2012 BAFTA nominations
'Life of Pi' and 'Les Mis' follow closely behind, but where's 'Skyfall?'
"Lincoln" received a field-leading 10 BAFTA nominations.
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"Lincoln" led this morning's BAFTA nominations with 10 mentions, followed closely by "Life of Pi" and ""Les Misérables" with nine each -- but in something of twist, only one of those field-leading Best Film nominees managed an accompanying Best Director nomination, as Steven Spielberg and Tom Hooper, both nominated yesterday by the DGA, were frozen out by the British Academy. Less compromised success was enjoyed by "Argo," with seven nominations -- indeed, BAFTA took such a shine to Ben Affleck's film that they became the first group to nominate him for Best Actor too.
"Skyfall," the highest-grossing film in UK box-office history managed eight nominations, including ones for Judi Dench and Javier Bardem -- but Best Film, perhaps surprisingly, was not among them. Meanwhile, the year's other home-grown box office sensation, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," earned a solitary nomination in the Best British Film category, with even BAFTA darling Maggie Smith left on the sidelines. Ouch. Full list of nominees after the jump.
Best Film
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best British Film
"Anna Karenina"
"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"
"Les Misérables"
"Seven Psychopaths"
"Skyfall"
Best Director
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Actor
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Marion Cotillard, "Rust and Bone"
Helen Mirren, "Hitchcock"
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Javier Bardem, "Skyfall"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Judi Dench, "Skyfall"
Sally Field, "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Best Original Screenplay
"Amour"
"Django Unchained"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Adapted Screenplay
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Amour"
"Headhunters"
"The Hunt"
"The Intouchables"
"Rust and Bone"
Best Documentary
"The Imposter"
"Marley"
"McCullin"
"Searching for Sugar Man"
"West of Memphis"
Best Animated Film
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
Best Cinematography
"Anna Karenina"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
"Skyfall"
Best Production Design
"Anna Karenina"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
"Skyfall"
Best Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"
"Great Expectations"
"Les Misérables"
"Lincoln"
"Snow White and the Huntsman"
Best Film Editing
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Makeup & Hair
"Anna Karenina"
"Hitchcock"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Lincoln"
"Les Misérables"
Best Original Music
"Anna Karenina"
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Skyfall"
Best Sound
"Django Unchained"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Les Misérables"
"Skyfall"
Best Visual Effects
"The Avengers"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
"Life of Pi"
"Prometheus"
Best Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Thina Garavi (writer/director), "I Am Nasrine"
Bart Layton (writer) and Dimitri Doganis (producer), "The Imposter"
David Morris (director) and Jacqui Morris (director/producer), "McCullin"
James Bobin (director), "The Muppets"
Dexter Fletcher (writer/director) and Danny King (writer), "Wild Bill"
Best Short Film
"The Curse"
"Good Night"
"Swimmer"
"Tumult"
"The Voorman Problem"
Best Short Animation
"Here to Fall"
"I'm Fine Thanks"
"The Making of Longbird"
Rising Star Award (previously announced)
Elizabeth Olsen
Andrea Riseborough
Suraj Sharma
Juno Temple
Alicia Vikander
2012-2013 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup And Hairstyling
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Best Animated Feature Film
Best Documentary Feature
Best Foreign Language Film
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January 9, 2013 at 4:12AM EST Reply to CommentFunny, I don't see Skyfall not getting best film as a hit. What did you think BAFTA voters would have skipped over? Lincoln? Life of Pi?
Guy Lodge I thought they'd sub it in for Zero Dark Thirty. But you're right -- tough competition.
January 9, 2013 at 4:14AM ESTrodrigo
January 9, 2013 at 4:16AM EST Reply to Commentquestion, the impossible was up to the awards? or not? if it does, how much will affect naomi watts missing this nomination, i think is between her and helen mirren for the 5th slot......
Guy Lodge Yes, The Impossible was eligible.
January 9, 2013 at 4:18AM ESTMatt
January 9, 2013 at 4:17AM EST Reply to CommentWell, Bradley Cooper is officially a bonafide lock. No way he's missing with all 4 major precursors in a BP Nominee.
Guy Lodge Especially considering they didn't love the film that much.
January 9, 2013 at 4:19AM ESTMatt Yup. I wonder if De Niro misses now though at the expense of Bardem and a Django guy.
