“The Revenant” – a film based on a novel of the same name by Michael Punke and inspired by the experiences of frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass – leads the way with 12 Academy Award nominations. Here is a look at the successes, surprises and snubs on this year’s shortlists.
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Films nominated for best animated feature include writer/director Charlie Kaufman’s downbeat stop-motion drama “Anomalisa”, “Boy and the World”, Disney’s whimsical peek into the mind of a child “Inside Out”, “Shaun the Sheep Movie” and “When Marnie Was There”.
“Spotlight”, “Room”, “Revenant”, “Short”, “Martian”, and “Max” were all nominated for the Golden Globe best picture prizes and “Short” and “Spotlight” were nominated for the best cast award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, so the inclusion of these movies was thought to be a good bet.
Brie Larson is also up for Best Actress for her role in Room, but who knew she could carry a tune?
It was a festive for some Hawaiian Airlines Employees at the Hilton Hawaiian Village last night; Kupono Award winners are nominated by their peers and were honored and one was picked as Employee of the Year.
“The Revenant”, backed by New Regency Pictures, received nominations in a dozen categories, including best picture and best director.
Chris Rock, African-American actor, will be hosting the event for a second time after hosting the 77th edition in 2005, E!News reported.
Fox’s The Revenant, The Martian, and Brooklyn all received best picture nods, with The Revenant picking up an Oscar-leading 12 total nominations.
Oscar Nominations came out early this morning.
The omens are good.
Bryan Cranston for Trumbo, Matt Damon for The Martian, Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs and Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl are also among the nominated for the actor in a leading role award.
DiCaprio was put through the mill as fur trapper Hugo Glass, having to cope with challenging conditions, sleep inside a dead horse and be mauled by a bear (even if the bear is only CGI).
Saoirse Ronan as Eilis in a scene from Brooklyn.
Quentin Tarantino did not feel the love in the director or picture categories, although his film “The Hateful Eight” saw Jennifer Jason-Leigh nominated for supporting actress; its 70mm cinematography also got a nod. She has won twice, for best supporting actress in 2005 for “The Aviator” and for best actress in 2014 for “Blue Jasmine”.
The biggest surprise: Hollywood heavyweight Ridley Scott of “The Martian” was overlooked.
Competing in the Directing categories are: George Miller (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), Lenny Abrahamson (“Room”), Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”), Adam McKay (“The Big Short), and last year’s victor Alejandro G. Iñárritu (“The Revnant”)”.
Can Roger Deakins break his Oscars duck?
This year, the British cinematographer is shortlisted for drug cartel thriller Sicario.
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The other categories in which it was nominated: best director, best supporting actor (for past Oscar victor Christian Bale), best adapted screenplay and best film editing.
