85th Academy Awards Official poster Date February 24, 2013 Site Dolby Theatre Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Host Seth MacFarlane Pre-show Jess Cagle Kristin Chenoweth Kelly Rowland Robin Roberts Lara Spencer [1] Producer Neil Meron Craig Zadan Director Don Mischer Highlights Best Picture Argo Most awards Life of Pi (4) Most nominations Lincoln (12) TV in the United States Network ABC Duration 3 hours, 35 minutes [2] Ratings 40.38 million 24.47% (Nielsen ratings) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2012 and took place February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and directed by Don Mischer. [3][4] Actor Seth MacFarlane hosted the show for the first time. [5][6] The ceremony was the first in the Academy's 85-year history to adopt the phrase "The Oscars" as the ceremony's official name during the broadcast and marketing. [7] In related events, the Academy held its 4th annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on December 1, 2012. [8] On February 9, 2013, in a ceremony at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana. [9] Life of Pi won four awards including Best Director for Ang Lee. [10][11] Argo won three awards, including Best Picture, the fourth film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture without its director nominated. [12] Other winners included Les Misérables also with three awards, Django Unchained, Lincoln, and Skyfall with two, and Amour, Anna Karenina, Brave, Curfew, Inocente, Paperman, Searching for Sugar Man, Silver Linings Playbook, and Zero Dark Thirty with one. The telecast garnered more than 40 million viewers in the United States. 1 Winners and nominees 1.1 Awards 1.2 Honorary Academy Awards 1.2.1 Academy Honorary Award 1.2.2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 85th Academy Awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_Academy_Awards 1 of 22 5/24/2014 12:54 PM
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85th Academy Awards
Official poster
Date February 24, 2013
Site Dolby Theatre
Hollywood, Los Angeles,
California, USA
Host Seth MacFarlane
Pre-show Jess Cagle
Kristin Chenoweth
Kelly Rowland
Robin Roberts
Lara Spencer[1]
Producer Neil Meron
Craig Zadan
Director Don Mischer
Highlights
Best Picture Argo
Most awards Life of Pi (4)
Most nominations Lincoln (12)
TV in the United States
Network ABC
Duration 3 hours, 35 minutes[2]
Ratings 40.38 million
24.47% (Nielsen ratings)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 85th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS),honored the best films of 2012 and took place February24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, LosAngeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST.During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences presented Academy Awards(commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. Theceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, wasproduced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and directed by
Don Mischer.[3][4] Actor Seth MacFarlane hosted the
show for the first time.[5][6] The ceremony was the first inthe Academy's 85-year history to adopt the phrase "TheOscars" as the ceremony's official name during the
broadcast and marketing.[7]
In related events, the Academy held its 4th annualGovernors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom ofthe Hollywood and Highland Center on December 1,
2012.[8] On February 9, 2013, in a ceremony at TheBeverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, theAcademy Awards for Technical Achievement were
presented by hosts Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana.[9]
Life of Pi won four awards including Best Director for
Ang Lee.[10][11] Argo won three awards, including BestPicture, the fourth film to win an Academy Award for
Best Picture without its director nominated.[12] Otherwinners included Les Misérables also with three awards,Django Unchained, Lincoln, and Skyfall with two, andAmour, Anna Karenina, Brave, Curfew, Inocente,Paperman, Searching for Sugar Man, Silver LiningsPlaybook, and Zero Dark Thirty with one. The telecastgarnered more than 40 million viewers in the UnitedStates.
