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1/23/2018

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Oscar Nominations 2018
By Daniel Howat

​​The day is finally here! After a long, contentious season, the nominees for the 90th Academy Awards were unveiled today. Up until a few short weeks ago, Best Picture was still wide open. Today’s nominations clarified things, but we still have many questions.

​Let’s take a look at snubs, surprises, and what was just as expected.

Snub - "The Florida Project" (Across The Board)

​“The Florida Project” only scored one nomination: Best Supporting Actor for Willem Dafoe. For a while, it seemed as though the film had enough support to push it into some keys categories. Many cited Lenny Abrahamson’s Best Director nomination for “Room” as evidence that Sean Baker could do the same thing this year. In the end, that was too close of a comparison. It couldn’t even break into a crowd of nine Best Picture nominees, for passionate fans of “The Florida Project” like myself, this was the biggest bummer of the morning.

Snub - Martin McDonagh (Best Director)

​An even bigger miss in Best Director: Martin McDonagh for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”. Though “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” has been vying for the Best Picture win with “The Shape of Water," this is a huge miss. The film did score a whopping seven nominations, including Best Original Screenplay and three acting nominations. Still, winning Best Picture without a Best Director nomination will be tough. “Argo” did it just a few years ago, but that was the first one since “Driving Miss Daisy” in 1989. With “Argo” there was significant blowback when Affleck missed the nomination, propelling the film to the win. It doesn’t seem the same will happen with McDonagh. “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” took a hit here, but with nine nominations and a SAG Ensemble win, it’s absolutely not out of the race.

Surprise - "Phantom Thread"

Phantom Thread
​Instead of Martin McDonagh, “Phantom Thread” director Paul Thomas Anderson scored a surprising Best Director nomination. The film overperformed this morning with six nominations. It got into Best Picture, Score, and even the surprise nomination for Lesley Manville in Best Supporting Actress. The Academy loved this film a lot more than was expected. It’s even more surprising that “Phantom Thread” managed a Best Director nomination but not one for its Screenplay, which seems to have been getting more love from the precursors.

As Expected - "The Shape Of Water"

​It came as no surprise when “The Shape of Water” scored a massive 13 nominations, just one shy of tying the record. Picture, Director, Screenplay, three acting nominations, and plenty of tech categories. It only really missed in one surprising category: Visual Effects. Winning Best Picture without a SAG ensemble nod hasn’t happened since 1995, the first year of the SAG Awards, so that’s a tough miss for “The Shape of Water” to overcome. Still, after its PGA and Critics’ Choice wins, along with these 13 nominations, the film is in great shape (pun intended) and is looking at frontrunner status.

Snub - James Franco (Best Actor)

​Though Best Actor had been narrowed to a solid five for weeks now, sexual assault allegations broke against James Franco during the last two days of Oscar voting. It was unclear whether they surfaced in time to stop Franco’s nomination for “The Disaster Artist." As it turns out, they did. Franco missed the nomination. Timothee Chalamet, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Kaluuya, and Gary Oldman have been long-expected as our nominees, and they made it. In Franco’s place was Denzel Washington. For many, that’s a disappointing replacement for Franco. Washington is a legend, but “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” was underwhelming all around. Fans of Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Hanks will be upset that he passed them over.

Surprise - "Mudbound"

Mudbound
​“Mudbound” may not have broken into the Best Picture field, but it scored a solid four nominations: Best Cinematography, Adapted Screenplay, and Original Song and Supporting Actress for Mary J. Blige. Though it still seems fair to blame Netflix for a poor campaign and burying the film, they finally got their first nominations outside the Documentary categories. Mary J. Blige became the first person nominated in for acting and songwriting for the same film in the same year. Rachel Morrison became the first female ever nominated for Best Cinematography. Both are huge accomplishments.

As Expected - "Lady Bird" & "Get Out"

​While it wasn’t a surprise, “Get Out” and “Lady Bird” scored some big nominations. Both films scored nominations for Picture, Director, and Original Screenplay, along with nominations for their leads (Daniel Kaluuya and Saoirse Ronan, respectively). Lady Bird also received a Supporting Actress nomination for Laurie Metcalf. With their Best Director nominations, Jordan Peele became only the fifth black person nominated there, while Greta Gerwig became only the fifth woman ever nominated. With nominations for producing, directing, and writing, Peele becomes only the third person to receive those nominations on their first film. Neither film fits the traditional awards mould, so it’s spectacular to see these nominations.

Snub - "Wonder Woman" (Across The Board)

​Despite a nomination at the PGA Awards, “Wonder Woman” didn’t receive a single nomination today. It really only had a shot at a Best Picture nomination, or potentially one for Adapted Screenplay, but couldn’t break in. It will have to settle with huge box office and critical acclaim. Instead, “Logan” became the first ever superhero film nominated for Adapted Screenplay, something not even “The Dark Knight” was able to do.

