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The 87th Academy Award nominations were announced this morning at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. Leading the Oscars charge was “Birdman, ” which scored nine nominations including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, best acting for Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, and Emma Stone. This is Keaton’s first Academy Award nomination. Tied for nine nominations was Wes Anderson’s including Best Picture and Original Screenplay, but no nominations for acting.
Critical darling “Boyhood” earned six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Directing. This is writer-director Richard Linklater‘s first Best Picture nomination. Also faring well was “The Imitation Game, ” which came away with eight nominations.
The big surprise of the morning was Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper.” The movie that tells the story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle earned six nominations, including Best Picture and a Best Actor nomination for Bradley Cooper.
Another surprise was “Whiplash, ” the story of a teacher-student relationship in a competitive big-band jazz school. The film earned writer/director Damien Chazelle his first nomination for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a Best Supporting Actor nomination for J.K. Simmons. The movie was made for a little more than $3 million dollars.
The Academy did shut out a few films that have been receiving Oscar buzz over the last few months. Noticeably absent are nominations for “Selma” – the movie about the 1965 voting rights marches on Selma, Ala. The film received a Best Picture nomination, as well as Best Original Song, but no acting or writing nominations.
Speaking of music, the Best Original Song category yielded two surprises: the hyper-pop song “Everything Is Awesome, ” from “The Lego Movie” received a nomination (the film’s only) and country legend Glen Campbell received a nomination for “I’m Not Gonna Miss You, ” his song he contributed to “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me” documentary about his life.
On the technical side, Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi space adventure “Interstellar” earned five nominations, including Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing and Best Production Design.
The Academy Awards will take place on February 22 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, starting at 7 p.m. EST, with Neil Patrick Harris as host. For Speakeasy’s complete Oscars coverage, click here.
Here are the Oscar nominations.
Best Picture
“Boyhood”
“Birdman”
“Selma”
“American Sniper”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“The Theory of Everything”
“Whiplash”
Best Director
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Birdman”
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”
Best Actor
Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”
Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
Best Actress
Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”
Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”
Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Robert Duvall, “The Judge”
Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
Edward Norton, “Birdman”
Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
Laura Dern, “Wild”
Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
Emma Stone, “Birdman”
Meryl Streep, “Into the Woods”
Best Original Screenplay
Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Alejandro Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo, “Birdman”
E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, “Foxcatcher”
Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawler”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Hall, “American Sniper”
Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”
Anthony McCarten, “The Theory of Everything”
Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”
Best Animated Feature
“Big Hero 6”
“The Boxtrolls”
“How to Train Your Dragon 2”
“Song of the Sea”
“The Tale of Princess Kayuga”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Ida” (Poland)
“Leviathan” (Russia)
“Tangerines” (Estonia)
“Timbuktu” (Mauritania)
“Wild Tales” (Argentina)
Best Documentary – Feature
“Citizenfour”
“Finding Vivian Maier”
“Last Days in Vietnam”
“Salt of the Earth”
“Virunga”
Best Documentary – Short
“Crisis Hotline”
“Joanna”
“Our Curse”
“The Reaper”
“White Earth”
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Alexandre Desplat, “The Imitation Game”
Hans Zimmer, “Interstellar”
Gary Yershon, “Mr. Turner”
Johann Johannsson, “The Theory of Everything”
Best Original Song
Shawn Patterson, “Everything Is Awesome” (“The Lego Movie”)
John Legend and Common, “Glory” (“Selma”)
Diane Warren, “Grateful” (“Beyond the Lights”)
Glen Campbell, “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” (“Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me”)
Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois, “Lost Stars” (“Begin Again”)
Best Sound Editing
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”
“The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies”
“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
Best Sound Mixing
“American Sniper”
“Birdman”
“Interstellar”
“Unbroken”
“Whiplash”
Best Production Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Interstellar”
“Into the Woods”
“Mr. Turner”
Best Cinematography
“Birdman”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Ida”
“Mr. Turner”
“Unbroken”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, “Foxcatcher”
Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Best Costume Design
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“Inherent Vice”
“Maleficent”
“Mr. Turner”
“Into the Woods”
Best Film Editing
“American Sniper”
“Boyhood”
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“The Imitation Game”
“Whiplash”
Best Visual Effects
“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
“Guardians of the Galaxy”
“Interstellar”
“X-Men: Days of Future Past”
Best Live Action Short
“Aya”
“Boogaloo and Graham”
“Butter Lamp”
“Parvaneh”
“The Phone Call”
Best Animated Short
“The Bigger Picture”
