AMERICAN HUSTLE Tops Australian Academy's Int'l Award Nominations; Full List Announced

David O. Russell's AMERICAN HUSTLE dominated the field of nominations for this year's Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) international awards.

Set in the alluring world of one of the most famous scandals to rock the country,AMERICAN HUSTLE tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting.

Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. Like David O. Russell's previous films, "American Hustle" defies genre, hinging on raw emotion, and life and death stakes.

This year's Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) international awards will be televised on Foxtel's Arena on Jan. 12 in Australia.

The full list of nominations follows:

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST FILM
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Rush

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
12 Years A Slave-- Steve McQueen
American Hustle- David O. Russell
Captain Phillips-- Paul Greengrass
Gravity--- Alfonso Cuaron
The Great Gatsby- Baz Luhrmann

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
12 Years A Slave- John Ridley
American Hustle - Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine- Woody Allen
Inside Llewyn Davis - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Saving Mr. Banks- Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR
Christian Bale- American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio- The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor- 12 Years A Slave
Tom Hanks- Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey- Dallas Buyers Club

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Amy Adams- American Hustle
Cate Blanchett- Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock- Gravity
Judi Dench- Philomena
Meryl Streep- August: Osage County

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bradley Cooper- American Hustle
Joel Edgerton- The Great Gatsby
Michael Fassbender- 12 Years A Slave
Jared Leto- Dallas Buyers Club
Geoffrey Rush- The Book Thief

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins- Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence- American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o- 12 Years A Slave
Julia Roberts- August: Osage County
Octavia Spencer- Fruitvale Station

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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