January 9, 2013 at 4:23AM EST/3rt
January 9, 2013 at 4:18AM EST Reply to CommentDid THE PAPERBOY already open in the UK for consideration?
Guy Lodge No, The Paperboy was not eligible.
January 9, 2013 at 4:19AM ESTNick
January 9, 2013 at 4:18AM EST Reply to CommentWow. Bradley Cooper for Seven Psychopaths, eh? Collin Farrell was sooooo robbed for that Silver Linings Playbook!
Guy Lodge Ha. Not enough sleep on my part. They both begin with "S" and have a "v" in them -- anyone would make that mistake!
January 9, 2013 at 4:26AM ESTNick Hardly. They are night and day. One is about crazy people and the other has that guy from Deer Hunter. Haha, get some sleep, Lodgey!
January 9, 2013 at 4:32AM ESTrodrigo
January 9, 2013 at 4:19AM EST Reply to Commentand i will say that best actrees looks now, emmanuelle riva in, jeniffer lawrence in, marion cotillard now is so in, jessica chastain a lock, and the 5th is between helen mirren, naomi watts, and maybe the kid wallis, that without her name here, i think she is out
Hans
January 9, 2013 at 4:21AM EST Reply to CommentZDT made a very good showing considering the subject matter. In such a close year, are we perhaps seeing the makings of a sleeper Life of Pi win? It definitely seems beloved across the board, even sort of getting an acting nom via Suraj Sharma. I would not mind that at all.
I guess awards bodies just assume Christoph Waltz in a QT film = supporting performance. How ridiculous, he is literally absent for all of ten minutes in a 2.75 hour movie.
Matt It's a supporting role, regardless of screen time.
January 9, 2013 at 4:30AM ESTGuy Lodge I'm with Hans. For the bulk of Django, I think it's pretty much Waltz's film.
January 9, 2013 at 5:21AM ESTJJ1 Except for about half an hour, the other 2 hours and 10 minutes are abut Waltz and Foxx (co-lead), and Waltz has almost all the dialogue. I agree, I just don't understand the supporting campaign.
January 9, 2013 at 8:08AM ESTDylanS The worst part with the Waltz thing is that it's put DiCaprio on the back-burner, because Waltz has the unfair advantage of a leading man amount of screen time to establish his character. For the first half of the movie, he's the more dominant lead. If he'd been properly campaigned as a lead and inevitably missed the cut, I'd have been ok with that, because that's a tough category this year. But I think at this point, DiCaprio is done because of Waltz dubious placement. Shame.
January 9, 2013 at 11:34AM ESTJonnybon I thought Waltz and Jackson were both better than DiCaprio.
January 9, 2013 at 12:37PM ESTJJ1 I don't know. I gt the impression that if nominated, Dicaprio would be contending for the win. But since he may not, a shame,
January 9, 2013 at 12:43PM ESTJonnybon Not a chance. That would never be an Oscar-winning performance.
January 9, 2013 at 12:45PM ESTSusu I agree with Dylan's. Waltz's placement here is not fair to either DiCaprio or Jackson. I thought they were both better than Waltz, particularly diCaprio.
January 9, 2013 at 11:39PM ESTMatt
January 9, 2013 at 4:26AM EST Reply to CommentSo "Les Mis" was the best British film of the year, according to BAFTA? Yikes.
Jonnybon Les Mis was the best British film of the year.
January 9, 2013 at 10:18AM ESTd2
January 9, 2013 at 4:29AM EST Reply to CommentDidn't Best Exotic also score a nod for Dench? You say it only got a nod for British Film.
MovieDearest Helen Mirren was nominated for Hitchcock, not Dench for Best Exotic. Somebody needed to proofread this.
January 9, 2013 at 4:32AM ESTGuy Lodge Yes, corrected. I was using my prediction template to save time and that one slipped. Apologies.
January 9, 2013 at 5:22AM ESTMike
January 9, 2013 at 4:31AM EST Reply to CommentIf the academy nominates Affleck for best actor this thing is probably over, right?
/3rt He has Denzel's spot on the BAFTA list.
January 9, 2013 at 4:40AM ESTJonnybon The Academy won't nominate him.
January 9, 2013 at 10:19AM EST/3rt Washington? Five nominations and two wins, it appears they like him well enough to secure a sixth nod.
January 9, 2013 at 10:43AM ESTJonnybon I could imagine one of the three Frenchies taking Denzel's slot...
