'Silver Linings' gets 8 Oscar nods, including Cooper as best actor
Although 'Lincoln' led Academy Award contenders this morning with 12 nominations, locally shot 'Silver Linings Playbook drew a surprising eight nominations including best picture, best actor, best actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, director, editing, and writing.
Silver Linings was shot in and around the Philadelphia area. And Bradley Cooper, also a Philly-area native, captured a best actor nomination.
The movie is based on a novel by Matthew Quick, originally from Oaklyn, Camden County, and a graduate of Collingswood High School and former English teacher in Haddonfield.
Winners will be announced Feb. 24 in Hollywood.
Check back for details as they develop. The following is a list of nominees of the top categories for the 85th Academy Awards.
BEST PICTURE:
Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
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ACTOR in a Leading Role:
Bradley Cooper
Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis
Lincoln
Hugh Jackman
Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix
The Master
Denzel Washington
Flight
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ACTRESS in a Leading Role:
Jessica Chastain
Zero Dark Thirty
Jennifer Lawrence
Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva
Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts
The Impossible
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ACTOR in a Supporting Role:
Alan Arkin
Argo
Robert De Niro
Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Master
Tommy Lee Jones
Lincoln
Christoph Waltz
Django Unchained
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ACTRESS in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams
The Master
Sally Field
Lincoln
Anne Hathaway
Les Misérables
Helen Hunt
The Sessions
Jacki Weaver
Silver Linings Playbook
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DIRECTING:
Amour
Michael Haneke
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi
Ang Lee
Lincoln
Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell
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EDITING:
Argo
William Goldenberg
Life of Pi
Tim Squyres
Lincoln
Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty
Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
Austria
Kon-Tiki
Norway
No
Chile
A Royal Affair
Denmark
War Witch
Canada
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ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph