2014-2015 Awards Season

Cafe Society
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The DGA just announced their nominees:

Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Clint Eastwood, American Sniper
Alejandro Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Now, it’s very rare that the Academy matches with the DGA perfectly (5-for-5). It last happened in 2009 & 2005, but in the last 10 years, 6 of them went 4-for-5 with matching (in 2006, it was 3-for-5, and in 2012, the truly bizarre 2-for-5).

So my guess would be that the two most vulnerable are Eastwood and Tyldum, and the director in the best position to replace one of them is Ana DuVernay (Selma)–though Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), David Fincher (Gone Girl), James Marsh (The Theory of Everything), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), and Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner) shouldn’t be ruled out.

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Selma was a little bit of a surprise, but apparently a lot of DGA members had little opportunity to see the final form of the film:

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Yes, SELMA has been MIA from virtually all the guilds (their Golden Globe showing has been their most substantial presence in the awards run). But screeners did go out to all the Academy members, so they’re hoping the name recognition and buzz will be enough to get the members to pop that DVD in. The rest is out of their control.

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Thanks for the DGA nominations MovieMogul. I’m killing time waiting for Inherent Vice to start, so here’s another Guild.

Cinema Audio Society (CAS) nominations

Motion Picture - Live Action

“American Sniper”
Production Mixer: Walt Martin, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Gregg Rudloff
Re-recording Mixer: John Reitz
Scoring Mixer: Robert Fernandez
ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell
Foley Mixer: James Ashwell

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
Production Mixer: Thomas Varga
Re-recording Mixer: Jon Taylor, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño
Scoring Mixer: Gustavo Borner
ADR Mixer: Jason Oliver
Foley Mixer: John Sanacore, CAS

“Guardians of the Galaxy”
Production Mixer: Simon Hayes, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Lora Hirschberg
Re-recording Mixer: Christopher Boyes
Scoring Mixer: Gustavo Borner
ADR Mixer: Doc Kane
Foley Mixer: Chris Manning

“Interstellar”
Production Mixer: Mark Weingarten, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Gary A. Rizzo, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Gregg Landaker
Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson, CAS
ADR Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell
Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang, CAS

“Unbroken”
Production Mixer: David Lee
Re-recording Mixer: Jon Taylor, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Frank A. Montaño
Scoring Mixer: Jonathan Allen
ADR Mixer: Paul Drenning, CAS
Foley Mixer: John Guentner
Motion Picture - Animated

“Big Hero 6”
Original Dialogue Mixer: Gabriel Guy, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: David E. Fluhr, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Gabriel Guy, CAS
Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson, CAS
Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang, CAS

“The Boxtrolls”
Original Dialogue Mixer – Carlos Sotolongo
Re-recording Mixer: Tom Myers
Re-recording Mixer: Ren Klyce
Re-recording Mixer: Nathan Nance
Scoring Mixer: Nick Wollage
Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang, CAS

“How to Train Your Dragon 2”
Original Dialogue Mixer: Tighe Sheldon
Re-recording Mixer: Randy Thom, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Re-recording Mixer: Brandon Proctor
Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Foley Mixer: Corey Tyler

“The LEGO Movie”
Original Dialogue Mixer: Thomas J. O’Connell
Re-recording Mixer: Michael Semanick, CAS
Re-recording Mixer: Gregg Rudloff
Re-recording Mixer: Wayne Pashley
Scoring Mixer: Brad Haehnel
Foley Mixer: John Simpson

“Penguins of Madagascar”
Original Dialogue Mixer: Tighe Sheldon
Re-recording Mixer: Paul N.J. Ottosson, CAS
Scoring Mixer: Dennis Sands, CAS
Foley Mixer: Randy K. Singer, CAS
Read more at http://m.hitfix.com/in-contention/cinema-audio-society-nominees-include-birdman-guardians-and-interstellar#wlkM6Ug1Kxf3jjzV.99

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Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations

They have a shitton of categories, so I’m putting the whole bunch in spoilers. Please forgive any mistakes or dups. I did all this copying and pasting on my mobile, and it was not easy.

