A large batch of screeners arrived this week. Below, they are revealed in order of receipt. Starting with Bleecker Street, then several Netflix documentaries, followed by the Magnolia/Magnet batch is up next, with National Geographic up next, and finishing off with DreamWorks’ latest Abominable.
Bleecker Street
Arctic
Oscar Chances: Unlikely: The film never managed to pick up any Oscar buzz in spite of strong reviews.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Picture (Christopher Lemole, Tim Zajaros, Noah C. Haeussner)
- Director (Joe Penna)
- Actor (Mads Mikkelsen)
- Original Screenplay (Joe Penna, Ryan Morrison)
- Cinematography (Tomas Orn Tomasson)
- Film Editing (Ryan Morrison)
- Production Design (Atli Geir Gretarsson)
- Costume Design (Margret Einarsdottir)
- Makeup and Hairstyling (Ragna Fossberg)
- Original Score (Joseph Trapanese)
- Sound Mixing (Arni Gustafsson)
- Sound Editing (Odin Benitez, Christpoher Bonis)
- Visual Effects (Simon Assekritov)
Brian Banks
Oscar Chances: Unlikely: The film was not well liked by critics and doesn’t have much of an option for statement-making considering what else is in the race this year.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Picture (Amy Baer, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson)
- Director (Tom Shadyac)
- Actor (Aldis Hodge)
- Supporting Actor (Greg Kinnear)
- Supporting Actress (Sherri Shepherd, Melanie Liburd)
- Original Screenplay (Doug Atchison)
- Cinematography (Ricardo Diaz)
- Film Editing (Greg Hayden)
- Production Design (Teresa Mastropierro, Darian Corley)
- Costume Design (Amanda Ford)
- Makeup and Hairstyling (Gloria Belz, Jackie Weiss)
- Sound Mixing (Jim Morgan, Andy Koyama, Odin Benitez)
- Sound Editing (Odin Benitez)
- Original Score (John Debney)
- Original Song (“It’s Not Over” – Glenda Proby, Mike Sabath, Sam Fischer)
- Original Song (“Pray for a Miracle” – Justin Gray, Trevis Romell Harris)
Hotel Mumbai
Oscar Chances: Unlikely: The film had decent reviews, but released too early in the year to remain in the conversation.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Picture (Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Mike Gabrawy, Julie Ryan, Andrew Ogilvie, Jomon Thomas)
- Director (Anthony Maras)
- Original Screenplay (John Collee, Anthony Maras)
- Supporting Actor (Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Anupam Kher, Jason Isaacs)
- Supporting Actress (Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey)
- Production Design (Steve Jones-Evans, Nicki Gardiner)
- Cinematography (Nick Remy Matthews)
- Film Editing (Peter McNulty, Anthony Maras)
- Sound Editing (Sam Petty)
- Sound Mixing (Pete Smith, Sam Petty)
- Visual Effects (Marty Pepper)
- Costume Design (Anna Borghesi)
- Original Score (Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka)
- Makeup and Hairstyling (Fiona Rees-Jones)
Netflix Documentaries
The Black Godfather
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Documentary Feature (Reginald Hudlin, Byron Philips, Nelson George, Caitrin Rogers, Nicole Avant)
- Director (Reginald Hudlin)
- Cinematography (Matthew Chavez)
- Film Editing (Wyatt Jones, Will Znidaric)
- Original Score (Jasha Klebe)
- Original Song (“Letter to My Godfather”, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo)
- Sound Editing (Lon Bender)
- Sound Mixing (Lon Bender)
The Edge of Democracy
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Documentary Feature (Petra Costa, Joanna Natasegara, Tiago Pavan)
- Director (Petra Costa)
- Original Screenplay (Petra Costa, Carol Pires, Moara Passoni, David Barker)
- Film Editing (Karen Harley, Tina Baz, Jordana Berg, Joaquim Castro, David Barker, Felipe Lacerda)
- Cinematography (Joao Atala)
- Sound Editing (Leslie Shatz)
- Sound Mixing (Leslie Shatz)
- Original Music (Rodrigo Leao, Lucas Santtana, Gilberto Monte)
The Great Hack
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Documentary Feature (Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim, Judy Korin, Pedro Kos, Geralyn White Dreyfous)
- Director (Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim)
- Original Screenplay (Pedro Kos, Erin Barnett, Karim Amer)
- Cinematography (Basil Childers, Ian Moubayed)
- Film Editing (Erin Barnett, Carlos Rojas)
- Original Score (Gil Talmi)
- Sound Editing (Tom Paul, Jeremy S. Bloom, Tristan Baylis, Gerald Dolan, Nathan Hasz, Andres Marthe Gonzalez)
Knock Down the House
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Documentary Feature (Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick, Sarah Olson)
- Director (Rachel Lears)
- Original Screenplay (Rachel Lears, Robin Blotnick)
- Film Editing (Robin Blotnick)
- Sound Editing (Mike Frank)
- cinematography (Rachel Lears)
- Original Score (Ryan Blotnick)
- Sound Mixing (Mike Frank)
Rolling Thunder Review
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Documentary Feature (Martin Scorsese, Jeff Rosen, Margaret Bodde)
- Director (Martin Scorsese)
- Cinematography (Ellen Kuras, David Myers, Howard Alk, Paul Goldsmith, Michael Levine)
- Film Editing (David Tedeschi, Damian Rodriguez)
- Sound Editing (Philip Stockton)
- Sound Mixing (Tom Fleischman)
Tell Me Who I Am
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Documentary Feature (Ed Perkins, Simon Chinn)
- Directing (Ed Perkins)
- Cinematography (Erik Alexander Wilson, Patrick Smith)
- Film Editing (David Charap)
- Original Score (Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans)
- Sound Editing (Jeremy Price)
- Sound Mixing (George Foulgham)
National Geographic
The Cave
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Documentary Feature
Magnolia / Magnet
Aniara
Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Never really had much of a chance to begin with.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
The Brink
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Cold Case Hammarskjold
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Cunningham
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Hail Satan?
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Little Joe
Oscar Chances: Unlikely: An amiable cast and a unique concept do not an Oscar contender make.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Mike Wallace Is Here
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Mister America
Oscar Chances: Unlikely: The film never really caught on.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Irvin
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Scandalous
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Oscar Chances: Unknown: I’m not that familiar with the Documentary Feature contenders this year, so I don’t have a comment.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- None Specified
DreamWorks
Abominable
Oscar Chances: Uncertain: If there’s any justice, this will be one of the Oscar contenders, but DreamWorks already has How to Train Your Dragon 3, so it may not push this one like it should.
Campaign-Proposed Categories
- Animated Feature & Picture (Suzanne Buirgy, Peilin Chou, Jill Culton)
- Director (Jill Culton)
- Original Screenplay (Jill Culton)
- Production Design (Max Boas, Paul Duncan)
- Film Editing (Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland)
- Sound Mixing (Myron Nettinga)
- Sound Editing (Ethan Van Der Ryn, Erik Aadahl)
- Visual Effects (Mark Edwards, Jeff Budsberg, Damon Riesberg, Michael Necci)
- Original Score (Rupert Gregson-Williams)
- Starring (Chloe Bennet, Tenzing Norgay-Trainor, Albert Tsai, Eddie Izzard, Sarah Paulson, Tsai Chin)
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