1 Winners and nominees
1.1 Awards
1.2 Honorary Academy Awards
1.2.1 Academy Honorary Award
1.2.2 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
Award
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< 84th Academy Awards 86th > 1.3 Films with multiple nominations and
awards
2 Presenters and performers
2.1 Presenters
2.2 Performers
3 Ceremony information
3.1 Introduction of electronic voting system
3.2 Box office performance of nominated
films
3.3 Visual Effects protest
3.4 Critical reviews
3.5 Ratings and reception
4 In Memoriam
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 External links
The nominees for the 85th Academy Awards were announced on January 10, 2013, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Seth MacFarlane, host of the
ceremony, and actress Emma Stone.[13] Lincoln received the most nominations with twelve total, and Life of
Pi came in second with eleven.[14]
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 24, 2013.[15] Argo was the fourthfilm to win Best Picture without a directing nomination. 1927's Wings, 1932's Grand Hotel, and 1989's
Driving Miss Daisy previously achieved this feat.[16] As co-producer of Argo, George Clooney became the
third individual to win Oscars for both acting and producing.[17] Best Director winner Ang Lee was the
second person to win that category twice for helming non-Best Picture winning films.[18] Silver Linings
Playbook was the fourteenth film to earn nominations in all four acting categories.[19] At age 22, Best
Actress winner Jennifer Lawrence became the second-youngest winner in that category.[20] With his thirdwin for Best Lead Actor, Daniel Day-Lewis became the first three-time winner in that aforementioned
category.[21] He also was the sixth performer to win at least three acting Oscars.[22] Amour was the fourth
film nominated simultaneously for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film in the same year.[23] Atage nine, Quvenzhané Wallis became the youngest nominee for Best Actress and the youngest female acting
nominee overall.[24] Meanwhile, Emmanuelle Riva (aged 85) was the oldest nominee for Best Actress.[25]
Skyfall and Zero Dark Thirty's joint win in the Best Sound Editing category marked the sixth occurrence of a
tie in Oscar history.[26]
Awards
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Ang Lee, Best Director
winner
Daniel Day-Lewis, Best
Actor winner
Jennifer Lawrence, Best
Actress winner
Winners are listed first and indicated with a double-dagger ( ).[27]
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Christoph Waltz, Best
Supporting Actor winner
Anne Hathaway, Best
Supporting Actress
winner
Quentin Tarantino, Best
Original Screenplay
winner
Best Picture Best Director
Argo – Grant Heslov, Ben
Affleck, and George Clooney
Amour – Margaret
Menegoz, Stefan Arndt,
Veit Heiduschka, and
Michael Katz
Beasts of the Southern
Wild – Dan Janvey, Josh
Penn, and Michael
Gottwald
Django Unchained –
Stacey Sher, Reginald
Hudlin, and Pilar Savone
Les Misérables – Tim
Bevan, Eric Fellner,
Debra Hayward, and
Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi – Gil Netter,
Ang Lee, and David
Womark
Lincoln – Steven
Spielberg and Kathleen
Kennedy
Silver Linings Playbook –
Donna Gigliotti, Bruce
Cohen, and Jonathan
Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark
Boal, Kathryn Bigelow,
and Megan Ellison
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
Michael Haneke – Amour
David O. Russell – Silver
Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg –
Lincoln
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of
the Southern Wild
Best Actor Best Actress
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as
Abraham Lincoln
Bradley Cooper – Silver
Linings Playbook as
Patrick "Pat Jr." Solitano
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver
Linings Playbook as Tiffany
Maxwell
Jessica Chastain – Zero
Dark Thirty as Maya
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Michael Haneke, Best
Foreign Language Film
winner
Mychael Danna, Best
Original Score winner
Adele, Best Original
Song co-winner
Hugh Jackman – Les
Misérables as Jean
Valjean
Joaquin Phoenix – The
Master as Freddie Quell
Denzel Washington –
Flight as William "Whip"
Whitaker
Emmanuelle Riva –
Amour as Anne Laurent
Quvenzhané Wallis –
Beasts of the Southern
Wild as Hushpuppy
Naomi Watts – The
Impossible as Maria
Bennett
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Christoph Waltz – Django
Unchained as Dr. King Schultz
Alan Arkin – Argo as
Lester Siegel
Robert De Niro – Silver
Linings Playbook as
Patrizio "Pat Sr," Solitano
Philip Seymour Hoffman
– The Master as Lancaster
Dodd
Tommy Lee Jones –
Lincoln as Thaddeus
Stevens
Anne Hathaway – Les
Misérables as Fantine
Amy Adams – The
Master as Peggy Dodd
Sally Field – Lincoln as
Mary Todd Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The
Sessions as Cheryl
Cohen-Greene
Jacki Weaver – Silver
Linings Playbook as
Dolores Solitano
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
