Drama/Film Classes Vote on Oscars
Academy Awards air Sunday, February 22 at 8pm CST on ABC
This week, Mr. Kenneth McDade’s Drama and Film classes took a vote on the current Oscar nominees. These are their predictions for Sunday’s awards:
(The class prediction is bolded and italicized. You can fill out your own ballot online at http://oscar.go.com/mypicks)
BEST PICTURE
- “American Sniper”
- “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- “Boyhood”
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Selma”
- “The Theory of Everything”
- “Whiplash”
ACTOR
- Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”
- Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper”
- Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game”
- Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Robert Duvall in “The Judge”
- Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood”
- Edward Norton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- Mark Ruffalo in “Foxcatcher”
- J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash”
ACTRESS
- Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”
- Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything”
- Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”
- Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”
- Reese Witherspoon in “Wild”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”
- Laura Dern in “Wild”
- Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game”
- Emma Stone in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods”
ANIMATED FEATURE
- “Big Hero 6”
- “The Boxtrolls”
- “How to Train Your Dragon 2”
- “Song of the Sea”
- “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- “American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall
- “The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore
- “Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
- “The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
- “Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- [TIE] “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
- “Boyhood” Written by Richard Linklater
- “Foxcatcher” Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
- [TIE] “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
- “Nightcrawler” Written by Dan Gilroy
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Emmanuel Lubezki
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Robert Yeoman
- “Ida” Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
- “Mr. Turner” Dick Pope
- “Unbroken” Roger Deakins
COSTUME DESIGN
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Milena Canonero
- “Inherent Vice” Mark Bridges
- “Into the Woods” Colleen Atwood
- “Maleficent” Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
- “Mr. Turner” Jacqueline Durran
DIRECTOR
- “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- “Boyhood” Richard Linklater
- “Foxcatcher” Bennett Miller
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson
- “The Imitation Game” Morten Tyldum
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- “CitizenFour”
- “Finding Vivian Maier”
- “Last Days in Vietnam”
- “The Salt of the Earth”
- “Virunga”
[CLASS MADE NO CHOICE]
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
- “Joanna”
- “Our Curse”
- “The Reaper (La Parka)”
- “White Earth”
[CLASS MADE NO CHOICE]
FILM EDITING
- “American Sniper” Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
- “Boyhood” Sandra Adair
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Barney Pilling
- “The Imitation Game” William Goldenberg
- “Whiplash” Tom Cross
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- “Ida” (Poland)
- “Leviathan” (Russia)
- “Tangerines” (Estonia)
- “Timbuktu” (Mauritania)
- “Wild Tales” (Argentina)
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
- “Foxcatcher” Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
- “Guardians of the Galaxy” Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
ORIGINAL SCORE
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat [TIE]
- “The Imitation Game” Alexandre Desplat
- “Interstellar” Hans Zimmer [TIE]
- “Mr. Turner” Gary Yershon
- “The Theory of Everything” Jóhann Jóhannsson
ORIGINAL SONG
- “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie”
- “Glory” from “Selma”
- “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights”
- “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me”
- “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again”
PRODUCTION DESIGN
- “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
- “The Imitation Game”
- “Interstellar”
- “Into the Woods”
- “Mr. Turner”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
- “The Bigger Picture” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
- “The Dam Keeper” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
- “Feast” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
- “Me and My Moulton” Torill Kove
- “A Single Life” Joris Oprins
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
- “Aya” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
- “Boogaloo and Graham” Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
- “Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)” Hu Wei and Julien Féret
- “Parvaneh” Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
- “The Phone Call” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
[CLASS MADE NO CHOICE]
SOUND EDITING
- “American Sniper”
- “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
- “Interstellar”
- “Unbroken”
SOUND MIXING
- “American Sniper”
- “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
- “Interstellar”
- “Unbroken”
- “Whiplash”
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”