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Yes, I could definitely see many of those figuring into the race, although Paul Thomas Anderson's ”The Master” is already featured very prominently in my predictions.
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Other films that could appear in the oscar race that you don't mention

Barrymore
Christopher Plummer

Being Flynn
(Paul Weisz) Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Paul Dano

Cloud Atlas
(Tom Tykwer & The Wachowskis) Susan Sarandon, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, Jimj Broadbent, Ben Whishaw

Company You Keep
(Robert Redford) Robert Redford, Shia Le Beouf, Julie Christie, Brendan Gleeson, Anna Kendrick, Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Chris Cooper, Stanley Tucci, Terrence Howard

Coogan’s Trade AKA Killing Them Softley
(Andrew Dominik) Brad Pitt, James Gardolfini, Sam Shepard

Cosmopolis
(David Cronenberg) Robert Pattison, Samantha Morton, Juliette Binoche, Paul Giamatto, Mathieu Amalric

Deep Blue Sea
(Terrence Davis) Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale

Door
(Istvan Szabo) Helen Mirren, Martina Gedeck

English Teacher
Julianne Moore, Lily Collins, Nathan Lane, Greg Kinnear

Gangster Squad
Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte

Grandmasters
(Wong Kar-Wai) Zhang Ziyi, Tony Leung

Great Expectations
(Mike Newell) Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Sally Hawkins

Great Hope Springs
Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell

Hemingway & Fuentes
(Andy Garcia) Anthony Hopkins, Annette Bening, Andy Garcia

Imogene
Kirsten Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Darren Criss

Io E Te
(Bernardo Bertolucci)

Looper
(Rian Johnson) Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt, Bruce Willis

Maladies
James Franco, Catherine Keener, David Strathairn

Master
(Paul Thomas Anderson) Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Lena Endre

Moonrise Kingdom
(Wes Anderson) Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand

From Rome with Love
(Woody Allen) Penelope Cruz, Ellen Page, Woody Allen, Jesse Eisenberg, Roberto Benigni, Judy Davis, Ornella Muti

On the Road
(Walter Salles) Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, Kristen Stewart

Only God Forgives
(Nicolas Winding Refn) Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas

Paperboy
(Lee Daniels) Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey

Place Beyond the Pines
(Derek Cianfrance) Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes

Rock of Ages
Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta Jones, Paul Giamatti

Romeo and Juliet
Damien Lewis, Hailee Steinfeld, Paul Giamatti, Lesley Manville

Rust and Bone AKA Low Life
(Jacques Audiard) Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Renner

Savages
(Oliver Stone) Uma Thurman, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, Emile Hirsh, Aaron Johnson, Demian Bichir, John Travolta

Seconds of Pleasure
(Mike Figgis) Kristin Scott Thomas, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser

Seven Psychopaths
(Martin McDonagh) Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish. Tom Waits

Stoker
(Chan-wook Park) Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode

Tar
James Franco, Jessica Chastain, Mila Kunis, Zach Braff

Trance
(Danny Boyle) James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassell

Untitled Terrence Malick Film
(Terrence Malick) Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Chastain, Michael Sheen, Javier Bardem, Barry Pepper, Ben Affleck

Welcome to the People
Michelle Pfeiffer, Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks

Wettest Country
(John Hillcoat) Tom Hardy, Shia LeBeouf, Jessica Chastain, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pearce, Noah Taylor

Zero Dark Thirty
(Kathryn Bigelow) Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Jennifer Ehle
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VERY early 2012 predictions

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I know it's really early, and I probably won't do another update for about 6 months or so, but I thought I'd just throw out some really early predictions to see how they change over the course of the next year.

Best Picture
Anna Karenina
Brave
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
The Silver Linings Playbook
The Surrogate

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
Peter Jackson – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper – The Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
John Hawkes – The Surrogate
Bill Murray – Hyde Park on Hudson
Terence Stamp – Song for Marion

Best Actress
Viola Davis – Won’t Back Down
Helen Hunt – The Surrogate
Keira Knightley – Anna Karenina
Laura Linney – Hyde Park on Hudson
Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Smashed

Best Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro – The Silver Linings Playbook
Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
John Goodman – Argo
Werner Herzog – One Shot
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – The Master
Samantha Barks – Les Miserables
Sally Field – Lincoln
Kelly Macdonald – Anna Karenina
Vanessa Redgrave – Song for Marion

Best Original Screenplay
Brave – Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Surrogate – Ben Lewin
Song for Marion – Paul Andrew Williams

Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo – Chris Terrio
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner, John Logan, Paul Webb
The Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Best Animated Feature
Brave – Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
Frankenweenie – Tim Burton
Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore

Best Film Editing
The Dark Knight Rises – Lee Smith
Django Unchained – Fred Raskin
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Jabez Olssen
Lincoln – Michael Kahn
The Master – Peter McNutty

Best Cinematography
The Dark Knight Rises – Wally Pfister
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
The Master – Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Best Art Direction
Anna Karenina
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Prometheus

Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Django Unchained
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lincoln

Best Makeup
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Lincoln

Best Sound Mixing
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Prometheus

Best Sound Editing
Brave
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Prometheus

Best Visual Effects
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Prometheus

Best Original Score
Brave – Patrick Doyle
The Dark Knight Rises – Hans Zimmer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
Lincoln – John Williams
"Young men make wars and the virtues of war are the virtues of young men: courage and hope for the future. Then old men make the peace, and the vices of peace are the vices of old men: mistrust and caution." -- Alec Guinness (Lawrence of Arabia)
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