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88th Academy Awards Nominations Announced - Full List for 2015
by Alex Billington
January 14, 2016
Source: Oscar.go.com
The complete list of nominees for the 88th Academy Awards, the most prestigious award in Hollywood, have been announced today (via oscar.go.com). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominees this morning live via online/television broadcast. They've nominated many outstanding films, and most of the standout performances of 2015, though there are always more. There's no need to spend any more time introducing this, so let's get right down to it! This year, The Academy selected a total of eight Best Picture nominee films, including: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, Spotlight. So without further ado, here is the full list of 2016 Oscar noms.
The 88th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 28th at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood with a live telecast airing on ABC starting at 7PM (EST) / 4PM (PST). The upcoming 2016 ceremony is being hosted by comedian/filmmaker Chris Rock. Here's the full list of 2015 Academy Awards nominees:
PICTURE:
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
DIRECTOR:
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu - The Revenant
Adam McKay - The Big Short
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson - Room
ACTOR:
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
ACTRESS:
Brie Larson - Room
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Jennifer Lawrence - Joy
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
Sylvester Stallone - Creed
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Bridge of Spies - Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Ex Machina - Alex Garland
Inside Out -
Spotlight - Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton -
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Brooklyn - Nick Hornby
The Big Short - Charles Randolph, Adam McKay
Carol - Phyllis Nagy
The Martian - Drew Goddard
Room - Emma Donoghue
ANIMATED FEATURE:
Anomalisa
Boy & The World
Inside Out
Shaun The Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Carol - Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
Last Day of Freedom
ANIMATED SHORT:
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay's Super Team
We Can't Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
Ave Maria
Day One
Shok
Stutterer
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
VISUAL EFFECTS:
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
COSTUME DESIGN:
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
MAKE-UP & HAIR:
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
FILM EDITING:
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND MIXING:
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
SOUND EDITING:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
ORIGINAL SCORE:
Bridge of Spies - Thomas Newman
Carol - Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
Sicario - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams
ORIGINAL SONG:
"Earned It" from Fifty Shades of Grey
"Manta Ray" from Racing Extinction
"Til It Happens To You" from The Hunting Ground
"Simple Song #3" from Youth
"Writing's On The Wall" from Spectre
Congratulations to all of this year's nominees. Very interesting selections! Much love for The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Carol. I am very excited to see two solid sci-fi movies as Best Picture nominees - The Martian and Mad Max: Fury Road. I'm also happy to see Cartel Land and The Look of Silence nominated for Best Documentary, both are outstanding docs. As I have been predicting, it's a battle between Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki and Roger Deakins for the Best Cinematography award. The two going head-to-head again. There's quite a few films missing from various categories, but that's always expected. I'm also surprised and relieved to see Brooklyn earning so many nominations, such an adorable film. Best of all - Mad Max: Fury Road is everywhere! There's going to be plenty of discussion about these picks this year. What do you think?
Reader Feedback - 26 Comments
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Fell sort of my goal by only seeing seven of the eight Best Picture nominees before they were announced. Stupid Brooklyn messed it up as I was expecting Carol to get a nomination instead.
gjbender1 on Jan 14, 2016
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Was expecting Carol too tbh, but Brooklyn was so much better imo. =)
bat0u on Jan 14, 2016
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I'm at the theater now with a showing starting in 10 minutes. I thought Carol was just ok so hopefully Brooklyn is better like you both think.
gjbender1 on Jan 15, 2016
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It was very good. Much better than Carol. I do want to point out that saying "stupid" in the context that I did was referring to the fact that it messed up what I thought would be a perfect record of seeing all of the Best Picture nominees.
gjbender1 on Jan 15, 2016
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Where does is say that? Regardless, it's still a futuristic post apocalypse, so I can go with that.
bat0u on Jan 14, 2016
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in the bottom paragraph Alex wrote a comment how pleased he was that two sci fi's are nominated for best pic. I would ADORE if Fury Road took home the grand prize on Feb 28th
Joker's hideout on Jan 14, 2016
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ah yes missed that, sry. but like i said, think it still makes sense. =) It would be incredible if it won!
bat0u on Jan 14, 2016
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In general I think if it can be qualified as "post-apocalyptic" it qualifies as sci-fi. Fury road definitely floats in a weird genre though.
jay on Jan 14, 2016
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I agree. I wouldnt really count the walking dead as sci-fi, but I think zombie movies are their own genre also, lol.
jay on Jan 14, 2016
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I was hoping Ex Machina would get more love, but I totally understand why it didn't. Also Im gonna be that guy, I'm really pulling for Roger Deakins to get the best Cinematography nod over Lubezki this year.
jay on Jan 14, 2016
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Same. Was hoping for more love for Sicario, so definitely hoping for one for Deakins now.
bat0u on Jan 14, 2016
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Definitely on the same page with Sicario. It was my favorite picture of 2015. I get that its not the type of movie to get a picture of the year nom but damn it was good.
jay on Jan 14, 2016
17
As much as I love John Williams, I think nomination for TFA score is just silly...
Butchy Butch on Jan 14, 2016
18
Not enough love for Steve Carell in The Big Short, thought he was better than Bale.
Mxyzptlk on Jan 14, 2016
19
Best sound mix for TFA? Are they kidding? The mix has zero umph. Saw it twice at the arclight here in Hollywood and they have a good sound system. It just wasn't impressive to my ears. The pod race in EP1 was mixed better.
Sascha Dikiciyan on Jan 14, 2016
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Yeah Creed sounded better at the cinema that I went to lol. The sound mixing in that was phenomenal.
TK on Jan 14, 2016
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I haven't seen all the nominated pictures, but I think TFA is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I enjoyed it much more than Mad Max, which to me is a well done chase western with great stunts. I do agree with Sascha about the sound mix, though. I'm happy with Cranston's nom. My ex-wife discovered him on a JC Penny commercial back in the 90's! He's come a long way...
kitano0 on Jan 14, 2016
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Hell yeah, if Stallone gets the win, it will be so gratifying.
DAVIDPD on Jan 14, 2016
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Yeah that would make my day. I did think Creed should have been in there for sound editing instead of TFA and Original song instead of Spectre.
TK on Jan 14, 2016
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I'm hoping Miller wins Director, DiCaprio finally gets his oscar, Stallone wins a well deserved best supporting actor, Blanchett gets a nod for the amazing Carol, Shaun the Sheep was awesome lol, Ex Machina for original screenplay, The Revenant for cinematography, anything but TFA for original score and that Mad Max wins all the SFX categories :). Just my 2cents.
TK on Jan 14, 2016
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I'm rooting for Brie Larson and Room for best picture and adapted screenplay. Definitely my favorite movie of the year. I want Sicario to win something as well, best score and cinematography. George Miller for directing (his work in Mad Max was truly spectacular, even if the movie isn't as good as some people seem to believe). Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom is amazing and deserves best doc.
Ricardo_PT on Jan 15, 2016
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I hope The Revenant will win Best Picture,also i hope Lubezki will win best cinematography,Leo best actor...and Inarritu best director...much love for the Revenant,and regardless of what some will say...it really deserves all the love it gets.The Revenant is in my opinion a fantastic movie/cinematic experience! Kudos to the cast and crew for bringing us such an incredible movie!
Paul Precup on Jan 15, 2016
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