The 87th Academy Awards. Nominations Are Here!
Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 9:05AM Straight off the bat the happy shockers are Marion Cotillard for Two Days One Night (edging out Jennifer Aniston), Laura Dern for Wild (where many assumed Jessica Chastain would be), the weird surprise is Bennett Miller in Director for Foxcatcher, our first "lone director" nod since the Academy expanded the Best Picture field. In terrible news there were only two nominations (Best Picture & Song) for the grand Selma... which places it in the unfortunate company of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Blind Side. Yikes! In less horrific but still weird disappointing news: Nightcrawler pulled an Into the Wild by doing really well at the guilds but not so much with Oscar.
Oscar had a boner for Birdman with many nominations
Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman led the nominations with 9 honors each (though I correctly predicted Birdman being shut out of film editing so people will say it will have trouble winning now, statistically). You can see the complete nomination chart here. I'll be spending the day updating the individual charts with polls, stats, and whatnot. So Stay tuned!
I got perfect scores in only four categories this year prediction wise: Picture, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, and Makeup and Hair... though I'm proud of several individual predictions in my 4/5s categories like seeing The Hobbit's omission in Visual Effects and the love for Mr. Turner in a few places and I'm stunned to have gotten 4/5 in the always tricky sound categories. Unfortunately my very worst stat this year 3/5 came in two headline categories: Best Director and Best Actor! And the headline categories are usually the easiest.
How'd you do on your predictions and what was your happiest and saddest moment?
See also: Five Stage of Grief. Oscar Snubs and Why Wes? Why Now?
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Reader Comments (120)
These "split votes" theories -- involving two wildly different camps -- just make no sense.
As for Dern, I'm so, so, so happy.
I am too!
Happy that Chastain was ignored,
F you
happy that Dern's stalwart presence has been rewarded. Can't wait to see what she does in the next few years.
Nothing. This nomination is the award. She'll be Oscar-less like her parents.
@Tom Marion winning over a veteran playing an Alzheimer's patient. We've seen how that went down last time. And if she does win she'll be the first actress to win for 2 foreign language films, not even Sophia Loren achieved that.
Considering all the possible combinations of the men vying for a nomination with a legitimate chance, the Best Actor line-up is the worst possible. What a disappointment! I don't begrudge people for having different notions of what constitutes great acting, but seeing that God-awful biopic ridden mess of a category I can't help but feel let down.
The sole ray of sunshine is Michael Keaton.
(I'll give Bradley Cooper a pass. At least he brought the beefcake).
Marion Cotillard! A parade should be thrown! This is a win for the good side, ya'll. That category looks fantastic now.
Selma and Gone Girl getting all but shut out was ridiculous.
Laura Dern is ALWAYS welcomed.
Mr. Turner did very well for a film that was sure to be lost in the shuffle. Weird that Leigh didn't get his usual Screenplay nod. Bummed Spall missed.
And can I say, I knew Grand Budapest would (co-)lead the final tally. If Fiennes had squeaked in, this would've been a cool 10 and I didn't like the film all that much but this is huge for Wes Anderson.
Snickering @ The Lego Movie being left off. I didn't care for it at all AND we got to have both Princess Kaguya + Song of the Sea. WIN-WIN-WIN.
LOL WUT @ Inherent Vice's screenplay, of all the things, getting nominated.
Bonkers @ all the Foxcatcher love. First lone director nod for THAT? I guess.
"Lost Stars" :D
Can't wait to see Wild Tales now.
And it needs to be said again: MARION COTILLARD.
Pleased with all categories but wish Jake had been in along with Rene,I saw Selma last night and didn't think David O was one for the ages really and thought he's miss with Fiennes taking it but Cooper does but he CAN'T win can he,Aniston maybe her only shot ever up in flames..
I love BCoop, but damn, I don't want him to win for AS. I agree that having 3 consecutive nominations really has made me consider that he may be a threat for the win.
Of the 13 people who have received 3 consecutive noms (not more), only 3 have won on their third nom (Tracy, Nicholson, and Zeeeeee). So that seems somewhat reassuring. Of the 7 people who have 4 or 5 consecutive noms, none have won on the 3rd.
http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/Act-ConsecutiveNoms.pdf
Nat you've been telling us for years about prosthetics and mimicryyou didn't listen to yourself.Nightcrawler although excellent is Hollyweird not Hollywood.
It's hard for me to be too upset about Selma since the rollout for this movie made it damn near impossible to watch. I'd like to be supportive of a movie I can actually see in my town. Even Cotillard's film will have to wait until the end of the month, but I'm more forgiving of a tiny foreign film than of a studio that should've done better.
