Hey folks, Harry here with the 2017 OSCAR NOMINATIONS - I'm going to get the info up as quick as possible, then return, as usual, to given commentary where it is appropriate.
Right now, it's that final twenty minutes before the live announcements, it then takes a bit of time to get the whole list, but I'm on it. I'm hoping THE RED TURTLE gets a nomination for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE. I'm quite curious to see what Michael De Luca & Jennifer Todd have in store for us with this year's Oscars. I want lavish long musical numbers and for the broadcast not to end till 4am. I'm invested, I'll watch!
Ok, now here we go...
Best Picture
Arrival
Producers: Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Aaron Ryder, David Linde
Fences
Producers: Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, Todd Black
Hacksaw Ridge
Producers: Bill Mechanic, David Permut
Hell or High Water
Producers: Carla Hacken, Julie Yorn
Hidden Figures
Producers: Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams, Theodore Melfi
La La Land
Producers: Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Marc Platt
Lion
Producers: Emile Sherman & Iain Canning, Angie Fielder
Manchester By the Sea
Producers: Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin Walsh
Moonlight
Producers: Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner
HARRY HERE: Personally, I'm pulling for LA LA LAND to win out of this list. Sadly DEADPOOL did not nab a spot. Nice to see ARRIVAL here!
Best Cinematography
Arrival (Bradford Young)
La La Land (Linus Sandgren)
Lion (Grieg Fraser)
Moonlight (James Laxton)
Silence (Rodrigo Prieto)
HARRY NOTE: LION is shot beautifully, but LA LA LAND makes me soar. That shot of Emma in the blue dress between the two red neon strips... That wins! SILENCE is the most powerfully shot film of the year. LION, I'd agree if the whole movie was the kid's adventure.
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)
HARRY NOTE: For me, this is between MICHAEL SHANNON and MAHERSHALA ALI
Best Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
The 13th
HARRY NOTE: These are all very solid choices, I prefer I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO out of this group.
Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine, Denmark, Martin Zandvliet, director
A Man Called Ove, Sweden, Hannes Holm, director
The Salesman, Iran, Asghar Farhadi, director
Tanna, Australia, Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors
Toni Erdmann, Germany, Maren Ade, director
HARRY NOTE: I utterly despise the Academy for not nominating THE HANDMAIDEN so fuck their nominations. I'd vote for A MAN CALLED OVE of what's left.
Best Actor
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Denzel Washington (Fences)
HARRY NOTE: This should go to Denzel Washington - who is just tremendous in FENCES. Not a big MANCHESTER fan, film just laid there for me. Did not like it. Ryan is likely to win, but this is my fave Denzel performance and that's really saying something.
Best Costume Design
Allied (Joanna Johnston)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Colleen Atwood)
Florence Foster Jenkins (Consolata Boyle)
Jackie (Madeline Fontaine)
La La Land (Mary Zophres)
HARRY NOTE: I was rooting for DOCTOR STRANGE here. The JACKIE costumes were perfect, but so were the costumes in LA LA LAND.
Best Original Score
Jackie (Micachu)
La La Land (Justin Hurwitz)
Lion (Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka)
Moonlight (Nicholas Britell)
Passengers (Thomas Newman)
HARRY NOTE: Out of this group I'd go with the JACKIE score, which is amazing with that film.
Best Original Song
"Audition" (La La Land)
""Can’t Stop the Feeling!" (Trolls)
"City of Stars" (La La Land)
"The Empty Chair" (Jim: The James Foley Story)
"How Far I'll Go" (Moana)
HARRY NOTE: CITY OF STARS and HOW FAR I'LL GO are the best songs from Film this year. I'm happy either way.
Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
HARRY NOTE: I'd like for ARRIVAL to win the sound categories!
Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
13 Hours
HARRY NOTE: I really do! ARRIVAL's sound was awfully nifty. but I bet it'll probably go to LA LA LAND!
Best Documentary Short
4.1 Miles (University of California, Berkeley)
Extremis (f/8 Filmworks in association with Motto Pictures)
Joe’s Violin (Lucky Two Productions)
Watani: My Homeland (ITN Productions)
The White Helmets (Grain Media and Violet Films)
HARRY NOTE: Haven't seen these yet, but will soon as I can!
Best Production Design
Arrival (Patrice Vermette)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Stuart Craig)
Hail Caesar
La La Land (Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, David Wasco)
Passengers (Guy Hendrix Dyas)
HARRY NOTE: I'm gonna say give it to fucking HAIL CAESAR!!!! Damn Straight!
Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water (Taylor Sheridan)
La La Land (Damien Chazelle)
The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou)
Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)
20th Century Women (Mike Mills)
HARRY NOTE: Happy THE LOBSTER picked up a nom, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA has this one.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival (Eric Heisserer)
Fences (August Wilson)
Hidden Figures (Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi)
Lion (Luke Davies)
Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McRaney)
HARRY NOTE: This ought to go to AUGUST WILSON!
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings (Focus Features)
Moana (Disney)
My Life As a Zucchini (GKIDS)
The Red Turtle (Sony Classics)
Zootopia (Disney)
HARRY NOTE: Ok - So I pretty much love this category. and so long as KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS rightfully wins, or loses to THE RED TURTLE I'll be super happy.
Best Animated Short
Blind Vaysha (National Film Board of Canada)
Borrowed Time (Quorum Films)
Pear Cider and Cigarettes (Massive Swerve Studios and Passion Pictures Animation)
Pearl (Google Spotlight Stories/Evil Eye Pictures)
Piper (Pixar)
HARRY NOTE: I need to see 4 out of the 5, so no comment.
Best Supporting- Actress
Viola Davis (Fences)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Nicole Kidman (Lion)
Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)
HARRY NOTE: Viola Davis. Period.
Best Film Editing
Arrival (Joe Walker)
Hacksaw Ridge (John Gilbert)
Hell or High Water (Jake Roberts)
La La Land (Tom Cross)
Moonlight (Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders)
HARRY NOTE: has to go to LA LA LAND!
Best Actress
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Emma Stone (La La Land)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)
HARRY NOTE: I can make a case for each and every last one of them. I'd be most happy if Isabelle Huppert wins... although, Ruth Negga is amazing in LOVING and because of PREACHER I just wanna hand her all the awards. But Meryl Streep would kind of be a great fuck you to Trump. But Emma and Natalie are both just hypnotic in every single moment.
Best Director
Arrival -- Denis Villeneuve
Hacksaw Ridge -- Mel Gibson
La La Land -- Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea -- Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight -- Barry Jenkins
HARRY NOTE: Damien Chazelle deserves it this year.
Best Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
HARRY NOTE: Personally it's between the three Disneys... I most want DOCTOR STRANGE to win though.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Harry Note: Go STAR TREK BEYOND!!!