January 9, 2013 at 12:39PM ESTAlex in Movieland
January 9, 2013 at 4:33AM EST Reply to CommentPlease correct Best Actress. That's Mirren in there (unfortunately), no Best Exotic... :)
red_wine
January 9, 2013 at 4:45AM EST Reply to CommentSo my hunch was correct, the British shit was due to the entire membership nominating. These are very much in line with the Oscars. I expect many categories to match up exactly.
A nomination like Best Director for Michael Haneke would certainly not have been possible if the entire membership had nominated. They would have pulled in Spielberg and/or Hooper.
Aaron
January 9, 2013 at 4:46AM EST Reply to CommentGirls, Helen Mirren is getting that elusive fifth best actress nomination tomorrow. Prepare yourselves. Whether she knocks out Riva or Watts remains to be seen though.
Rick
January 9, 2013 at 4:46AM EST Reply to CommentLife of Pi: oscar winner. Anyone ?
Jonnybon It's possible. I'd like that a lot.
January 9, 2013 at 10:20AM ESTloyal_mehnert
January 9, 2013 at 5:04AM EST Reply to CommentMy takeaway, Lincoln continues to be an awards group juggernaut between BAFTA, Globes, and BFCA. It'll rake up another impressive tally tomorrow at the Oscars. It's rare though not impossible for a film to do this well in overall nomination tallies and not win BP.
Maybe PGA/DGA/SAG could turn the tide against Lincoln, that's really the only hope for Argo (I don't see Les Miz, SLP, or ZDT winning).
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January 9, 2013 at 5:55AM ESTGuy Lodge Not to mention Hugo, The Aviator and The Fellowship of the Ring. In the 90s, scoring the most nominations was more of a clincher than it is now.
January 9, 2013 at 7:47AM EST
January 9, 2013 at 12:08PM EST2010 - Most nominations won
2009 - Most nominations won
2008 - 2nd most nominations won
2007 - Most nominations won
2005 - 2nd most nominations won
2004 - 2nd most nominations won
2003 - Most nominations won
2002 - Most nominations won
2001 - 2nd most nominations won
2000 - Most nominations won
2006 and The Departed aside, it pays to be at or near the top. So that's good news for Lincoln and whichever film has the second most Oscar nominations.
brace
January 9, 2013 at 5:07AM EST Reply to CommentBen Affleck for best actor! it can happen tomorrow. remember Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby. if that happens it's over - Argo wins!
Kevin
January 9, 2013 at 5:10AM EST Reply to CommentThe Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress look like they could feasibly translate to the Academy's line-up, give or take one nominee in each category.
Good show of support for Riva, Bardem, Adams and Waltz as their spots were looking precarious. Not sure if this helps Dench, as she was always going to score here.
johnny
January 9, 2013 at 5:48AM EST Reply to CommentI'm with Rick on the growing possibility of a Life of Pi ascendance. It's the sleeper that's been collecting all the right noms lately and I'm thinking the more people are seeing it, the more they could be feeling what I've felt as the season has progressed. It's the one stunner of size, vision and, most critically when compared to the other top contenders, big time emotional impact (unless you fell for those singing close-ups). I'd vote Picture, Director, Editing, Cinematography, Score and Vis. Effects. I'd also be quite happy to see Ang Lee have that top prize that's eluded him three times.
christophe yeah well, even though I'd rather see one of my favorite films of the year win (Moonrise, Les Mis, The Impossible, Frankenweenie), Life of Pi might be the only other movie I could rejoice about, especially after the Brokeback snub, the Academy owes it to Lee.
January 9, 2013 at 6:23AM ESTRohan
January 9, 2013 at 6:20AM EST Reply to CommentNo Looper for Original Screenplay? That's disappointing
/3rt Shows the British has good taste when they're not attempting to emulate the Yanks.
January 9, 2013 at 12:45PM ESTGraysmith
January 9, 2013 at 9:03AM EST Reply to CommentLove seeing Dench nominated for Skyfall. I'd love for that to happen tomorrow as well. She was the heart and soul of that movie.
Silvana
January 9, 2013 at 9:13AM EST Reply to CommentYeah Marion Cotillard is nominated!!!
The Dude
January 9, 2013 at 10:32AM EST Reply to CommentAffleck for Best Actor is pathetic.
AD Agree, particularly when it's an ensemble movie. And Mirren, jeebs, its really so pathetic. I know that they need their Dame present but let's move on people. At least Riva is in...
