With less than a week to go until the Oscar nominations are announced, the British have once again chipped in with their choices for 2015.
Leading the way is Wes Anderson’s quirky caper THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL which has amassed a dominant eleven nominations including Best Film and a Best Director mention for Anderson. Ralph Fiennes was also recognised in Best Actor category with the film receiving multiple nods in the production categories.
Dark comedy BIRDMAN and British biopic THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING share joint second with ten mentions each and are joined in the Best Film category by the indie-hit BOYHOOD and another true-life film, THE IMITATION GAME.
Imitation and Theory are also competing in the Best British Film group which includes ’71, PRIDE, UNDER THE SKIN and the pleasant surprise, PADDINGTON. Failing to make that list was Mike Leigh’s biopic drama Mr Turner which also saw actor Timothy Spall snubbed despite winning the Best Actor award at Cannes last year.
Morten Tyldum was the notable omission in Best Director for his work on Imitation Game with the category contested by Wes Anderson, Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and James Marsh (Theory).
In Best Actor, there are three Brits battling it out with Fiennes up against Benedict Cumberbatch (Imitation) and Eddie Redmayne (Theory) for their respective portrayals of real-life figures Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking. The category is completed by Oscar favourite Michael Keaton (Birdman) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler).
Best Actress is almost matched up with the current Oscar consensus with British duo Felicity Jones (Theory) and Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) competing with Amy Adams (Big Eyes), Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Reese Witherspoon (Wild).
Best Supporting Actor sees frontrunner J.K Simmons (Whiplash) nodded alongside Ethan Hawke (Boyhood) and Edward Norton (Birdman) while Steve Carrell and Mark Ruffalo are both recognised for their performances in FOXCATCHER, a film that failed to land elsewhere.
Finally Best Supporting Actress has British pair Keira Knightley (Imitation Game) and Imelda Staunton (Pride) mentioned alongside Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Rene Russo (Nightcrawler) and Emma Stone (Birdman).
Joining Timothy Spall and Morten Tyldum in terms of surprise snubs, there was no sign of Selma, Unbroken or A Most Violent Year on any lists.
The full list of nominations are below (with my winner predictions in blue):
BEST FILM
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
’71
The Imitation Game
Paddington
Pride
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
James Marsh – The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Steve Carrell – Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K Simmons – Whiplash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Rene Russo – Nightcrawler
Imelda Staunton – Pride
Emma Stone – Birdman
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Sniper – Jason Hall
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
Paddington – Paul King
The Theory Of Everything – Anthony McCarten
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Big Eyes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr Turner
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Interstellar
Mr Turner
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything
BEST EDITING
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
BEST SOUND
American Sniper
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
BEST FILM MUSIC
Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Johann Johansson – The Theory of Everything
Mica Levi – Under the Skin
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The LEGO Movie
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Ida
Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom
20,000 Days On Earth
CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Virunga
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Elaine Constantine (Writer/Director) – Northern Soul
Gregory Burke (Writer), Yann Demange (Director) – ’71
Hong Khaou (Writer/Director) – Lilting
Paul Katis (Director/Producer), Andrew De Lotbiniere (Producer) – Kajaki: The True Story
Stephen Beresford (Writer), David Livingstone (Producer) – Pride
RISING STAR AWARD
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Jack O’Connell
Margot Robbie
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley
The ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 8th at London’s Royal Opera House, with Sir Stephen Fry hosting for the 10th time.
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