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 Films To See Before The 2012 Oscars..

 

Get Ready, 'Cause Here They Come!

The 2012 Academy Awards take place on Sunday, February 26 beginning at 7pm ET on ABC. Click through this gallery for 15 films you may want to check out before the night arrives!

1. Hugo

This film, directed by Martin Scorsese, is based on the novel 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' by Brian Selznick and tells the story of an orphan boy who lives in the secret walls of a train station in Paris in the early 1900s.
'Hugo' leads the pack with 11 nominations:

• Art Direction
• Best Picture
• Cinematography
• Costume Design
• Directing
• Film Editing
• Music (Original Score)
• Sound Editing
• Sound Mixing
• Visual Effects
• Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• 2. The Artist

  'The Artist' is a rare film, in that it not only takes viewers back to a past time period, but it also is done in the old style of film. The movie is entirely in black-and-white, and the majority is silent.
  The film has already won three Golden Globe Awards, and is nominated for 10 Academy Awards:
  

  • Actor in a Leading Role
  • Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Art Direction
  • Best Picture
  • Cinematography
  • Costume Design
  • Directing
  • Film Editing
  • Music (Original Score)
  • Writing (Original Screenplay)3. Moneyball
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  • 3. Moneyball

    'Moneyball' stars Brad Pitt as the Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, whose successful attempt to draft players on a budget using computer analysis questioned the usual business of building a baseball team.
    The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including:
    

    • Actor in a Leading Role
    • Actor in a Supporting Role
    • Best Picture
    • Film Editing
    • Sound Mixing
    • Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
   

  4. War Horse

  'War Horse,' produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, is based on a Tony Award-winning 2007 play which itself was based on the 1982 best-selling children's novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo. The film version follows the story of Albert Narracott and his beloved horse, Joey, during World War I.
  The film is nominated for the following six Academy Awards:
  

  • Art Direction
  • Best Picture
  • Cinematography
  • Music (Original Score)
  • Sound Editing
  • Sound Mixing

  • 5. The Descendants

    George Clooney stars in 'The Descendants,' which is based on the novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings, has won two Golden Globe awards already in 2012. The film tells the story of a man who tries to re-connect with his daughters after his wife is involved in a boating accident.
    'The Descendants' is nominated for five Academy Awards:
    

    • Actor in a Leading Role
    • Best Picture
    • Directing
    • Film Editing
    • Writing (Adapted Screenplay)