OSCAR IN THE HEADLIGHTS
It's down to less than a week until the envelopes are unsealed and the closest Best Picture race in a good long while comes to an end. I'll have a final FAC Check of the Oscar categories on Thursday with the possibility of some tweaking on Friday and Saturday...maybe even Sunday morning. As I wrote last week, I am planning to include all 24 Oscar categories including the "Shorts" in this final prognostication.
What's buzzing as we move into the last two days of Oscar balloting (remember balloting must be done by 5PM Pacific Time tomorrow)?
***It's still a horse race for Best Picture. "12 Years a Slave" with a perceived slight edge over "Gravity" with no one completely dismissing the chance that it could be "American Hustle".
***Almost everyone that thinks they know this stuff is saying that Alfonso Cuaron wins Best Director regardless of the Best Picture outcome.
***Three of the four four acting categories have front runners that seem virtual locks: McConaughey for Actor for "Dallas Buyers Club", Leto for Supporting in the same film and Cate Blanchett for Actress for "Blue Jasmine". Best Supporting Actress is a closer contest with Lupita Nyong'o Of "12 Years" perceived to have a small advantage over Jennifer Lawrence for "Hustle".
I have been hearing some buzz about a possible DiCaprio surprise for Actor but Leto and Blanchett appear solid. There's even a bit of a Chiwetel Ejiofor buzz after his BAFTA win last week.
***"Gravity" is going to win the most trophies Sunday night. The questions are: How many? and Which ones?
***"Hustle" could end the night with no wins despite having the most nominations of any film (10, tied with "Gravity"). It's best chance is in Original Screenplay where it's thought that it's in a very tight race with "Her". It's next best chance is Lawrence and its third best shot might actually be Best Picture.
***I mentioned this on my last post, at the end of the night the film with the second most wins may very well be "Dallas Buyers Club" which is seen as likely winning three: Actor, Supporting Actor and Makeup/Hair. If "12 Years" goes down in Best Picture, Supporting Actress and/or Adapted Screenplay all of which could happen.
***As a matter of fact, "12 Years" could go home empty handed.
Anyway, the Oscar season is in full force for six more days...
Here are some of the last few days key Oscar prognosticators:
Gurus of Gold and their "top three" edition:
http://moviecitynews.com/2014/02/gurus-o-gold-top-3/
Also the Gurus "If We Could Sway the Academy" edition:
http://moviecitynews.com/2014/02/gurus-o-gold-if-we-could-sway-the-academy/
Here's a link to Scott Feinberg's next to last Feinberg Forecast...he still has "12 Years" listed on top for Best Picture:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/feinberg-forecast-whos-up-whos-680714
Feinberg has also posted his "Forecast" for the Shorts categories. You can find that here:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-winner-predictions-whos-going-682650
And Sasha Stone has her latest installment of "The State of the Race" in which she says what I say...it's about Telluride:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/the-state-of-the-race-down-to-the-wire-best-picture-still-set-on-telluride-time/
And Stone and Jeff Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere have put up a rare version of Oscar Poker as we enter this last week before the awards:
http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/2014/02/oscar-poker-pulse/
DIRECTORS TALKING
Fox Searchlight tweeted this link to an interview with "12 Years a Slave" director Steve McQueen over the weekend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f2x189cLoo&feature=youtu.be
And Daniel Montgomery of Gold Derby has this interview with Oscar nominated documentarian and TFF #39 participant Joshua Oppenheimer whose "The act of Killing" is in hot competition to win the Best Doc Oscar on Sunday night:
http://www.goldderby.com/news/5694/oscars-documentary-act-of-killing-joshua-oppenheimer-entertainment-news-37485960.html
More on Thursday...
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