Nominations for the 2015 Academy Awards
It’s that time again, that time where film lovers across the globe cast a loving/cynical glance at The Academy’s picks for the best of the cinema year. You can cheer/boo at what the film board did/did not consider for the 87th Academy Awards ceremony, which takes place Monday, 23rd February NZ/AU time. Tune in to Flicks on the day for live coverage.
Below are the full list of nominees.
Click on a film to find release date info, session times, DVD/Blu-ray/VOD options and more.
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Best Directing
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper by Jason Hall
Inherent Vice by P.T. Anderson
The Imitation Game by Graham Moore
The Theory of Everything by Anthony McCarten
Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
Best Original Screenplay
Boyhood by Richard Linklater
Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo
Foxcatcher by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guiness
Nightcrawler by Dan Gilroy
Best Animated Feature Film
The Boxtrolls
Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Best Foreign Language Film
Tangerines
Ida
Leviathan
Wild Tales
Timbuktu
Best Cinematography
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakins
Ida – Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard, Jane Clive
Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran
Best Documentary
Citizenfour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Best Editing
American Sniper – Joel Cox, Gary Roach
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
Whiplash – Tom Cross
Best Make Up/Hair
Foxcatcher – Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier
Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything – Johann Johannsson
Best Original Song
‘Glory’ by Common & John Legend, Selma
‘Lost Stars’ by Gregg Alexander & Danielle Brisebois, Begin Again
‘Everything is Awesome’ by Shawn Patterson, The LEGO Movie
‘Grateful’ by Diane Warren, Beyond the Lights
Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr. Turner
Best Animated Short Film
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Best Short Film
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
Best Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
It’s all right, LEGO Movie fans. That film wasn’t completely snubbed.
It’s okay. Made my own! pic.twitter.com/kgyu1GRHGR
— philip lord (@philiplord) January 15, 2015