Besides best picture, the nominations include Quentin Tarantino for best director and Christoph Waltz for best actor in a supporting role.
STEVE EMBER: For the first time since nineteen ninety-two, the best picture nominees include an animated film. The 3-D movie "Up" tells about an old man and a young boy who have exciting adventures. The old man’s house is carried to South America by millions of balloons. "Up" was also nominated for best animated movie.
FAITH LAPIDUS: "Up in the Air" is another best picture nominee. It is about a man who spends most of his life flying around the country to different cities. His job is to dismiss people from their jobs. This movie hits very close to home.
It includes people who have really lost their jobs during this time of high unemployment in the United States. The film’s star, George Clooney, and director, Jason Reitman, also received Academy Award nominations.
STEVE EMBER: "A Serious Man" was also nominated for best picture. The film is about all the bad things that happen to a common man for no apparent reason. The man in the film is a Jewish professor in Minnesota. But the movie is based on the story of Job in the Bible.
FAITH LAPIDUS: Another nominated film, "An Education," tells the story of a British teenager.
(SOUND: “An Education”)
She has a love affair with an older man who is not what he seems to be.
STEVE EMBER: Another best picture nominee about a teenager is "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." Precious is an extremely overweight black teenager in the Harlem area of New York City. She suffers sexual and physical abuse from both her parents. But caring teachers and social workers help her improve her life.
最新
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25
2013-11-25