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85th Academy Awards® Press Transcripts

Winner’s Onstage and Backstage Transcripts

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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"

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Alan Arkin in "Argo"
  • Robert De Niro in "Silver Linings Playbook"
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in "The Master"
  • Tommy Lee Jones in "Lincoln"
  • Christoph Waltz in "Django Unchained"

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Jessica Chastain in "Zero Dark Thirty"
  • Jennifer Lawrence in "Silver Linings Playbook"
  • Emmanuelle Riva in "Amour"
  • Quvenzhané Wallis in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
  • Naomi Watts in "The Impossible"

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Amy Adams in "The Master"
  • Sally Field in "Lincoln"
  • Anne Hathaway in "Les Misérables"
  • Helen Hunt in "The Sessions"
  • Jacki Weaver in "Silver Linings Playbook"

Animated Feature Film

  • "Brave" Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
  • "Frankenweenie" Tim Burton
  • "ParaNorman" Sam Fell and Chris Butler
  • "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" Peter Lord
  • "Wreck-It Ralph" Rich Moore

Cinematography

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

Costume Design

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

Directing

  • "Amour" Michael Haneke
  • "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Benh Zeitlin
  • "Life of Pi" Ang Lee
  • "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg
  • "Silver Linings Playbook" David O. Russell

Documentary (Feature)

  • "5 Broken Cameras"
    Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
  • "The Gatekeepers"
    Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon
  • "How to Survive a Plague"
    David France and Howard Gertler
  • "The Invisible War"
    Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering
  • "Searching for Sugar Man"
    Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

Documentary (Short Subject)

  • "Inocente"
    Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
  • "Kings Point"
    Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
  • "Mondays at Racine"
    Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
  • "Open Heart"
    Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
  • "Redemption"
    Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill

Film Editing

  • "Argo" William Goldenberg
  • "Life of Pi" Tim Squyres
  • "Lincoln" Michael Kahn
  • "Silver Linings Playbook" Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
  • "Zero Dark Thirty" Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Foreign Language Film

  • "Amour" Austria
  • "Kon-Tiki" Norway
  • "No" Chile
  • "A Royal Affair" Denmark
  • "War Witch" Canada

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • "Hitchcock"
    Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
  • "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
    Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
  • "Les Misérables"
    Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

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

Music (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

Best Picture

  • "Amour" Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka and Michael Katz, Producers
  • "Argo" Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
  • "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
  • "Django Unchained" Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
  • "Les Misérables" Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
  • "Life of Pi" Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
  • "Lincoln" Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
  • "Silver Linings Playbook" Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
  • "Zero Dark Thirty" Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
  • Onstage Speech
  • Backstage Interview

    • 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

    Short Film (Animated)

    • "Adam and Dog" Minkyu Lee
    • "Fresh Guacamole" PES
    • "Head over Heels" Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly
    • "Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"" David Silverman
    • "Paperman" John Kahrs

    Short Film (Live Action)

    • "Asad" Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
    • "Buzkashi Boys" Sam French and Ariel Nasr
    • "Curfew" Shawn Christensen
    • "Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)" Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
    • "Henry" Yan England

    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

    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

    Visual Effects

    • "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
      Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
    • "Life of Pi"
      Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
    • "Marvel's The Avengers"
      Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
    • "Prometheus"
      Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
    • "Snow White and the Huntsman"
      Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

    Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

    • "Argo" Screenplay by Chris Terrio
    • "Beasts of the Southern Wild" Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
    • "Life of Pi" Screenplay by David Magee
    • "Lincoln" Screenplay by Tony Kushner
    • "Silver Linings Playbook" Screenplay by David O. Russell

    Writing (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

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