86th Academy Awards: My Nominees

In about an hour or so, the 86th Annual Academy Award nominees will be announced.

This ain't a list of predictions.  Far from it.  I won't venture a guess as to Best Art Direction (though expect The Great Gatsby to be one of the nominees).   Instead, what I have hear are MY picks in a variety of categories.  These are the films I would nominate for particular categories if I had that power.  That being the case, I don't offer predictions for the actual nominees. 

I do hope to give my views on the actual nominees once they're announced later today.  As for now, here I present MY nominees for the Best of 2013.  Please keep in mind that this list is based on films that I have seen, so there may be worthy films that are left out.  However, I cannot nominate something I haven't seen. 


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Ender's Game (Gavin Hood, based on the novel by Orson Scott Card)

Quartet (Ronald Harwood, based on the play by Ronald Harwood)

The Spectacular Now (Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the novel by Tim Tharp)

Warm Bodies (Jonathan Levine, based on the novel by Isaac Marion)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

American Hustle (Eric Singer and David O. Russell)

Frozen (Jennifer Lee)

Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron and Jonas Cuaron)

In A World... (Lake Bell)

Saving Mr. Banks (Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

American Hustle

The Great Gatsby

Oz the Great and Powerful

Romeo & Juliet

Anna Karenina:
Best Costume Design 2012

BEST ART DIRECTION

American Hustle

Ender's Game

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Oz the Great and Powerful

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ender's Game

Gravity

The Great Gatsby

Pacific Rim

The Spectacular Now

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Frozen (Christophe Beck)

Gravity (Steven Price)

Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

Trance (Rick Smith)

Mychael Danna for Life of Pi:
Best Original Score 2012

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Ender's Game

Gravity

Oz the Great and Powerful

Pacific Rim

Star Trek Into Darkness

BEST EDITING

American Hustle

Gravity

Saving Mr. Banks

The Spectacular Now

BEST DIRECTOR

David O. Russell (American Hustle)

Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (Frozen)

Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)

Lake Bell (In A World...)

James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now)

Ang Lee for Life of Pi:
Best Director 2012

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby)

Naomie Harris (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Leslie Manville (Rome & Juliet)

Sharon Stone (Lovelace)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kyle Chandler (The Spectacular Now)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby)

Harrison Ford (42)

Josh Gad (Jobs)

BEST ACTRESS

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Lake Bell (In A World...)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Shailene Woodley (The Spectacular Now)

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook:
Best Actress of 2012

BEST ACTOR

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Chadwick Boseman (42)

Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)

Miles Teller (The Spectacular Now)

BEST PICTURE

American Hustle

Frozen

Gravity

In A World...

The Spectacular Now

If it were up to me, we'd see
Denzel Washington, Naomi Watts,
Amy Adams, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

On March 1, the day before the Academy Awards are handed out, I shall announce my winners.  Sadly, the voting is closed for both nominees and winners.  That being the case, I wish the best of luck to all my choices and those who receive nominations.