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'Les Miserables' pulls ahead in Oscar's Best Picture race; 'Argo' surges

By Tom O'Neil

Oct 14 2012 22:59 pm

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Miserable no more! "Les Miserables" just pulled ahead of "Silver Linings Playbook" in the Best Picture race based upon the predictions of top experts polled by Gold Derby.

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Back on Sept. 26, 8 pundits out of 23 picked "Silver Linings Playbook" to prevail, giving it 5-to-1 odds. Place position: "Lincoln" (6 pundits). Show: "Les Miz" (4 gurus).

Now "Les Miz" leads with 8 experts. "Argo" follows with 5 and "Silver Linings Playbook" ties "Lincoln" with 4. Three weeks ago, "Argo" had only one pundit's full support, so its new momentum amounts to a surge.

Predicting a big win for "Les Miz": Edward Douglas (Comingsoon), Tariq Khan (Fox News), Sean O'Connell (Hollywood News), Christopher Rosen (Huffington Post), Keith Simanton (IMDB), Alex Suskind (Moviefone), Jeff Wells (Hollywood Elsewhere) and me.

"Argo" backers: Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood), Scott Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter), Paul Sheehan (Gold Derby), Sasha Stone (Awards Daily) and Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today).

Still behind "Silver Linings": Thelma Adams (Yahoo), Steve Pond (The Wrap), Dave Karger and Chuck Walton (Fandango).

Loyal to "Lincoln": Matt Atchity (RottenTomatoes), Richard Horgan (Mediabistro/FishbowlLA),  Kevin Polowy (NextMovie) and Glenn Whipp (LA Times).

Anne Thompson (Thompson on Hollywood/ Indiewire) picks "Life of Pi," Guy Lodge (In Contention/Hitfix) opts for "The Master" and Michael Musto (Village Voice) chooses "Zero Dark Thirty."

See the predix of all pundits polled by Gold Derby here. See racetrack odds here.

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