Thursday, May 1, 2014

Early Oscar Predictions - May 2014

Grain of salt, and all that.

Best Picture
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
Unbroken
Interstellar
Foxcatcher
Big Eyes
Gone Girl
Trash
Wild

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson - Inherent Vice
Angelina Jolie - Unbroken
Christopher Nolan - Interstellar
Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher
David Fincher - Gone Girl

Best Actor
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Joaquin Phoenix - Inherent Vice
Timothy Spall - Mr. Turner
Michael Keaton - Birdman

Best Actress
Meryl Streep - Into the Woods
Amy Adams - Big Eyes
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Rosamond Pike - Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
Vincent Piazza - Jersey Boys
Chris Pine - Into the Woods
Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice
Garrett Hedlund - Unbroken

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt - Into the Woods
Viola Davis - Get on Up
Annette Bening - The Search
Sarah Paulson - Carol
Kiera Knightley - The Imitation Game

Best Original Screenplay
Mike Leigh - Mr. Turner
Grahame Moore - The Imitation Game
Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski - Big Eyes
Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan - Interstellar
J.C. Chandor - A Most Violent Year

Best Adapted Screenplay
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson - Unbroken
E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman - Foxcatcher
Paul Thomas Anderson - Inherent Vice
Gyllian Flynn - Gone Girl
Richard Curtis - Trash

Best Animated Feature
Dean DeBlois - How to Train Your Dragon 2
Phil Lord, Chris Miller - The LEGO Movie
Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi - The Boxtrolls
Don Hall, Chris Williams - Big Hero 6
Tom Moore - Song of the Sea

Best Cinematography
Hoyte Van Hoytema - Interstellar
Roger Deakins - Unbroken
Robert Elswit - Inherent Vice
Jeff Cronenweth - Gone Girl
Bruno Delbonnel - Big Eyes

Best Editing
Kirk Baxter - Gone Girl
Lee Smith - Interstellar
Tim Squyres - Unbroken
Stuart Levy, Conor O'Niell - Foxcatcher
William Goldenberg - The Imitation Game

Best Production Design
Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock - Into the Woods
Dylan Cole, Gary Freeman, Lee Sandales - Maleficent
Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis, Paul Healy - Interstellar
Rick Heinrichs, Shane Vieau - Big Eyes
Arthur Max, Celia Boback - Exodus: Gods and Kings

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood - Into the Woods
Anna B. Sheppard - Maleficent
Gigi Lepage - Grace of Monaco
Mark Bridges - Inherent Vice
Michael O'Connor - Suite française

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat - Unbroken
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar
Danny Elfman - Big Eyes
Clint Mansel - The Imitation Game
Mychael Danna - Foxcatcher

Best Original Song
Begin Again
Annie
The Last Five Years
The LEGO Movie
Into the Woods

Best Sound Mixing
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Gone Girl
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Unbroken

Best Sound Editing
Interstellar
Fury
Gone Girl
The Hobbit: There and Back Again
Godzilla

Best Visual Effects
Interstellar
The Hobbit: There and Back Again
Dawn of the Planet of the Ape
Godzilla
Maleficent

Best Makeup
Peter King - Into the Woods
Arjen Tuiten - Unbroken
Julie Hewett - Get On Up