Snub - Armie Hammer/Michael Stuhlbarg (Best Supporting Actor)

Call Me By Your Name
​Early in the season, it appeared that “Call Me By Your Name” would score two nominations for Best Supporting Actor, with both Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg in contention. No film had received two Best Supporting Actor nominations since “Bugsy” in 1991. In the end, neither Hammer nor Stuhlbarg could break in. “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” got there instead, with both Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson making the cut. Still, Stuhlbarg is in great shape: he’s only the sixth person to star in three Best Picture nominees in the same year. The last person to do it? John C. Reilly in 2002.

Surprise - Best Animated Feature

​As it turns out, the new Academy rules for Animated Feature nominations did end up affecting this year’s crop. In prior years, the nominations came only from members of the Animation Branch. This year, the category was open to members of any branch. It resulted in more mainstream films of lesser quality. “Coco," “The Breadwinner," and “Loving Vincent” are acclaimed and made the cut, but they were joined by “The Boss Baby” and “Ferdinand”. That certainly wasn’t expected, especially at the expense of “The LEGO Batman Movie” and “Mary and the Witch’s Flower”.

Snub - "Jane" (Best Documentary)

​Despite a win from PGA and frontrunner status, “Jane” missed out on a Best Documentary Feature nomination. It seemed like it would win the whole thing. “City of Ghosts” joined it on the outside looking in. Netflix managed two nominations here for “Icarus” and “Strong Island”, with “Face Places," “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”, and “Last Men In Aleppo” rounding out the field.

As Expected - The Tech Categories

Dunkirk
​The tech awards held very few surprises. “Dunkirk” did very well there, scoring nine nominations in all, including Best Picture and Director. “Blade Runner 2049” received five, all in tech categories, along with "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" with four nominations. “Baby Driver” nabbed three, with both Sound categories and Best Editing. Visual Effects had a few shocks, with “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2” making the cut, along with the bigger surprise of “Kong: Skull Island." These were at the expense of “Dunkirk” and “The Shape of Water."

Snub - "The Big Sick"

Finally, some of the saddest snubs of the morning were for “The Big Sick." It scored a lone nomination for Best Original Screenplay. That’s a fantastic achievement for the film, but it was disappointing to see it miss out on Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Holly Hunter. Still, “Oscar nominee Kumail Nanjiani” has a nice ring to it.

There’s plenty of time for this race to shift in the weeks to come. Without a guaranteed frontrunner, it’s still anyone’s game. We will be updating our Oscar Predictions page soon to reflect the nominations and give you our predictions. Keep an eye on Next Best Picture as we cover everything leading up to the Academy Awards on March 4th.
You can follow Daniel and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @howatdk
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    ​BEST PICTURE
    Get Out (15) - AFCA, AFCC, AAFCA, BOFCA, BRA, KCFCC, NCFCA, OFCC, OFCS, PFFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, SFCS, SPIRIT, WAFCA
    Lady Bird (10) - CFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, GFCA, GG, HFCS, IFJA, NSFC, NYFCC, VFCC
    The Shape Of Water (9) - AWFJ, CC, DFWFCA, LAOFCS, OSCAR, PCC, PFCS, PGA, StLFCA
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri (8) - AACTA, BAFTA, GG, LFCC, LVFCS, NFCS, PCC, SAG
    The Florida Project (4) - DFCSA, NYFCO, SFFCC, TFCA
    Call Me By Your Name (3) - GALECA, IFP, LAFCA
    Dunkirk (2) - DFCC, FFCC
    Mudbound (2) - BFCC, NYFCO
    The Post (2) - NBR, NTFCA
    Detroit - NAACP

    A Ghost Story - UFCA
    Girls Trip - NAACP
    Logan - CIFCC

    Phantom Thread - BSFC

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Guillermo del Toro (18) - AFCA, AWFJ, BAFTA, CC, DFWFCA, DGA, GG, KCFCC, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LVFCS, NFCS, NTFCA, OSCAR, PFCS, SFCA, SFFCC, StLFCA
    ​
    Greta Gerwig (10) - COFCA, GALECA, GFCA,HFCS, IFJA, LAOFCS, NBR, NSFC, SDFCS, TFCA​
    Christopher Nolan (10) - AACTA, AFCC, DFCC, CFCA, FFCC, OFCS, PCC, SFCS, UFCA, WAFCA

    Jordan Peele (10) - AAFCA, BFCC, BRA, CIFCC, IFP, NAACP, NCFCA, OFCC, PFCC, SPIRIT
    Sean Baker (3) - DFCSA, LFCC, NYFCC
    Paul Thomas Anderson (3) - BOFCA, BSFC, VFCC
    ​Luca Guadagnino - LAFCA
    Dee Rees - NYFCO

