4 Oscar Nominations for Anna Karenina, 5 for Skyfall, and 2 for Flight!

The 85th Academy Award Nominations has been announced this morning and Joe Wright's Anna Karenina (starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen) is nominated for 4 Oscars! Once again, no love for our trio: Keira, Matthew, and Joe (in acting and directing categories)...they're in good company though as lots were snubbed in the Oscar nominations this year. But I'm glad that they didn't ignore Anna Karenina's tech side (ie. Dario Marianelli, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Seamus McGarvey, and Jacqueline Durran ) who worked on its brilliant technical side that deserved to be recognized and nominated. Their nominations, at least made up for the lack of the acting categories and directing. Hope they win it all.

UPDATE: Anna Karenina just won 2 Critics Choice Awards tonight!
They won their only two nominations...Congrats AK crew!!!
Best Costume Designer - Jacqueline Durran
Best Art Direction - Sarah Greenwood (production design) and Katie Spencer (set decorator)

The 85th Academy Awards will be held next month, Sunday, February 24th.

Congrats and best of luck to Anna Karenina and its crew for their 4 Oscar nominations! Also, best of luck to Dario Marianelli for his Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Score for AK and for AK's 7 BAFTA nominations!

In other Oscar nominations, Judi Dench was also snubbed along with her co-stars Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem in the acting categories as well as their director Sam Mendes, but their film  Skyfall did earned 5 Oscar Nominations including original song for Adele! Flight has 2 Oscar nominations including Best Actor for Denzel Washington. Unfortunately, Kelly Reilly was also snubbed. She was pretty good in that film.

Here are a list of Oscar nominations for Anna Karenina, Skyfall, and Flight below...
 

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
• Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
• Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
• Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Original screenplay

• “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
• “Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “Flight” Written by John Gatins
• “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal

Achievement in cinematography

• “Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
• “Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
•  “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
•  “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
• “Skyfall” Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

• “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
• “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
• “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
• “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
• “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
• “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
• “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
• “Lincoln” John Williams
• “Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice” Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted” Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi” Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• “Skyfall” from “Skyfall” Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables” Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil 

Achievement in production design

• “Anna Karenina” Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• “Les Misérables” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
• “Life of Pi” Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Lincoln” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in sound editing

• “Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• “Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
• “Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Argo” John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• “Les Misérables” Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• “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
  
  See the full list of Oscar Nominations here! 
  
  Here are the Oscar Nominee Reactions from Anna Karenina crew who were nominated...
  ANNA KARENINA
  Achievement in production design
  Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  “Realizing our director Joe Wright’s bold and unique vision for ANNA KARENINA was a challenge, and ultimately a thrill. To have our work recognized by the AMPAS members is an honor, and a joy. We are proud to accept this nomination on behalf of what was a tremendous crew.”
  -Sarah Greenwood (production designer) and Katie Spencer (set decorator), nominees for Best Production Design (ANNA KARENINA)
  
  Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  Dario Marianelli
  "I am delighted to be nominated, and humbled by being in the company of composers whose work I have admired for so long. For the fourth time, director Joe Wright has inspired me and made sure that I would not miss any of the opportunities that his movie opened up for the music. I feel very grateful towards him."
  - Dario Marianelli, nominee for Best Original Score (ANNA KARENINA)
  
  Achievement in cinematography
  Seamus McGarvey
  “The director of the film I’m currently working on just texted me. We had a $100 bet that I wouldn’t get nominated, but he texted me that he’s $100 richer! I’m over the moon!”
  -Seamus McGarvey, nominee for Best Cinematography (ANNA KARENINA)
  
  Achievement in costume design
  Jacqueline Durran
  “I’m very excited! I’m also very pleased that other members of the ANNA KARENINA gang were nominated since this film was a collaboration.”
  -Jacqueline Durran, nominee for Best Costume Design (ANNA KARENINA)
  
  Also, Denzel Washington’s statement regarding his Best Actor Oscar nomination for Flight: ‘Flight’ was one of the most challenging roles I’ve ever had in my career, and it was an honor to be directed by Robert Zemeckis. It’s always nice to be asked back to the show, and it will be fun to share the evening with our nominated screenwriter John Gatins.”(source: Manny The Movie Guy | Awards Daily)