Last Monday the nominations for this year's Academy Awards were announced. There is a startling number of nominees for "Best Picture"--there are nine titles up for the award! It makes you wonder if 2011 was a particularly artful year, or if there is some other reason for all the nominees? I'll leave you to ponder it on your own...
Of the nine nominees, five are films based on books! They are:
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer [F FOE].
The Help based on the book group favorite novel by Kathryn Stockett [F STO].
Hugo based on the children's graphic novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick [J SEL].
Moneyball based on the nonfiction title, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game [796.357 LEW].
War Horse based on the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo [J MOR].
The bookless nominees are The Artist, The Descendants, Midnight in Paris, and The Tree of Life. The winners will be announce on Sunday, February 26.
Photo by Loren Javier.
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