Oscar Nominees 2014!
BEST PICTURE
12 YEARS A SLAVE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
GRAVITY
HER
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
PHILOMENA
NEBRASKA
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron, GRAVITY
Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
David O. Russell, AMERICAN HUSTLE
Alexander Payne, NEBRASKA
Martin Scorsese, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
BEST ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Christian Bale, AMERICAN HUSTLE
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE
Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY
Judi Dench, PHILOMENA
Meryl Streep, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Amy Adams, AMERICAN HUSTLE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Michael Fassbender, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Barkhad Abdi, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Bradley Cooper, AMERICAN HUSTLE
Jonah Hill, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLE
June Squibb, NEBRASKA
Julia Roberts, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
Sally Hawkins, BLUE JASMINE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN HUSTLE
BLUE JASMINE
HER
NEBRASKA
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 YEARS A SLAVE
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
PHILOMENA
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
FROZEN
THE WIND RISES
DESPICABLE ME 2
THE CROODS
ERNEST AND CELESTINE
BEST FOREIGN FILM
THE GREAT BEAUTY
THE HUNT
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
OMAR
THE MISSING PICTURE
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
THE ACT OF KILLING
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
THE SQUARE
DIRTY WARS
CUTIE AND THE BOXER
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE GREAT GATSBY
12 YEARS A SLAVE
GRAVITY
AMERICAN HUSTLE
HER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
GRAVITY
THE GRANDMASTER
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
NEBRASKA
PRISONERS
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
THE GREAT GATSBY
THE GRANDMASTER
12 YEARS A SLAVE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
BEST EDITING
GRAVITY
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
12 YEARS A SLAVE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
BAD GRANDPA
THE LONE RANGER
BEST SCORE
GRAVITY
PHILOMENA
SAVING MR. BANKS
THE BOOK THIEF
HER
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Let it Go”, FROZEN
“Ordinary Love”, MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
“The Moon Song”, HER
“Happy”, DESPICABLE ME 2
“Alone Yet Not Alone”, ALONE YET NOT ALONE
BEST SOUND EDITING
GRAVITY
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
ALL IS LOST
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
LONE SURVIVOR
BEST SOUND MIXING
GRAVITY
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
LONE SURVIVOR
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
GRAVITY
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
IRON MAN 3
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
THE LONE RANGER
I can’t believe Inside Llewyn Davis was not nominated for Original Screenplay. That was the best script of the year, in my opinion. Every single line can be interpreted in two ways – hilarious, or deeply, profoundly tragic. Every single event can either be seen as hilarious or tragic. It depends on the mood you’re in, I guess, as to how you view the film – comedy, tragedy, or both.
Just look at the scene where Llewyn comes across two boxes filled with Al Cody’s unsold vinyls. The scene is riotously funny. The cover of the album is ridiculous. But it’s very melancholic as well – a microcosm of the thousands of artists in myriad fields who never ‘made it’. That sort of nuance wasn’t in American Hustle, et al.
Very disappointed with the docs, i can’t believe Stories We Tell doesn’t make the top 5, i’d have also loved The Crash Reel to have made the cut but it was more of a long shot. Cutie And The Boxer is very average, seems like a wasted slot to me and Dirty Wars i didn’t care for. Oh well.
For what it’s worth, Cutie and the Boxer has grown in my estimation the more I think about it. It still didn’t make my list of BPs nominations but it is a very good movie.
– David
For me, there was so many better ones, i just thought it was a little dry. The docs i love(and often films in general) tend to have an emotional effect on me, i’ll also include Blackfish and Which Way Is The Front Line From Here.
I’m looking forward to watching 20 Feet From Stardom though, that one looks good.
Always say this every year but worth noting that unlike the the BP’s for example, Oscar voters only really get one vote that counts in most categories and this goes some way to explaining a lot of snubs/surprises every year. Highly likely that Hanks, Thompson, Inside llewyn Davis, Greengrass, Stories We Tell etc. appeared on a lot of ballots but they just didn’t get enough of the all important number 1 votes to get in. On the other hand the voting system probably helped a loved/watched by the minority film like Her get a best picture nomination over a well liked by the majority of the Academy film like Blue Jasmine or Saving Mr. Banks. I thought the choices were generally pretty good but whatever the voting system you consider best for them to adopt, three things are for certain – in a consensus vote no-ones going to agree with every choice, the music branch will always make lousy choices for Original Song and John Williams will always get nominated!