Buzz·Posted on Feb 22, 2013It's Hard Out There To Make An Oscar ContenderIt's a minor miracle for any film to get made. A brief history of this year's Best Picture nominees, from paper to screen.by Richard RushfieldBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail "Argo" "Amour" "Beasts of the Southern Wild" "Django Unchained" "Les Miserables" "Life of Pi" "Lincoln" "Silver Linings Playbook" "Zero Dark Thirty"