This was a HUGE year for fantastic films especially from Walt Disney Studio’s who brought out the big guns with movies like Brave, Lincoln, Marvel’s The Avengers, Wreck-It Ralph, and Frankenweenie. This morning the Oscar nominations were announced and I was so excited to hear that all of these films mentioned earned at least one Oscar nomination with Lincoln earning a very well deserved 12 nominations!!
LINCOLN (DreamWorks/Touchstone)
· Best Picture
· Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role – Daniel Day-Lewis
· Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role – Sally Field
· Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role – Tommy Lee Jones
· Directing – Steven Spielberg
· Adapted Screenplay – Tony Kushner
· Music (Original Score) – John Williams
· Cinematography – Janusz Kaminski
· Costume Design – Joanna Johnston
· Film Editing – Michael Kahn
· Production Design – Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
· Sound Mixing – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
BRAVE (Disney•Pixar)
· Animated Feature Film
FRANKENWEENIE (Disney)
· Animated Feature Film
WRECK-IT RALPH (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
· Animated Feature Film
PAPERMAN (Walt Disney Animation Studios)
· Animated Short Film
MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS (Marvel)
· Visual Effects – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
The 85th Academy Awards will air live on ABC on Sunday, February 24. I will definitely be watching and cheering on my favorites from this list. Visit Oscar.com for a complete list of the nominations. Which Walt Disney Studios movie are you most hoping takes home an Oscar?