The 2017 Academy Awards is right around the corner and the list of nominations is out all over the inter-webs. Unsurprisingly, “La La Land” has tied for most Oscar nominations ever, and if you read our review you know we here at dustydvd loved La La Land and we wouldn’t be surprised if it swept the awards. So just for fun, we thought we’d put out our predictions for some of the categories, take a look…
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
La La Land – WINNER – All the way, we loved La La Land
Moonlight
Manchester By The Sea
Lion
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
Best Director
Mel Gibson: Hacksaw Ridge
Kenneth Lonergan: Manchester By The Sea
Denis Villeneuve: Arrival
Barry Jenkins: Moonlight
Damien Chazelle: La La Land – WINNER
Best Actor
Denzel Washington: Fences
Ander Garfield: Hacksaw Ridge
Casey Affleck: Manchester By The Sea
Viggo Mortensen: Captain Fantastic
Ryan Gosling: La La Land – WINNER
Best Actress
Natalie Portman: Jackie – WINNER
Meryl Streep: Florence Foster Jenkins
Emma Stone: La La Land
Ruth Negga: Loving
Isabelle Huppert: Elle
Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges: Hell or High Water – WINNER
Dev Patel: Lion
Michael Shannon: Nocturnal Animals
Lucas Hedges: Manchester By The Sea
Mahershala Ali: Moonlight
Best Supporting Actress
Michelle Williams: Manchester By The Sea
Nicole Kidman: Lion
Naomie Harris: Moonlight
Octavia Spencer: Hidden Figures
Viola Davis: Fences – WINNER
Best Original Screenplay
Damien Chazelle: La La Land – WINNER
Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou: The Lobster
Kenneth Lonergan: Manchester By The Sea
Mike Mills: 20th Century Woman
Taylor Sheridan: Hell or High Water
Best Adapted Screenplay
August Wilson: Fences
Luke Davis: Lion
Alison Schroeder & Theodore Melfi: Hidden Figures
Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McRaney: Moonlight – WINNER
Eric Heisserer: Arrival
Best Editing
Moonlight
Arrival
La La Land – WINNER
Hell or High Water
Hacksaw Ridge
Best Cinematography
La La Land – WINNER
Silence
Moonlight
Lion
Arrival
Best Production Design
La La Land – WINNER
Jackie
Florence Foster Jenkins
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Best Make-up & Hair
Suicide Squad – WINNER – Wildcard
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Best Original Score
Jackie
La La Land – WINNER
Passengers
Lion
Moonlight
Best Original Song
“Audition” La La Land
“City of Stars” La La Land – WINNER
“How Far I’ll Go” Moana
“The Empty Chair” Jim: The James Foley Story
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Trolls
Best Visual Effects
Rogue One – WINNER
Kubo
Doctor Strange
The Jungle Book
Deepwater Horizon
Best Foreign Film
Toni Erdmann
Tanna
A Man Called Ove
The Salesman
Land of Mine – WINNER
Best Doc
13th
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
OJ: Made In America – WINNER
Best Animated Film
Zootopia
Moana
Kubo – WINNER – Saw this for the first time the other night and was amazed
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Those are our predictions for the 2017 Academy Awards! Let us know what your predictions are and let us know your favorite movie(s) for 2017. Thanks for reading…
Photo Credit: Snagged from oscars.org
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