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86th Oscar Nominations
Two films with a bunch of stars in them lead the pack of this year’s Oscar nominations.
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American Hustle, with its ensemble cast, and the space thriller Gravity earned 10 nominations each. With 9 nominations, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave follows closely behind, setting up a three horse race for the Best Picture award. Rounding out the Best Picture category is Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
The stars of American Hustle all earned acting nods: Christian Bale and Amy Adams for Leading Actor and Actress, and Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence for their supporting roles. This is the second year in a row the cast of a David O. Russell film has nominations in each acting category following last year’s Silver Linings Playbook. All four actors were nominated for Golden Globes as well, but only the women took home awards. Other notable acting nominations include two stars of August: Osage County: Meryl Streep who earns her record 18th nomination, and Julia Roberts with her first nomination since winning Best Actress in 2000 for Erin Brockovich. Leonardo DiCaprio receives his fourth Oscar nomination for The Wolf of Wall Street and will be looking for his first win.
Most of the major award categories are limited to five nominees, which means many worthy performances are often overlooked. This year is no different with highly praised films like Inside Llewyn Davis and The Butler being left in the cold. The most notable snubs this year include Joaquin Phoenix in Her, Robert Redford in All Is Lost, Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips and Emma Thompson in Saving Mr. Banks. The later two are both nominated for SAG awards, which is usually a good predictor of Academy nominations. It is Redford’s work in the survival drama All Is Lost that is perhaps the most noteworthy omission. He is the only cast member in the film, credited as ‘Our Man’, and has virtually no dialogue, yet he gives what many considered one of the best performances of the year.
There are a few Canadians among the nominees this year. Montreal-born director Jean-Marc Vallee saw his picture, Dallas Buyers Club, earn six nominations including Best Picture and acting nominations for Matthew McConaughey (Leading Role) and Jared Leto (Supporting Role). His film C.R.A.Z.Y. won the Best Picture award at the 2006 Genie Awards, and his last feature The Young Victoria won the Best Costume Design Oscar at the 2010 ceremony. Arcade Fire’s William Butler and long-time collaborator Owen Pallett are nominated for their Original Score for Her. This year marks the end of Canada’s three year streak of foreign language film nominations.
The 86th Academy Awards will be handed out Sunday, March 2nd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, live on ABC.
FULL LIST OF NOMINEES:
PICTURE:
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf Of Wall Street
DIRECTOR
:
Steve McQueen – 12 Years A Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf Of Wall Street
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
:
Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell – American Hustle
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Bob Nelson – Nebraska
Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack – Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze – Her
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
John Ridley – 12 Years A Slave
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope – Philomena
Terence Winter – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater – Before Midnight
ACTOR:
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
ACTRESS:
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
Judi Dench – Philomena
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
:
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
June Squibb – Nebraska
ANIMATED FILM:
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
ORIGINAL SCORE
:
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
The Book Thief – John Williams
Gravity – Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman
Her – William Butler, Owen Pallett
ORIGINAL SONG:
‘Alone Yet Not Alone’ – Alone Yet Not Alone
‘Happy’ – Despicable Me 2
‘Let It Go’ – Frozen
‘The Moon Song’ – Her
‘Ordinary Love’ – Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom
CINEMATOGRAPHY
:
The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger Deakins
EDITING
:
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten
12 Years A Slave – Joe Walker
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy, Martin Pensa
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
PRODUCTION DESIGN:
12 Years A Slave – Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
American Hustle – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Her – K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena
Gravity – Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn
COSTUME DESIGN:
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
12 Years A Slave – Patricia Norris
MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING
:
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny
SOUND EDITING:
All Is Lost – Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
Gravity – Glenn Freemantle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman
SOUND MIXING:
Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro
Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg orloff, Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow
VISUAL EFFECTS
:
Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Star Trek Into Darkness – Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
The Great Beauty – Italy
The Hunt – Denmark
The Missing Picture – Cambodia
Omar – Palestine
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
:
Feral
Get A Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room On The Broom
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
The Act Of Killing
Cutie And The Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
:
Cavedigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days Of Private Jack Hall
LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Aquel No Era Yo
(That Wasn’t Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have To Take Care Of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
Written by Kyle Miller.
