Sunday, March 2, 2014

2014 Oscar Predictions

      


Oscar season is upon us.  The 86th Academy Awards airs tonight at 7:00, so let's take a look at who we at Previously Untitled predict to win this year.  Also, don't forget that we will be live tweeting during the event, so please join in on the fun.



BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

AMERICAN HUSTLE
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
GRAVITY
HER
NEBRASKA
PHILOMENA
12 YEARS A SLAVE
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Eli's Pick: Gravity
Josh's Pick:  12 Years A Slave
Paul's Pick: 12 Years a Slave

Upset: American Hustle

Most Deserving: 12 Years a Slave



PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

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


Eli's Pick: Matthew McConaughey
Josh's Pick:  Chiwetel Ejiofor 
Paul's Pick: Alright, alright, alright...Matthew McConaughey 

Upset: Leonardo DiCaprio
Most Deserving: Chiwetel Fjiofor


PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

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


Eli's Pick: Jared Leto (But I'm rooting for Jonah Hill)
Josh's Pick: Jared Leto
Paul's Pick: Jared Leto

Upset: Bradley Cooper
Most Deserving: Jared Leto



PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Amy Adams
AMERICAN HUSTLE
Cate Blanchett
BLUE JASMINE
Sandra Bullock
GRAVITY
Judi Dench
PHILOMENA
Meryl Streep
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY


Eli's Pick: Didn't see many of these but Cate Blanchett. 
Josh's Pick:  Cate Blanchett
Paul's Pick: Cate Blanchett

Upset: Meryl Streep, I guarantee she'll be nominated next year too.
Most Deserving: Cate Blanchett





PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Sally Hawkins
BLUE JASMINE
Jennifer Lawrence 
AMERICAN HUSTLE
Lupita Nyong'o
12 YEARS A SLAVE
Julia Roberts
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
June Squibb
NEBRASKA


Eli's Pick: Lupita Nyong'o
Josh's Pick: Lupita Nyong'o 
Paul's Pick: Lupita Nyong'o

Upset: Jennifer Lawrence
Most Deserving: 
Lupita Nyong'o 


BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

THE CROODS
DESPICABLE ME 2
ERNEST & CELESTINE
FROZEN
THE WIND RISES


Eli's Pick: I honestly haven't seen any of these. I'll go with Frozen though. 
Josh's Pick: Frozen
Paul's Pick: The Wind Rises

Upset: Frozen. Because, I'll be upset if it wins.
Most Deserving: The Wind Rises


ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE GRANDMASTER
Philippe Le Sourd
GRAVITY
Emmanuel Lubezki
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Bruno Delbonnel
NEBRASKA
Phedon Papamichael
PRISONERS
Roger A. Deakins


Eli's Pick: Prisoners
Josh's Pick: Prisoners
Paul's Pick: Roger A. Deakins is the man. 

Upset: Nebraska
Most Deserving: The Grandmaster


ACHIEVEMENT IN 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


Eli's Pick: American Hustle
Josh's Pick: 12 Years A Slave
Paul's Pick: The Grandmaster

Upset: American Hustle
Most Deserving: 12 Years a Slave


ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

David O. Russell
AMERICAN HUSTLE
Alfonso Cuarón
GRAVITY
Alexander Payne
NEBRASKA
Steve McQueen
12 YEARS A SLAVE
Martin Scorsese
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET


Eli's Pick: Martin Scorsese 
Josh's Pick: Alfonso Cuarón 
Paul's Pick: Steve McQueen

Upset: David O. Russell
Most Deserving: Steve McQueen


BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

THE ACT OF KILLING
CUTIE AND THE BOXER
DIRTY WARS
THE SQUARE
20 FEET FROM FREEDOM


Eli's Pick: Again, haven't seen any of these. 
Josh's Pick: The Act of Killing
Paul's Pick: The Act of Killing


BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

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


Eli's Pick: None of these either.
Josh's Pick: The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Paul's Pick: Cavedigger


ACHIEVEMENT IN 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


Eli's Pick: Gravity
Josh's Pick: Gravity
Paul's Pick: Captain Phillips. Nebraska was snubbed in this category.

Upset: American Hustle
Most Deserving: Captain Phillips


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
Belgium
THE GREAT BEAUTY
Italy
THE HUNT
Denmark
THE MISSING PICTURE
Cambodia
OMAR
Palestine 


Eli's Pick: The Great Beauty
Josh's Pick: The Great Beauty
Paul's Pick: Omar


ACHIEVEMENT IN 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


Eli's Pick: Dallas Buyers Club
Josh's Pick: Dallas Buyers Club
Paul's Pick: Dallas Buyers Club


ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)

THE BOOK THIEF
John Williams 
GRAVITY
Steven Price 
HER
William Butler and Owen Pallett 
PHILOMENA
Alexandre Desplat 
SAVING MR. BANKS
Thomas Newman


Eli's Pick: Her
Josh's Pick: The Book Thief
Paul's Pick: Gravity

Upset: Philomena
Most Deserving: Gravity


ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)

Happy
DESPICABLE ME 2
Let It Go
FROZEN
The Moon Song
HER
Ordinary Love
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM


Eli's Pick: Happy 
Josh's Pick: "Let It Go" - Frozen
Paul's Pick: They're not going to get over their hard on for Disney anytime soon. So, that jaunty tune from that snowman movie.

Upset: "Ordinary Love" Mandela Long Walk to Freedom
Most Deserving: "Please, Mr. Kennedy" Inside Lewyn Davis; It was snubbed and deserves to be on this list. 


ACHIEVEMENT IN 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


Eli's Pick: The Great Gatsby (might not have been great but it looked beautiful)
Josh's Pick: American Hustle
Paul's Pick: Gravity

Upset: Her
Most Deserving:12 Years a Slave


BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

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


Eli's Pick: Feral (I like the name)
Josh's Pick: Get A Horse!
Paul's Pick: Mr. Hublot


BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

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


Eli's Pick: Helium (I have no idea, didn't see these either)
Josh's Pick: Helium
Paul's Pick: Helium


ACHIEVEMENT IN 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

Eli's Pick: Gravity
Josh's Pick: Gravity 
Paul's Pick: Gravity


ACHIEVEMENT IN 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


Eli's Pick: Gravity
Josh's Pick: Gravity
Paul's Pick: Gravity


ACHIEVEMENT IN 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


Eli's Pick: Gravity
Josh's Pick: Gravity
Paul's Pick: Gravity...Duh, doy!


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and 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


Eli's Pick: The Wolf of Wall Street
Josh's Pick: 12 Years a Slave
Paul's Pick: 12 Years a Slave

Upset: The Wolf of Wall Street
Most Deserving: 12 Years a Slave




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 and Melisa Wallack
HER
Written by Spike Jonze
NEBRASKA 
Written by Bob Nelson


Eli's Pick: Her
Josh's Pick: Her
Paul's Pick: Her

Upset: American Hustle

Most Deserving: Her. It was the most ORIGINAL screenplay and the most touching. 

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