Actor Bradley Cooper speaks during the press conference for the film "Silver Linings Playbook" during the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. "Silver Linings Playbook" has won a key boost in the race for Oscar glory.The feelgood romantic dramedy starring Bradley Cooper was named audience favourite at the Toronto International Film Festival. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
TORONTO - "Silver Linings Playbook" has won a key boost in the race for Oscar glory.
The feel-good romantic dramedy starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro was named audience favourite at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It's a coveted prize often seen as an indicator of awards show success and festival director Piers Handling predicted a celebrated run for the quirky feature.
"It's a deeply emotional story," said Handling, noting it's about two flawed people — played by Cooper and Lawrence — who come together to overcome their obstacles.
"De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence for sure will be up for Oscar nominations, as well as Bradley Cooper. For this film, I think they'll get a number of nominations."
Toronto audiences have proven to be savvy predictors of would-be smashes: past picks "The King's Speech," "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" and "Slumdog Millionaire" all went on to multiple Academy Award nominations and wins.
The best Canadian feature prize went to the gender-bending love story "Laurence Anyways," directed by Xavier Dolan.
The 23-year-old Quebec phenom fought back tears as he accepted the $30,000 award, noting that he had thought the film would "be forgotten."
The best debut Canadian feature prize went to two films: Brandon Cronenberg's stylized feature "Antiviral," and Jason Buxton's dark drama "Blackbird." Both directors also won a cash prize of $15,000.
The awards were handed out Sunday an annual brunch gala marking the end of the 11-day movie marathon, which included new films from Ben Affleck, Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Thomas Anderson and Terrence Malick.
Affleck's political thriller "Argo" was a close second in the people's choice vote, said Handling.
He predicted multiple Oscar nods for Affleck, who both stars and directs the film about a secret CIA mission to extract six U.S. citizens from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis.
"Ben Affleck hit a home run I think with this film — the Toronto audiences gave it standing ovations, they embraced it, they loved it, he's fantastic in the film, he gives a wonderful wonderful performance, so I think there'll be all kinds of nominations for him," said Handling.
Others he predicted on the way to acting kudos include Julianne Moore in "What Maisie Knew," Elle Fanning in "Ginger and Rosa," Jake Gyllenhaal in "End of Watch" and Joaquin Phoenix in "The Master."
"It's a strong year in terms of actors. It always is and I think it'll be very interesting to see what the Academy, and I guess what the Golden Globes also, nominates."
Note to readers: This is a correction story. A previous version did not make it clear the prize Cronenberg and Buxton won was for debut director
© The Canadian Press, 2012
17 Sep, 2012
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