2018 Oscar Nominations-And the Oscar Goes To..........

[steve williams]

The 2018 Oscar nominations are out and "The Shape of Water" leads the field with 13 nominations. "Dunkirk" and "Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri" were also among the top nominees with 8 and 7 nominations each, respectively.

Follow The Times' complete coverage of the Academy Awards nominations, reactions, surprises and more.

The Academy Awards ceremony be held at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood on Sunday, March 4. ABC will air the ceremony live at 5 p.m. Jimmy Kimmel returns as host.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Kaluuya
"Get Out"


Timothée Chalamet
"Call Me by Your Name"

Gary Oldman
"Darkest Hour"

Daniel Day-Lewis
"Phantom Thread"

Denzel Washington
"Roman J. Israel, Esq."



ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christopher Plummer
"All the Money in the World"

Woody Harrelson
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Sam Rockwell
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Willem Dafoe
"The Florida Project"

Richard Jenkins
"The Shape of Water"



ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Meryl Streep
"The Post"

Sally Hawkins
"The Shape of Water"

Margot Robbie
"I, Tonya"

Frances McDormand
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Saoirse Ronan
"Lady Bird"



ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Lesley Manville
"Phantom Thread"

Laurie Metcalf
"Lady Bird"

Allison Janney
"I, Tonya"

Mary J. Blige
"Mudbound"

Octavia Spencer
"The Shape of Water"



ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
“The Breadwinner”

“Loving Vincent”

“Coco”

“The Boss Baby”

“Ferdinand”



BEST PICTURE
“Darkest Hour”

“Dunkirk”

“Phantom Thread”

“Get Out”

“The Post”

“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”


“The Shape of Water”


“Lady Bird”

“Call Me by Your Name”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bruno Delbonnel
"Darkest Hour"

Hoyte van Hoytema
"Dunkirk"

Rachel Morrison
"Mudbound"

Dan Laustsen
"The Shape of Water"

Roger Deakins
"Blade Runner 2049"


COSTUME DESIGN
Luis Sequeira
"The Shape of Water"

Jacqueline Durran
"Beauty and the Beast"

Jacqueline Durran
"Darkest Hour"

Mark Bridges
"Phantom Thread"

Consolata Boyle
"Victoria & Abdul"


DIRECTING
Paul Thomas Anderson
"Phantom Thread"


Guillermo del Toro
"The Shape of Water"

Christopher Nolan
"Dunkirk"


Greta Gerwig
"Lady Bird"


Jordan Peele
"Get Out"

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)
“Icarus”

“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”

“Last Men in Aleppo”

“Strong Island”

“Faces Places”

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)
“Knife Skills”

“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405”

“Edith+Eddie”

“Heroin(e)”

“Traffic Stop”

FILM EDITING
Lee Smith
"Dunkirk"

Tatiana S. Riegel
"I, Tonya"

Jonathan Amos and Paul MacHliss
"Baby Driver"

Sidney Wolinsky
"The Shape of Water"

Jon Gregory
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Claes Bang in the film "The Square." (Magnolia Pictures)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“The Square”


“On Body And Soul”

“The Insult”

“A Fantastic Woman”

“Loveless”

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
"Victoria & Abdul"

David Malinowski, Kazuhiro Tsuji and Lucy Sibbick
"Darkest Hour"

Arjen Tuiten
"Wonder"


MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Jonny Greenwood
"Phantom Thread"

John Williams
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

Carter Burwell
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Alexandre Desplat
"The Shape of Water"

Hans Zimmer
"Dunkirk"

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Mystery of Love
Music: Sufjan Stevens; Lyrics: Sufjan Stevens
"Call Me by Your Name"

This is Me
Music: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul; Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
"The Greatest Showman"

Stand Up for Something
Music: Diane Warren; Lyrics: Common and Diane Warren
"Marshall"

Remember Me
Music: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
"Coco"

Mighty River
Music: Raphael Saadiq; Lyrics: Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
"Mudbound"

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Paul D. Austerberry
"The Shape of Water"

Dennis Gassner
"Blade Runner 2049"

Nathan Crowley
"Dunkirk"

Sarah Greenwood
"Beauty and the Beast"

Sarah Greenwood
"Darkest Hour"

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
“Lou”

“Dear Basketball”

“Garden Party”

“Negative Space”

“Revolting Rhymes”

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
“DeKalb Elementary”