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Joe Letteri
Ryan Stafford
Matt Kutcher
Dan Lemmon
Hannah Blanchini

Guardians of the Galaxy
Stephane Ceretti
Susan Pickett
Jonathan Fawkner
Nicolas Aithadi
Paul Corbould

Interstellar
Paul Franklin
Kevin Elam
Ann Podlozny
Andrew Lockley
Scott Fisher

Maleficent
Carey Villegas
Barrie Hemsley
Adam Valdez
Kelly Port
Michael Dawson

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Joe Letteri
David Conley
Eric Saindon
Kevin Sherwood
Steve Ingram

X-Men: Days of Future Past
Richard Stammers
Blondel Aidoo
Lou Pecora
Anders Langlands
Cameron Waldbauer
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Ara Khanikian
Ivy Agregan
Sebastien Moreau
Isabelle Langlois

Divergent
Jim Berney
Greg Baxter
Matt Dessero

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gabriel Sanchez
Jenny Foster
Simon Weisse
Jan Burda

The Imitation Game
Stuart Bullen
Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor
Simon Rowe

Unbroken
Bill George
Steve Gaub
Erin Dusseault
Dave Morley
Brian Cox
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6
Don Hall
Chris Williams
Roy Conli
Zach Parrish

How to Train Your Dragon 2
Bonnie Arnold
Dean DeBlois
Dave Walvoord
Simon Otto

Rio 2
Carlos Saldanha
Bruce Anderson
John C. Donkin
Kirk Garfield

The Boxtrolls
Travis Knight
Anthony Stacchi
Graham Annable
Brad Schiff

The Lego Movie
Chris McKay
Amber Naismith
Jim Dodd
David Williams

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Caesar
Paul Story
Eteuati Tema
Andrea Merlo
Emiliano Padovani

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Koba
Daniel Barrett
Alessandro Bonora
Mark Edward Allen
Masaya Suzuki

Guardians of the Galaxy; Rocket
Kevin Spruce
Rachel Williams
Laurie Brugger
Mark Wilson

Maleficent; Thistlewit
Darren Hendler
Matthias Wittmann
Jeremy Buttell
Elliot Rosenstein
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6; Baymax
Colin Eckart
John Kahwaty
Zach Parrish
Zack Petroc

How to Train Your Dragon 2; Hiccup
Jakob Hjort Jensen
Fabio Lignini
Stephen Candell
Hongseo Park

Rio 2; Gabi
Jason Sadler
Ignacio Barrios
Drew Winey
Diana Diriwaechter

The Boxtrolls; Archibald Snatcher
Travis Knight
Jason Stalman
Michael Laubach
Kyle Williams
Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Triskelion Headquarters
Johan Thorngren
Greg Kegel
Quentin Marmier
Luis Calero

Interstellar; Tesseract
Tom Bracht
Graham Page
Thomas Døhlen
Kirsty Clark

Lucy; Times Square
Richard Bluff
Steve Bevins
Steve DeLuca
Tiffany Yung

Noah; Antediluvian Earth
Grady Cofer
Dan Wheaton
Susumu Yukuhiro
Ben O’Brien
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6; Into the Portal
Ralf Habel
David Hutchins
Michael Kaschalk
Olun Riley

How to Train Your Dragon 2; Oasis
Sun Yoon
Liang-Yuan Wang
Ted Davis
Shannon Thomas

The Book of Life; Magical Land of the Remembered
Glo Minaya
Amy Chen
Sean McEwan
Jeff Masters

The Boxtrolls; Boxtroll Cavern
Curt Enderle
Rob DeSue
Emily Greene
Jesse Gregg
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Keith Miller
Jonathan Paquin
Alessandro Saponi
David Houghton Williams

Edge of Tomorrow; Beach and Paris Attacks
Albert Cheng
Jose Enrique Astacio Jr.
Michael Havart
Dion Beebe

Interstellar; Tesseract
Faraz Hameed
Stephen Painter
Hoyte van Hoytema
Dorian Knapp

X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene
Austin Bonang
Casey Schatz
Dennis Jones
Newton Thomas Sigel
Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project

Big Hero 6; City of San Fransokyo
Brett Achorn
Minh Duong
Scott Watanabe
Larry Wu

The Boxtrolls; Mecha-Drill
Tom McClure
Oliver Jones
Raul Martinez

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; Laketown
Leslie Chan
Alastair Mayer
Niklas Preston
Justin Stockton

Transformers: Age of Extinction; Knightship
Landis Fields
John Goodson
Anthony Rispoli
Dae Han
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Helicarrier Broadside and Crash
Dan Pearson
Sheldon Serrao
Jose Burgos
Eric Jennings

