2013 Bafta Nominations Announced

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Though they're not seen as big as the Oscars, I thought I would still post them.

LEAD ACTOR

Ben Affleck, Argo
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

LEAD ACTRESS

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust And Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Master
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

DIRECTOR

Ben Affleck, Argo
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Ang Lee, Life Of Pi
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Michael Haneke, Amour

BEST FILM

Argo
Les Miserables
Life Of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

Anna Karenina
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Seven Psycopaths
Skyfall

ANIMATED FILM

Brave
Frankenweenie
Paranorman

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

Bart Layton (Director), Dimitri Doganis (Producer) - The Imposter
David Morris (Director), Jacqui Morris (Director, Producer) - McCullin
James Bobin (Director) - The Muppets
Tina Gharavi (Director/Writer) - I Am Nasrine

DOCUMENTARY

The Imposter
Marley
McCullin
Searching For Sugar Man
West Of Memphis

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Amour, Michael Haneke
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Argo, Chris Terrio
Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin
Life Of Pi, David Magee
Lincoln, Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life Of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Les Miserables, Danny Cohen
Life Of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins

EDITING

Argo, William Goldenberg
Django Unchained, Fred Raskin
Life Of Pi, Tim Squyres
Skyfall, Stuart Baird
Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Anna Karenina, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Les Miserables, Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
Life Of Pi, David Gropman, Anna Pinnock
Lincoln, Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
Skyfall, Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock

COSTUME DESIGN

Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Great Expectations, Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Les Miserables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Snow White And The Huntsman, Coleen Atwood

SOUND

Django Unchained - Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward
Les Miserables - Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst
Life Of Pi - Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill
Skyfall - Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

The Dark Knight Rises - Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White
Life Of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer
Marvel Avengers Assemble - Nominees TBC
Prometheus - Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth

MAKE UP AND HAIR

Anna Karenina - Ivana Primorac
Hitchock - Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater
Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott
Lincoln - Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou

SHORT ANIMATION

Here To Fall - Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath
I'm Fine Thanks - Eamonn O'Neill
The Making Of Longbird - Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson

SHORT FILM

The Curse - Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries
Good Night - Muriel d'Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir
Swimmer - Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw
Tumult - Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews
The Voorman Problem - Mark Gill, Baldwin Li

EE RISING STAR AWARD

Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander

I won't get into all the technical stuff, but there are a few surprising nominations here.

It's good to see Argo being nominated for so much and it deserves to win a number of them. One it didn't deserve to be nominated for is Best Actor. Ben Affleck was good in his role yet never blew me away with his performance.

I'm shocked that Denzel Washington wasn't nominated for his role in Flight. That film was brilliant and his performance was outstanding. Other performances which should have received recognition is Richard Gere's role in Arbitrage and Michael Pena in End of Watch.

It's a damn shame that End of Watch wasn't nominated for anything especially since it was fucking fantastic and better than the majority of films released.

The Lead Actress and Supporting Actress categories shows how weak of a year it has been for female roles. I think it's pretty safe to say that it's a lock that Jessica Chastain will win best actress for Zero Dark Thirty and Anne Hathaway will win best supporting actress for Les Mis.

That's all I've got for now. Any thoughts?

 

[Richard Blonoff]

I don't think Phoenix should have been nominated for The Master. Amy Adams and Phillip Seymour Hoffman more than deserve their nomination, but I feel like Phoenix's performance crossed the line of over the top at times. He did a good, but not great job in my opinion. I'm not sure if you fault the actor or the writer or the director for the character, but at times it was over the top.

I haven't watched Flight so I can't comment on Denzel. I've heard good things, but the only guy I know who saw it in theaters fell asleep during.

I will disagree with you on End of Watch though. I thought it was a good film, but it was just that, a good film. It didn't blow me away, it isn't a movie I needed to rush out and purchase, I'm glad I saw it, but I don't need to see it twice.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

The only nomination that really bugs me is Amy Adams. She was overshadowed by Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and truth be told, her performance was decent at best.

I'm also not sure about Sally Field, and Zero Dark Thirty doesn't come out until Friday over here, but I plan on watching it. Hopefully it lives up to all the hype.