Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards® today. Hemsworth and Boone Isaacs announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives.
The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar® Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
For me, the coolest things, on first glance, about the nominations is that Nebraska made the cut for Best Film, and Alexander Payne, Bruce Dern and June Squibb were included in Director, Actor and Supporting Actress categories. Follow the jump for a complete list of nominees and occasional commentary.
Actor in a Leading Role
- Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
- Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
- Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
- Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
- Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Not a bad selection in a seriously packed category that also included Joaquin Phoenix in her, Steve Coogan in Philomena, Oscar Isaacs in Inside Llewyn Davis, Robert Redford in All Is Lost, and Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips (probably the biggest snub in the category).
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
- Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
- Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
- Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
- Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Again, a category with a lot of choices to confuse the issue. Will Forte (Nebraska), though, is the one I miss – though he’d have supplanted I couldn’t say.
Actress in a Leading Role
- Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
- Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
- Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
- Judi Dench in “Philomena”
- Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”
Curse the rules that don’t allow the exquisite voice performance by Scarlett Johannson (her) to be eligible. I know whose slot she could have taken, too, but I’m not in the mood to get lynched, so… Also: if not Johannson, then Emma Thompson, dammit!
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
- Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
- Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
- Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
- June Squibb in “Nebraska”
No Oprah? In a role where she made us forget she was Oprah? Huh! On the plus side: June Squibb!
Animated Feature Film
- “The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
- “Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
- “Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
- “Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
- “The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Ernest & Celestine? I don’t believe that has played anywhere near me, so I’d have preferred to see Wolf Children (Mamoru Hosada, Summer Wars) instead.
Cinematography
- “The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
- “Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
- “Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
- “Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
- “Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins
Another tough category – almost every Best Film nominee could have been here and it would be a strong list)
Costume Design
- “American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
- “The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
- “The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
- “The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
- “12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris
Directing
- “American Hustle” David O. Russell
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
- “Nebraska” Alexander Payne
- “12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese
I actually didn’t think David O. Russell’s American Hustle was that strong. I’d have preferred to see Spike Jonez (her), or the Cohen Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis) in his spot.
Documentary Feature
- “The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
- “Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
- “Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
- “The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
- “20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined
Documentary Short Subject
- “CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
- “Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
- “Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
- “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
- “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens
Film Editing
- “American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
- “Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
- “Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
- “12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker
Foreign Language Film
- “The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
- “The Great Beauty” Italy
- “The Hunt” Denmark
- “The Missing Picture” Cambodia
- “Omar” Palestine
I’m still not over France not submitting Blue is the Warmest Color in this category. Plplplplplp!
Makeup and Hairstyling
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
- “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
- “The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Music (Original Score)
- “The Book Thief” John Williams
- “Gravity” Steven Price
- “Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
- “Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
- “Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman
Not to put too fine a point on it, where the hell is Inside Llewyn Davis????????? Really?????????
Music (Original Song)
- “Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel - “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams - “Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez - “The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze - “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
Best Picture
- “American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
- “Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
- “Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
- “Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
- “Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
- “12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined
It’s hard to quibble with this one – and great to see both Nebraska and her on the list.
Production Design
- “American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
- “Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
- “The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
- “Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
- “12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Short Film (Animated)
- “Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
- “Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
- “Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
- “Possessions” Shuhei Morita
- “Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Short Film (Live Action)
- “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
- “Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
- “Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
- “Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
- “The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
Sound Editing
- “All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
- “Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
- “Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
- “Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman
Sound Mixing
- “Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
- “Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
- “Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
- “Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Visual Effects
- “Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
- “Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
- “The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
- “Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
- “Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
- “Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
- “Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
- “12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- “American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
- “Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
- “Her” Written by Spike Jonze
- “Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson
I can’t imagine which film it would replace, but it’s still a shock not to see Inside Llewyn Davis in a writing category – and it’s always od to see a film get a writing nom and not be in the Best Film category (I always wonder how the director must have screwed it up pretty badly for that to not happen…).