The Los Angeles Film Critics announced their 2013 award winners yesterday. In a night filled with Oscar boosts for films like “Gravity” and “Her,” the real winner of the evening was none other than James Franco. The thesp won an unlikely Best Supporting Actor trophy for his turn as the Florida gangster rapper Alien in Harmony Korine’s “Spring Breakers.” While sharing the honor with “Dallas Buyer’s Club” co-star Jared Leto, this victory no doubt puts Franco in a position to gain an Oscar nomination—something he hasn’t done since 2011’s “127 Hours.” A24, the distributor of the film, started a grassroots ‘For Your Consideration’ campaign for the role back in October, but expect bigger and better coverage for Franco in the near future.
Here is a complete list of last night’s award recipients…
BEST PICTURE (TIE)
Gravity
Her
BEST ACTOR
Bruce Dern (Nebraska) Runner-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
BEST ACTRESS (TIE)
Cate Blanchett (BLue Jasmine)
Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (TIE)
James Franco (Spring Breakers)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave) Runner-up: June Squibb (Nebraska)
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) Runner-up: Spike Jonze (Her)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight) Runner-up: Spike Jonze (Her)
BEST EDITING
Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (Gravity) Runner-up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery (Upstream Color)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity) Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)
BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
Stories We Tell Runner-up: The Act of Killing
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Ernest & Celestine Runner-up: The Wind Rises
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Blue is the Warmest Color Runner-up: The Great Beauty
BEST MUSIC/SCORE
T Bone Burnett (Inside Llewyn Davis) Runner-up: Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett (Her)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
K.K. Barrett (Her) Runner-up: Jess Gonchor (Inside Llewyn Davis)
DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS AWARD
For Independent/Experimental Film/Video
Cabinets Of Wonder: Films and a Performance by Charlotte Pryce
By David Morris
