"Southern Wild Animals" directed by Benh Zeitlin former Hastings resident, Best Picture, Best Director (Zeitlin for) was nominated for the best actress in a leading role (newcomer Wallis Quvenzhané a) and download your custom script (Zeitlin and Lucy the Alibar).
In an interview with Newsday Westchester afternoon, Zeitlin, 30, said he was "happy" was more than one nomination for the film by "value" is.
a best picture category, "animals" is connected to two other films with Hudson Valley ties: "Life of Pi" is directed and produced by Lee Larchmont resident former-Ang and "Les Miserables" star Anne Hathaway, who was enrolled briefly at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie and Middletown speaker Aaron TVEIT. Other contenders download Picture "Argo", "Zero Dark Thirty" "Amour," "Silver Linings Playbook", "Django Unchained" and "Lincoln".
"I am deeply honored and frankly a bit overwhelmed by all the nominations Life 'or pi" received this morning ", Ang Lee in a statement said:" So many talented people have everything they had in this film, as in front. and behind the camera, and all of them to see this type of recognition is something I am very grateful for. "
In the best actress in a leading role category, Wales, a 9-year-old New Orleans local who had never acted before playing Hushpuppy "wild animals", against a big-name talent. Last candidate ever in the category will face off against Jessica Chastain for "Thirty Dark Zero," Naomi Watts for "The Impossible" Jennifer Lawrence for "playbook Silver Linings" and "amour" Emmanuelle Riva, who at 85 is the actress old ever nominated in the category.
"I'm just so proud of her, she is just like a spectacular man [and] an excellent actress," says Zeitlin of Nod Welsh Oscar history. "This is a kind of wild underdog story."
Best Actor in a leading role category includes a link to the Hudson Valley: "Flight" Denzel Washington, a Mount Vernon native, is nominated for his portrayal of an alcoholic pilot
"" Flight "was one of the hardest roles I have ever had in my career, and it was an honor to be directed by Robert Zemeckis," Washington said in a statement released. "It's always good to look back on the show, and it would be fun to share the evening with our Gatins nominated screenwriter John."Washington at Bradley Cooper for "Silver linings playbook," Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln", Hugh Jackman for "Les Miserables" and Joaquin Phoenix for "The Master".
In the category of Best Director, Zeitlin nominated along with Lee for "Life of Pi". David O. Russell for "playbook Silver Linings", Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln" and Michael Haneke for "Amour" also received nominations.
Zeitlin said that when he heard his name as a candidate announced Best Director, he felt like he was "some kind of power failure."
"I really was not prepared for this," he added: "see what I've been trying to compete in this category, I just do not think there was a chance I could be nominated." .
Out of the four major categories, also an actress and screenwriters to connect to the Hudson Valley taking nominations. Hathaway was nominated for best actress in a supporting role to play in "Fantine Les Miserables," and many critics say that it is a lock to get the prize. Others in this category include Sally Field for "Lincoln", Jacki Weaver for "playbook Silver Linings", Helen Hunt for "sessions" and Amy Adams for "The Master".
John Gatins, who grew up in Poughquag and graduated from Arlington High School and Vassar College, earned a nomination for best original screenplay for "Flight".
In an interview with Newsday afternoon Westchester, Gatins called the nomination "surreal" and an "out-of-body" experience that he has yet to fully process. "Flight" script is inspired by Gatins drug abuse last fight, so NSS has a special meaning for him.
"I'm one of those people who can not say it was an emotional moment for so many reasons," Gatins said. "My wife was kind of just reminded me that ... your whole life framework is a kind of trapped in that movie script, both personally and professionally, because I worked on the film for 12 years ... and I a career all within the next 12 years. "
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola also nominated in this category for "Moonrise Kingdom," Which stars Palisades resident Bill Murray. Other nominees include writers for "Amour", "Django Unchained" and "Zero dark thirty."In the category of Best Screenplay adapted, Zeitlin nominated along with Lucy Alibar to "Southern wild animals," Experience combines fantasy and reality in telling the story of a young girl who lives with her father in a fantastic Bayou community. Writers for "Argo" Life of Pi "," Lincoln "and" PlayBook silver linings "is nominated in the category.
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