“The Silent Child”

“Watu Wote / All of Us”

“My Nephew Emmett”

“The Eleven O'Clock”

SOUND EDITING
Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
"The Shape of Water"

Julian Slater
"Baby Driver"

Alex Gibson and Richard King
"Dunkirk"

Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

Mark Mangini and Theo Green
"Blade Runner 2049"

SOUND MIXING
Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
"Dunkirk"

Doug Hemphill, Mac Ruth and Ron Bartlett
"Blade Runner 2049"

Brad Zoern, Christian T. Cooke and Glen Gauthier
"The Shape of Water"

David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

Julian Slater, Mary H. Ellis and Tim Cavagin
"Baby Driver"

VISUAL EFFECTS
Jeff White, Mike Meinardus, Scott Benza and Stephen Rosenbaum
"Kong: Skull Island"

Christopher Townsend, Dan Sudick, Guy Williams and Jonathan Fawkner
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"

Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joe Letteri and Joel Whist
"War For the Planet of the Apes"

Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
"Blade Runner 2049"

Ben Morris, Chris Corbould, Mike Mulholland and Neal Scanlan
"Star Wars: The Last Jedi"

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams
"Mudbound"

Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter
"The Disaster Artist"

James Ivory
"Call Me by Your Name"

James Mangold, Michael Green and Scott Frank
"Logan"

Aaron Sorkin
"Molly's Game"


WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor

"The Shape of Water"


Martin McDonagh
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
"The Big Sick"

Jordan Peele
"Get Out"


Greta Gerwig
"Lady Bird"

 

[KeithR]

Was just looking at the past five years - perhaps the weakest best picture winners in the past 20.

Finally seeing Three Billboards tomorrow - which everyone says is a good movie, but not best picture (despite winning Globes and SAG)

 

[es347]

.we watched Get Out...I don’t get all the hype

 

[NorthStar]

Was just looking at the past five years - perhaps the weakest best picture winners in the past 20.

Finally seeing Three Billboards tomorrow - which everyone says is a good movie, but not best picture (despite winning Globes and SAG)

I was going through the list Steve just posted and the first thought that came through my mind was the same. And "perhaps" too because I didn't see them all, yet.

Steve is one who might have seen more than the rest of us, perhaps.
And every year he is very good @ picking many winners.
Just for example he recently picked Gary Oldman from 'Darkest Hour' as best actor in another award show.

Guillermo del Toro is one of my favorite directors, so it's nice to see his film 'The Shape of Water' with many nominations.
And Christopher Nolan is another one; I liked 'Dunkirk', and the artistic design in which it was presented.

It's funny to see 'Get Out' with few nominations but it was a funny, satire, horror, comedic film with a pretty good flow and scenes. I liked it but it's not a masterpiece, it's only a funny film with a good paste, and that paste with the actors in it made it to the list, I guess.

'Blade Runner 2049' had artistic elements that brought it to the list.
It will be interesting to see where it goes in company of 'Dunkirk' and 'The Shape of Water'. ...Sound, visuals, cinematography, music score, ...

It's funny too to see 'Baby Driver' mentioned.

'Coco' for animation.
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* I've read that this year they have a new envelope's system.
And the award this year for best picture goes to . . . 'Get Out'. :b

 

[steve williams]

Although my sentimental favorite this year is I Tonya it will fail at the Oscar awards. nonetheless it is definitely a worth seeing as is The Greatest Showman for shear entertainment

Having said that and seeing virtually all of the others, I have to say that we liked The Shape of Water and it did receive 13 nominations this year I just can't see it as winning Best Picture

For me

Best Picture.......Three Billboards

Best Actor..........Gary Oldman

Best Actress......Francis McDormand

Best Supporting Actor...Sam Rockwell


Best Supporting Actress..Allison Janney


Best Director....for me this is a tough one as i see possibilities for 3 directors
Guillermo Del Toro
Christopher Nolan
Martin McDonagh


Best Song This Is Me

 

[jeff1225]

Although my sentimental favorite this year is I Tonya it will fail at the Oscar awards. nonetheless it is definitely a worth seeing as is The Greatest Showman for shear entertainment

Having said that and seeing virtually all of the others, I have to say that we liked The Shape of Water and it did receive 13 nominations this year I just can't see it as winning Best Picture

For me

Best Picture.......Three Billboards

Best Actor..........Gary Oldman

Best Actress......Francis McDormand

Best Supporting Actor...Sam Rockwell


Best Supporting Actress..Allison Janney


Best Director....for me this is a tough one as i see possibilities for 3 directors
Guillermo Del Toro
Christopher Nolan
Martin McDonagh


Best Song This Is Me

I'm with you 100% steve.

