Critics’ Choice Movie Awards: ‘Argo’ Best Picture, Director; Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain Take Acting Honors
Ben Affleck got some consolation tonight when his Argo was named Best Picture and he was honored as Best Director at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Affleck, who was overlooked in the director category at today’s Oscar Nominations, took things in stride tonight as he picked up his award for Argo: “I would like to thank the Academy. I’m kidding, this is the award that really counts”.
The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards took place at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport. This morning Lincoln dominated Oscar nominations with 12, and Steven Spielberg’s historic film portrait also dominated the broadcast critics contenders with 13. The CW is broadcasting the event from 8 PM to 10 PM Eastern time, tape delayed for the West Coast.
Daniel Day-Lewis, accepting his award for Best Actor, said that Lincoln was “One of the great unforeseen privileges of my life. Each and every day was filled with discovery and the joy of discovery.” Jessica Chastain was voted Best Actress for her work as a driven CIA analyst for Zero Dark Thirty. Jennifer Lawrence nabbed two prizes, one for Best Actress in an Action Movie for The Hunger Games and the other for Best Actress in a Comedy for Silver Linings Playbook.
A complete list of winners follows:
BEST PICTURE
ArgoBEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis – “Lincoln”BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – “Zero Dark Thirty”BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Master”BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – “Les Misérables”BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Beasts of the Southern Wild”BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Silver Linings PlaybookBEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck – “Argo”BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino – “Django Unchained”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tony Kushner – “Lincoln”BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Life of Pi” – Claudio MirandaBEST ART DIRECTION
“Anna Karenina” – Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer; Katie Spencer/Set DecoratorBEST EDITING
“Zero Dark Thirty” – William Goldenberg and Dylan TichenorBEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Anna Karenina” – Jacqueline DurranBEST MAKEUP
Cloud AtlasBEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Life of PiBEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Wreck-It RalphBEST ACTION MOVIE
SkyfallBEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig – “Skyfall”BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Jennifer Lawrence = “The Hunger Games”BEST COMEDY
Silver Linings PlaybookBEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
LooperBEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
AmourBEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Searching for Sugar ManBEST SONG
“Skyfall” – performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth – SkyfallBEST SCORE
“Lincoln” – John Williams
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