Ben affleck s film argo took the best picture oscar at the 85th academy awards. Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. Watch the trailer for kon tiki, which is nominated for a best foreign film oscar. A win for the pinprick precision of bong joonhos direction of parasite would be a welcome jawdropper, as it would throw several stats out the window and, in turn, get us a little more excited about predicting the oscars next year. Six guys in a raft, scary sharks and a whole lot of faith. Sunday with live tv coverage from the red carpet on e abc will start its redcarpet coverage at 7 p.
A strange collector imprisoned his shadow and gave him a new chance. Netflix documentary circus of books looks at the strange history of this nowclosed west. The most harrowing scene in kontiki, the new oscarnominated norwegian film about the greatest sea voyage of modern times, turns out to be a fish story. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. But in kontiki, the how and why of that trip get a robust, dramatic. The role of thor heyerdahl is played by pal sverre hagen. When the oscars foreign language shortlist was unveiled before christmas, it contained few surprises. The list of winners is listed below, including the awards for best film, best actor, best actress and best director for the oscars 20. But given the academys long history and resurgent embrace of technical triumphstrust us, the math. Weinstein company movie kontiki on april 22, 20 in new york city. Kontiki is a 2012 historical drama film directed by joachim ronning and espen sandberg about the 1947 kontiki expedition. Kon tiki norway best picture beasts of the southern wild.
It was an amazing night at the oscars 20 with jennifer lawrence winning the award for best actress, daniel daylewis for. Ben affleck, jennifer lawrence, anne hathaway, ang lee win awards results. Feb 24, 20 oscars nominations 20 in full this years oscar nominations see les miserables against zero dark thirty and django unchained for best film. The complete list of winners and nominees for the 85th annual academy awards. Oscar statuettes are displayed at the meet the oscars exhibit in new york photograph. Yesterday, the norwegian film kontiki was nominated for best foreign language film. Kontiki 2012 postwwii, the world was weary of war and looking for heroes. Ben affleck accepts the award for best picture for argo during the oscars at the dolby theatre on sunday feb. Our oscar predictions for 20 now that weve gone through who we think should win oscars this year, its time to take a look at who will actually likely win. Who won a coveted academy award at this years oscars.
The kontiki museum on the bygdoy peninsula in oslo, norway houses vessels and maps from the kontiki expedition, as well as a library with about 8000 books. In nearly every other 20 oscar race, things appear. The oscars 20 ceremony took place on sunday night with the biggest stars of hollywood coming together. I have not yet seen kontiki norway, war witch canada. Oscar 20 winners complete list of nominees, wins hypable. Oscar voters brutally honest ballot hollywood reporter. He became notable for his kontiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km 5,000 mi across the pacific ocean in a handbuilt raft from south america to the tuamotu islands. That leaves kontiki, which has a very weird beginning but is very moving by the end. Feb 03, 20 watch the trailer for kontiki, which is nominated for a best foreign film oscar.
The academy of motion picture arts and sciences has finally settled the debate with its announcement of nominees for the 85th academy awards. The film is an international coproduction between norway, denmark, germany, sweden, and the united kingdom. Oscars nominations 20 in full this years oscar nominations see les miserables against zero dark thirty and django unchained for best film. Photo by chris pizzelloinvisionap ben affleck accepts the award for best picture for argo during the oscars at the dolby theatre on sunday feb. A 1951 oscar documentary winner becomes a rousing 20 adventure. For the filmmakers of kontiki there was somewhat of the opposite problem, as their film is the story of thor heyerdahls 1947 adventure sailing a raft across the pacific ocean, which has. Join our oscar insider email list to get the latest news on all things academy awards. Oscars 20 winners list all the winners from the oscars 20, including argo, daniel daylewis, jennifer lawrence, adele, anne hathaway and christoph waltz. If skyfall wins it will be the first 007 song to scoop an academy award in the 89year history of the oscars.
The film tells the harrowing tale of thor heyerdahls. A nominee for best foreign language picture at this years oscars, norwegian import. Kontiki is also the name of heyerdahls book, the academy awardwinning documentary film chronicling his adventures. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. This is the classic academyaward winning documentary film of an astonishing adventure, a journey spanning 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. Full list of oscars nominees from 20 show list info. Best foreign language film amour no war witch a royal affair kon tiki. It found one in explorer thor heyerdahl, a norwegian adventurer who aims to show that polynesia could have been settled from the east, not the west as traditionally believed. Argo wins best picture, ang lee gets best director. With affleck out of consideration for best director, it was ang lee who took home that award, with life of pi going on to claim a further three oscars the most of any film this year best.
