At long last, the time has come: the 2017 Oscar nominations are finally here. After months of guessing and prognosticating, the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences have finally weighed in with their picks for the very best of cinema in 2016, and the results are intriguing.
La La Land, unsurprisingly, leads the pack with a whopping 14 nominations. It now ties withTitanicandAll About Evefor the most nominations of all time, as the film scored nods in almost every major category and then some.Moonlightalso fared well with eight nominations in total, including Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. Meanwhile,Martin Scorsese’s masterfulSilencescored just a single nomination, for Best Cinematography. Instead of Scorsese making the Best Director cut, it wasMel Gibson, scoring his first Oscar nomination since 1995’sBraveheart, for which he won.
In terms of surprises,Amy Adamswas shockingly passed over for a Best Actress nomination forArrival, while it wasn’tAaron Taylor-Johnsonwho got in forNocturnal Animals, but insteadMichael Shannon.
As forDeadpool, while the superhero movie landed a number of precursor nominations from the likes of the WGA and PGA, it ended up with zero Oscar nominations. I surmised as much in my predictions yesterday—this never really felt like the kind of movie the Academy would go for, with Adapted Screenplay serving as its best shot.
Click herefor a deeper analysis on the biggest snubs and surprises from today’s nominations. Hosted byJimmy Kimmel, the 89th Academy Awards will be held on February 26th, broadcast live on ABC.
Best Picture
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Hidden Figures
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Best Director
Damien Chazelle –La La Land
Barry Jenkins –Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan –Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve –Arrival
Mel Gibson -Hacksaw Ridge
Best Actress
Emma Stone –La La Land
Natalie Portman –Jackie
Isabelle Huppert –Elle
Meryl Streep –Florence Foster Jenkins
Ruth Negga -Loving
Best Actor
Casey Affleck –Manchester by the Sea
Denzel Washington –Fences
Andrew Garfield –Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling –La La Land
Viggo Mortensen –Captain Fantastic
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis –Fences
Michelle Williams –Manchester by the Sea
Naomie Harris –Moonlight
Nicole Kidman –Lion
Octavia Spencer –Hidden Figures
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali –Moonlight
Jeff Bridges –Hell or High Water
Dev Patel –Lion
Lucas Hedges –Manchester by the Sea
Michael Shannon –Nocturnal Animals
Best Adapted Screenplay
Moonlight– Barry Jenkins, Tarell McCraney
Arrival– Eric Heisserer
Lion– Luke Davies
Fences– August Wilson
Hidden Figures- Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi
Best Original Screenplay
La La Land– Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea– Kenneth Lonergan
Hell or High Water– Taylor Sheridan
The Lobster– Efthymis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos
20th Century Women- Mike Mills
Best Cinematography
Linus Sandgren –La La Land
Bradford Young –Arrival
Greig Fraser –Lion
James Laxton –Moonlight
Rodrigo Prieto –Silence
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
The Red Turtle
My Life as a Zucchini