Django Unchained – Quentin
Tarantino
Amour – Michael Haneke
Flight – John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes
Anderson and Roman
Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark
Boal
Argo – Chris Terrio from The
Master of Disguise by Antonio
J. Mendez & The Great Escape
by Joshuah Bearman
Beasts of the Southern
Wild – Lucy Alibar and
Benh Zeitlin from Juicy
and Delicious by Lucy
Alibar
Life of Pi – David Magee
from Life of Pi by Yann
Martel
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
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from Team of Rivals: The
Political Genius of
Abraham Lincoln by
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Silver Linings Playbook –
David O. Russell from
The Silver Linings
Playbook by Matthew
Quick
Best Animated Feature Best Foreign Language Film
Brave – Mark Andrews and
Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie – Tim
Burton
ParaNorman – Sam Fell
and Chris Butler
The Pirates! Band of
Misfits – Peter Lord
Wreck-It Ralph – Rich
Moore
Amour (Austria) in French –
Michael Haneke
Kon-Tiki (Norway) in
English and Norwegian –
Joachim Rønning and
Espen Sandberg
No (Chile) in Spanish –
Pablo Larraín
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
in Danish – Nikolaj Arcel
War Witch (Canada) in
French – Kim Nguyen
Best Documentary – Feature Best Documentary – Short Subject
Searching for Sugar Man –
Malik Bendjelloul and Simon
Chinn
5 Broken Cameras –
Emad Burnat and Guy
Davidi
The Gatekeepers – Dror
Moreh, Philippa
Kowarsky, and Estelle
Fialon
How to Survive a Plague
– David France and
Howard Gertler
Inocente – Sean Fine and
Andrea Nix Fine
Kings Point – Sari Gilman
and Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine –
Cynthia Wade and Robin
Honan
Open Heart – Kief
Davidson and Cori
Shepherd Stern
Redemption – Jon Alpert
and Matthew O'Neill
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The Invisible War – Kirby
Dick and Amy Ziering
Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film
Curfew – Shawn Christensen
Asad – Bryan Buckley
and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys – Sam
French and Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow (Dood
Van Een Schaduw) – Tom
Van Avermaet and Ellen
De Waele
Henry – Yan England
Paperman – John Kahrs
Adam and Dog – Minkyu
Lee
Fresh Guacamole – PES
Head over Heels –
Timothy Reckart and
Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
The Longest Daycare –
David Silverman
Best Original Score Best Original Song
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
Anna Karenina – Dario
Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas
Newman
"Skyfall" from Skyfall – Adele
Adkins and Paul Epworth
"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
"Suddenly" from Les
Misérables – Claude-
Michel Schönberg,
Herbert Kretzmer, and
Alain Boublil
Best Sound Editing Best Sound Mixing
Skyfall – Per Hallberg and
Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J.
Les Misérables – Andy Nelson,
Mark Paterson, and Simon
Hayes
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Ottosson
Argo – Erik Aadahl and
Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained –
Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi – Eugene
Gearty and Philip
Stockton
Argo – John Reitz, Gregg
Rudloff, and Jose Antonio
Garcia
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett,
D. M. Hemphill, and
Drew Kunin
Lincoln – Andy Nelson,
Gary Rydstrom, and
Ronald Judkins
Skyfall – Scott Millan,
Greg P. Russell, and
Stuart Wilson
Best Production Design Best Cinematography
Lincoln – Rick Carter and Jim
Erickson
Anna Karenina – Sarah
Greenwood and Katie
Spencer
The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey –
Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent,
and Simon Bright
Les Misérables – Eve
Stewart and Anna Lynch-
Robinson
Life of Pi – David
Gropman and Anna
Pinnock
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
Anna Karenina – Seamus
McGarvey
Django Unchained –
Robert Richardson
Lincoln – Janusz
Kamiński
Skyfall – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Best Costume Design
Les Misérables – Lisa Westcott
and Julie Dartnell
Hitchcock – Howard
Berger, Peter Montagna,
and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey –
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline
Durran
Les Misérables – Paco
Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna
Johnston
Mirror Mirror – Eiko
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Peter Swords King, Rick
Findlater, and Tami Lane
Ishioka
Snow White and the
Huntsman – Colleen
Atwood
Best Film Editing Best Visual Effects
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
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer,
Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan
de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott
The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey – Joe
Letteri, Eric Saindon,
David Clayton, and R.
