A lot of people complain about the Oscars getting it wrong, but nobody ever does anything about it. So here I am, doing something about it. This is the 1st Annual Jeff Malone Academy Awards, honoring the best of the cinema of 2012.
My nominees are listed after the video. Winners are in bold and all caps.
Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
SAMUEL L. JACKSON, Django Unchained
Richard Jenkins, Cabin in the Woods
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
Animated Feature
WRECK-IT RALPH
Cinematography
ROBERT RICHARDSON, Django Unchained
Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi
Steve Yedlin, Looper
Masanobu Takayanagi, Silver Linings Playbook
Roger Deakins, Skyfall
Visual Effects
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
LIFE OF PI
Marvel’s The Avengers
Prometheus
Snow White and the Hunstman
Costume Design
Kari Perkins, Bernie
SHAREN DAVIS, Django Unchained
Paco Delgado, Les Misérables
Sharen Davis, Looper
Karen Patch, Seven Psychopaths
Makeup & Hairstyling
Argo
CLOUD ATLAS
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Sound Mixing
David Husby, Cabin in the Woods
Mark Ulano, Django Unchained
SIMON HAYES, Les Misérables
Lee Orloff, Pitch Perfect
Kevin Bolen, Wreck-It Ralph
Sound Editing
Randle Akerson, The Dark Knight Rises
Larry Blake, Haywire
Robert Jackson, Killing Them Softly
JEREMY PEIRSON, Looper
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg, Skyfall
Supporting Actress
AMY ADAMS, The Master
Emily Blunt, Looper
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect
Film Editing
Lisa Lassek, Cabin in the Woods
Elliot Greenberg, Chronicle
Dody Dorn, End of Watch
BOB DUCSAY, Looper
Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, Silver Linings Playbook
Production Design
Cabin in the WoodsDjango Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hunger Games
LIFE OF PI
Original Score
Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil, and Johnny Klimek, Cloud Atlas
Heather McIntosh, Compliance
David Holmes, Haywire
JONNY GREENWOOD, The Master
Alexandre Desplat and Benjamin Britten, Moonrise Kingdom
Original Song
“Abraham’s Daughter,” written by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, and T-Bone Burnett, The Hunger Games
“THE ANTIDOTE,” written by ANNIE CLARK (ST. VINCENT), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
“Bittersweet,” written by Sonny Moore and Ellie Goulding, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
“Safe & Sound,” written by Taylor Swift, John Paul White, Joy Williams, Joy Williams, and T-Bone Burnett, The Hunger Games
“Skfyall,” written by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, Skyfall
Adapted Screenplay
Skip Hollandsworth and Richard Linklater, Bernie
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, and David S. Goyer, The Dark Knight Rises
Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray, The Hunger Games
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
DAVID O. RUSSELL, Silver Linings Playbook
Original Screenplay
JOSS WHEDON and DREW GODDARD, Cabin in the Woods
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Rian Johnson, Looper
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Director
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Drew Goddard, Cabin in the Woods
RIAN JOHNSON, Looper
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Robert Zemeckis, Flight
Lead Actress
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
JENNIFER LAWRENCE, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Lead Actor
Jack Black, Bernie
BRADLEY COOPER, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Picture
Bernie
CABIN IN THE WOODS
Django Unchained
Flight
The Hunger Games
Looper
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Ruby Sparks
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
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