Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Picture: Oppenheimer
Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (Cillian Murphy)
Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (RU: Emma Stone)
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall (The Holdovers)
Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction (Barbie)
Animated Feature: Spider-Verse (The Boy and the Heron)
International Feature: The Zone of Interest
Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Animated Short Film: Letter to a Pig
Original Score: Oppenheimer (Killers)
Original Song: "What Was I Made For?", Barbie ("I'm Not Ken")
Sound: Oppenheimer (The Zone of Interest)
Production Design: Poor Things (Barbie)
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Poor Things
Costume Design: Poor Things
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: Godzilla (The Creator)

1. Who will be the last person in the In Memoriam montage? Alan Arkin
2. Who will be the FIRST person in the In Memoriam montage? Tina Turner
3. Which Best Picture nominees will go home empty-handed? Past Lives, Maestro

Picture: Oppenheimer
Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest
Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Animated Short Film: Letter to a Pig
Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: "What Was I Made For?", Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Production Design: Poor Things
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Poor Things
Costume Design: Poor Things
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: The Creator

1. Who will be the last person in the In Memoriam montage? Harry Belafonte
2. Who will be the FIRST person in the In Memoriam montage? Carl Weathers
3. Which Best Picture nominees will go home empty-handed? Past Lives, Maestro

I wish I could be more adventuresome, but, as always, the prelims drain away most of the juice.

Film: Oppenheimer
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actor: Cillian Murphy
Actress: Lily Gladstone
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr.
Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Adapted Screenplay; American Fiction
Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Costume Design: Poor Things
Production Design: Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Editing: Oppenheimer
Music Score: Oppenheimer
Song: "What Was I Made For?"
Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One
Makeup & Hairstyling: Poor Things
Animated Feature: Spider Man: Across the Spider-verse
International Feature: The Zone of Interest
Documentary Feature: 20 Days of Mariupol
Documentary Short: The Last Repair Shop
Live Short: Red, White and Blue
Animated Short: The Five Senses

1. Who will be the last person in the In Memoriam montage?
Harry Belafonte

02. Who will be the FIRST person in the In Memoriam montage?
Glenda Jackson

03. Which Best Picture nominees will go home empty-handed?
Past Lives, Maestro

Best Picture: Oppenheimer
Best Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (Emma Stone)
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Directing: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
Best Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction
Best Original Score: Oppenheimer
Best Original Song: “What Was I Made For?” / Barbie
Best Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Best Editing: Oppenheimer
Best Production Design: Poor Things
Best Costume Design: Poor Things
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Poor Things (Maestro)
Best Sound: Oppenheimer (The Zone of Interest)
Best Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus Zero
Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best International Feature: The Zone of Interest
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Best Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Best Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Best Animated Short Film: Letter to a Pig


BONUS TIE BREAKER
1. Last person: Alan Arkin
2. First person: Harry Belafonte
3. Best Picture empty-handed: Past Lives, Maestro

Picture: Oppenheimer
Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Supp. Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supp. Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Live Action Short Film: Red, White and Blue
Animated Short Film: The Five Senses

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: "What Was I Made For?", Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Production Design: Killers of the Flower Moon
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Poor Things
Costume Design: Poor Things
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One

01. Who will be the last person in the In Memoriam montage? Alan Arkin

02. Who will be the FIRST person in the In Memoriam montage? Harry Belafonte

03. Which Best Picture nominees will go home empty-handed? Past Lives, Maestro

Picture: Oppenheimer
Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Supp. Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supp. Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Animated Short Film: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: "What Was I Made For?", Barbie
Sound: The Zone of Interest
Production Design: Barbie
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Maestro
Costume Design: Poor Things
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One

01. Who will be the last person in the In Memoriam montage? William Friedkin

02. Who will be the FIRST person in the In Memoriam montage? Carl Weathers

03. Which Best Picture nominees will go home empty-handed? Past Lives, Poor Things

Picture: Oppenheimer
Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Supp. Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supp. Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Animated Short Film: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: "What Was I Made For?", Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Production Design: Barbie
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Maestro
Costume Design: Barbie
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One