    BEST ACTOR
    Gary Oldman (23) - AACTA, AWFJ, BAFTA, BFCC, CC, CIFCC, COFCA, DFWFCA, GG, LAOFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, OSCAR, PFCS, SAG, SFCA, StLFCA, WAFCA, WFCC
    Timothee Chalamet (12) - AFCA, AFCC, BOFCA, CFCA, 
    FFCC, GALECA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LFCC, NYFCC, PCC, SPIRIT
    Daniel Kaluuya (8) - AAFCA, BRA, BSFC, CIFCC, GFCA, LVFCS, NAACP, NSFC
    James Franco (7) - CC, DFCC, DFCSA, GG, HFCS, IFP, NFCS

    Daniel Day-Lewis (4) - PFCC, SFCS, TFCA, VFCC
    Andy Serkis (2) - SFFCC, UFCA
    Harry Dean Stanton - IFJA

    Tom Hanks - NBR
    James McAvoy - SDFCS


    BEST ACTRESS
    ​Frances McDormand (21) - AAFCA, AFCA, AWFJ, BAFTA, BFCC, BOFCA, CC, DFCSA, GG, LFCC, LVFCS, NTFCA, OSCAR, PCC, PFCS, SAG, SPIRIT, StLFCA, TFCA, WAFCA, WFCC
    ​
    Sally Hawkins (19) - AFCC, BSFC, COFCA, DFWFCA, GALECA, HFCS, KCFCC, LAFCA, LAOFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, NSFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, UFCA
    Saoirse Ronan (9) - CFCA, CIFCC, GFCA, GG, IFJA, IFP, NYFCC, SFCS, VFCC
    Margot Robbie (5) - AACTA, CC, FFCC, NYFCO, SFFCC​
    Natalie Paul - BRA

    Meryl Streep - NBR
    Octavia Spencer - NAACP


    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Willem Dafoe (25) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, DFCSA, GFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, SFCS, SFFCC, TFCA, UFCA, VFCC
    Sam Rockwell (19) - AACTA, BAFTA, CC, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, HFCS, LVFCS, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCS, OSCAR, PCC, PFCS, SAG, SDFCS, SFCA, SPIRIT, WAFCA
    Michael Stuhlbarg (2) - GALECA, LAOFCS
    Idris Elba - NAACP
    Laurence Fishburne - AAFCA
    Hugh Grant - LFCC

    Woody Harrelson - PFCC
    Richard Jenkins - StLFCA
    Jason Mitchell - BRA
    Patrick Stewart - LAOFCS


    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Laurie Metcalf (28) - AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, GALECA, GFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, NTFCA, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, SDFCS, SFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, VFCC, WAFCA
    Allison Janney (19) - AACTA, AFCA, BAFTA, CC, CIFCC, DFCSA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, HFCS, LAOFCS, NFCS, NYFCO, OSCAR, PFCC, PFCS, SAG, SDFCS, SPIRIT
    ​
    Tiffany Haddish (4) - AAFCA, BRA, NAACP, NYFCC
    Mary J. Blige - BFCC
    Lesley Manville - LFCC

    Tatiana Maslany - UFCA

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    ​Get Out (34) - AAFCA, AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BRA, CC, CFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, DFCC, FFCC, GALECA, GFCA, IFP, KCFCC, LAFCA, LAOFCS, NAACP, NCFCA, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, OSCAR, PFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, SFFCC, TFCA, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA, WGA
    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (9) - AACTA, BAFTA, DFCSA, GG, LFCC, LVFCS, NFCS, PCC, PFCS
    Lady Bird (8) - BSFC, DFWFCA, HFCS, IFJA, NSFC, PCC, SFCS, SPIRIT
    ​Phantom Thread (2) - NBR, NYFCC
    The Shape Of Water - StLFCA


    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    Call Me By Your Name (15) - AFCA, AWFJ, BAFTA, CC, CFCA, FFCC, KCFCC, LVFCS, OFCC, OFCS, OSCAR, SFCA, SFFCC, USC, WGA
    The Disaster Artist (8) - CIFCC, GFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, StLFCA
    Mudbound (3) - BFCC, COFCA, WAFCA
    Logan (2) - IFJA, KCFCC
    Molly's Game (2) - LAOFCS, NCFCA

    Blade Runner 2049 - UFCA

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
    Coco (38) - AFCA, AFCC, AAFCA, AWFJ, BAFTA, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CC, CFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GG, HFCS, IFJA, LAOFCS, LVFCS, NBR, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, OSCAR, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
    The Breadwinner (2) - LAFCA, TFCA
    The LEGO Batman Movie - DFCSA
    Loving Vincent - AWFJ
    My Life As A Zucchini - SDFCS


