Tuesday, January 24, 2017

89th Annual Oscar Nominations, 2017.



Best Picture:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight” 

Best Actor:

Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”
Denzel Washington, “Fences”

Best Actress:

Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”  (fingers crossed)
Ruth Negga, “Loving”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”  (my 2nd choice)
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

Best Supporting Actor:

Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Lucas Hedges, “Manchester by the Sea”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals”(fingers crossed)

Best Supporting Actress:
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”

Best Director:

“Arrival,” Denis Villeneuve
“Hacksaw Ridge,” Mel Gibson
“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle
“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan
“Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins

Best Original Screenplay:

“Hell or High Water,” Taylor Sheridan
“La La Land,” Damien Chazelle
“The Lobster,” Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
“Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan (fingers crossed!)
“20th Century Women,” Mike Mills 

Best Adapted Screenplay:

“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hidden Figures”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”

Best Foreign Language Film:

“Land of Mine”
“A Man Called Ove”
“The Salesman”
“Tanna”
“Toni Erdmann”

Best Cinematography: 

“Arrival” (fingers crossed)
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Silence”

Best Costume Design:

“Allied”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Florence Foster Jenkins” (Hope it wins, but prob won't)
“Jackie”
“La La Land”

Best Original Score:

”Jackie,” Mica Levi
“La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz
“Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
“Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell
“Passengers,” Thomas Newman

Best Animated Feature Film:

“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“The Red Turtle”
“Zootopia”

Best Documentary Feature: 

“Fire at Sea” (a totally worthy win, but OJ was far greater in scale)
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Life Animated”
“O.J.: Made in America” (Fingers crossed!)
“13th”

Best Documentary Short Subject: 

“Extremis”
“4.1 Miles”
“Joe’s Violin”
“Watani: My Homeland”
“The White Helmets”

Best Film Editing:

“Arrival”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“Moonlight”

p.s. 'Manchester By The Sea' now places Amazon.com on the map with this Oscar nomination and changes the game as far as streaming sites like Amazon and Netflix are concerned, regarding the future of our film production industry. We officially live in a streaming cloud virtual world. wow. and nuts.