 

[NorthStar]

Steve,

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

Martin McDonagh
"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Martin McDonagh is under "Writing" right, and not under "Directing"?

P.S. I think you simply accidentally omitted from the "Directing" list?
P.P.S. I just double checked; Martin McDonagh is not on the Directing list.

 

[BMCG]

Expect Daniel Day-Lewis will give Gary Oldman a run for best actor Oscar....

 

[853guy]

This is the first Oscars to nominate a female cinematographer in its ninety year history.

Rachel Morrison has already won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer, and is also nominated for four other awards for her work on Mudbound.

853guy

 

[steve williams]

Expect Daniel Day-Lewis will give Gary Oldman a run for best actor Oscar....

Maybe but imho no one will beat Gary Oldman

 

[WLVCA]

I thought I had seen almost all of the movies that were going to be nominated. Once again I was wrong.

Forgive my ignorance, but I have never even heard of Phantom Thread or Get Out. Didn't think I'd bother seeing I, Tonya or The Greatest Showman but they are nominated.

I was in a bakery the other day where one of the clerks was going on and on about The Greatest Showman. Kept saying how great the movie was - guess she was right! I thought she just had a thing for Hugh Jackman.

Seems the more you think you know, the less you really know.

 

[NorthStar]

This is the first Oscars to nominate a female cinematographer in its ninety year history.

Rachel Morrison has already won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer, and is also nominated for four other awards for her work on Mudbound.

853guy

Great observation.
And for best director this year we have Greta Gerwig - 'Lady Bird'.

 

[NorthStar]

Maybe but imho no one will beat Gary Oldman

I wouldn't object with your selected choice Steve.

 

[NorthStar]

Seems the more you think you know, the less you really know.

It's a feeling that often cross my path of destiny (mind). :b

 

[NorthStar]

Just something interesting I've just read today: http://www.cbc.ca/1.4500594

It was published yesterday.
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Newest news:

• http://www.macleans.ca/culture/movi...for-old-actors-in-hollywood-and-that-matters/
• http://www.cbc.ca/1.4500225
• http://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/osca...n-for-greta-gerwig-and-jordan-peele-1.4499930

Oscar nominations serve up redemption for Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele
"After being snubbed by the Golden Globes, the Lady Bird and Get Out directors come up big."

Greta Gerwig is only the fifth woman ever to be nominated for a directing Oscar.

 

[NorthStar]

Some predictions:

• https://www.newyorker.com/culture/r...-predictions-and-who-i-wish-had-made-the-list
• https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/oscars-2018-early-predictions-nominations/
• https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/oscar-predictions-snubs-2018/
• http://www.awardscircuit.com/predictions-academy-awards-oscars-2018/

 

[KeithR]

I thought 3 Billboards was underwhelming. Sorry to be a contrarian.

What a meandering script with no real point or ending. And why was Peter Dinklage even in the movie?

But yeah, Frances McDormand can kick a high school kid in the balls and not suffer any consequence = Oscar baby!

 

[steve williams]

I feel your angst as well.

For me the best movie was I, Tonya.

I liked The Shape of Water but not enough to make it Best Picture. Same with Dunkirk as well as Three Billboards but of all of those Three Billboards rose slightly higher than the others

It was a very weak year and personally I like Margot Robbie as Best Actress but seems Francis McDormand might walk away with the Oscar

 

[howiebrou]

gary!!!!!!!

 

[KeithR]

I feel your angst as well.

For me the best movie was I, Tonya.

I liked The Shape of Water but not enough to make it Best Picture. Same with Dunkirk as well as Three Billboards but of all of those Three Billboards rose slightly higher than the others

Steve, those are my two next movies - we are on MoviePass so thankfully it doesn't really cost us much to see movies anymore.

And you were right - why was an Aussie cast as the chief's wife? I think the director/writer doesn't have a clue about rural America and resorted to 20 year old Tarentino-type humor on race/sexual orientation/dwarfism/dimwits to keep a meandering script going. And the ending was like "say what?."

I agree McDormand and Rockwell were very good and probably deserve the hardware.