'Argo' tops with Southeastern Film Critics
Yet more honors for Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence
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The Southeastern Film Critics' Association have thrown their favorites in the mix, and there remains a pleasing lack of consensus between these groups in the Best Picture department. "Argo" notches up another win here, also taking wins for Best Director and Screenplay. Oscar favorites Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence add to their already groaning trophy cabinets, while the most distinctive prize in the list is the Gene Wyatt Award for the film that "best embodies the spirit of the South." The handily-titled "Beasts of the Southern Wild" beat "Bernie" to the punch, though I wonder how many votes "The Paperboy" got. Full list of winners after the jump; check out everything else at The Circuit.
Best Picture
"Argo" (runner-up: "Zero Dark Thirty")
Best Director
Ben Affleck, "Argo" (runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty")
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln" (runner-up: Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master")
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook" (runner-up: Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty")
Best Supporting Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master" (runner-up: Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln")
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables" (runner-up: Sally Field, "Lincoln")
Best Original Screenplay
"Moonrise Kingdom" (runner-up: "Zero Dark Thirty")
Best Adapted Screenplay
"Argo" (runner-up: "Lincoln")
Best Foreign Language Film
"The Intouchables" (runner-up: "Amour")
Best Animated Film
"ParaNorman" (runner-up: "Frankenweenie")
Best Documentary
"The Queen of Versailles" (runner-up: "Bully")
Best Ensemble
"Lincoln" (runner-up: "Moonrise Kingdom")
Best Cinematography
"Life of Pi" (runner-up: "Skyfall")
Gene Wyatt Award (Spirit of the South)
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" (runner-up: "Bernie")
Top 10 Films
1. "Argo"
2. "Zero Dark Thirty"
3. "Lincoln"
4. "Moonrise Kingdom"
5. "Silver Linings Playbook"
6. "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
7. "The Master"
8. "Les Miserables"
9. "Life of Pi"
10. "The Dark Knight Rises"
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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December 17, 2012 at 6:15PM EST Reply to Comment"[...]though I wonder how many votes "The Paperboy" got." Awesome! LOL
Luie That made me wonder if Guy ever been to the actual American South.
December 17, 2012 at 6:39PM ESTGuy Lodge It was obviously meant as a joke -- though no, I never have been.
December 17, 2012 at 9:50PM ESTSilvana
December 17, 2012 at 7:01PM EST Reply to CommentWell, Sony Pictures Classics didn't send copies of Rust and Bone to critics group so they can't vote for Marion Cotillard to best actress category. It's a shame because she really deserves being a winner
McAllister Rust & Bone did play at the Savannah Film Festival in November, though, so it is possible for some to have seen it.
December 18, 2012 at 12:16AM ESTSilvana MCALLISTER I asked for Philip Martin, President of SEFCA and he told me that they din't see Rust and Bone because Sony Pictures Classics didn't send the copies of Rust and Bone
December 18, 2012 at 3:23PM ESTMcAllister Right... but I am still saying there is the potential for critics to have seen it in other ways.
December 18, 2012 at 8:24PM ESTSilvana Maybe, but Philip Martin told me that they only can vote when the company or distributor send copies of its films, like Rust and Bone.
December 18, 2012 at 8:49PM ESTjoe
December 18, 2012 at 1:11AM EST Reply to CommentYay ParaNorman!
JuanL
December 18, 2012 at 2:25AM EST Reply to CommentI actually found Beasts to be somewhat of a mockery of the South. Bernie, Magic Mike, and even the Paperboy are all much better and more accurate perceptions of the South. Beasts on the other hand shows Southerners as ignorant, backward, and stupid.
JMC
December 19, 2012 at 4:13PM EST Reply to CommentNice two choices in the Best Ensemble category...and I like Dark Knight Rises at 10...which is perhaps about where I'd likely put it.