Deja Vu: 'Lincoln,' 'Argo,' 'Life of Pi' recall Oscars' past
By Lisa Rosen
Everybody loves a winner — and Hollywood banks on it. As the nine best picture Oscar nominees head for the finish line, The Envelope takes a look at their chances for gold by looking back at successful predecessors. Films with similar themes, soaring emotions and searing images that have previously won the statuette may help us set the Oscar stage this time around.
Everybody loves a winner — and Hollywood banks on it. As the nine best picture Oscar nominees head for the finish line, The Envelope takes a look at their chances for gold by looking back at successful predecessors. Films with similar themes, soaring emotions and searing images that have previously won the statuette may help us set the Oscar stage this time around.
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild'( Studio Ghibli / Fox Searchlight )
Of course, despite all comparisons, each of the nominated films is unique in its vision. Perhaps the most inventive one looks through the eyes of a child at a world that blurs reality and fantasy. It recalls parts of 2009's winner, "Slumdog Millionaire," in which a boy must navigate the often-hostile elements around him. But it also conjures 2003's animated feature winner "Spirited Away," in which a girl's imagination fills her world with beauty and wonder.
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