The Gone Girl snubs sit well with me. I don't mind popcorn every now and then, but damn...
Force Majeure and Jake G. missing out are my sad faces for the day.
Shame on you guys talking about "poor Jakey-poo" and not about how messed up it is that Oyelowo and Duvernay didn't get nominated. Shame on the Academy. Makes me feel like an idiot for wasting my time following the Oscars for so many years. What disappointing and shameful news.
Lots of "What the Hell?!" moments this morning, which is how I like my Oscar nominations. Does anyone honestly want to score 100% with their predictions?
Not to fear, Rene Russo already won this award back in 1977 when she went by the name of Faye Dunaway in NETWORK ;-)
i like the excitement of when "lightweight" proves her weight and get s a nomination / win....ala ann-margret, cher, goldie, jane fonda (pre-they shoot horses), sally field, bullock, etc.....sorry Aniston did not make the cut. she'll do it in the coming few years..."cake" opened some eyes. yawn yawn yawn - meryl streep - enough is enough. what a waste of a nomination.
That Marion nomination is the only thing in almost ten years that's come close to making up for the Brokeback snub.
Fincher did a hell of a job in Gone Girl. I believe he could turn a phone book into an interesting movie.
Have any of the folks who are outraged about the American Sniper noms even SEEN the movie? It just went wide last week, so unless you got a screener, or live in LA or NYC, not sure I would jump on the internet hate train based on speculative chatter of the movie's perceived conservative, gun-toting, NRA-loving bias. It's like bashing Jennifer Aniston's performance in Cake BEFORE you've even seen the movie, just because it's Jennifer Aniston. What the what?
Anyhoo, thrilled about a head-to-head competition of Boyhood and Grand Budapest Hotel, my two favs of the year.
Really hope now that people and distributors learn that, unless you're Clint Eastwood or have a monster of critics behind you, your film needs to be SEEN to be appreciated. Selma lost about 5 nominations today because it came out way too late. They should've just saved it for the next spring or summer.
Maybe next time Aniston won't have to try too hard to get nominated for a performance that people will actually get a chance to see. And that sits comfortable in a better film. She got so thirsty for that nomination, I could smell it from here, but I heard not one positive thing for that movie.
And please release the Mike Leigh movies earlier, Sony Pictures Classics! Mr. Turner should've been a July or October rollout. We could've been looking at a possible safe-bet BP contender instead of a long shot.
I'm looking at you too, A Most Violent Year. Were you kidding me with that Dec 48th release date??
I think this is finally Julianne Moore’s year. Sincerely to me, the “Julie Chirstie situation” doesn’t apply this time. All the aspects are different. Julie Christie had already won an Oscar before and was clearly not campaigning for “Away from Her”. Although Christie had won Golden Golden and SAG, she missed the BAFTA for Cottilard. There was a strike in the cinema industry, so supossedly they had time to watch a film with subtitles – a film about the legendary Edith Piaf-. Julie Christie is a respected and legendary actress (but not an american star). This year, Julianne Moore has all the nominations she needs, probably she will win SAG and BAFTA (a key nomination that Cottilard have missed). She has never won before and is an american lovey movie star and respected actress. And there is no strike. And Moore is campaigning a lot. She is everywhere. Jennifer Aniston would have been a treat to Julie’s path to Gold, but honestly, I don’t see Cottilard winning for this film. The monination is her reward.
Yes it is good news that they couldn't ignore Marion.
I knew Fiennes was an outsider but it still saddens me that they would rather nominate Cooper instead. American Sniper is a film about American Military Might - nice message to celebrate.
My other major disappointment was over the lack of nominations for Gone Girl, particularly going with PTA for Inherent Vice instead of Gillian Flynn for Gone Girl.
Inherent Vice was an absolute mess, I just saw it yesterday and it is a dog of a film (and I usually like PTA) What a boys club...
Why do they hate David Fincher ? It's very similar to the way they ignore Hitchcock years ago.
I'm disappointed that, after a year of great performances, Jessica Chastain was overlooked by the Academy. A24 made a huge mistake by releasing her film so late.
Still, it's nice to see Laura Dern come back after so long.
Would have really liked to see Fiennes, Oyelowo, Spall, or Gyllenhaal in Best Actor.
I am kind of with Zig and Mark. It's one thing for a tiny film like Two Days to delay release (even though that probably could have done a fall release with little trouble and Cotillard may have scored at the Globes as well), but Selma was a major motion picture that waited WAY too late to try and get into theaters that would have been happy to have it, and Cake stars one of the most bankable women in Hollywood, and that alone would have gotten it screens. More people seeing these films would have gotten more momentum, more press, and more nominations. This hopefully starts to kill qualifier runs in Hollywood and we see more early releases so everyone has access to the movies.
