Thursday, 16 January 2014

Academy Award Predictions 2014

As is the norm for this time of year, I'm going to attempt to predict what will win in each category at the Oscars this year. I may have some slightly checkered luck when it comes to stuff like this but here goes...

Best Picture:

American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena 
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
WINNER: 12 Years A Slave

Director:

David O Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
WINNER: Alfonso Cuarón 

Best Actor:

Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
WINNER: Leonardo DiCaprio

Best Actress:

Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
WINNER: Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor:

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
WINNER: Jared Leto

Best Supporting Actress: 

Sally Hopkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence

Adapted Screenplay:

Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena 
12 Years A Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
WINNER: Philomena 

Original Screenplay:

American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska
WINNER: American Hustle

Animated Feature:

The Croods 
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Ernest & Celestine
The Wind Rises
WINNER: Frozen

Best Foreign Language Film:

The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Missing Picture
Omar
WINNER: The Great Beauty

Production Design:

American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her 
12 Years A Slave
WINNER: Gravity

Cinematography:

The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
WINNER: Gravity

Costume Design:

American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years A Slave
WINNER: The Great Gatsby

Documentary Feature:

The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars 
The Square
20 Feet From Stardom
WINNER: The Act of Killing

Documentary Short:

CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karma Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
WINNER: CaveDigger

Editing:

American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
WINNER: Gravity

Make-up and Hair Styling:

Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
WINNER: Dallas Buyers Club

Original Score:

The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena 
Saving Mr Banks
WINNER: Gravity

Original Song:

Alone Yet Not Alone (Alone Yet Not Alone)
Happy (Despicable Me 2)
Let It Go (Frozen)
The Moon song (Her)
Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
WINNER: Let It Go (Frozen)

Sound Editing:

All Is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lone Survivor
WINNER: Gravity

Sound Mixing:

Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
WINNER: Gravity

Visual Effects:

Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness
WINNER: Gravity

Animated Short:

Feral
Get A Horse!
Mr Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
WINNER: Room on the Broom

Live Action Short:

Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Toute Perdre (Just Before Losing everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa (Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem
WINNER: Helium

So there you have it! Please bare in mind that I haven't actually seen half of these films (especially the shorts) so if I'm waaay off I apologise in advance. Do you agree with my predictions that Gravity will do a Hugo and walk away with all the technical awards? Let me know in the comments below.

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