2014 Oscar Nominations Announced; GRAVITY and AMERICAN HUSTLE lead with 10 Nominations Each

by Christopher Barr

American Hustle and Gravity are leading the race in this year’s Academy Awards nominations with 10 a piece, respectively.  The nominations for the most part have been pretty predictable with the exception to Inside Llewyn Davis.  I figured this film would get a couple nominations in the major categories.  Some people thought Oprah Winfrey would have got a nomination for Lee Daniel’s The Butler but it looks like Sally Hawkins got her slot.  I figured that Daniel Brühl would have been nominated for Rush but it didn’t happen, as well as Blue is the Warmest Color didn’t even get nominated for best Foreign Film.  There was no real love for Prisoners and Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal or its stunning cinematography, nor Rush for that matter, a film that was beautifully shot.

I put down my own predictions alongside the nominations.  Any category that I have no predictions for; I didn’t see it or have no opinion.

Leave a comment below on what you thought of the nominations.  The 86^th annual Oscars ceremony will broadcast March 2^nd on ABC.

Best Picture 
"12 Years a Slave"   Will win.
"American Hustle"
"Gravity"   Should win.
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Her"   I would love to see win but won’t.
"Nebraska"
"Philomena"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"









Best Actor 
Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"   Long shot.
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf Of Wall Street"  Could win.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"   Will win.   Should win.









Best Actress 
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"   Will win.   Should win.
Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
Judi Dench, "Philomena"
Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper,"American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"   Should win.
Jonah Hill, "The Wolf of Wall Street"   Long shot.
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"   Will win.

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"   Should win.
Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"   Will win.
June Squibb,"Nebraska"
Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"










Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"   Will win.   Should win.
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"   Very long shot.
David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Best Animated Feature
"Frozen"   Will win.
"The Croods"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Ernest & Celestine"
"The Wind Rises"

Best Foreign Language Film
"The Broken Circle Breakdown"
"The Great Beauty"   Will win.
"The Hunt"
"The Missing Picture"
"Omar"

Best Documentary
"The Act of Killing"   Will win.
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Dirty Wars"
"The Square"
"20 Feet from Stardom"

Best Original Screenplay
"American Hustle"   Long shot.
"Blue Jasmine"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Her"   Will win.   Should win.
"Nebraska"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"12 Years a Slave"   Could win.
"Before Midnight"   Long shot.
"Captain Phillips"
"Philomena"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"   Will win.

Best Original Score
"The Book Thief"
"Gravity"
"Her"   Should win.
"Philomena"
"Saving Mr. Banks"

Best Original Song
"Alone Yet Not Alone," "Alone Yet Not Alone"
"Let It Go," "Frozen"
"Ordinary Love," "Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom"
"Happy," Despicable Me 2"
"The Moon Song," "Her"

Best Editing
"American Hustle"
"Captain Phillips"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Gravity"   Will win.   Should win.
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Cinematography
Philippe Le Sourd, "The Grandmaster"
Emmanuel Lubezki, "Gravity"   Will win.   Should win.
Bruno Delbonnel, "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Roger Deakins, "Prisoners"
Phedon Papamichael, "Nebraska"

Best Production Design
"American Hustle"
"Gravity"
"The Great Gatsby"   Could win.
"Her"
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Costume Design
"American Hustle"   Should win.
"The Grandmaster"
"The Great Gatsby"   Could win.
"Invisible Woman"
"12 Years a Slave"

Best Makeup
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa"  Should win.
"The Lone Ranger"

Best Sound Editing
"All Is Lost"
"Captain Philipps"
"Gravity"   Will win.   Should win.
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Lone Survivor"

Best Sound Mixing
"Captain Philipps"
"Gravity"   Will win.   Should win.
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"Lone Survivor"

Best Visual Effects
"Gravity"   Will win.   Should win.
"Iron Man 3"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"The Lone Ranger"
"Star Trek Into Darkness"

Best Live-Action Short
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)"
"Helium"
"Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)"
"The Voorman Problem"

Best Animated Short
"Feral"
"Get A Horse!"
"Mr. Hubolt"
"Possessions"
"Room on the Broom"

Best Documentary Short
"Cave Digger"
"Facing Fear"
"Karama Has No Walls"
"The Lady In Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"