DAVID O. RUSSELL’s new movie SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK is an early Oscars contender after picking up the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.The movie, starring Bradley Cooper as a man recovering from a breakdown, picked up the Blackberry People’s Choice Award, following in the footsteps of Slumdog Millionaire and The King’s Speech, which both went on to win a slew of Academy Awards, including Best Film. The movie co-stars Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver. Ben Affleck’s latest directorial outing, Argo, was named runner-up. Other winners at the festival included Seven Psychopaths, starring Christopher Walken and Woody Harrelson, which picked up the Midnight Madness Award, and rock film Artifact, which was named best documentary.

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