Alright, alright, already! Yes, we’re a day late and a rupee short, but one of our laptops crashed and typing a post on an HTC One S is not so easy. Anyway, the 2013 Academy Awards over. So how did we do with our predictions?
The predictions we made are in red. The actual results are marked with a green check.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Argo
Best Achievement in Directing
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christopher Waltz in Django Unchained
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Original Screenplay)
Amour: Michael Haneke
Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Adapted Screenplay)
Argo: Chris Terrio
Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Brave: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Skyfall: Adele, Paul Epworth (“Skyfall”)
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Anna Karenina: Dario Marianelli
Life of Pi: Mychael Danna
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Life of Pi: Claudio Miranda
Skyfall: Roger Deakins
Best Achievement in Editing
Argo: William Goldenberg
Life of Pi: Tim Squyres
Best Achievement in Production Design (Art Direction)
Les Misérables: Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson
Lincoln: Rick Carter, Jim Erickson
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Anna Karenina: Jacqueline Durran
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Les Misérables: Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Les Misérables: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Life of Pi: Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton
Skyfall: Per Hallberg, Karen M. Baker
Zero Dark Thirty: Paul N.J. Ottosson
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Life of Pi: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott Prometheus: Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Amour (Austria)
Best Documentary, Feature
Searching for Sugar Man: Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn
Best Short Film, Live Action
Curfew: Shawn Christensen
Death of a Shadow: Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele
Best Short Film, Animated
Paperman: John Kahrs
Best Short Film, Documentary
Inocente: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
Sheesh. 62.5% correct. We suck.
Length of the show: we predicted 3 hours and 15 minutes. The actual time was 3 hours and 35 minutes.
Curious to know how we did last year? We got 75% of our predictions right! We missed Best Actor and Best Actress last year because we weren’t paying enough attention. Eh.
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