Edge of Tomorrow; Destruction and Sand
Steve Avoujageli
Pawel Grochola
Atsushi Ikarashi
Paul Waggoner

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Jon Allitt
David Caeiro
Ronnie Menahem

X-Men: Days of Future Past; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen
Adam Paschke
Premamurti Paetsch
Sam Hancock
Timmy Lundin
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture

Big Hero 6
Henrik Falt
David Hutchins
Michael Kaschalk
John Kosnik

How to Train Your Dragon 2; The Battle
Spencer Knapp
Baptiste Van Opstal
Lucas Janin
Jason Mayer

The Boxtrolls
Kent Estep
Peter Stuart
Ralph Procida
Timur Khodzhaev

The Lego Movie
Carsten Kolve
Jayandera Danappal
Matt Ebb
Miles Green
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Christoph Salzmann
Florian Schroeder
Quentin Hema
Simone Riginelli

Edge of Tomorrow; Beach
Craig Wentworth
Matthew Welford
Marie Victoria Denoga
Frank Fieser

Interstellar; Water
Raphael Hamm
Isaac Layish
Sebastian Von Overheidt
Tristan Myles

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Simon Jung
Ben Roberts
Matthew Adams
Jordan Schilling

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Essentially, the Oscar is between Interstellar and Apes, and just like its predecessor Rise lost to the inferior Hugo, the deserving Dawn is likely to lose to its more high-minded competition.

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Reminder: Tomorrow morning 5:30am PST is the Oscar announcements.

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Critics Choice Awards. Winners in Bold are also nominated for an Oscar

Best Picture – “Boyhood”
Best Actor – Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Best Actress – Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Best Young Actor/Actress – Ellar Coltrane, “Boyhood”
Best Acting Ensemble – “Birdman”
Best Director – Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Best Original Screenplay – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo, “Birdman”
Best Adapted Screenplay – Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl”
Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”
Best Art Direction – Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator), “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Editing – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione, “Birdman”
Best Costume Design – Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Best Hair & Makeup – “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Best Visual Effects – “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
Best Animated Feature – “The Lego Movie”
Best Action Movie – “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Best Actor in an Action Movie – Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Best Actress in an Action Movie – Emily Blunt, “Edge of Tomorrow”
Best Comedy – “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
**Best Actor in a Comedy – Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
**Best Actress in a Comedy – Jenny Slate, “Obvious Child”
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie – “Interstellar”
Best Foreign Language Film – “Force Majeure”
Best Documentary Feature – “Life Itself”
Best Song – “Glory”, Common and John Legend, “Selma”
Best Score – Antonio Sanchez, “Birdman”

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I can’t find it online (huh, I wonder why…), but the SJ Merc had as a front page headline today:

“And the Oscar for Best Caucasian goes to…” and then a list of all the best actor/supporting actor and best actress/supporting actress nominees. Did I just say “actress”?

I actually thought it was kind of funny, but I guess it created a bit of a stir.

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Bump for a big awards weekend.

Tomorrow is the Producers Guild awards–the winner of this the last 7 years went on to win the Best Picture Oscar.

Then Sunday, the Screen Actors Guild awards, which can usually be counted on to accurately predict at least 3 of the 4 individual acting categories as well.

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We have a race! The Producers Guild went for Birdman. Their Documentary award went to the Roger Ebert doc Life Itself. The Animated went to The LEGO Movie. Neither of those were nominated for Oscaars.

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Screen Actors Guild WINNERS:

Birdman: Ensemble

Julianne Moore - Actress (Still Alice)

Eddie Redmayne - Actor (The Theory of Everything)

Patricia Arquette - Supporting Actress (Boyhood)

J.K. Simmons - Supporting Actor (Whiplash)

I believe I need to re-think my Oscar predictions.

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I am loving this surge for Birdman! I like when it’s an actual race for the top awards and not one picture dominating all the pre-Oscar awards. (Plus Birdman is my favorite of the nominees, though I have yet to see Boyhood.)

