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87th Oscars. The Oscar Contenders of 2014 - For prediction, discussion and entertainment purposes only. This is not a endorsement of quality work, especially since no one has seen the pictures yet!
Congratulations to huggable Baymax from Big Hero Six and Citizen Four
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Animated Feature Nominees |
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BIG HERO 6 CG |
THE BOXTROLLS Stop Motion |
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 CG |
SONG OF THE SEA Hand Drawn (with CG) |
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA Hand Drawn |
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108 minutes Disney teams up with Marvel to tell a superhero story involving a robotics prodigy in the fictional city of San Fransokyo (San Francisco Tokyo mashup). Uneven but Disney won't likely be shut out. Box Office: $218+
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Reviewed 97 minutes While it's been the least well received of Laika's unique stop motion features, the animation branch will surely enjoy its technical triumphs. But will they like the story enough for a nomination? And when can Laika finally win? Box Office: $50+ |
105 minutes The real question mark in the race. Toy Story 3 and this category's limited history aside, they generally don't get obsessive about sequels. But then the original is still well loved. Might that have an afterglow effect or will the strangely okay but non spectacular public reception work against it? Box Office: $177+ |
Reviewed | AFI peek | official blog 93 minutes Like The Secret of Kells, the previous film from this team, the visuals are incredible and unique. But it's mythological story is very junior. Does it have enough adult appeal? Box Office: $.2 |
Review | Tribute to Takahata | Trailer 137 minutes Studio Ghibli has instant prestige and that helps in every Oscar branch, but this slow-moving beauty about a magical child growing into an unhappy captive princess isn't everyone's thing Box Office: $.6 |
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Who Will Win? Who SHOULD Win?
Surprise Omission Additional Eligible Titles, Foreign: Not Eligible Either They Did Not Submit / Were Not Released To Qualify in US |
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Animated Short |
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The Bigger Picture UK |
Feast USA |
Me and My Moulton Canada |
The Damkeeper USA |
A Single Life The Netherlands |
| Billed as "a life-size animated short" the animator used life sized sets and tall painted characters within them | a man's love life is told through the perspective of his ever hungry puppy | Appears to be a humorous diary of a young girl with two sisters and an embarrassing dad | A young pig meets a new classmate who changes everything. | Pia can travel through her life when she plays a vinyl record |
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Finalists that were not nominated Should Win: Tim says The Bigger Picture |
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Live Action Short |
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Aya from Israel |
Boogaloo and Graham UK |
Butter Lamp France | China |
Parvaneh Switzerland |
The Phone Call |
| This romantic drama is about a man who confuses a woman for his assigned driver. With Danish star Ulrich Thomsen and Israeli actress / co-director Mihal Brezis | Two boys in Belfast learn a lot from their pet chickens in this comic short | Two photographers get Tibetan nomads to pose for photos | About a young female Afghan immigrant in the Swiss Alps | Starring Sally Hawkins as a helpline worker who receives a mysterious call that changes her life. Kirkby previously directed music videos |
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| Finalists That Were Not Nominated Summer Vacation, Baghdad Messi, My Father's Truck, Carry On, SLR |
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Documentary Short |
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CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1 |
JOANNA |
OUR CURSE (d. Tomasz Sliwinski) Warsaw Film School |
THE REAPER (d. Gabriel Serra) Weary Traveler |
WHITE EARTH |
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47 minutes, English Discussions of PTSD and the veterans hotline. (Kent has won 4 Emmys but no Oscar attention yet.) |
45 minutes, Polish The life of a Polish woman who began blogging when she was given three months to live. Debut film from Kopacz who takes a visual non-narration-based approach |
28 minutes, Polish A personal doc about the director's family. His newborn is diagnosed with an incurable disease |
29 minutes, Spanish An exploration of the processes of an industrial slaughterhouse and a man named Efrain who works there and is referred to as "The Reaper" |
20 minutes, English On North Dakota's oil boom through the eyes of three children and their mother. (Christian Jensen is also a cinematography and editor. Winner of a student Academy Award) |
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Other Finalists That Were Not Nominated: One Child, Kehinda Wiley, The Lion's Mouth Opens |
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Documentary Feature |
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CITIZEN FOUR |
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER |
LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM |
THE SALT OF THE EARTH |
VIRUNGA |
| Podcast | Glenn's Review | Interview | |||
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| 15 finalist lists and 134 semi-finalists Articles on Documentaries Finalists that Were Not Nominated Will Win: Citizen Four |
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