2013 Oscars – The Winners !
The Oscar 2013 winners and their Oscar acceptance speeches :
Best Picture – Argo
“It doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life because that’s going to happen. All that matters is you have to get up.” – Ben Affleck
Best Director – Ang Lee
“Thank you, movie god” – Ang Lee
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
“Before we decided to do a straight swap, I had actually been committed to play Margaret Thatcher, and Meryl was Steven’s first choice for Lincoln, and I’d like to see that version” – Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln ( He has made a record by winning it for the record third time , only Katharine Hepburn has one award more than him she won 4 Academy awards between 1933 and 1981.)
Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence , Silver Linings Playbook
“That’s really embarrassing, but thank you.This is nuts! Thank you to the Academy, and thank you to the women this year…You’ve been so nice and made this so enjoyable.” - Jennifer Lawrence
Best Supporting Actor -Christopher Waltz , Django Unchained
“We participated in a hero’s journey, the hero here being Quentin” - Christopher Waltz
Best Supporting Actress – Anna Hathaway , Les Misérables’
“Someday, in the not too distant future, the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and never more in real life.” - Anna Hathaway
Best Adapted Screenplay - Argo, Chris Terrio
Best Original Screenplay -Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
“This is the writers’ year” – Quentin Tarantino
Best Original Score: Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Best Original Song: ”Skyfall,” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth; Skyfall
Best Animated Feature Film: Brave
Best Animated Short Film: Paperman
Best Cinematography: Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda
Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Les Misérables
Best Live-Action Short Film: Curfew
Best Documentary Short Subject: Inocente
Best Documentary Feature: Searching for a Sugar Man
Best Foreign-Language Film: Amour (Austria)
Achievement in Sound Mixing: Les Misérables
Achievement in Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty & Skyfall
Achievement in Film Editing: Argo
Achievement in Production Direction: Lincoln
The Final tally , Life of Pi won 4 Academy awards, Argo and Les Miserables’ won 3 each, Lincoln , Django Unchained and Skyfall won 2 each . So Life of Pi Sweeps the Oscars 2013.









