Complete List of Nominations

[MovieWes]

"Alone Yet Not Alone" is a worship song from a Christian movie. It's so obscure that it has no reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. However, the person who wrote the song, Bruce Broughton, is a previous Oscar nominee for Best Original Score for Silverado.

[HarryGoldfarb]

Question regarding Lawrence and Cooper: Has it happened before that a couple of actors receives Oscar nods for the same film, just to be both nominated the following year once again working together?

[flipp525]

I could see Sally Hawkins as a surprise winner in Best Supporting Actress. This got buried in the Golden Globes reaction thread, but (like June Squibb) she could very well benefit from the "I-can't-decide-between-Jennifer-and-Lupita-so-oh-what-the-heck-I'll-vote for Hawkins" camp.

I had a feeling that Tom Hanks would be excluded in Best Actor. I should've posted that. Conversely, I never thought that Meryl would miss out on a nomination, especially after I actually saw August: Osage County. It was never going to happen. I just thought it was Amy Adams who'd be squeezed out, not Thompson. I wonder if Meryl's NBR speech had any effect on Thompson's chances after all.

[The Original BJ]

On the whole, the nominations went about as expected. But here and there, some surprises, and I think the answer to Mister Tee's question about whether voters thought for themselves is closer to "yes" than "no."

I'll start down ballot and say that for me, two of the most shocking exclusions were 12 Years a Slave in Cinematography and Original Score. I'm not going to get all doomsday and start acting like anyone should stick a fork in the movie's win chances, but I also have to say that these were two categories where the movie was widely expected to appear, and it was rather bafflingly omitted. (Most of us had it pegged for Sound Mixing as well, but that was a more iffy proposition.)

In contrast, American Hustle had a great morning, carrying along nominations for all three on-the-bubble actors. (I do wish those outrageous hairstyles had gotten in though.)

In the major categories, I have to say I was a bit proud some of my hunches came through -- mainly that Robert Redford and Daniel Brühl were never the locks people bafflingly claimed them to be, that Paul Greengrass was vulnerable in Best Director, and that Sally Hawkins would hold on. I do so wish that I had hung on to my prediction for Meryl Streep, though the fact that it was Emma Thompson excluded caught me by surprise.

It definitely must be a disappointing day for the Saving Mr. Banks crowd -- thought of as a possible Best Picture candidate, excluded for what was thought to be a very likely Best Actress bid, placing only in Original Score. And, by proxy, Tom Hanks has to be content to cheer on his Captain Phillips crew, with nary a nomination to show for either of his award-bait turns this year.

My biggest disappointment was the exclusion of Inside Llewyn Davis in the major categories -- not even the writers went for it! On the flip side, Her placing in Production Design and both music categories was a totally rewarding surprise.

I wished, too, that James Gandolfini could have had a sendoff nomination, but the size of the movie and type of role were always going to be a hurdle.

In the specialty categories, Stories We Tell seems from the same stripe as other critically hailed docs ignored by this branch, though the popular phenomenon that was Blackfish seemed like it would be right up their alley. The Grandmaster scored deservedly in Cinematography and Costume Design, but was left out of Foreign Language Film. (I watched the film last night, and honestly, had I seen it before I made my predictions, I might have left it out of Foreign Film, for being less narratively driven than voters in this categories usually like. But, alas, Wong Kar-Wai gets ignored again.) And the Monsters University Animated Feature omission proves once again that this branch doesn't always default to Pixar when second tier sequels are in play.

I scored 3/5 in Original Song -- about as well as I expected to do in that category, though as I noted, the slate did feature one movie of which I had never heard, Alone Yet Not Alone.

The Makeup Branch: ruining the lives of Oscar completists since 1981.

And that's what I got for now.

[Sonic Youth]

Oscar nominee Wim Butler. "What the hell"?

[Big Magilla]

The most nominated films are the Best Picture nominees:

(10) American Hustle, Gravity
(9) 12 Years a Slave
(6) Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Nebraska
(5) Her, The Wolf of Wall Street
(4) Philomena
(3) Blue Jasmine, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Wolf of Wall Street has five too many nominations; American Hustle has three too many and August: Osage County has two too many. Other than that, not a bad list.

[Franz Ferdinand]

Some random thoughts.

- So Jonah Hill is now a two-time Oscar nominee. Warm flashback to Superbad days.
- Jackass is an Oscar-nominated movie franchise. Yikes.
- David O. Russell directed four acting nominees in four categories last year, the first time that has happened in 30+ years - then does it again the following year. Pretty sure every actor in Hollywood is clamoring to get into his next project.
- Tom Hanks and Joaquin Phoenix get the boot in favor of Christian Bale and Leo, a really tight category.
- Spike Jonze does not make the Director list, a real shame.
- Philomena survives with some major nominations, happy for Steve Coogan.
- Dallas Buyers Club ends with entirely too many nominations.
- Alfonso Cuaron could conceivably walk home with three statues come Oscar night.

[Big Magilla]

Nominees for the 86th Oscars®

Actor in a Leading Role

Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Actor in a Supporting Role

Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”

Actress in a Leading Role

Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
Judi Dench in “Philomena”
Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”

Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
June Squibb in “Nebraska”

Animated Feature Film

“The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
“Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
“Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
“Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
“The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Cinematography

“The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
“Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
“Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
“Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins

Costume Design

“American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
“The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
“The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
“The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
“12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris

Directing

“American Hustle” David O. Russell
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
“Nebraska” Alexander Payne
“12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese

Documentary Feature

“The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
“Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
“The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
“20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined

Documentary Short Subject

“CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
“Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
“Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
“Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens

Film Editing

“American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
“Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
“Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
“12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker

Foreign Language Film

“The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
“The Great Beauty” Italy
“The Hunt” Denmark
“The Missing Picture” Cambodia
“Omar” Palestine

Makeup and Hairstyling

“Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
“Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
“The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Music (Original Score)

“The Book Thief” John Williams
“Gravity” Steven Price
“Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
“Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
“Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Best Picture

“American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
“Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
“Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
“Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
“Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
“Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
“Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
“12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined

Production Design

“American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
“Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
“The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
“Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
“12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Short Film (Animated)

“Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
“Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
“Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
“Possessions” Shuhei Morita
“Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Short Film (Live Action)

“Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
“Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
“Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
“Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
“The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Sound Editing

“All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
“Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
“Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
“Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman

Sound Mixing

“Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
“Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
“Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
“Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Visual Effects

“Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
“Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
“The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

“Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
“Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
“Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
“12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
“The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter

Writing (Original Screenplay)

“American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
“Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
“Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
“Her” Written by Spike Jonze
“Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson