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Scorsese's 'Hugo," silent 'Artist' top Oscar nods
January 25, 2012, Wednesday
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Martin Scorsese's lavish 3D adventure "Hugo" earned 11 Oscar nominations yesterday, just ahead of hotly-tipped silent movie "The Artist" with 10 nods for Hollywood's top awards.
Baseball movie "Moneyball" starring Brad Pitt and veteran director Steven Spielberg's equine epic "War Horse" each got six nods for the Academy Awards, to be presented next month.
Meryl Streep received her 17th Oscar nomination for a gripping performance as former British premier Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," while Pitt and George Clooney are among those fighting it out for best actor.
The nominations for "Hugo" included the best picture category, where it is up against eight other movies including "The Artist," which has been a favorite for the Oscars after a string of wins and nods in other awards shows.
The Scorsese movie -- his debut in 3D -- is a visually rich tale set in 1930s Paris, about an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station and is obsessed with clock-making and early film pioneer Georges Melies.
The film stars British teenage actor Asa Butterfield in the title role with Ben Kingsley as Melies and British "Borat" and "Bruno" star Sacha Baron Cohen as the lugubrious station inspector.
Scorsese said he was "deeply honored" by the nominations, and joked about the challenges he faced in making "Hugo."
"Every picture is a challenge, and this one -- where I was working with 3D, HD and Sacha Baron Cohen for the first time -- was no exception," he said, teasing the flamboyant star who acts with understated comedy in the movie.
"The Artist" has already been nominated for best film by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and won the top prize from the Producers Guild of America (PGA) last week -- both seen as key indicators of Oscars glory.
The film, a tribute to the silent movie era in which a non-talking star battles to save his career after it is torpedoed by the arrival of the "talkies," also won the best picture Golden Globe on January 15.
The team behind the "The Artist" said they felt "pure happiness" when their "ugly duckling" scooped 10 Oscar nominations.
"It's complicated to start so low and to climb so high. It's like a fairy-tale for this film that at the start was seen as a handicapped film, deaf and dumb, an ugly duckling," said nominated director Michel Hazanavicius.
The other movies nominated for best picture are "The Descendants," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "The Help," "Midnight in Paris," "Moneyball," "The Tree of Life" and "War Horse."
Spielberg said: "I am thrilled with our multiple nominations for 'The Help' and 'War Horse.' It is the first time that I have experienced two Best Picture nominations in the same year.
"One is a high honor. Two is humbling but very exciting," he added.
"The Artist" star Jean Dujardin was nominated for best actor, up against Clooney in "The Descendants," Pitt in "Moneyball," Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and Demian Bechir in "A Better Life."
Two-time Oscar winner Streep is among best actress nominees for the latest tour de force in her long career, playing Thatcher both in her prime and dementia-shrouded old age.
Also shortlisted were Glenn Close for cross-dressing "Albert Nobbs," Viola Davis from civil rights drama "The Help," Michelle Williams as Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn" and Rooney Mara from "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
"Just elated. Elated, elated," commented Close.
Up for best foreign language film are "A Separation" by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, along with "Footnote" (Israel), "In Darkness" (Poland), "Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada), and "Bullhead" (Belgium).
The Iranian film was also nominated for best screenplay.
"The nomination for original screenplay is more important for me because more than everything I consider myself a writer," Farhadi told the Hollywood Reporter.
The Oscars are to be presented at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, February 26.--AFP
Baseball movie "Moneyball" starring Brad Pitt and veteran director Steven Spielberg's equine epic "War Horse" each got six nods for the Academy Awards, to be presented next month.
Meryl Streep received her 17th Oscar nomination for a gripping performance as former British premier Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," while Pitt and George Clooney are among those fighting it out for best actor.
The nominations for "Hugo" included the best picture category, where it is up against eight other movies including "The Artist," which has been a favorite for the Oscars after a string of wins and nods in other awards shows.
The Scorsese movie -- his debut in 3D -- is a visually rich tale set in 1930s Paris, about an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station and is obsessed with clock-making and early film pioneer Georges Melies.
The film stars British teenage actor Asa Butterfield in the title role with Ben Kingsley as Melies and British "Borat" and "Bruno" star Sacha Baron Cohen as the lugubrious station inspector.
Scorsese said he was "deeply honored" by the nominations, and joked about the challenges he faced in making "Hugo."
"Every picture is a challenge, and this one -- where I was working with 3D, HD and Sacha Baron Cohen for the first time -- was no exception," he said, teasing the flamboyant star who acts with understated comedy in the movie.
"The Artist" has already been nominated for best film by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and won the top prize from the Producers Guild of America (PGA) last week -- both seen as key indicators of Oscars glory.
The film, a tribute to the silent movie era in which a non-talking star battles to save his career after it is torpedoed by the arrival of the "talkies," also won the best picture Golden Globe on January 15.
The team behind the "The Artist" said they felt "pure happiness" when their "ugly duckling" scooped 10 Oscar nominations.
"It's complicated to start so low and to climb so high. It's like a fairy-tale for this film that at the start was seen as a handicapped film, deaf and dumb, an ugly duckling," said nominated director Michel Hazanavicius.
The other movies nominated for best picture are "The Descendants," "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," "The Help," "Midnight in Paris," "Moneyball," "The Tree of Life" and "War Horse."
Spielberg said: "I am thrilled with our multiple nominations for 'The Help' and 'War Horse.' It is the first time that I have experienced two Best Picture nominations in the same year.
"One is a high honor. Two is humbling but very exciting," he added.
"The Artist" star Jean Dujardin was nominated for best actor, up against Clooney in "The Descendants," Pitt in "Moneyball," Gary Oldman in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and Demian Bechir in "A Better Life."
Two-time Oscar winner Streep is among best actress nominees for the latest tour de force in her long career, playing Thatcher both in her prime and dementia-shrouded old age.
Also shortlisted were Glenn Close for cross-dressing "Albert Nobbs," Viola Davis from civil rights drama "The Help," Michelle Williams as Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn" and Rooney Mara from "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
"Just elated. Elated, elated," commented Close.
Up for best foreign language film are "A Separation" by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, along with "Footnote" (Israel), "In Darkness" (Poland), "Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada), and "Bullhead" (Belgium).
The Iranian film was also nominated for best screenplay.
"The nomination for original screenplay is more important for me because more than everything I consider myself a writer," Farhadi told the Hollywood Reporter.
The Oscars are to be presented at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, February 26.--AFP
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