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It’s interesting because the Oscars usually play it safe and the two front-runners are definitely not safe choices. BOYHOOD is a 12-year experiment with a movie that’s almost 3 hours long and essentially plotless (though that doesn’t mean it’s not rich in character and incident). BIRDMAN is an audacious technical experiment, translating the one-take conceit into a psychological motif that is gimmicky or gutsy (YMMV) but a genuine production marvel that also sings the praises of the misanthropic artist. Neither falls into any easy category of Awards Bait and both fall well outside the typical Oscar template. Which of the two will AMPAS choose? Or will they go with the safe fallback, THE IMITATION GAME (which, with acting, directing, writing, and editing nods, has all the standard prerequisite for a win while following a more traditional storyline)? The DGA is the last remaining significant precursor so that may either seal the deal (if Inarritu wins) or mix it up more (if Linklater takes it). Either way, it should be interesting, even if most of the acting awards are foregone conclusions.

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Most recent Guild winners plus the Scripters.

Art Directors Guild (ADG) WINNERS (and nominations)

[spoiler]

NOMINEES FOR EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A FEATURE FILM IN 2014:

Period Film

INHERENT VICE
Production Designer: DAVID CRANK

WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN

THE IMITATION GAME
Production Designer: MARIA DJURKOVIC

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Production Designer: JOHN PAUL KELLY

UNBROKEN
Production Designer: JON HUTMAN
Fantasy Film

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Production Designer: PETER WENHAM

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Production Designer: JAMES CHINLUND

WINNER: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Production Designer: CHARLES WOOD

INTERSTELLAR
Production Designer: NATHAN CROWLEY

INTO THE WOODS
Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER
Contemporary Film

AMERICAN SNIPER
Production Designers: JAMES J. MURAKAMI, CHARISSE CARDENAS

WINNER: BIRDMAN
Production Designer: KEVIN THOMPSON

FOXCATCHER
Production Designer: JESS GONCHOR

GONE GIRL
Production Designer: DONALD GRAHAM BURT

NIGHTCRAWLER
Production Designer: KEVIN KAVANAUGH[/spoiler]
**American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie ** WINNERS (and nominations)

[spoiler]BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):

American Sniper
Joel Cox, ACE & Gary Roach, ACE

WINNER: Boyhood
Sandra Adair, ACE

Gone Girl
Kirk Baxter, ACE

The Imitation Game
William Goldenberg, ACE

Nightcrawler
John Gilroy, ACE

Whiplash
Tom Cross

There are 6 nominees because there was a tie. No one’s saying who tied what.

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):

Birdman
Douglas Crise & Stephen Mirrione, ACE

Guardians of the Galaxy
Fred Raskin, Hughes Winborne, ACE & Craig Wood, ACE

Into the Woods
Wyatt Smith

Inherent Vice
Leslie Jones, ACE

WINNER: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Barney Pilling

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Big Hero 6
Tim Mertens

The Boxtrolls
Edie Ichioka, ACE



WINNER: The Lego Movie
David Burrows & Chris McKay

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):

WINNER: Citizenfour
Mathilde Bonnefoy

Finding Vivian Maier
Aaron Wickenden

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Elisa Bonora

[/spoiler]

USC Scripter Awards WINNER (and nominees-they only honor Adapted screenplays)

[spoiler]

Gone Girl, adapted by Gillian Flynn from her novel of the same name

WINNER: The Imitation Game, adapted by Graham Moore from Andrew Hodges’ book Alan Turing: The Enigma

Inherent Vice, adapted by Paul Thomas Anderson from Thomas Pynchon’s novel of the same name

The Theory of Everything, adapted by Andrew McCarten from Jane Hawking’s Traveling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen

Wild, adapted by Nick Hornby from Cheryl Strayed’s memoir of the same name[/spoiler]

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Just so we have them in this thread, here were the Golden Globes winners, using Maserschmidt’s original list.

2015 Golden Globes WINNERS (and nominees, feature film)

[spoiler]

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

WINNER: BOYHOOD
FOXCATCHER
THE IMITATION GAME
SELMA
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

JENNIFER ANISTON - CAKE
FELICITY JONES - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
WINNER: JULIANNE MOORE - STILL ALICE
ROSAMUND PIKE - GONE GIRL
REESE WITHERSPOON - WILD

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

STEVE CARELL - FOXCATCHER
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH - THE IMITATION GAME
JAKE GYLLENHAAL - NIGHTCRAWLER
DAVID OYELOWO - SELMA
WINNER: EDDIE REDMAYNE - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BIRDMAN
WINNER: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
INTO THE WOODS
PRIDE
ST. VINCENT
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

WINNER: AMY ADAMS - BIG EYES
EMILY BLUNT - INTO THE WOODS
HELEN MIRREN - THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY
JULIANNE MOORE - MAPS TO THE STARS
QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS - ANNIE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

