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12 YEARS A SLAVE - BD

1. ACADEMY AWARDS : WINNER OF BEST PICTURE, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AND BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY .NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR,BEST ACTOR,BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR,BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN,BEST COSTUME DESIGN AND BEST FILM EDITING. 2.GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS : WINNER OF BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA .NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE,BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE ? DRAMA,BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - MOTION PICTURE,BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ? MOTION PICTURE,BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE AND BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE. 3.BAFTAS : WINNER OF BEST FILM AND BEST ACTOR.NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR,BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR,BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS,BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY,BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY,BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC,BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN,BEST EDITING AND RISING STAR. 4. OVER 600 AWARD NOMINATIONS WORLD-WIDE; WINNER OF 215 AWARDS AND COUNTING. BASED ON AN INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF ONE MAN'S FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL AND FREEDOM. IN THE PRE-CIVIL WAR UNITED STATES, SOLOMON NORTHUP (CHIWETEL EJIOFOR), A FREE BLACK MAN FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK, IS ABDUCTED AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY. FACING CRUELTY (PERSONIFIED BY A MALEVOLENT SLAVE OWNER, PORTRAYED BY MICHAEL FASSBENDER), AS WELL AS UNEXPECTED KINDNESSES, SOLOMON STRUGGLES NOT ONLY TO STAY ALIVE BUT TO RETAIN HIS DIGNITY. IN THE TWELFTH YEAR OF HIS UNFORGETTABLE ODYSSEY, SOLOMON'S CHANCE MEETING WITH A CANADIAN ABOLITIONIST (BRAD PITT) WILL FOREVER ALTER HIS LIFE. FILLED WITH POWERFUL PERFORMANCES BY AN ASTONISHING CAST THAT INCLUDES BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, BRAD PITT AND NEWCOMER LUPITA NYONG'O, 12 YEARS A SLAVE IS BOTH AN UNFLINCHING ACCOUNT OF SLAVERY IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND A CELEBRATION OF THE INDOMITABLE POWER OF HOPE.RUELTY (PERSONIFIED BY A MALEVOLENT SLAVE OWNER, PORTRAYED BY MICHAEL FASSBENDER), AS WELL AS UNEXPECTED KINDNESSES, SOLOMON STRUGGLES NOT ONLY TO STAY ALIVE BUT TO RETAIN HIS DIGNITY. IN THE TWELFTH YEAR OF HIS UNFORGETTABLE ODYSSEY, SOLOMON'S CHANCE MEETING WITH A CANADIAN ABOLITIONIST (BRAD PITT) WILL FOREVER ALTER HIS LIFE. FILLED WITH POWERFUL PERFORMANCES BY AN ASTONISHING CAST THAT INCLUDES BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, BRAD PITT AND NEWCOMER LUPITA NYONG'O, 12 YEARS A SLAVE IS BOTH AN UNFLINCHING ACCOUNT OF SLAVERY IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND A CELEBRATION OF THE INDOMITABLE POWER OF HOPE.