Awards Preliminary: The 2012 Longlists

It is a tradition, when I do my Hollmann Awards, to submit a longlist of contenders in each category beforehand. Inspired by the BAFTA tradition of same, the longlists not only allow me to gather my thoughts, but to highlight films and contributors that may not otherwise make my final ballot. You will, of course, find an entry for every one of my Top 25, but you will also see titles you may not expect -- Step Up: Revolution, Detention and The Guilt Trip are three films that I'm not necessarily mad about as a whole (ok, I'm totally in the tank for the bookenders), but whose strongest attributes I felt needed attention.

Except where noted, each category has 15 finalists.



The nominations for the Seventh Annual (!) Hollmann Awards will be announced by January 9, 2013.

BEST DIRECTOR

Ben Affleck, Argo
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Lee Daniels, The Paperboy
Justin Kurzel, The Snowtown Murders
Phil Lord/Chris Miller, 21 Jump Street
Sam Mendes, Skyfall
Walter Salles, On the Road
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Tom Tykwer/The Wachowskis, Cloud Atlas
Joe Wright, Anna Karenina
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(12 finalists)
Damsels in Distress - Whit Stillman
Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
Holy Motors - Leos Carax
Hope Springs - Vanessa Taylor
Looper - Rian Johnson
Magic Mike - Reid Carolin
Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson/Roman Coppola
Not Fade Away - David Chase
ParaNorman - Chris Butler
Wanderlust - Ken Marino/David Wain
Wreck-It Ralph - Phil Johnston/Jennifer Lee, story by Johnston/Rich Moore/Jim Reardon
Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

21 Jump Street - Michael Bacall, story by Bacall/Jonah Hill, from the television series
Anna Karenina - Tom Stoppard, from the novel by Leo Tolstoy
Argo - Chris Terrio, from an article by Joshuah Bearman
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar/Benh Zeitlin, from the play Juicy and Delicious by Alibar
Bernie - Skip Hollandsworth/Richard Linklater, from an article by Hollandsworth
Cloud Atlas - Tom Tykwer/Andy & Lana Wachowski, from the novel by David Mitchell
Lincoln - Tony Kushner, from Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
On the Road - Jose Rivera, from the novel by Jack Kerouac
The Paperboy - Lee Daniels/Pete Dexter, from the novel by Dexter
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky, from his novel
Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard/Thomas Bidegain, from stories by Craig Davidson
Savages - Shane Salerno/Oliver Stone/Don Winslow, from the novel by Winslow
 The Sessions - Ben Lewin, from an article by Mark O'Brien
Skyfall - John Logan/Neal Purvis/Robert Wade, from characters created by Ian Fleming
The Snowtown Murders - Shaun Grant, story by Grant/Justin Kurzel, from the book by Andrew McGarry and Killing for Pleasure by Debi Marshall

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Anna Karenina - Seamus McGarvey
Cloud Atlas - Frank Griebe/John Toll
The Dark Knight Rises - Wally Pfister
The Deep Blue Sea - Florian Hoffmeister
Holy Motors - Caroline Champetier
Lawless - Benoit Delhomme
Lincoln - Janusz Kaminski
The Master - Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
On the Road - Eric Gautier
The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Andrew Dunn
Prometheus - Darius Khondji
Skyfall - Roger Deakins
The Snowtown Murders - Adam Arkapaw
Step Up: Revolution - Crash
Zero Dark Thirty - Greig Fraser

More eye-catching listery after the jump. Be warned: these longlists tend to cause shock and admonishment.

BEST EDITING
21 Jump Street - Joel Negron
Anna Karenina - Melanie Ann Oliver
Argo - William Goldenberg
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Crockett Doob/Affonso Goncalves
Cloud Atlas - Alexander Berner
The Dark Knight Rises - Lee Smith
Django Unchained - Fred Raskin
End of Watch - Dody Dorn
Jack Reacher - Stephen M. Rickert, Jr./Kevin Stitt
Moonrise Kingdom - Andrew Weisblum
On the Road - Francois Gedigier
Prometheus - Pietro Scalia
The Raid: Redemption - Gareth Evans
Skyfall - Stuart Baird
Zero Dark Thirty - William Goldenberg/Dylan Tichenor

BEST ART DIRECTION

Anna Karenina
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
Holy Motors
Lawless
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
ParaNorman
Prometheus
The Raid: Redemption
Skyfall

