academy awards 2013

2013

Luka Gligorijević II2, Filološka gimnazija Beograd

Academy Awards 2013

• It was the 85th Academy Awards ceremony that took place February 24. 2013. in Hollywood to honor the best movies of 2012.

• It was the most watched ceremony since the 76th Academy Awards in 2004, with 42 million viewers.

•The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) picks winners every year & it counts 6000 professionals.

BEST PICTURE

This year’s winner in the biggest category of The Academy Awards is Argo

96% of critics’ gave the film positive reviews

The New York Times wrote: "Ben Affleck's direction catapults him to the forefront of Hollywood filmmakers.’’The plot follows 6

people hiding in Iran after the attack on the USA ambassy in Teheran,and Tony Mendez who is trying to rescue them.

Other nominees in the category for the best picture were

Best actor

•Daniel Day Lewis is the winner of the 85th Academy Award for the best actor

•Daniel Day Lewis is the only male actor in history who is a triple Oscar winner

•He was the critics’ favorite from the start

•Plot follow’s  America's president struggles and the decision to emancipate the slaves.

Other nominees in the category for best actor

Hugh Jackman

-Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix

-The master Denzel Washington

-Flight

Bradley Cooper

-Silver linings playbook

Best Actress

•This year’s Academy Award for best actress went to stunning Jennifer Lawrence for her role in Silver Linings Playbook.

•She is the second youngest female award winner of the Academy Award of all time.

•In Silver Linings Playbook she plays Tiffany,a girl who has a bipolar problem when she meets Pat who is short-tempered.

•The friendship of the two begins and so does the further plot.

Other nominees in the category for best actress

Jessica Chastain

-Zero Dark Thirty

Naomi Watts

-The Impossible

Emmanuelle Riva

- Amour

Quvenzhané Wallis

-Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Nominees for the best supporting actor are: Alan Arkin,Robert De Niro,Tomy Lee Jones,Phillip Hoffman and Cristoph Waltz

And the award went too… Cristoph Waltz for

the amazing performance in Django Unchained

Best supporting actress

Anne Hathaway won the award for best supporting actress

She was absolutely breathtaking in Les Miserables,

She was the critics’ favorite and also the ,,most written about’’oscar nominated actress this year

Other categories

Best animated film - BraveBest costume design

- Anna Karenina

Best sound editing – It’s a tie!

Both Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall won the Oscar for sound editing. It is the 6th time it happened in the history of Academy Awards.

BEST SONG

• Adele won the award for best song,leaving all the other nominees in that category in the dust

GligorijeviC

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Luka

BEST PROJECT IN A MOVIE SECTION