Friday, January 16, 2015

My 2015 Oscar Picks

I have not seen many of the films that have been nominated this year. That being the case I have complied a best guess for who I believe the winners may be based on previous performances and audience appeal.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
The Theory of Everything
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Big Hero 6
Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Leviathan (Russia)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Theory of Everything
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Nightcrawler
Written by Dan Gilroy

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Emmanuel Lubezki

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Maleficent
Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CitizenFour
Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Joanna
Aneta Kopacz

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Barney Pilling

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Guardians of the Galaxy
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Interstellar
Hans Zimmer

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie
Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson

ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
Interstellar
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
The Dam Keeper
Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Boogaloo and Graham
Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Interstellar
Richard King

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Whiplash
Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould

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