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran
Argo - Jacqueline West
Bernie - Kari Perkins
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Louise Stjernsward
Cloud Atlas - Kym Barrett/Pierre-Yves Gayraud
Django Unchained - Sharen Davis
Holy Motors - Anais Romand
Lincoln - Joanna Johnston
The Master - Mark Bridges
Les Miserables - Paco Delgado
Moonrise Kingdom - Kasia Walicka-Maimone
Not Fade Away - Catherine Marie Thomas
The Paperboy - Caroline Eselin
Prometheus - Janty Yates
Skyfall - Jany Temime

BEST MAKEUP

Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
Dark Shadows
 Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Holy Motors
Lawless
Lincoln
Looper
Men in Black III
Les Miserables
Prometheus
Skyfall
The Snowtown Murders
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
(12 finalists)

The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
John Carter
Life of Pi
Looper
ParaNorman
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
Ted
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Jamie Foxx, Django Unchained
Jared Gilman, Moonrise Kingdom
John Hawkes, The Sessions 
Garrett Hedlund, On the Road
Jonah Hill, 21 Jump Street
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Hope Springs
Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone
Channing Tatum, 21 Jump Street
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

BEST ACTRESS

Emily Blunt, Looper
Shanley Caswell, Detention
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Lynn Collins, John Carter
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Greta Gerwig, Damsels in Distress
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Keira Knightley, Anna Karenina
Kelly Macdonald, Brave
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Barbra Streisand, The Guilt Trip
Juno Temple, Killer Joe
Analeigh Tipton, Damsels in Distress

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Mike Epps, Sparkle
James Gandolfini, Not Fade Away
Richard Green, The Snowtown Murders
Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained
 Jude Law, Anna Karenina
Matthew Macfadyen, Anna Karenina
Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
David Oyelowo, The Paperboy
Justin Theroux, Wanderlust
Alan Tudyk, Wreck-It Ralph
Ben Whishaw, Cloud Atlas
Tom Wilkinson, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Bruce Willis, Looper
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Master
Doona Bae, Cloud Atlas
Moon Bloodgood, The Sessions
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Kirsten Dunst, On the Road
Megalyn Echikunwoke, Damsels in Distress
Carmen Ejogo, Sparkle
 Macy Gray, The Paperboy
Louise Harris, The Snowtown Murders
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Salma Hayek, Savages
Brie Larson, 21 Jump Street
Spencer Locke, Detention
Kristen Stewart, On the Road
Alicia Vikander, Anna Karenina

BEST SOUND
21 Jump Street
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
Django Unchained
End of Watch
Jack Reacher
Lawless
Life of Pi
Magic Mike
Not Fade Away
Prometheus
The Raid: Redemption
Skyfall
Wreck-It Ralph
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

21 Jump Street - Mark Mothersbaugh
Anna Karenina - Dario Marianelli
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer/Benh Zeitlin
Cloud Atlas - Reinhold Heil/Johnny Klimek/Tom Tykwer
The Dark Knight Rises - Hans Zimmer
Jack Reacher - Joe Kraemer
Life of Pi - Mychael Danna
Looper - Nathan Johnson
The Master - Johnny Greenwood
The Odd Life of Timothy Green - Geoff Zanelli
On the Road - Gustavo Santaolalla
Prometheus - Marc Streitenfeld/Harry Gregson-Williams
The Raid: Redemption - Mike Shinoda/Joseph Trapanese
Skyfall - Thomas Newman
Zero Dark Thirty - Alexandre Desplat

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Brave - Song of Mor Du
Brave - Touch the Sky
Damsels in Distress - The Sambola! International Dance Craze
Django Unchained - 100 Black Coffins
Django Unchained - Ancora Qui
Django Unchained - Freedom
Django Unchained - Who Did That to You?
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Song of the Lonely Mountain
Holy Motors - Who Were We?
Life of Pi - Pi's Lullaby
Rise of the Guardians - Still Dream
Skyfall - Skyfall
Snow White and the Huntsman - Breath of Life
Ted - Everybody Needs a Best Friend
Wreck-It Ralph - Sugar Rush

BEST ENSEMBLE

21 Jump Street
Argo
Bernie
Cloud Atlas
Damsels in Distress
Django Unchained
Killer Joe
Lincoln
Magic Mike
Moonrise Kingdom
The Paperboy
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Sessions
The Snowtown Murders
Wanderlust