Christopher White
The Avengers – Janek
Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy
Williams, and Dan Sudick
Prometheus – Richard
Stammers, Trevor Wood,
Charley Henley, and
Martin Hill
Snow White and the
Huntsman – Cedric
Nicolas-Troyan, Philip
Brennan, Neil Corbould,
and Michael Dawson
Honorary Academy Awards
The Academy held its 4th Annual Governors Awards ceremony on December 1, 2012 during which the
following awards were presented.[28][29][30]
Academy Honorary Award
Hal Needham
D.A. Pennebaker
George Stevens, Jr.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
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First Lady Michelle Obama
announces Best Picture, awarded to
Argo, live from the Diplomatic Room
of the White House
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following 15 films received multiplenominations:
Nominations Film
12 Lincoln
11 Life of Pi
8Les Misérables
Silver Linings Playbook
7 Argo
5
Amour
Django Unchained
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty
4Anna Karenina
Beasts of the Southern Wild
3The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Master
2Flight
Snow White and the Huntsman
The following 6 films received multiple awards:
Awards Film
4 Life of Pi
3Argo
Les Misérables
2
Django Unchained
Lincoln
Skyfall
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented
awards or performed musical numbers.[2]
Presenters
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Name(s) Role
Cedering Fox Announcer for the 85th annual Academy Awards
Octavia Spencer Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Melissa McCarthyPaul Rudd
Presenters of the awards for Best Animated Short Film and Best AnimatedFeature
Reese WitherspoonPresenter of the films Les Misérables, Life of Pi, and Beasts of the SouthernWild on the Best Picture segment
Robert Downey, Jr.Chris EvansSamuel L. JacksonJeremy RennerMark Ruffalo
Presenters of the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects
Jennifer AnistonChanning Tatum
Presenters of the awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup andHairstyling
Halle Berry Presenter of the "Fifty Years of Bond" tribute and performance of "Goldfinger"
Jamie FoxxKerry Washington
Presenters of the awards for Best Live Action Short and Best DocumentaryShort Subject
Liam NeesonPresenter of the films Argo, Lincoln, and Zero Dark Thirty on the Best Picturesegment
Ben Affleck Presenter of the award for Best Documentary Feature
Jessica ChastainJennifer Garner
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Language Film
John Travolta Presenter of "Celebration of Musicals of the Last Decade" musical number
Chris PineZoe Saldana
Presenters of the segment of the Academy Awards for Technical Achievementand Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Mark WahlbergTed, the Teddy bear
Presenters of the awards for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing
Christopher Plummer Presenter of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Hawk Koch (AMPASpresident)
Special presentation acknowledging the creation of the Academy Museum ofMotion Pictures
Sandra Bullock Presenter of the award for Best Film Editing
Jennifer Lawrence Introducer of the performance of Best Song nominee "Skyfall"
Nicole KidmanPresenter of the films Silver Linings Playbook, Django Unchained, and Amouron the Best Picture segment
Daniel RadcliffeKristen Stewart
Presenters of the award for Best Production Design
Salma HayekPresenter of the segment of the Honorary Academy Awards and Irving G.Thalberg Memorial Award
George Clooney Presenter of In Memoriam tribute
Richard GereQueen LatifahRenée Zellweger
Introducer of the performance of Best Song nominee "Everybody Needs a BestFriend"Presenters of the awards for Best Original Score and Best Original Song
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Name(s) Role
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Dustin HoffmanCharlize Theron
Presenters of the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best OriginalScreenplay
Michael DouglasJane Fonda
Presenters of the award for Best Director
Jean Dujardin Presenter of the award for Best Actress
Meryl Streep Presenter of the award for Best Actor
Jack NicholsonMichelle Obama
Presenters of the award for Best Picture
Performers
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Name(s) Role Performed
William RossMusicalArrangerConductor
Orchestral
Seth MacFarlaneWilliam Shatner
Performers Opening segment
Seth MacFarlaneGay Men's Chorus of LosAngeles
Performers "We Saw Your Boobs" during the opening segment[31]
Performers "Suddenly" and "One Day More" from Les Misérables
Adele Performer "Skyfall" from Skyfall
Barbra Streisand Performer "The Way We Were" during the tribute to Marvin Hamlisch
Norah Jones Performer "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from Ted
Kristin ChenowethSeth MacFarlane
Performers "Here's To The Losers" during the closing credits
Due to declining interest and viewership in recent ceremonies, the Academy hired a new production team inan attempt to improve ratings and revive interest in the ceremony. Reports surfaced that Academythen-president Tom Sherak approached television producer Lorne Michaels for producing duties with actor
and comedian Jimmy Fallon as host.[32] However, the telecast's broadcaster ABC objected to these
