Ang Lee's big screen dramatization of Yann Martel's Booker prize-winning Life Of Pi has received 11 Oscar nominations, including two biggies - Best Picture and Best Director. Pi's Lullaby, with lyrics by Indian singer Bombay Jayashri, is up for Best Original Song. Mychael Danna's composition received a nomination for Best Original Score. Life Of Pi is also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and, not surprisingly, Visual Effects. The film, starring Suraj Sharma and Irrfan Khan, received no nominations in any of the acting categories. Life Of Pi has also been nominated for three Golden Globes.
Complete list of 85th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Thursday: Best Picture: Amour ArgoBeasts of the Southern Wild Django UnchainedLes Miserables Life of PiLincoln Silver Linings PlaybookZero Dark Thirty Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Denzel Washington, Flight Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Naomi Watts, The Impossible Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook Alan Arkin, Argo Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams The Master Sally Field, Lincoln Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables Helen Hunt, The Sessions Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook Best Director: Michael Haneke, Amour Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild Ang Lee, Life of Pi Steven Spielberg, Lincoln David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild Foreign Language Film: Amour, Austria Kon-Tiki, Norway No, Chile A Royal Affair, Denmark; War Witch, Canada Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild David Magee, Life of Pi Tony Kushner, Lincoln David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Best Original Screenplay: Michael Haneke, Amour Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained John Gatins, Flight Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty Best Animated Feature Film: Brave, FrankenweenieParaNorman The Pirates! Band of Misfits Wreck-It Ralph Best Production Design:
Anna Karenina, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les MiserablesLife of Pi Lincoln Best Cinematography:
Anna KareninaDjango Unchained Life of PiLincoln Skyfall Best Sound Mixing: Argo Les MiserablesLife of Pi LincolnSkyfall Best Sound Editing: Argo Django Unchained Life of Pi SkyfallZero Dark Thirty Best Original Score: Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli Argo, Alexandre Desplat Life of Pi, Mychael Danna Lincoln, John Williams Skyfall, Thomas Newman. Best Original Song: Before My Time from Chasing Ice, J. Ralph Everybody Needs a Best Friend from Ted, Walter Murphy and Seth MacFarlane Pi's Lullaby from Life of Pi, Mychael Danna and Bombay Jayashri Skyfall from Skyfall, Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth Suddenly from Les Miserables, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil Best Costume: Anna Karenina Les MiserablesLincoln Mirror MirrorSnow White and the Huntsman Best Documentary Feature: 5 Broken Cameras The GatekeepersHow to Survive a Plague The Invisible WarSearching for Sugar Man Best Documentary (short subject):
InocenteKings Point Mondays at RacineOpen Heart Redemption Best Film Editing: Argo Life of PiLincoln Silver Linings PlaybookZero Dark Thirty Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Hitchcock The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Miserables Best Animated Short Film: Adam and Dog Fresh GuacamoleHead over Heels Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare Paperman Best Live Action Short Film: Asad Buzkashi BoysCurfew Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw) Henry Best Visual Effects: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Life of PiMarvel's The Avengers PrometheusSnow White and the Huntsman