31.1.14

Academy Awards Contest ~ Take 5

Okeh, let's go people.  It's Oscar contest time again.  Copy the entire ballot into a comment and erase all but your pick for each category.  I'll count 'em up and we'll see who reigns supreme!

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

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

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Best Director
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

Best Adapted Screenplay
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater (Before Midnight
)
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street
)
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)

Best Original Screenplay
David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle)
Bob Nelson (Nebraska)
Spike Jonze (Her)
Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)

Best Foreign Film
Denmark, The Hunt
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown
Italy, The Great Beauty
Palestine, Omar
Cambodia, The Missing Picture

Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
Dirty Wars
The Square
Cutie and the Boxer

Best Animated Feature
The Wind Rises
Frozen
Despicable Me 2
The Croods
Ernest & Celestine

Film Editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave

Best 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)

Best Original Score
John Williams (The Book Thief)
Steven Price (Gravity)
Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)
Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)
William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)

Best Cinematography
Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster)
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)
Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)
Roger Deakins (Prisoners)
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

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

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

Short Film, Live Action
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
Helium
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
The Voorman Problem

Short Film, Animated
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom

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


Best Perm and/or Comb-over

Best Dental Implants

4 comments:

  1. Best Picture
    12 Years a Slave

    Best Actor
    Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)

    Best Actress
    Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

    Best Supporting Actor
    Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

    Best Supporting Actress
    June Squibb (Nebraska)

    Best Director
    Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street
)

    Best Original Screenplay
    Spike Jonze (Her)

    Best Foreign Film
    Denmark, The Hunt

    Best Documentary Feature
    The Act of Killing

    Best Animated Feature
    Frozen

    Film Editing
    American Hustle

    Best Song
    "Ordinary Love" (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

    Best Original Score
    John Williams (The Book Thief)

    Best Cinematography
    Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)

    Costume Design
    The Great Gatsby

    Visual Effects
    Gravity

    Short Film, Live Action
    Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)

    Short Film, Animated
    Mr. Hublot

    Documentary Short Subject
    Facing Fear

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  2. Best Picture
    12 Years a Slave


    Best Actor
    Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)

    Best Actress
    Judi Dench (Philomena)


    Best Supporting Actor
    Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

    Best Supporting Actress
    Jennifer Lawrence

    Best Director
    Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)


    Best Original Screenplay
    David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle)


    Best Foreign Film
    Denmark, The Hunt


    Best Documentary Feature
    The Act of Killing


    Best Animated Feature
    Frozen


    Film Editing
    American Hustle


    Best Song
    "Let It Go" (Frozen)

    Best Original Score
    Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)


    Best Cinematography
    Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)

    Costume Design
    The Great Gatsby


    Visual Effects
    Gravity

    Short Film, Live Action
    Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)


    Short Film, Animated
    Get a Horse!


    Documentary Short Subject
    Karama Has No Walls

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  3. Best Picture
    12 Years a Slave

    Best Actor
    Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

    Best Actress
    Amy Adams (American Hustle)

    Best Supporting Actor
    Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

    Best Supporting Actress
    Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

    Best Director
    Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street
)

    Best Original Screenplay
    Spike Jonze (Her)

    Best Foreign Film
    Denmark, The Hunt

    Best Documentary Feature
    The Act of Killing

    Best Animated Feature
    Frozen

    Film Editing
    Gravity

    Best Song
    "Let It Go" (Frozen)

    Best Original Score
    Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)

    Best Cinematography
    Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)

    Costume Design
    American Hustle

    Visual Effects
    Gravity

    Short Film, Live Action
    Helium

    Short Film, Animated
    Feral

    Documentary Short Subject
    Karama Has No Walls

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  4. We all medaled!

    CGBronze Medal: Mark (7)
    VirtuaSilver Medal: Liz (8)
    DigiGold Medal: yours truly (12)

    Thanks for playing this year, loyal people! Check back in Feb. 2015 and we'll do it again.
    That's a wrap.

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