Oscars in Black and White

How the 85th Annual Academy Awards went down:

They said = The Academy

We said = The mood of the Oscars in Black and White

I said = How it should have been….

Best Picture:

• They said: “Argo” – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
• We said: “Argo” – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
• I said: “Amour”

Seriously, if you haven’t seen Amour, please go see it. It is one of the three movies-of-the-year.

Best Supporting Actor:

• They said: Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”
• We said: Alan Arkin, “Argo”
• I said: Jean-Louis Trintignant (write-in candidate) for Amour

Best Supporting Actress:

• They said: Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”
• We said:Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”
• I said: Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

Best Director:

• They said: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
• We said: David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
• I said: Michael Haneke, “Amour”

Best Actor:

• They said: Daniel Day Lewis, “Lincoln”
• We said: Daniel Day Lewis, “Lincoln”
• I said: Daniel Day Lewis, “Lincoln”

Best Actress:

• They said: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
• We said: Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
• I said: Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”

Best Original Screenplay:

• They said: “Django Unchained” – Written by Quentin Tarantino
• We said (tied): “Moonrise Kingdom” – Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola and “Zero Dark Thirty” -Written by Mark Boal
• I said: “Amour” – Written by Michael Haneke

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• They said: “Argo” – Written by Chris Terrio
• We said: “Beasts of the Southern Wild” – Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
• I said: “Life of Pi” – Written by David Magee

Best Animated Feature:

• They said: “Brave” – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• We said: “Brave” – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• I said: “Brave” – Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman although my heart truly yearns for Paranorman” – Sam Fell and Chris Butler. It is one of the other three movies-of-the-year.

Best Foreign Feature:

• They said: “Amour” – Austria
• We said: “Amour” – Austria
• I said: “Amour” – Austria

Best Visual Effects:

• They said: “Life of Pi” – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• We said: “Life of Pi” – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• I said: “Life of Pi” – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott although my heart goes to “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

Best Cinematography:

• They said: “Life of Pi” – Claudio Miranda
• We said: “Anna Karenina” – Seamus McGarvey
• I said: “Life of Pi” – Claudio Miranda

Best Costume Design:

• They said: “Anna Karenina” – Jacqueline Durran
• We said: “Les Miserables” – Paco Delgado
• I said: “Les Miserables” – Paco Delgado

Best Documentary Feature:

• They said: “Searching for Sugar Man”
• We said: “Searching for Sugar Man”
• I said: “Searching for Sugar Man”

Changing a nation and not even knowing it. See this story.

Best Documentary Short:

• They said: “Inocente” – Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• We said: “Mondays at Racine” – Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• I said:

Best Film Editing:

• They said: “Argo” – William Goldenberg
• We said: “Argo” – William Goldenberg
• I said: “Zero Dark Thirty” – Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Best Makeup and Hairstyling:

• They said: “Les Miserables” – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
• We said: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• I said: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

Best Music (Original Score):

• They said: “Life of Pi” – Mychael Danna
• We said (tied): “Lincoln” – John Williams and “Skyfall” – Thomas Newman
• I said:

Best Music (Original Song):

• They said: “Skyfall” from “Skyfall” – Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• We said: “Skyfall” from “Skyfall” – Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• I said: “Skyfall” from “Skyfall” – Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Best Production Design:

• They said: “Lincoln” – Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
• We said: “Les Misérables” – Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
• I said: “Les Misérables” – Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)

Best Short Film, Animated:

• They said: “Paperman” – John Kahrs
• We said: “Adam and Dog” – Minkyu Lee
• I said: “Head over Heels” – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly” . See this film. One of the other three films-of-the-year.

Best Short Film, Live Action:

• They said: “Curfew” – Shawn Christensen
• We said: “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
• I said:

Best Sound Editing:

• They said: “Skyfall” – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• We said: “Zero Dark Thirty” – Paul N.J. Ottosson
• I said: “Zero Dark Thirty” – Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Sound Mixing:

• They said: “Les Misérables” – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• We said: “Les Misérables” – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• I said: “Les Misérables” – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

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