Jan 10, 20 the academy of motion picture arts and sciences has finally settled the debate with its announcement of nominees for the 85th academy awards. The kontiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands, led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl. Kontiki norway no chile a royal affair denmark war witch canada. The oscars 20 took place on sunday night with a number of high profile incidents taking place, as well as history being made, to make the night one to remember in academy awards history. The official history of the academy awards is the definitive resource to use for anything about oscar. Two versions of kontiki in two different lanugages the new. The 20 oscars are officially in the books seth macfarlane hosted the 85th annual academy awards, where mighty movies like steven spielbergs lincoln biopic battled against ben afflecks. Our film critic offers his predictions for who will go home elated. I had the opportunity and great privilege to see kontiki at the state theatre today. The raft was named kon tiki after the inca god viracocha, for whom kon tiki was said to be an old name. Movie experts worldwide have been busy predicting who will win the top oscars this.
See how anthony breznican reads the tea leaves heading into sunday. Intrigued by polynesian folklore, biologist thor heyerdahl suspected that the south sea islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, kontiki. Jan 10, 20 the oscars 20 are right around the corner. Every film both feature and short nominated at the 85th academy awards. The academy seems to love life of pi but its more like hugo too many nominations, too little love in the main categories except the technical ones. Six men cross the pacific on a raft by thor heyerdahl and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Other marquee winners were daniel daylewis for lead actor for lincoln, jennifer lawrence for lead actress for silver linings playbook, and ang lee for director for life of pi, which won four oscars, the most for any film. Kontiki official theatrical trailer 20 oscar nominated film hd. Kontiki official theatrical trailer 20 oscar nominated film hd the story of legendary explorer thor heyerdals epic 4,300 miles crossing. In both the oscars and the globes, kontiki was beat out by the austrian film amour, which was also nominated for best picture at the oscars. Jan 29, 20 a win for the pinprick precision of bong joonhos direction of parasite would be a welcome jawdropper, as it would throw several stats out the window and, in turn, get us a little more excited about predicting the oscars next year.
Kontiki is a norwegianswedish documentary film about the kontiki expedition led by. Lincoln leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed. A nominee for best foreign language picture at this years oscars, norwegian import kontiki chronicles the journey of adventurer thor. Daniel daylewis of lincoln will win the academy award for best actor.
October 6, 1914 april 18, 2002 was a norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. Check out the 20 academy awards winners and nominees, and discuss the results as theyre announced with fellow fans. Feb 25, 20 oscars 20 winners list all the winners from the oscars 20, including argo, daniel daylewis, jennifer lawrence, adele, anne hathaway and christoph waltz. Oscars 20 nominations complete list of academy award 20. Portraits of heyerdahl and his crew are deftly drawn, the thrills and scares of the voyage are clearly. The film was also nominated at this years golden globe awards for foreign language film. Make a list browse lists search lists leaders help contact suggest feature newsletter. Kon tiki by thor heyerdahl, first edition abebooks. Kon tiki 2012 postwwii, the world was weary of war and looking for heroes. Adini kontiki koydugu saliyla birlikte gerceklestirdigi bu yolculuk, sinemaya da uyarlanmis, 20 yilinda oscar ve altin kurede en iyi yabanci film dalinda aday gosterilmistir. The nominations for the 20 oscars are in, and it was a huge day for the locally shot beasts of the southern wild, which grabbed nominations for best director for benh zeitlin, best actress. An oscarnominated dramatisation of thor heyerdahls epic sea. Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventurea journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the pacific ocean by raft. The film kontiki comes in two linguistic flavors, with the cast shuttling.
The most harrowing scene in kon tiki, the new oscarnominated norwegian film about the greatest sea voyage of modern times, turns out to be a fish story. This is a list of academy award winners and nominees from nordic countries. However, it is tailormade for the oscars the academy loves biopics and add the element of patriotism to it oh, and there is the spielberg factor. The kontiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south. Oscars 20 nominations complete list of academy award. Kon tiki original motion picture soundtrack by johan.
Watch the trailer for kontiki, which is nominated for a best foreign film oscar. This list contains all the movies nominated to the oscars in the year 20. On 3 may 20, the film expanded to screen in fifty more cinemas and was a major box office success in its home country, norway, and has since been gathering critical acclaim internationally. A nominee for best foreign language picture at this years oscars, norwegian import kontiki chronicles the journey of adventurer thor heyerdahl and his incredible journey some 5,000 miles across the pacific ocean from peru to polynesia on a balsa wood raft. Todays final selection of the five nominees has a bit more shock value for france. List of nordic academy award winners and nominees wikipedia. Kontiki opened in the united states on 26 april 20 in a limited release, and was screened in three cinemas. Its that big date in the film world as the oscars will be announcing the winners of the 20 awards, this year there are some superb nominees for the golden statue.
My only regret is that is does not give much details about individual movies but if you want to know which movies were nominated in a particular category it is perfect. The kon tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south america to the polynesian islands, led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl. Kon tiki is also the name of heyerdahls book, the academy award. May 14, 20 kontiki mass market paperback may 14, 20.