Friday 21 February 2014

Academy Awards 2014 Predictions



The 2014 Academy Awards are just around the corner - the movie industries night of nights is always one brimming with anticipation, and this year is no different. So, with just under a couple of weeks until the winners are announced, I take a stab at guessing who'll win what in the major categories. 

Note: Not 100% accurate. 40-50% at most.

The films highlighted in purple are my predictions for who will most likely win, those in orange are those that could potentially cause an upset. 


Best Picture

The Wolf of Wall Street

American Hustle (my review)
Captain Phillips (my review)
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity (my review)
The Wolf of Wall Street (my review)
Her (my review)
Nebraska
Philomena (my review)
Twelve Years A Slave (my review)

Best Actor


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

Best Actress


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

Best Supporting Actor


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

Best Supporting Actress


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

Best Director


David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (Twelve Years A Slave)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Cinematography


The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners

12 Years A Slave

Best Costume Design


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

Best Animated Feature


The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest and Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises

Best Original Score


The Book Thief - John Williams
Gravity - Steven Price
Her - William Butler & Owen Pallett
Philomena - Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman

Best Original Song


Happy (Despicable Me 2)
Let It Go (Frozen)
The Moon Song (Her)
Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Best Visual Effects


Gravity 
Gravity

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
The Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into Darkness

Best Original Screenplay


American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay


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


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