Like Nat says for some it works for some it doesn't,you need to be a BIG star to break through if your a late comer.
Amazed anyone is actually jumping on PTA and "Inherent Vice"'s Screenplay nomination. That was one of the happiness nominations of the day by far and EASILY the standout in the limp Adapted category. Rich, textured, witty work that preserves Pynchon and adds a vision all its own.
See, this would've been an ideal candidate for them to go out on a limb for that lone director citation. Had Fincher gotten in, this nomination would've said, "We might not be crazy about this movie overall and this script is too controversial for everyone to agree upon but you unquestionably made a thrilling, fascinating, and memorable film out of all the random parts so here you go for your efforts. And bonus points for getting a helluva performance out of your lead actress."
:/
*Happiest.
To the people able to see all the acting nominees, are we free of category fraud this year? Also it was never going to happen, but Pride :/
Fuck that Dern nom. Hers was easily the worst of the three performances fighting for that last spot. This is proof that likeability, campaign, coat tails and career momentum rule these 5th spots.
Finding the silver lining: Grand Budapest Hotel came out in March and is the nominations leader with 9 while movies that came out too late like Selma and A Most Violent Year got almost and completely snubbed, respectively.
I absolutely love Selma, but it proves to show you that, sometimes, you just have to get your movie out earlier in the year! Then again, American Sniper (I sometimes really hate you Academy!)
Whiplash still making it in to screenplay despite the Adapted/Original confusion speaks well of its support. It has its contrivances to be sure, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable film. It won't win BP, but its nom will help it get some more audience. That's my happy moment from the announcements today.
so happy to see Rosamund, Cotillard and Lost Stars!
Go get that Oscar, Julianne.
feels bad for Adams, Gylenhaal, and especially Chastain, this girl worked her ass off this year, she better get at least a nom.
The Marion nomination belongs to that Laura Linney in The Savages category: you just can't deny it. She got a lot of number 1 votes, and I am sure people who saw The Immigrant (an even greater performance) voted for 2 days 1 Night when it became clear where the Oscar would go.
I just wish they have dropped Jones, too. But not for Aniston. Swank really deserved that nomination, the performance is heart-breaking.
To be sincere, by nominations would be like this:
Moore / Moore / Cotillard / Cotillard / Swank
Why can Desplat be nominated twice and an actor can't?
I'm as equally surprised as anyone that Gone Girl missed the adapted screenplay nomination, but also: no Wild? The Academy seems especially resistant to female-led films and stories this year, moreso than usual.
Also, can someone PLEASE explain why Foxcatcher is in the running for Original Screenplay? It's based on the lead character's book, right?
Also have to say- I am confused why Oscar expanded Best Pic with the intent of awarding popular box office hits but still managed to leave out Into The Woods, Gone Girl, Unbroken, and Intersteller...
Yay:
Grand Budapest Hotel tied for most nominations
Bennet Miller for Best Director
No Lego Movie in Animated Feature - they actually nominated the five best movies. Shocker!
Dick Poop for Best Cinematography
Timbuktu for Best Foreign Language Film
Boo:
No Ralph Fiennes for Best Actor
No Gyllenhaal for Best Actor
All those undeserved nominations for Theory of Everything
Morten Tyldum for Best Director - a joke, an absolute joke
Overall, a good set of nominees in an unsettled year. I'm so happy about Grand Budapest Hotel that none of the disappointments really bother me too much, for the moment.
Pam - Yes, I've seen American Sniper, and I didn't hate it, but it's not a good movie. All the talk about it being conservative is true. Bradley Cooper doesn't give a bad performance but it's not an interesting character. Yes, he's killed more than 160 people, but the way he's portrayed in this film, there's no arc, no evolution, no character. I'm OK with the Sound nominations, but the actor, screenplay, editing and best picture nods really piss me off! I could give you at least 5 worthier choices that were still in the race for either category! At least there's no director nod!
You need more Gone Girls Hollywood! Don't you get it?
Picture - a fairly expected list. Boyhood has the thing pretty locked up unless they somehow fly to Budapest.
Director - too bad for Ava...strange that the Sniper love didn't help Clint. Linklater 100% has this.
Actor - I just knew that Nightcrawler was this year's Drive, despite it not looking that way for awhile. Pissed about Oyelowo's snub, and really thought Fiennes would make it in here. Carell is supporting ffs, and he wasn't really all that amazing.
