
Special Achievement in Filmmaking
Ben Affleck (Argo)
Spotlight Award
John Goodman (Argo / Flight / ParaNorman / Trouble with the Curve)
Freedom of Expression Award
The Central Park Five
Promised Land
William K. Everson History Award
50 Years of Bond Films’

After what looked like one of the most open awards seasons in years, Zero Dark Thirty has won two of the four top critics' awards (not counting the Critics' Choice), and the first two of the season. Many were unsure how it would perform - early reactions have been very positive, but so too have those for Les Miserables, Django Unchained and The Impossible. Tried and tested successes like Lincoln and Argo looked like safer bets, but it looks like the critical response to 0D30 will perhaps be the strongest of any major Oscar contender this year. The Master and Life of Pi (which appeared, on paper, to be right up the NBR's street) have both been entirely shut out, and Silver Linings Playbook receives a significant boost, beating Lincoln to Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay in two heinous decisions. Leonardo DiCaprio recoups some of the buzz he apparently relinquished to his costar Samuel L. Jackson according to early reactions to Django, Jessica Chastain advances further in the Best Actress race, and Ann Dowd receives a well-deserved citation. Beasts of the Southern Wild also gets a push, as does Promised Land, despite some only mildly positive reviews.

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