Thursday, December 12, 2019

Updated Oscar Predictions: Cinematography, Score, Production Design / Clues from Critics / Guilds Begin Their Long March / New Gurus of Gold

UPDATED OSCAR PREDICTIONS: CINEMATOGRAPHY, ORIGINAL SCORE AND PRODUCTION DESIGN



TFF #46 films highlighted are Bold.


CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) 1917 (3)
2) Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (1)
3) The Irishman (2)
4) Joker (-)
5) Ford v Ferrari (-)
6) The Lighthouse (-)


Other possibles: A Hidden Life, The Two Popes, Little Women


ORIGINAL SCORE

1) 1917 (3)
2) Marriage Story (4)
3) Little Women (2)
4) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (1)
5) Joker (-)
6) Ford v Ferrari (5)

Other possibles: Jojo Rabbit, Portrait of a Lady on Fire


PRODUCTION DESIGN

1) Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (1)
2) 1917 (-)
3) The Irishman (3)
4) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2)
5) Joker (-)
6) Parasite (-)

Other possibles: Jojo Rabbit, The Two Popes, Little Women



CLUES FROM CRITICS



The six critics lists that I pay most attention to this time of year have all reported in and if the past has anything to reveal about the Oscar best Picture race looking at those results; it's that your Best Picture winner is on that list somewhere but is not the top film on the list.

Here's what we saw the last couple of years from the collective look at NBR, AFI, the Golden Globes, The Critics Choice, the Los Angeles Critics and the New York Critics:

From 2017 (film followed by the organization(s) that awarded them...Oscar Best Pic Nominees are in Blue and the winner is Red)

10) The Disaster Artist (NBR, GG)
7) The Florida Project (NBR, BFCA, AFI)
7) The Big Sick (BFCA, AFI, SAG)
7) The Shape of Water (BFCA, GG, AFI)
4) The Post (NBR, BFCA, GG, AFI)
4) Dunkirk (NBR, BFCA, GG, AFI)
4) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (BFCA, GG, SAG, AFI)
2) Call Me By Your Name (NBR, LA, BFCA, GG, AFI)
2) Get Out (NBR, BFCA, GG, SAG, AFI)
1) Lady Bird (NBR, NY, BFCA, GG, SAG, AFI)

So it included TFF #44 films Lady Bird, and The Shape of Water.  It also included eventual Oscar Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water. and nominees Lady Bird, Three Billboards, Dunkirk, The Post, Get Out, Call Me By Your Name and Dunkirk.  So, the top seven got in with the additions, of TFF #44 film Darkest Hour and also Phantom Thread.

Here are the results from 2018:

9) Six films tied here with two mentions each: Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Rich Asians, Eighth Grade, First Reformed, A Quiet Place and Vice.

7) Mary Poppins Returns (3): NBR, AFI, BFCA
7) The Favourite (3): GG, AFI, BFCA
4) If Beale Street Could Talk (4): NBR, GG, AFI, BFCA
4) Green Book (4): NBR (best picture), GG, AFI, BFCA
4) BlacKkKlansman (4): GG, AFI, SAG, BFCA
1) A Star Is Born (5): NBR, GG, AFI, SAG, BFCA
1) Roma (5): NBR, NY, LA, AFI (special citation), BFCA
1) Black Panther (5): NBR, GG, AFI, SAG, BFCA

With single mentions: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Can You Ever Forgive Me? and First Man.

So where are for 2019 (TFF #46 films in Green):

1) The Irishman (6) NBR, AFI, GG, CC, NY -runner-up, LA
2) 1917 (4) NBR, AFI, GG, CC
2) Jojo Rabbit (4) NBR, AFI, GG, CC
2) Marriage Story (4) NBR, AFI, GG, CC
2) Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (4) NBR, AFI, GG, CC
6) Joker (3) AFI, GG, CC
6) Knives Out (3) NBR, AFI, GG
6) Parasite (3) AFI-special citation, CC, LA
9) The Farewell (2) NBR, AFI
9) Ford v Ferrari (2) NBR, CC
9) Little Women (2) AFI, CC
9) Richard Jewell (2) NBR, AFI
9) Uncut Gems (2) NBR, CC

Single mentions for: Waves, The Two Popes, Rocketman, Dolemite Is My Name, Judy and A Hidden Life.


GUILDS BEGIN THEIR LONG MARCH



The Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA named their nominees for acting awards for the past year yesterday.  Nominees included these performers from TFF #46 films:

Marriage Story: Scarlett Johansson/Best Actress, Adam Driver/Best Actor, Laura Dern/Best Supporting Actress

Judy: Renee Zellweger/Best Actress

Ford v Ferrari: Christian Bale/Best Actor, Best Stunt Ensemble

Best Ensemble nominees included: Parasite

Jay Roach's Bombshell led all films with four nominations.  Charlize Theron for Leading Actress and both Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman for Supporting Actress and a nomination for Best Ensemble.

The complete list of SAG/AFTRA nominees are linked here.


Meanwhile, the Art Directors Guild, the Cinema Audio Society and the Costume Designers Guild also have named their nominees.

James Mangold's Ford v Ferrari broke through with nods for Sound from the CAS as well as Period Production Design from the Art Directors Guild.

Parasite was nominated also by the ADG for Best Contemporary Production Design.

The complete list of nominees for the ADG is linked here.

Additionally, the Association of Cinema Editors (A.C.E.) announced their nominees for excellence in editing yesterday.  TFF #46 films included among those nominees were: Ford v Ferrari, Marriage Story and Parasite in the Drama category.  Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice was nominated in the feature documentary category.

The complete list of A.C.E. nominees is linked here


No TFF #46 film earned a Costume Design Guild nomination this year.  Those nominees can be viewed here.


NEW GURUS OF GOLD



Movie City News has a new updated set of predictions from The Gurus of Gold.  Categories that are included in this latest set of Guru guesses are Best Picture, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Director, and Screenplays.

Here's the link to the latest Gurus of Gold.

TFF #46 that are predicted to get nominations according to the Gurus in these eight categories are:

Marriage Story: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Direction, Original Screenplay

Parasite: Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay

Ford v Ferrari: Best Picture

The Two Popes: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay

Judy: Best Actress

Pain and Glory: Best Actor



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