Actress - I still maintain that Pike is Julianne's main competition, and her carrying the flag for Gone Girl only bolsters that in my mind. Still think it's hers to lose though. I really thought Cotillard would sneak in, and Adams wouldn't. As much as I love Adams in general, I'm glad it worked out that way.
SActor - As expected, and I'm ok with it. It's the Simmons show.
SActress - Thrilled for Dern. I'd almost given up on that possibility. Chastain is one of my very faves but she wasn't getting any heat for her best role this year in Interstellar. It's the Patty show.
Foreign - Always an intriguing category. They left out Force Majeure, which I'm not sure if that surprises me or not. It's just one of those films. Ida or Leviathan here.
Didn't want Jen Aniston to be nominated, but I actually feel bad for her right now.
Happy for Cotillard, Ida in cinematography, and The Salt of the Earth in documentary.
Sad for Force Majeure, Selma/Oyelowo, and The Lego Movie. Although I wouldn't have nominated her either, I'm also sad for Jen Aniston a little bit. That was a fun "What if..." while it lasted.
The folks with CitizenFour must be ecstatic. There are some crowd-pleasers against them, but I don't think that Virunga (probably the best bet) or Finding Vivian Maier are going to be able to topple it. Life Itself, on the other hand, might have.
LMAO @ "Dick Poop" ... Did did you see Chris Pine's face when she read that? LOL, Best part of the whole morning! ha
Over-the-moon thrilled for Marion, but we all are. The only reason I'm glad to see Meryl nominated today is because she now has another fun piece of trivia to add to her list of accomplishments. She's now the first actor (maybe person too) to be nominated in every single type of year in a decade (0 - 9). She was nominated in 1990 (Postcards from the Edge), 1981 & 2011 (The French Lieutenant's Woman & The Iron Lady), 1982 & 2002 (Sophie's Choice & Adaptation), 1983 & 2013 (Silkwood & August: Osage County), 2014 (Into the Woods), 1985 & 1995 (Out of Africa & The Bridges of Madison County), 2006 (The Devil Wears Prada), 1987 (Ironweed), 1978, 1988, 1998, & 2008 (The Deer Hunter, A Cry in the Dark, One True Thing, Doubt), and 1979 & 2009 (Kramer vs. Kramer & Julie & Julia). A completely random piece of trivia but it's a silver lining to her (undeserved) nomination.
"Of the 7 people who have 4 or 5 consecutive noms, none have won on the 3rd."
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Travis, Nicholson won on the third--for Cuckoo's Nest.
My favorite nomination is the Ida's cinematography nod. As much as I loved Lubezki's work in Birdman, I'm actually leaning toward Ida as the year's best. Of course, it has gorgeous imagery, but it also contributes immensely to the tone of the film.
I'm disappointed by the snub of Selma. It's such a great film, so much more daring and emotionally resonant than virtually anything else in the Best Picture category.
Marion's nom is the biggest Oscar surprise since......,Marion's win. It's nonsense but it's quite funny that in 2007, Angelina failed to join Marion, et al in the Best Actress final five after being nominated in all the other awards. And now, it's Aniston's turn. But Angie got her nom the very next year, so if Jen is paying attention, she should plan her next move fast.
Oops, sorry, Travis, didn't see the first part of your post!
Joe- guess that means it is a safe bet that Streep will be nominated in 2018?😄 Thanks for the trivia!
Does anyone know who holds the record for most Best Supporting Actrees nominations? Think Streep is close to breaking that record too!
@Queenie ... you are my magic. So true about Russo (although I do love her).
Sad about Jake. He really deserved a nomination (and I don't even like him!).
Let it be noted ... category fraud happens everywhere, not just from lead to supporting. Carrell is really supporting ... not lead. But I guess the prosthetic nose bumped him to lead?
Sad that Grand Budapest is the movie that Anderson gets the love for (but no FIennes!).
Two Days, One Night was too depressing for me, but Cotillard deserves the nomination ... and the win. We can only hope!
It is so clear that you have to have your film finished and in front of voters as early as possible to score and you have to have screeners if your release date is going to be post September.
Look at how many of the nominations came from earlier release films--like spring,summer and early fall? And all of them were finished and screened (with the exception of Selma) by mid November.
Hopefully this wakes up some of the suits. Quality movies should be a year round affair, not all crammed into a three month sprint.
I knew it was as likely as hitting the MegaMillions lottery twice in one week but I was hoping for a surprise nom for Pride somewhere. The Judge got a nomination but Pride didn't. Something messed up about that statement.