selections, and both men declined afterward.[33] With newly elected Academy president Hawk Koch
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Seth MacFarlane hosted the 85th
Academy Awards
assuming leadership duties, the Academy hired Neil Meron andCraig Zadan in August 2012 to produce the ceremony. Two monthslater, the Academy announced that actor, director, cartoonist and
comedian Seth MacFarlane would host the telecast.[34] In an unusualbreak from previous years, producers Meron and Zadan announcedthat the on-air telecast of the ceremony would be simply referred to
as "The Oscars" instead of "The 85th Annual Academy Awards".[7]
As evident by the numerous musical numbers featured throughoutthe telecast, the ceremony was billed as a salute to music and the
movies.[35] In keeping with the theme of the evening, numerous filmscores from various motion pictures were played intermittentlythroughout the ceremony; most notable was John Williams' thememusic from Jaws, which was used to goad winners off the stage if
their acceptance speeches were overly long.[36][37] ComposerWilliams Ross conducted the orchestra from a studio inside the
nearby Capitol Records Building.[38]
Several other people were involved with the telecast and its promotion. Tony Award-winning art director
Derek McLane designed a new set and stage design for the ceremony.[39] Rob Ashford served as
choreographer for several musical numbers during the event.[40] Comedians Ben Gleib and Annie Greenupserved as correspondents and hosts of "Oscar Road Trip", a nationwide bus tour promoting the ceremony in
eleven major cities across the United States.[41] Six young film students from colleges across the country,who were selected from a contest conducted by AMPAS and MtvU, were recruited to appear onstage to
deliver Oscar statuettes to the presenters during the gala.[42]
Introduction of electronic voting system
In January 2012, AMPAS announced that it would create electronic voting system starting with the 2013
ceremony as another method for members to select the nominees and winners during the process.[43]
According to AMPAS Chief Operating Officer Ric Robertson, the implementation of the digital ballot wasdesigned to increase participation among members in the voting process and to provide an alternative
method of voting in case of emergency.[43] Despite several Academy officials denying such reasons, someindustry insiders speculated that the introduction of electronic voting was another move toward moving
future awards galas to January.[44] The deadline to submit nomination ballots was originally scheduled forJanuary 3, but technological errors and glitches prompted the Academy to move the deadline one day
later.[45]
Box office performance of nominated films
None of the nine Best Picture nominees were among the top ten releases in box office during thenominations. However, four of those films had already earned $100 million in American and Canadian
ticket sales.[46] At the time of the announcement of nominations on January 10, Lincoln was the highest-grossing film among the Best Picture nominees with $144 million in domestic box office receipts. The otherthree films to earn $100 million prior to nominations were Django Unchained with $112 million, Argo with$110 million, and Les Misérables with $103 million. Among the five remaining Best Picture nominees, Lifeof Pi was the next highest-grossing film with $91.8 million followed by Silver Linings Playbook ($35.7million), Beasts of the Southern Wild ($11.2 million), Zero Dark Thirty ($4.4 million), and finally Amour
($311,247).[A][47] The combined gross of the nine Best Picture nominees when the Oscars were announced
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was $620 million with an average gross of $68.9 million per film.[47]
Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 61 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only Brave (8th),Wreck-It Ralph (13th), Lincoln (17th), Django Unchained (23rd), Argo (26th), Les Misérables (27th), Flight(30th), and Life of Pi (31st) were nominated for Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, or any of the directing,
acting, or screenwriting awards.[48] The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were Marvel'sThe Avengers (1st), Skyfall (4th), The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (6th), Ted (13th), Snow White and the
Huntsman (15th), Prometheus (20th), and Mirror Mirror (44th).[48]
Visual Effects protest
Prior to the ceremony, an estimated 400 visual effects artists staged a protest on Hollywood Boulevard. Theartists were protesting what they perceived to be the mistreatment of their industry by the studio system. Theevent that sparked the protest occurred when Rhythm & Hues visual effects studio, whose work would win
the Oscar for Life of Pi, filed for bankruptcy in the weeks before the Oscars.[49] The visual effects industrywas also upset when the winners for Best Visual Effects were drowned out by the Jaws theme music and hadtheir microphones shut off during their acceptance speech right as they began speaking about the
controversy.[50]
Critical reviews
