The Civil War-era presidential portrait Lincoln leads contenders for the 85th Academy Awards, earning 12 nominations announced from Beverly Hills, Calif., this morning.
Along with best picture, the presidential portrait earned nominations for director Steven Spielberg and actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones. The period drama explores U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's final four months as he attempts to shepherd passage of the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery before his death.
Life of Pi, based on Canadian Yann Martel's award-winning novel, is also a leading contender. It earned 11 nominations, including best picture, for director Ang Lee and two nods for Toronto composer Mychael Danna's music (original score and original song).
The other films vying for the coveted best picture trophy are:
- Beasts of the Southern Wild.
- Silver Linings Playbook.
- Zero Dark Thirty.
- Les Misérables.
- Amour.
- Django Unchained.
- Argo.
Day-Lewis has received critical acclaim for his memorable turn as the 16th American president in Lincoln. He's favoured in the lead actor race, but his rivals also turned in strong performances: Hugh Jackman as the heroic Jean Valjean in Les Mis, Bradley Cooper as a recovering psychiatric patient in Silver Linings Playbook, Joaquin Phoenix's animalistic turn as a navy vet-turned-cult follower in The Master and Denzel Washington as an alcoholic airline pilot in Flight.
This year's best actress category pits the oldest-ever nominee against the youngest ever: 85-year-old French veteran Emmanuelle Riva, as an ailing woman cared for by her husband, in Amour, and spirited nine-year-old newcomer Quvenzhané Wallis of indie hit Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Rounding out the lead actress nominees are Jessica Chastain as a CIA operative hunting Osama bin Laden in Zero Dark Thirty, Naomi Watts as a tsunami survivor in The Impossible, and Jennifer Lawrence, who portrays a troubled young widow in Silver Linings Playbook.
Canadians in the running
Another Canadian nominee is the child soldier drama Rebelle (also known as War Witch).
Montrealer Kim Nguyen's War Witch is a finalist for best foreign film, going up against Michael Haneke's acclaimed end-of-life drama Amour (Austria), the court saga A Royal Affair (Denmark), seafaring tale Kon-Tiki (Norway) and political story No (Chile).
Two Canadians are also in the running in the live action short category: Ariel Nasr for Buzkashi Boys and Yan England for Henry.
Academy Awards televised Feb. 24
Oscar host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone unveiled the nominees Thursday.
The annual honour is the world's highest-profile film award and celebrates cinematic excellence in movies released theatrically over the past year. Voters of the U.S. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences choose winners in 24 categories.
For the first time, the academy employed an online voting system. To accommodate any potential hiccups, organizers extended the voting deadline by one day.
This year's ceremony will include a special tribute sequence marking the 50-year-old James Bond movie franchise.
The Oscar ceremonies will be broadcast from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb. 24 and will air live in more than 225 countries around the globe.
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