Not exact matches
In the seven years
since that threequel set box office records and earned a Best
Picture nomination, the studio has had some generally liked if not quite loved triumphs (Finding Dory, Brave, Monsters University), one film that most would agree is at least in contention of «masterpiece» status (Inside Out), and some perplexing, unprecedented misses (Cars 2 & 3 plus the aforementioned Good Dinosaur).
And, though the studio was shut out of the best
picture nominations for the first time
since 2010, it still picked up five
nominations in other categories for films such as Before Midnight (one of critics» favorites last year) and Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.
It also snared Tarantino his first writing and directing Oscar
nominations since Pulp - and got a Best
Picture nod, too.
«The Tree of Life» became the first
since 2002's «The Pianist» to manage a Best
Picture nomination, and only the fifth
since 1983 (the others being «The Piano,» «Pulp Fiction» and «Secrets and Lies»).
Most of his movies
since Pulp Fiction have received more or less positive reviews (as well as Oscar
nominations — both Django Unchained and Inglorious Basterds were nominated for Best
Picture) though with considerable grousing.
Sutherland is still searching for his first Oscar
nomination and although The Leisure Seeker could be his ticket it's getting further away by the month, especially
since Sony
Pictures Classics also has CMBYN.
While there hasn't be a lead performance by a female in a Best
Picture winner
since 2004's Million Dollar Baby, there have been plenty of supporting actress
nominations, especially recently:
«Selma»'s two
nominations is the lowest for a Best
Picture nominee
since «Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close».
I'm still going to bet that the film with the Best
Picture nomination is the best bet to win (13/15 out of the past winners have had BP
nominations — and no film
since they expanded Best
Picture has won the Eddie without a Best Pic nod), although honestly Star Wars: The Force Awakens could totally take it (and then take the Oscar too).
The biggest question mark will be for the acting nods,
since we all know that without a SAG
nomination, your «Best
Picture» prospects are pretty much dead in the water.
No film has earned Best
Picture without a Best Cast
nomination since 1995, when Braveheart upset Apollo 13 at the Oscars.
No other film
since 1995's «Braveheart» has taken Best
Picture without also claiming a Screen Actors Guild ensemble
nomination.
It was just the start, as the film went on to secure a number of Best
Picture nominations and win the Producer's Guild of America's top prize (which has aligned with the Oscar's Best
Picture on almost every recent year,
since both organizations switched to a preferential ballot).
I still think McCarthy will receive a
nomination at the Oscars
since the BAFTA lineup of directors has been so wishy washy over the years in terms of matching the academy, but I definitely don't think he is winning either award (
Picture or Director).
Ever
since Selma received a Best
Picture nomination, DuVernay has been in - demand at various Hollywood studios, being considered for projects like Marvel's Black Panther among others.
For 30 years the «No film has ever won the Best
Picture Oscar without an Editing
nomination since Ordinary People!»
However, all of the NYFCC's Best
Pictures since 2007 have at least received a
nomination for Best
Picture at the Oscars and the LAFCA's selections have received nods for the past 10 years, so, if history is any indication, the odds are strong that «Boyhood» will be on the list when Best
Picture Oscar nominees are announced.
At Deadline's big awards - season event, The Contenders Presented By Deadline, held in front of a packed audience of AMPAS and key guild members last month at the DGA, Sony
Pictures Classics highlighted its Sundance pickup Grandma, which
since has earned Golden Globe and Critics» Choice
nominations for star Lily Tomlin.
It has
since gone on to be nominated for a slew of awards, garnering four Golden Globes (including Best
Picture (Drama)-RRB-, three SAG Awards (including Best Cast of a Motion
Picture), and an impressive seven Oscar
nominations that includes Best
Picture, and is even considered by many to be the favorite to win.
For one thing, the Oscar
nominations secured a few more weeks in theaters for «Phantom Thread,» his most commercially successful movie
since his last best
picture nominee, «There Will Be Blood,» which also starred Daniel Day - Lewis.
Movie buffs have actually been living through such a situation
since 2009, when The Dark Knight, fresh off a $ 1 billion campaign and universal critical acclaim, did not receive a
nomination for Best
Picture at the Oscars.
A little bit of history on NYFCC: Last year was the first time
since 2006 that their Best
Picture winner did not go on to an Oscar
nomination.
Since SAG first started handing out the Best Cast award in 1995 it has become a big indicator for Oscar Best
Picture nominations and winners.
Perhaps the most promising indicator that the film would get some Oscar recognition came with the film's Producers Guild of America
nomination for Best
Picture,
since the group's industry membership also includes some members of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts & Sciences.
Since Oscar changed up to more than five Best
Picture nominees, only one — Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart — won without a Best
Picture nomination.
In terms of
nominations,
since 1970, roughly 114 (counted myself, so give or take) out of 200
nominations were nominees in Best
Picture contenders.
The Producers Guild Awards have only been around
since 1990 (called the Golden Laurels back then; changing to its current name in 2002) but have historically been a very strong precursor to a Best
Picture nomination.
That's incredibly important
since the only film to ever win Best
Picture without a
nomination here was way back in 1996 when Braveheart did it.
I reviewed the film in 2009 (read the feature review here) and it
since placed on scores of Top Ten lists and critics awards and received Academy Awards
nominations for Best
Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
No film has won Best
Picture at the Oscars ® without also having received at least a Best Editing
nomination since ORDINARY PEOPLE in 1981.
Since the Oscars expanded the best -
picture slate in 2009, only «The Tree of Life,» «Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close» and «Amour» have made the cut without a single
nomination from the four major guilds (the DGA, PGA, WGA and SAG).
Since breaking onto the Oscar scene for «Sideways,» Payne hasn't missed a Best
Picture nomination.
This is the first Oscar for Pixar
since Toy Story 3 delivered one of the studio's most successful awards seasons, with the film not only topping many animation lists, but also placing in many «best films of the year» lists, culminating in the capturing of a Best
Picture nomination at the Oscars.
Since 2009 the Academy increased its Best
Picture nominees from five to a maximum of 10, so although a SAG
nomination is harder to come by, a film's chances of winning the ensemble award once nominated is up to twice as high as at the Oscars.
To win, it would have to triumph with the fewest total
nominations of any Best
Picture winner
since the»30s, but we've been steadily moving towards Best
Picture winners with fewer and fewer total
nominations lately.