With ‘Awards Season’ coming along quite nicely, this morning saw the release of the official nominees list for the 87th Academy Awards. It’s the grand daddy of film industry awards, celebrating the best of the best and giving us a nice little compass to guide us through the greatest film industry achievements of 2014, and what we really need to watch.
There were a few omissions that made little sense, in particular the exclusion of The Lego Movie from the Animated Feature category, but for the most part many of the films nominated really deserve to be there. The brilliant Birdman ties with the equally unforgettable The Grand Budapest Hotel with 9 nominations each, trailed by The Imitation Game with 8, Boyhood at 6, and American Sniper at 6. Whiplash, Interstellar, and Foxcatcher round out the big multi-nominated movies with 5 each.
It’s quite surprising that Wes Anderson has only just now received his first directing nod, equally surprising that Selma didn’t receive more love from the academy, seeing as the film can stand toe-to-toe with some of the frequent names on the list. It did, however, receive 2 great nominations: Best Motion Picture of the Year, and Best Original Song (for “Glory” by John Legend and Common, of which won them a Golden Globe recently).
Big nominations count:
Birdman – 9 (REVIEW)
The Grand Budapest Hotel – 9 (REVIEW)
The Imitation Game – 8 (REVIEW
Boyhood – 6 (REVIEW)
American Sniper – 6 (REVIEW)
Whiplash – 5 (REVIEW)
Interstellar – 5 (REVIEW)
Foxcatcher – 5
Neil Patrick Harris will host the ceremony in Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on 22nd February, 2015.
Check out the full list of nominees below:
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
American Sniper
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper in American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Robert Duvall in The Judge
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
Edward Norton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore in Still Alice
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon in Wild
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
Laura Dern in Wild
Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
Emma Stone in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Meryl Streep in Into the Woods (REVIEW)
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Big Hero 6 (REVIEW)
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Ida (Poland)
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper (Written by Jason Hall)
The Imitation Game (Written by Graham Moore)
Inherent Vice (Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson)
The Theory of Everything (Screenplay by Anthony McCarten)
Whiplash (Written by Damien Chazelle)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo)
Boyhood (Written by Richard Linklater)
Foxcatcher (Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness)
Nightcrawler (Written by Dan Gilroy)
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Emmanuel Lubezki)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Robert Yeoman)
Ida (Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski)
Mr. Turner (Dick Pope)
Unbroken (Roger Deakins) (REVIEW)
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Milena Canonero)
Inherent Vice (Mark Bridges)
Into The Woods (Colleen Atwood)
Maleficent (Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive) (REVIEW)
Mr. Turner (Jacqueline Durran)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper (La Parka)
White Earth
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Foxcatcher (Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White) (REVIEW)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
The Imitation Game (Alexandre Desplat)
Interstellar (Hans Zimmer)
Mr. Turner (Gary Yershon)
The Theory of Everything (Jóhann Jóhannsson)
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie (REVIEW)
Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
“Glory” from Selma
Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me
Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again
Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock)
The Imitation Game (Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald)
Interstellar (Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis)
Into the Woods (Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock)
Mr. Turner (Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Bigger Picture
Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Feast
Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton
Torill Kove
A Single Life
Joris Oprins
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
American Sniper (Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Brent Burge and Jason Canovas) (REVIEW)
Interstellar (Richard King)
Unbroken (Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro)
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
American Sniper (John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga)
Interstellar (Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten)
Unbroken (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee)
Whiplash (Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley)
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick) (REVIEW)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist) (REVIEW)
Guardians of the Galaxy (Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould)
Interstellar (Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer) (REVIEW)
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