Chris Terrio
Argo
FILM SYNOPSIS
When six Americans take refuge in the Canadian embassy in Tehran during the
1979 hostage crisis, U.S. government agent Tony Mendez turns to Hollywood
for help. Working with a producer and a makeup artist, he devises a rescue
mission that centers on the creation of a fake film production company
scouting locations in Iran.
Lucy Alibar &
Benh Zeitlin
Beasts of the Southern Wild
FILM SYNOPSIS
In an isolated Louisiana swampland known as the Bathtub, young Hushpuppy and
her father are part of a community that lives outside of the structure of
modern society. When rising flood waters threaten the area, the young girl's
resourcefulness and lively imagination are called into play as the region's
residents face the approaching disaster.
David Magee
Life of Pi
FILM SYNOPSIS
Young Pi, the son of zookeepers in Pondicherry, India, finds the world he
knows swept away when his family sells the zoo and sets sail for Canada with
a few of its remaining animals. A storm capsizes the ship and only Pi
escapes, set adrift in a lifeboat that is also the refuge of an enormous
Bengal tiger.
Tony Kushner
Lincoln
FILM SYNOPSIS
With the Civil War coming to a close and the freedom granted to the slaves
by the Emancipation Proclamation called into question, Abraham Lincoln seeks
to pass a thirteenth amendment to the Constitution that will outlaw slavery
everywhere in the United States. Facing opposition from many quarters in
Congress, Lincoln uses his vast political powers to gain allies in his
fight.
David O.
Russell
Silver Linings Playbook
FILM SYNOPSIS
Pat Solatano is released into his parents' care after eight months of
treatment for a bipolar disorder. His recovery seems far from certain,
however, when he stops taking his medication and becomes increasingly
obsessed with winning back his estranged wife, a plan that leads him to
embark on a complicated relationship with a troubled young woman whose
husband has died.
