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Mark Kermode tips 'The Artist' for Oscar glory
Published Thursday, Jan 12 2012, 11:54 GMT | By Simon Reynolds and Tom Mansell | Add comment
BBC Radio 5 Live film critic Mark Kermode has tipped The Artist to win the 'Best Picture' Academy Award.
Speaking to Digital Spy at the Orange BAFTA Rising Star announcement, Kermode said that Michel Hazanavicius's ode to silent cinema is "everyone's favourite film of the year".
Kermode said of The Artist: "When the film played at Cannes I think people were a bit skeptical about the idea that a black and white, largely silent movie could be a mainstream hit. And yet it's turned out to be exactly that. I think there was no doubt that that film is going to do very well over here and America.
"I think it will not only get nominated for 'Best Picture' at the Oscars, it will win 'Best Picture' at the Oscars. I don't know if it's going to win 'Best Film' at the BAFTAs but I think it will win at the Oscars."
Of the nominees for the Rising Star BAFTA, which is voted for by members of the public, Kermode suggested that Tom Hiddleston has "got the edge" over his competition.
"How interesting to see someone in Thor, The Deep Blue Sea and War Horse. That's real diversity," he said.
Watch interviews with BAFTA nominees Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Adam Deacon below:
Speaking to Digital Spy at the Orange BAFTA Rising Star announcement, Kermode said that Michel Hazanavicius's ode to silent cinema is "everyone's favourite film of the year".
Kermode said of The Artist: "When the film played at Cannes I think people were a bit skeptical about the idea that a black and white, largely silent movie could be a mainstream hit. And yet it's turned out to be exactly that. I think there was no doubt that that film is going to do very well over here and America.
"I think it will not only get nominated for 'Best Picture' at the Oscars, it will win 'Best Picture' at the Oscars. I don't know if it's going to win 'Best Film' at the BAFTAs but I think it will win at the Oscars."
Of the nominees for the Rising Star BAFTA, which is voted for by members of the public, Kermode suggested that Tom Hiddleston has "got the edge" over his competition.
"How interesting to see someone in Thor, The Deep Blue Sea and War Horse. That's real diversity," he said.
Watch interviews with BAFTA nominees Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Adam Deacon below:
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