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JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): And finally tonight, this was Oscar nomination day.
The civil war-era drama "Lincoln" led the pack with 12 nominations, followed by the fantasy "Life of Pi" with 11, and "Les Miserables" with eight.
Another new film, "Zero Dark Thirty," looking at contemporary history, received five nominations, including for best picture, best screenplay and best actress. But even before it's been released nationally, the film is generating a great deal of debate.
The movie starring Jessica Chastain as a tireless CIA operative sweeps from the haunting first moments of the 9/11 attack to the successful raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan in May of 2011.
Director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal previously collaborated on the Oscar-winning 2009 film "The Hurt Locker." The new film tells viewers at the beginning that it is based on accounts from those involved in the manhunt.
REMINDER: This movie is fiction, historical fiction, NOT a documentary. Politicos, get off your high-horse.
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