The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets were more critical of theshow. Columnist Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly commented "By calling constant attention tothe naughty factor," MacFarlane created "an echo chamber of outrage, working a little too hard to top
himself with faux-scandalous gags about race, Jews in Hollywood, and the killing of Abraham Lincoln."[51]
The Washington Post television critic Hank Stuever bemoaned, "There was nothing notably terrible aboutthe show, and nothing particularly enthralling." Regarding MacFarlane's performance as host, Stuever noted,"What you got was a combination of sicko and retro, an Oscar show hosted by someone who waited until
Oscar night to discover that he's only so-so at stand-up comedy."[52] Television editor Alan Sepinwall ofHitFix lamented that the ceremony made for a "frequently messy, but occasionally surprising and/orentertaining evening." He added that MacFarlane "had some funny moments here and there, but he missed
way more than he hit, and Frat Boy Seth quickly assumed dominance as the evening went along."[53]
Other media outlets received the broadcast and more positively. Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporterpraised MacFarlane's performance saying that he did "impressively better than one would have wagered."He also noted that he added "plenty of niceties with a little bit of the Ricky Gervais bite-the-hand-that-
feeds-you thing and worked the juxtaposition rather nicely.[54] Chicago Tribune television critic Nina Metzlauded MacFarlane for keeping "a solid handle on the proceedings." She also remarked that the host "openedwith a series of jokes that were bona fide winners, landing on just the right tone: confident but not
cocksure".[55] Associated Press critic Frazier Moore extolled MacFarlane observing that he "seized thecamera Sunday as host of ABC's Oscarcast and proved to its vast audience that he's a ridiculously versatile
entertainer, a guy who can be as charming as he is famously irreverent, even polarizing."[56]
Ratings and reception
The American telecast on ABC drew in an average of 40.38 million people over its length, which was a 3%
increase from the previous year's ceremony.[57] An estimated 77.92 million total viewers watched all or part
of the awards.[58] The show also drew higher Nielsen ratings compared to the two previous ceremonies with
24.47% of households watching over a 35.65 share.[59] In addition, the program scored its highest key demo
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ratings in six years with a 13.71 rating over a 33.45 share among viewers in the 18–49 demographic.[60]
The annual In Memoriam segment was presented by actor George Clooney.[61] The montage featured an
excerpt of the main title from Out of Africa by composer John Barry.[62] At the end of the tribute, singerBarbra Streisand sang "The Way We Were" from the film of the same name in tribute to composer Marvin
Hamlisch.[63]
Ernest Borgnine
Eiko Ishioka
Ralph McQuarrie
Jack Klugman
Celeste Holm
Adam Yauch
Michael Clarke Duncan
Charles Durning
Carlo Rambaldi
Erland Josephson
Richard Robbins
Stephen Frankfurt
Harris Savides
Tonino Guerra
J. Michael Riva
Ulu Grosbard
Herbert Lom
Bruce Surtees
Andrew Sarris
George A. Bowers
Tony Scott
Theodore Soderberg
Lois W. Smith
Geoffrey G. Ammer
Neil Travis
Michael Hopkins
John D. Lowry
Hal David
Nora Ephron
Charles Rosen
Jake Eberts
Michael Kohut
Frank Pierson
Chris Marker
Charles C. Washburn
Ray Bradbury
Richard Rodney Bennett
Robert B. Sherman
Richard D. Zanuck
Matthew Yuricich
Marvin Hamlisch
19th Screen Actors Guild Awards
33rd Golden Raspberry Awards
55th Grammy Awards
65th Primetime Emmy Awards
66th British Academy Film Awards
67th Tony Awards
70th Golden Globe Awards
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A^ : Both Life of Pi and Silver Linings Playbook would eventually earn over $100 million in domestic
ticket sales before the ceremony on February 24.[64] Zero Dark Thirty was the number one film at the
American box office during the weekend of January 11–13;[65] the movie eventually grossed $91
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Official websites
Academy Awards Official website (http://www.oscar.com/)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Official website (http://www.oscars.org/)
Oscar's Channel (http://www.youtube.com/oscars) at YouTube (run by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Video Highlights (http://www.oscars.org/video
/index.html)
News resources
85th Academy Awards (http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/) Boston.com
Oscars 2013 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/oscars-2013) The Guardian
The Envelope (http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/oscars/2013/) Awards insider Los Angeles Times
Academy Awards 2013 (http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/redcarpet
/0,,20658247,00.html) People
Analysis
2012 Academy Awards Winners and History (http://www.filmsite.org/aa2012.html) Filmsite
Academy Awards, USA: 2013 (http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2013) Internet Movie
Database
Other resources
Pronunciation Guide to the 85th Academy Award Nominees (http://inogolo.com/guides/85th+oscars)
The 85th Annual Academy Awards (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2461862/) at the Internet Movie
Database
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