LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday "The Power of the Dog" received 12 Oscar nominations, the most of any film this year. Jane Campion was nominated for director, adapted screenplay and best picture. In the acting categories, Benedict Cumberbatch is up for lead actor, Kirsten Dunst for supporting actress and Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee for supporting actor.
Also nominated were Jonny Greenwood for score, Ari Wegner for cinematography, Peter Sciberras for editing, Grant Major for production design and Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb for sound.
In the film, set in 1925 Montana, Cumberbatch plays Phil Burbank, a Montana rancher who torments Rose (Dunst), the new wife of his brother, George (Plemons). After being particularly cruel to her son, Peter (Smit-McPhee), Phil seems to take the youth under his wing, showing him the ways of the ranch.