RALPH FIENNES THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
WINNER: MICHAEL KEATON BIRDMAN
BILL MURRAY ST. VINCENT
JOAQUIN PHOENIX INHERENT VICE
CHRISTOPH WALTZ BIG EYES

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BIG HERO 6
THE BOOK OF LIFE
THE BOXTROLLS
WINNER: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
THE LEGO MOVIE
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

FORCE MAJEURE TURIST (SWEDEN)
GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE (ISRAEL)
AMSALEM GETT
IDA (POLAND/DENMARK)
WINNER: LEVIATHAN (RUSSIA)
TANGERINES MANDARIINID (ESTONIA)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

WINNER: PATRICIA ARQUETTE BOYHOOD
JESSICA CHASTAIN A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY THE IMITATION GAME
EMMA STONE BIRDMAN
MERYL STREEP INTO THE WOODS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

ROBERT DUVALL THE JUDGE
ETHAN HAWKE BOYHOOD
EDWARD NORTON BIRDMAN
MARK RUFFALO FOXCATCHER
WINNER: J.K. SIMMONS WHIPLASH

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
AVA DUVERNAY SELMA
DAVID FINCHER GONE GIRL
ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN
WINNER: RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
GILLIAN FLYNN GONE GIRL
WINNER: ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN
RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD
GRAHAM MOORE THE IMITATION GAME

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT THE IMITATION GAME
WINNER: JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
TRENT REZNOR, GONE GIRL
ANTONIO SANCHEZ BIRDMAN
HANS ZIMMER INTERSTELLAR

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“BIG EYES” — BIG EYES
WINNER: “GLORY” — SELMA
“MERCY IS” — NOAH
“OPPORTUNITY” — ANNIE
“YELLOW FLICKER BEAT” — THE HUNGER GAMES [/spoiler]

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Bumping because both the DGA and the BAFTAs are this weekend. While the former is an important precursor (none has been a more reliable predictor of its category in the last 70 years), the BAFTAs you have to take with a grain of salt because the memberships overlap a little but don’t necessarily represent momentum. Still, it’s always nice when awards get to spread the wealth a little.

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Also, the Visual Effects Society awards came out. Again, not a great precursor (VFX professionals have very different standards than regular Academy membership) but still interesting:

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: Big Hero 6

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: Birdman

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal/Live Action Motion Media Project: X-Men: Days of Future Past; Kitchen Scene

Outstanding Models in any Motion Media Project: Big Hero 6; City of San Fransokyo

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: Big Hero 6; Into the Portal

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: Interstellar; Tesseract

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: X-Men: Days of Future Past; Quicksilver Pentagon Kitchen

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: Big Hero 6

Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture: Big Hero 6; Baymax

Outstanding Performance of an Animated Character in a Photoreal/Live Action Feature Motion Picture: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Caesar

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Thanks for the VES winners Movie Mogul.

The Directors Guild (DGA) chose Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman.

The BAFTAS were today though it’s only now airing so I won’t list the winners. Here’s a blog with the winners. BAFTAs Offer Oscar Clues as ‘Boyhood’ Scores 3 Big Wins UPDATED – IndieWire

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BAFTA winners (films marked with * are NOT up for the Oscar in that category)

BEST FILM: BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland
DIRECTOR: BOYHOOD Richard Linklater
LEADING ACTRESS: JULIANNE MOORE Still Alice
LEADING ACTOR: EDDIE REDMAYNE The Theory of Everything
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: PATRICIA ARQUETTE Boyhood
SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. SIMMONS Whiplash
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Anthony McCarten
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson
EDITING: WHIPLASH Tom Cross
CINEMATOGRAPHY: BIRDMAN Emmanuel Lubezki
PRODUCTION DESIGN: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock
COSTUME DESIGN: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Milena Canonero
ORIGINAL MUSIC: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Alexandre Desplat
SOUND: WHIPLASH Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins, Craig Mann
MAKE UP & HAIR: THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Frances Hannon
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS: INTERSTELLAR Paul Franklin, Scott Fisher, Andrew Lockley

  • ANIMATED FILM: THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
    DOCUMENTARY: CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras
    FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IDA Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska
    BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION: THE BIGGER PICTURE Chris Hees, Daisy Jacobs, Jennifer Majka
    BRITISH SHORT FILM: BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM Brian J. Falconer, Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney