And now, the moment you have all been waiting for…the announcement is finally here for the 86th Annual Academy Awards. After such a visceral year for film in 2013, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences are announcing their long awaited and overdue nominations honouring the best in American motions pictures. As always with the Academy nominations, it is best to expect a few snubs, shocks and a ton of surprises. This year’s nomination were announced by the Norse God himself Chris Hemsworth as well as active Preseident of the AMPAS Cheryl Boone Isaacs. So, without further ado, here are the nominations for this year’s Oscar race. Check out more below!
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Gravity
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Christian Bale – American Hustle
Chiwitel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf Of Wall Street
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Meyrl Streep – August: Osage County
Judi Dench – Philomena
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Jonah Hill- The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Best Achievement in Directing
Alfanso Cuarón – Gravity
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Martin Scorcese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Bob Nelson – Nebraska
David O. Russell & Eric Warren Singer – American Hustle
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack – Dallas Buyers Club
Spike Jonze – her
Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave
Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
Steven Coogan & Jeff Pope – Philomena
Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium)
The Missing Picture (Cambodia)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Jagten) (Denmark)
Omar (Palestine)
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Despicable Me 2
Ernest and Celestine
Frozen
The Croods
The Wind Rises
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity
Phedon Papamichael – Nebraska
Roger Deakins – Prisoners
Philippe Le Sourd – The Grandmaster
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Book Thief – John Williams
Gravity – Steven Price
her – William Butler & Owen Pallett
Saving Mr. Banks – Thomas Newman
Philomena – Alexandre Desplat
Best Original Song
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom – Ordinary Love (U2)
her – The Moon Song (Karen O. & Spike Jonze)
Despicable Me 2 – Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Frozen – Let It Go (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez)
Alone Yet Not Alone – Alone Yet Not Alone (Bruce Broughton)
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Samug
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Achievement in Editing
12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker
American Hustle – Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Gravity – Alfanso Cuarón & Mark Sanger
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club – Matin Pensa & John MacMurphy
Best Achievement in Production Design
12 Years a Slave – Adam Stockhausen & Alice Baker
American Hustle – Judy Becker & Heather Loeffler
Gravity
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin & Beverley Dunn
her – K.K. Barrett & Gene Serdena
Best Achievement in Costume Design
American Hustle – Michael Wilkinson
The Great Gatsby – Catherine Martin
12 Years a Slave – Patricia Norris
The Grandmaster – William Chang
The Invisible Woman – Michael O’Connor
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club – Adruitha Lee & Robin Matthews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – Steve Prouty
The Lone Ranger – Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua Casny
Best Documentary Feature
Cutie and the Boxer
The Act of Killing
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom
Best Documentary, Short Subject
Cavedigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6
Personal Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Best Short Film, Animated
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr.Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
Best Short Film, Live Action
Aquel no era Yo
Just Before Losing Everything
Helium
Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?
The Voorman Problem
So, there you have it! What do you think? Any clear snubs? Any huge shockers? The Best Actor category was one with many big names being left out, namely one of my favourite performances of the year with Inside Llewyn Davis and it’s lead Oscar Isaacs, as well as Robert Redford in All is Lost, Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station, and Joaquin Phoenix in her.
Some of the biggest surprises of the nods all revolve around August: Osage County and the acting nominations for Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep, both receiving Oscar love. You can never count out powerhouse Harvey Winestein and his presence come Oscar time. As well, another big surprise was Jonah Hill‘s second Oscar nomination in the supporting category for The Wolf of Wall Street, cementing his power as an actor, and a serious one at that.
The Best Original Song category created some of its own controversy with a nomination for a film no one has seem to heard of, Alone Yet Not Alone, as well as Pharrell William’s first ever Oscar nomination in Despicable Me 2 and his song “Happy”. It seems that between the blurred lines and other work Pharrell was involved in in 2013, seemed to have got him “lucky” all year long.
If you thought that the Jackass series was one with some crude humour, poor taste and awful manners, well don’t be surprised if the series finds new life, especially after its first ever Oscar Nomination for its achievement of hair and makeup for star Johnny Knoxville. Who ever would have guessed? Was the work even that great?
The Nominations are lead by Gravity and American Hustle with 10 nominations each, followed by 12 Years a Slave with 9 nominations. First the second year in a row, David O. Russell’s film had a nomination in all four of the main acting categories for Bale, Cooper, Adams and Lawrence.
This year just like 2012, the race, although many thought to have been solidified, is still quit an open one. And with so many awards being handed out , from the SAGs, to the DGAs, to the WAGs, to the PGAs, to the Independent Spirit Awards, from now until the coveted March 2nd date, expect lots to change come Oscar night. But for now, lets soak up these nominations and see what the awards season brings forth in the next coming weeks. And stay tuned for our own Oscar Predictions chart coming closer to the big date. Happy predictions movie lovers!
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