Golden Man Named Oscar

The annual cinematic excitement is back and hey...this season, I am happy to say that I have been quite an active 'participant' and (armchair) critic. So, here are some of my predictions for...

The 86th Academy Awards

Best Picture:
American Hustle

Captain Phillips

Dallas Buyers Club

Gravity

Her

Nebraska

Philomena

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

 

Ed's Choice: Gravity

Most likely to win: 12 Years A Slave

EDITED:
Actual Winner: 12 Years A Slave

 

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Christian Bale (American Hustle)

Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Ed's Choice: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Most likely to win: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Amy Adams (American Hustle)

Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Judi Dench (Philomena)

Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

 

Ed's Choice: Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

Most likely to win: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

 

 

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

Ed's Choice: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Most likely to win: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

 

 

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)

Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

June Squibb (Nebraska)

 

Ed's Choice: Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)/ June Squibb (Nebraska)

Most likely to win: Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)

 

 

Best Cinematography:
The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)

Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel)

Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael)

Prisoners (Roger A. Deakins

 

Ed's Choice: Nebraska

Most likely to win: Gravity

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Gravity


Best 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)

 

Ed's Choice: Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)

Most likely to win: The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese)

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron)

 

 

Best Original Score:

The Book Thief (John Williams)

Gravity (Steven Price)

Her (William Butler, Owen Pallett)

Philomena (Alexandre Desplat)

Saving Mr. Banks (Thomas Newman)

 

Ed's Choice: Gravity

Most likely to win: Her

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Gravity

 

 

Best Original Song:

Happy (Despicable Me 2)

Let It Go (Frozen)

The Moon Song (Her)

Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

 

Ed's Choice: Happy

Most likely to win: Let It Go

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Let It Go

 

 

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)

Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)

Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)

12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)

 

Ed's Choice: Captain Phillips

Most likely to win: 12 Years A Slave

EDITED:
Actual Winner: 12 Years A Slave

 

 

Best Original Screenplay:

American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)

Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack)

Her (Spike Jonze)

Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

 

Ed's Choice: Nebraska

Most likely to win: Blue Jasmine

 

EDITED:
Actual Winner: Her
 

 

Okay.

That's all.

Till tomorrow

 

*cross fingers*

EDITED:
My actual predictions came quite close. Guess it is another year of non-upsets. Bleargh.

 

 

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