Warner Bros. Launches Oscar Campaigns For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ & ‘Cloud Atlas’
It’s that time of year, and the studios are getting ready to wine and dine Oscar voters in the hopes of giving their prestige pictures, success stories and, hell, even the long shots, a bit of love in the awards season. And Warner Bros. is getting in on the act. They’ve launched their awards site, and alongside the obvious contenders like “Magic Mike,” “Argo” and “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” are two more blockbusters, Christopher Nolan‘s “The Dark Knight Rises” and The Wachowskis‘ and Tom Tykwer‘s “Cloud Atlas.”
While “The Dark Knight” earned a number of nods for technical achievements along with Best Cinematography and Best Actor (with a win for the late Heath Ledger), it missed out on Best Director and Best Picture at the time (and is unofficially credited with forcing the Academy to expand the field to up to ten films). WB wants voters to consider the project in a variety of fields, placing Christian Bale and Anne Hathaway in the Best Actor and Best Actress category (which likely means Hathaway will go Best Supporting for “Les Miserables“), and the rest of the cast in Supporting. Will Nolan finally get the Best Director nomination that has eluded him? Will Hans Zimmer get recognized for his great work on the series? We’ll soon see…
Meanwhile, WB is tossing a Hail Mary for “Cloud Atlas,” the ambitious spectacle that divided critics and baffled audiences to the point where no one showed up. Maybe in the tech categories it’ll get some love, but beyond that, it doesn’t seem likely. Anyway, check out who the studio is pitching below and hit the campaign site for more. [HeyUGuys]
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION – THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
BEST PICTURE
EMMA THOMAS
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
CHARLES ROVEN
BEST DIRECTOR
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Screenplay by
JONATHAN NOLAN and
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Story by
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN & DAVID S. GOYER
BEST ACTOR
CHRISTIAN BALE
BEST ACTRESS
ANNE HATHAWAY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
MICHAEL CAINE
GARY OLDMAN
TOM HARDY
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
MORGAN FREEMAN
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
MARION COTILLARD
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WALLY PFISTER, ASC
BEST ART DIRECTION
Production Designers
NATHAN CROWLEY
KEVIN KAVANAUGH
Set Decorator
PAKI SMITH
BEST FILM EDITING
LEE SMITH, A.C.E.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
LINDY HEMMING
BEST MAKEUP
Makeup Department Head
LUISA ABEL
Hair Department Head
JANICE ALEXANDER
BEST SOUND MIXING
Production Sound Mixer
ED NOVICK
Re-Recording Mixers
GARY A. RIZZO
GREGG LANDAKER
BEST SOUND EDITING
RICHARD KING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
PAUL FRANKLIN
CHRIS CORBOULD
PETER BEBB
ANDREW LOCKLEY
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
HANS ZIMMER
CLOUD ATLAS – FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
BEST PICTURE
GRANT HILL
STEFAN ARNDT
LANA WACHOWSKI
TOM TYKWER
ANDY WACHOWSKI
BEST DIRECTOR
LANA WACHOWSKI
TOM TYKWER
ANDY WACHOWSKI
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
LANA WACHOWSKI &
TOM TYKWER &
ANDY WACHOWSKI
BEST ACTOR
TOM HANKS
BEST ACTRESS
HALLE BERRY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
HUGH GRANT
JIM BROADBENT
HUGO WEAVING
JIM STURGESS
BEN WHISHAW
KEITH DAVID
JAMES D’ARCY
DAVID GYASI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
SUSAN SARANDON
DOONA BAE
ZHOU XUN
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
JOHN TOLL, ASC
FRANK GRIEBE
BEST ART DIRECTION
Production Designers
ULI HANISCH
HUGH BATEUP
Set Decorators
PETER WALPOLE
REBECCA ALLEWAY
BEST FILM EDITING
ALEXANDER BERNER
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
KYM BARRETT
PIERRE-YVES GAYRAUD
BEST MAKEUP
Hair & Makeup Designers
JEREMY WOODHEAD
DANIEL PARKER
BEST SOUND MIXING
Sound Mixers
IVAN SHARROCK
ROLAND WINKE
Re-Recording Mixers
MATTHIAS LEMPERT
LARS GINZEL
BEST SOUND EDITING
FRANK KRUSE
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
DAN GLASS
STEPHANE CERETTI
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
TOM TYKWER
JOHNNY KLIMEK
REINHOLD HEIL