01. Who will be the last person in the In Memoriam montage? William Friedkin

02. Who will be the FIRST person in the In Memoriam montage? Glenda Jackson

03. Which Best Picture nominees will go home empty-handed? Past Lives, Poor Things

Picture: Oppenheimer
Leading Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Leading Actress: Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Directing: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction

Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Live Action Short Film: Red, White & Blue
Animated Short Film: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: “What Was I Made For?”, Barbie
Sound: The Zone of Interest
Production Design: Poor Things
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Poor Things
Costume Design: Barbie
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: The Creator

BONUS TIE BREAKER

1. Last person: William Friedkin
2. First person: Norman Jewison
3. Best Picture empty-handed: Maestro, Past Lives

Picture: Oppenheimer
Leading Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Leading Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Directing: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction

Animated Feature: Spider-Man
International Feature: The Zone of Interest

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: ABCs of Book Banning
Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Animated Short Film: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: “What Was I Made For?”, from Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Production Design: Poor Things
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Maestro
Costume Design: Barbie
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One

BONUS TIE BREAKER

1. Last person: Harry Belafonte
2. First person: Glenda Jackson
3. Best Picture empty-handed: Past Lives

Picture: Oppenheimer
Leading Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Leading Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Directing: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The ABCs of Book Banning
Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Animated Short Film: War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: “I'm Just Ken”, Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Production Design: Poor Things
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Maestro
Costume Design: Poor Things
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: Mission Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One

BONUS TIE BREAKER

1. Last person: Norman Jewison
2. First person: Glenda Jackson
3. Best Picture empty-handed: American Fiction and Past Lives

Picture: Oppenheimer
Leading Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Leading Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Directing: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: Oppenheimer

Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: Nai Nai & Wài Pó (The Last Repair Shop)
Live Action Short Film: Red, White & Blue (The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar)
Animated Short Film: Ninety-Five Senses (WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko)

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: “What Was I Made For?”, from Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer
Production Design: Barbie
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Poor Things
Costume Design: Poor Things
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: Napoleon

BONUS TIE BREAKER

1. Last person: Harry Belafonte
2. First person: William Friedkin
3. Best Picture empty-handed: American Fiction, Maestro, Past Lives

Picture: Oppenheimer
Actor: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Actress: Annette Bening: Nyad (Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon)
Supp. Actor: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Supp. Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall
Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction

Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
International Feature: The Zone of Interest

Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol
Documentary Short Film: The Last Repair Shop
Live Action Short Film: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Animated Short Film: WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Original Score: Oppenheimer
Original Song: "What Was I Made For?", Barbie
Sound: Oppenheimer (The Zone of Interest)
Production Design: Barbie (Poor Things)
Cinematography: Oppenheimer
Makeup and Hairstyling: Maestro (Poor Things)
Costume Design: Poor Things (Barbie)
Editing: Oppenheimer
Visual Effects: The Creator

BONUS TIE BREAKER

1. Last person: Harry Belafonte
2. First person: Glenda Jackson
3. Best Picture empty-handed: Past Lives

Here are the rules just in case you guys forgot them:

01. Predict the winners in all 23 categories.

02. You can predict one winner and one OPTIONAL runner-up.

03. A correct prediction with a runner-up gets 2 points, a correct runner-up gets 1 point and a correct prediction with no runner-up gets 3 points.

04. If three or less people correctly predict a category, they will get DOUBLE the points (including runner-up predictions). If you're the ONLY one to correctly predict a category, you get TRIPLE the points. (NOTE: This rule is also applicable to the bonus tie-breaker questions as well)

05. Highest score wins!

06. Deadline for entries/changes would be when the Oscar red carpet show begins!

OPTIONAL BONUS TIE BREAKER POINTS!

01. Who will be the last person in the In Memoriam montage? (three points)

02. Who will be the FIRST person in the In Memoriam montage? (three points)

03. Which Best Picture nominees will go home empty-handed? (it has to be exactly right) (five points)