Oscar Nominations Revealed
The 2014 Oscar nominations have been revealed, with 12 Years A Slave and American Hustle selected for many of the potential awards.
Both films are nominated for Best Picture, alongside Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Christian Bale have both been nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for their roles in both films respectively. Other actors hoping to win this award are Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Golden Globe winner Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club).
Amy Adams will fight it out for her first Best Actress Oscar for her role in American Hustle, a category in which she is the only actress not to have previously won an Oscar. She will be up against Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Judi Dench (Philomena) and Meryl Streep (August: Osage County) who have all previously won Oscars for the films The Aviator, The Blind Side, Shakespeare in Love and Kramer vs. Kramer/Sophie’s Choice/The Iron Lady.
Jared Leto is the favourite for the Supporting Actor award, for his role as a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club, after winning the Golden Globe. He’s nominated alongside Bradley Cooper (American Hustle), Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street), Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave) and Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips).
Hollywood girl of the moment Jennifer Lawrence is likely to pick up her second Oscar for her Supporting Role as the eccentric Rosalyn Rosenfeld in American Hustle. Battling it out in this category are Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave), Julia Roberts (August: Osage County) and June Squibb (Nebraska).
Probably the most successful Disney film since The Lion King, Frozen is a firm favourite to win Best Animated Feature Film. It shares this category with The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Ernest and Celestine and The Wind Rises.
David O’Russell and Steve McQueen will battle it out for Best Director for American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave, although Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron beat them both at the Golden Globes, so this one is a tough one to call. The three men are also up against Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Alexander Payne (Nebraska).
Other categories announced earlier today were Best Documentary, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Score and Best Original Screenplay.
The awards will take place on March 2nd 2014, and will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The full list of nominations can be found below:
Best picture
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street
12 Years a Slave
Best actor
Christian Bale, American Hustle
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Best actress
Amy Adams, American Hustle
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
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
Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best supporting actress
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
June Squibb, Nebraska
Best director
Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
David O. Russell, American Hustle
Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best animated feature film
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Ernest & Celestine
Frozen
The Wind Rises
Best foreign film
The Broken Circle Breakdown, Belgium
The Great Beauty, Italy
The Hunt, Denmark
The Missing Picture, Cambodia
Omar, Palestine
Best original screenplay
American Hustle, Eric Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Her, Spike Jonze
Nebraska, Bob Nelson
Best adapted screenplay
Before Midnight, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips, Billy Ray
Philomena, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave, John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street, Terence Winter
Best original score
The Book Thief
Gravity
Her
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks
Best original song
Alone Yet Not Alone, from Alone Yet Not Alone
Happy, from Despicable Me 2
Let It Go, from Frozen
The Moon Song, from Her
Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Best cinematography
The Grandmaster
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Prisoners
Best costume design
American Hustle
The Grandmaster
The Great Gatsby
The Invisible Woman
12 Years a Slave
Best documentary feature
The Act of Killing
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square
20 Feet from Stardom
Best documentary short subject
CaveDigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Best film editing
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Best makeup and hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger
Best production design
American Hustle
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
12 Years a Slave
Best animated short film
Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr. Hublot
Possessions
Room on the Broom
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