86th Academy Awards 2014

[Mafwanix]

This year's nominations:

Best Picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence - American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts - August: Osage County
June Squibb - Nebraska

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actor in A Supporting Role
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

Best Animated Feature Film
The Croods – Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine – Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Best Cinematography
The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska – Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners – Roger A. Deakins

Best Directing
American Hustle – David O. Russell
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón
Nebraska – Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave – Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
CaveDigger – Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear – Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls – Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – Edgar Barens

Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown – Belgium
The Great Beauty – Italy
The Hunt – Denmark
The Missing Picture – Cambodia
Omar – Palestine

Best Music (Original Score)
The Book Thief – John Williams
Gravity – Steven Price
Her – William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman

Best Production Design
American Hustle – Judy Becker (Production Design); Heather Loeffler (Set Decoration)
Gravity – Andy Nicholson (Production Design); Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard (Set Decoration)
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)
Her – K.K. Barrett (Production Design); Gene Serdena (Set Decoration)
12 Years a Slave – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Alice Baker (Set Decoration)

Best Short Film (Live Action)
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) – Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything) – Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) – Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman Problem – Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Best Sound Mixing
Captain Phillips – Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis – Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor – Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Before Midnight – Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips – Screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena – Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave – Screenplay by John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street – Screenplay by Terence Winter

Best Costume Design
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster – William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris

Best Documentary Feature
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Cutie and the Boxer – Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars – Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Square – Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
20 Feet from Stardom – Nominees to be determined

Best Film Editing
American Hustle – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Best Music (Original Song)
“Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone - Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 - Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let it Go” from Frozen - Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from Her - Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Best Short Film (Animated)
Feral – Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! – Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Mr. Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Possessions – Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom – Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Best Sound Editing
All Is Lost – Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips – Oliver Tarney
Gravity – Glenn Freemantle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Brent Burge
Lone Survivor – Wylie Stateman

Best Visual Effects
Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger – Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness – Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
American Hustle – Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine – Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club – Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her – Written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska – Written by Bob Nelson

[BioticZombie]

Ugh. I'm torn on Best Picture this year. I still need to finish 3 of the movies on the list, but I've already chosen favorites such as Her and American Hustle.

As for the Actor/Actresses awards, this is the year DiCaprio finally wins an oscar. Amy Adams for Best Actress.

I'm going to go on out to finish the main films. Frozen and The Wind Rises look like the rivaling Animated Films this year. I haven't heard of Ernest and Celestine, but the trailer made it look promising so I will give it a look. I can't believe Pixar didn't get the nod by default. They did so well with Brave, which isn't even up to the standards of their legacy, imo.

[Greg_McNeish]

Cool! I think this is the first time that I've seen exactly zero nominated films.

[El Canuck]

Likewise, Greg. The only thing I'm disappointed in is that "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran from The Hobbit: TDoS didn't get a nod in Original Song category.

[Little Jimmy]

I've seen 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle and Dallas Buyers Club.

Gravity wasn't that good in my opinion, it just wasn't my style of movie and seemed like it was made with the sole purpose of glorifying George Clooney and Sandra Bullock.

American Hustle was good, but I definitely wouldn't consider it Oscar worthy given the competition. Amy Adams could take the lead actress though, she was essentially the best part of the movie.

The Wolf of Wall Street was hilarious, but i felt that above everything else, it was a comedy. Great performances from Dicaprio and Hill, not sure It deserves the award though.

I'm stuck between Dallas Buyers Club and 12 Years a Slave. I'd go with 12 Years a Slave for best picture. Personally I think Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto could easily sweep best actor and supporting actor. Steve McQueen for directing.

That's really all I want to comment on.

[Big slim]

I have to see 12 Years A Slave before I make any picks, maybe I'll catch it this weekend.

[Little Jimmy]

I have downloaded "Her", will be watching it soon.

[eobversion1]

I've seen them all.....................and Gravity is the one I liked the least, not a bad film but a solid bunch this year.

[Mafwanix]

And the envelope please. . . . .
This year's winners:

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actor in A Supporting Role
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Best Animated Feature Film
Frozen – Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho

Best Cinematography
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Directing
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón

Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life – Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed

Best Foreign Language Film
The Great Beauty – Italy

Best Music (Original Score)
Gravity – Steven Price

Best Production Design
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin (Production Design); Beverley Dunn (Set Decoration)

Best Short Film (Live Action)
Helium – Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson

Best Sound Mixing
Gravity – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)[/b]
12 Years a Slave – Screenplay by John Ridley

Best Costume Design
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin

Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom – Nominees to be determined

Best Film Editing
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

Best Music (Original Song)
“Let it Go” from Frozen - Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

Best Short Film (Animated)
Mr. Hublot – Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares

Best Sound Editing
Gravity – Glenn Freemantle

Best Visual Effects
Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Her – Written by Spike Jonze