January 9, 2013 at 10:42AM ESTJonnybon Agreed.
January 9, 2013 at 12:42PM ESTpitypie
January 9, 2013 at 11:52AM EST Reply to CommentSo happy to see Anna Karenina score in the crafts. Wish it could break in to the 'top' awards thought; such an unnecessarily maligned movie.
david Post a comment I think the Oscar for best pic is goin to be between argo and zero dark thirty
January 9, 2013 at 12:07PM ESTdaveylo
January 9, 2013 at 12:29PM EST Reply to CommentI am sad that Ewan McGregor, Jude Law, and Tom Wilkinson were overlooked in the supporting actor category for Alan Arkin. And that Tom Holland was overlooked as well.
Paul Outlaw Yes, and Eddie Redmayne. (And Waltz is not supporting, as others have argued above.)
January 9, 2013 at 1:11PM ESTChris
January 9, 2013 at 1:05PM EST Reply to CommentThis really surprises me: Helen Hunt the only representation for The Sessions, leaving ACTING SUPERNOVA Maggie Smith out? No really, the BAFTA loves Maggie, so what happened? Were they sure she wasn't going to attend anyway (unashamedly suggesting that the votes had to do more with the venue than people not quite resisting Hunt's needed nudity rather than Smith's wheelchair racist bickering). If anything, I thought John Hawkes would've been the one stepping in for the movie. We'll see how it translates tomorrow.
Guy Lodge Well, they nominated five performances better than Smith's, so let's not get too fussy about explanations.
January 9, 2013 at 1:15PM ESTTania
January 9, 2013 at 1:33PM EST Reply to CommentThe good: Marion Cotillard nomination
The bad: Naomi Watts snubbed
Laura Stewart
January 9, 2013 at 2:00PM EST Reply to CommentGuy- do you think Kidman would have made it in if the film was eligible? Or does BAFTA have more common sense and taste than say... SAG?
Edwin
January 9, 2013 at 2:32PM EST Reply to CommentIn a strange way, the big loser here might be "Les Miserables." If any group was going to go all in for it, it was going to be the BAFTA's, but even they couldn't bring themselves to nominate its screenplay, editing, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, and most tellingly, Tom Hooper for Best Director. Is it safe to assume that if he can't even get a BAFTA nomination, he won't get an Oscar nomination either? I know he succeeded with the DGA, but I mean, that's a much larger group, so the voting is very different. In any case, I think the fact that BAFTA did not go all out for the film indicates that it's not going to win Best Picture at the BAFTA's, and therefore not the Oscars either.
Today is the day that I think "Argo" can officially be considered the frontrunner. That Best Actor nomination for Affleck was pretty shocking. I don't expect it to translate to an Oscar nomination, but now I'm wondering if Bryan Cranston or John Goodman can sneak into Best Supporting Actor.
JLPatt They didn't nominate Hooper for "The King's Speech," either. It doesn't mean anything other than the fact Brits in BAFTA don't like him.
January 9, 2013 at 3:14PM ESTJLPatt My bad: he was nominated, but he lost to David Fincher. AMPAS gave the award to Hooper, however, indicating they clearly like him more.
January 9, 2013 at 3:16PM ESTIn other words, "Les Mis" is doing perfectly well.
Frank Lee It is telling that neither "Lincoln" nor "Les Miserable" was nominated for best editing, despite multiple moninations. "Les Miserable" is miserably edited, and the pacing (and ending) of "Lincoln" has been criticized, so it makes sense. I kind of hope the Academy leaves them off the list of nominees as well.
January 9, 2013 at 5:02PM ESTBrock Landers
January 9, 2013 at 8:39PM EST Reply to CommentSince 2000 (and probably beyond) a film has not won best picture after not receiving a best director nomination at BAFTA. Million Dollar Baby is the only exception because it was ineligible.
Lincoln is not winning best picture. Sorry guys. It's either Argo or Zero Dark Thirty.
Brock Landers In fact, Rain Man is the last film to win a best picture Oscar without having a BAFTA best director nomination.
January 9, 2013 at 8:44PM ESTGuy Lodge I'd say only post-2000 stats are relevant, given that before then, the BAFTAs took place after the Oscars.
January 10, 2013 at 1:29AM ESTBrock Landers The point still stands. I think it's Argo's to lose, with Zero Dark Thirty not being as far out as some people have suggested.
January 10, 2013 at 1:39AM EST