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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

August Oscar Predictions

Will The Imitation Game get Oscar voters' attention?

Since last month's predictions, Macbeth has moved to 2015. Boyhood has received phenomenal reviews, and I can see it garnering a few nominations, even Best Picture and Best Director. Of course, the major players are still Foxcatcher, Unbroken, Interstellar, Birdman and potentially Gone Girl. Meanwhile, films like Fury, Into the Woods, Inherent Vice and The Imitation Game could snag major nods or miss entirely.

BEST PICTURE:
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
Fury
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Unbroken

 Changes: Replaced Mr. Turner with Boyhood

BEST DIRECTOR:
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Birdman
Angelina Jolie, Unbroken
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Christopher Nolan, Interstellar

 Changes: Replaced Fincher with Linklater

BEST ACTOR:
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Jack O'Connell, Unbroken
Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner

 Changes: None

BEST ACTRESS:
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars

 Changes: Replaced Mulligan and Williams with Streep (moved from Supporting) and Woodley

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher
Tom Wilkinson, Selma

 Changes: Replaced Duvall with Simmons

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
Jennifer Garner, Men, Women and Children
Anna Kendrick, Into the Woods
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game

 Changes: Replaced Cotillard, Streep and Winfrey with Arquette, Kendrick and Knightley

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
Trash
Unbroken

 Changes: Replaced Foxcatcher with Trash

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar

 Changes: Replaced Mr. Turner with Foxcatcher (moved from Adapted)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner

 Changes: Replaced Big Eyes with The Imitation Game

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Birdman
Fury
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Unbroken

 Changes: None

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

 Changes: None

BEST FILM EDITING:
Birdman
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Unbroken

 Changes: Replace Fury with Foxcatcher

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

 Changes: Replaced Big Eyes and Fury with Foxcatcher and The Imitation Game

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
"All of the Stars" from The Fault in Our Stars
"Everything is Awesome" from The LEGO Movie
"Lost Stars" from Begin Again
"Something So Right" from Muppets Most Wanted
"The Witches Song" from Into the Woods

 Changes: None

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
Foxcatcher
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods

 Changes: None

BEST SOUND MIXING:
Fury
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Unbroken

 Changes: None

BEST SOUND EDITING:
Fury
Godzilla
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction

 Changes: None

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Godzilla
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar

 Changes: Replaced Noah with Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
Song of the Sea

 Changes: None

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Brazil
Belgium
China
France
Spain

Changes: None
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9 comments:

  1. s.August 7, 2014 at 5:08 AM

    Woodley? Why? Isn't the movie a laughing stock?

    I don't think Fincher will miss out, if the film scores a nod for BP he is in. I also think it has a chance in score nomination.

    Williams and Mulligan seem like such darlings, especially Williams to nominate. Into the Woods to me looks ridiculous, especially Streep, but then again she won her 3rd Oscar for ridiculous performance in even more ridiculous movie...

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    1. JoshAugust 7, 2014 at 11:50 AM

      Not really. Compared to something like The Reader, TFIOS received glowing reviews. If the Best Actress category is weak, I could see Woodley getting in.

      I agree Gone Girl has a chance at a score nomination, but there are always surprises in that category. Fincher just misses my predictions right now, as I'm not sure how well the film will play for the Academy.

      I think Suite Francaise has been moved to 2015, which rules Williams out. Mulligan's film might be too small, but I hope that's not the case. Haha, I really think Streep will be nominated again.

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    2. AnonymousAugust 7, 2014 at 12:01 PM

      Sati! The Fault in Our Stars received really good reviews, but more importantly, Woodley received RAVES...serious RAVES! I wasn't predicting her for the longest time based solely on the nature of the film (teen movie)...but this field is basically gutted at this point, and she'll have support at the end of the year.

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    3. s.August 7, 2014 at 2:57 PM

      I just can't see it,the reviews I read were seriously terrible and I heard people laughing at that movie at multiple occasions. Why would she have support at the end of the year? This is the first I see this included in people's predictions.

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    4. AnonymousAugust 11, 2014 at 1:54 PM

      I included her ;-)

      If you visit AW, you'll see her name being mentioned a lot. She's got a lot of goodwill for her Descendents snub (I didn't think so, but she clearly finished 6th/7th that year) and she's been popping up everywhere. It could be seen as the right time/role for her to get welcomed aboard.

      And her reviews, film aside, were outstanding; period.

      And I don't like her, like at all (this performance aside, since I haven't seen it), so it's not like I'm some kind of fan.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 7, 2014 at 8:40 AM

    What if Woodley does happen? Wow...

    And yeah, I'm adding Boyhood into my next batch of predictions.

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    1. JoshAugust 7, 2014 at 11:52 AM

      Other sites are predicting her, and I'm starting to come around to the idea, especially if Best Actress turns out to be very weak.

      Boyhood looks unstoppable right now. I'm not sure if it could win anything though. Maybe Original Screenplay.

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  3. Brittani BurnhamAugust 7, 2014 at 9:07 AM

    I know both you and Fisti have Into The Woods has a Best Picture contender, but I still just cannot see it.

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    1. JoshAugust 7, 2014 at 11:53 AM

      You might be right, but I think it gets in with 5-10 nominees. The Academy usually ends up with 9, and Into the Woods looks like it could make the cut. Still, it could be relegated to mostly tech nominations, like Nine.

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