    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Blade Runner 2049 (28) - AFCA, ASC, AWFJ, BAFTA, BFCC, BOFCA, CC, CFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, DFCC, FFCC, HFCS, LAOFCS, LVFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, NSFC, NTFCA, OFCS, OSCAR, PFCC, PFCS, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
    Dunkirk (5) - AFCA, BSFC, GFCA, SDFCS, SFCA
    The Shape Of Water (3) - DFWFCA, LAFCA, NYFCO
    Call Me By Your Man - SPIRIT

    Mudbound - NYFCC

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    Phantom Thread (6) - BAFTA, CC, CIFCC, OSCAR, SDFCS, SFCS
    Beauty And The Beast (2) - PFCS, SDFCS
    Blade Runner 2049 - LVFCS
    I, Tonya - CDG
    The Shape Of Water - CDG
    Wonder Woman - CDG


    BEST FILM EDITING
    Baby Driver (11) - BAFTA, CC, CFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, LAOFCS, LVFCS, SDFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA
    Dunkirk (9) - ACE, AWFJ, BOFCA, CC, LAFCA, OFCS, OSCAR, PFCS, SFCS
    I, Tonya (2) - ACE, SPIRIT
    Coco - ACE

    A Ghost Story - BSFC
    Jane - ACE


    BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
    Darkest Hour (4) - BAFTA, CC, MHG, OSCAR
    Phantom Thread - CIFCC

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
    Blade Runner 2049 (9) - ADG, CFCA, CIFCC, GFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, LVFCS, SFCS, WAFCA
    The Shape Of Water (9) - ADG, BAFTA, CC, NFCS, OSCAR, PFCS, SDFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA
    Coco - ADG
    Logan - ADG


    BEST SOUND MIXING
    Dunkirk (3) - BAFTA, CAS, OSCAR

    BEST SOUND EDITING
    Dunkirk (2) - BAFTA, OSCAR
    ​
    Blade Runner 2049 - MPSE

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
    ​War For The Planet Of The Apes (8) - CC, CIFCC, LAOFCS, NCFCA, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS, VES
    Blade Runner 2049 (7) - BAFTA, FFCC, HFCS, LVFCS, NFCS, OSCAR, StLFCA

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
    The Shape Of Water (14) - AFCA, BAFTA, BOFCA, CC, COFCA, DFWFCA, GG, HFCS, IFJA, LAOFCS, LVFCS, OSCAR, PFCS, UFCA
    Phantom Thread (9) - BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, CIFCC, LAFCA, PCC, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA
    ​Blade Runner 2049 (2) - FFCC, WAFCA
    Coco - PFCC
    Dunkirk - GFCA
    Get Out - BRA

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG
    Coco (6) - CC, GFCA, HFCS, LVFCS, OSCAR, PFCS
    Detroit - AAFCA
    The Greatest Showman - GG
    Mudbound - BRA
    ​

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
    BPM (Beats Per Minute) (10) - AFCC, COFCA, FFCC, GALECA, LAFCA, NYFCC, OFCS, SFFCC, VFCC, WAFCA
    The Square (8) - AWFJ, BSFC, CFCA, DFWFCA, GFCA, LAOFCS, OFCC, TFCA
    First They Killed My Father (4) - BOFCA, LVFCS, PFCS, SFCA
    In The Fade (4) - CC, GG, KCFCC, NYFCO​
    Raw (4) - CIFCC, NTFCA, PCC, SFCS
    A Fantastic Woman (3) - BFCC, OSCAR, SPIRIT
    Thelma (3) - HFCS, SDFCS, UFCA
    Graduation (2) - PFCC, NSFC
    Okja (2) - AFCA, NCFCA
    The Wound (2) - AAFCA, BRA
    Faces Places - IFJA
    Foxtrot - NBR
    Loveless - LAFCA

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    ​Jane (17) - AFCC, CFCA, FFCC, GFCA, HFCS, KCFCC, LAOFCS, LVFCS, NBR, NFCS, NTFCA, PFCC, SDFCS, SFCA, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
    ​
    Faces Places (14) - AFCA, AWFJ, BOFCA, CIFCC, COFCA, GALECA, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCS, SFCS, SFFCC, SPIRIT, TFCA
    City Of Ghosts (3) - DFWFCA, PCC, PFCS
    Step (3) - AAFCA, BRA, NAACP
    Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2) - DFCSA, LAOFCS
    Kedi (2) - AFCC, NCFCA
    Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - NYFCO
    Dawson City: Frozen Time - BSFC
    Ex Libris: The New York Public Library - VFCC
    The Farthest - 
    DFCC
    Icarus - OSCAR

    Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992​ - IFJA
    Oklahoma City - OFCC

    Strong Island - IFP



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