The Best Original
Screenplay nominees include Nebraska, Her, and American Hustle, while the Best Adapted category is filled out by the likes of Before Midnight, Captain Phillips, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Not exact matches
«The Shape of Water,» which stars
nominee Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady who falls for a soulful, otherworldly beast, tops all movies with seven nominations,
including best director, best
screenplay and best motion picture, drama.
Featuring an original
screenplay by Steven Knight (Academy Award
nominee for «Dirty Pretty Things,» «Eastern Promises «-RRB-, a rich crop of talent has just been added to the cast,
including Ciarán Hinds («Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,» «The Debt «-RRB-, Julia Stiles («Dexter,» the «Bourne» franchise), Riz Ahmed («Four Lions «-RRB-, Kenneth Cranham («An Inspector Calls «-RRB- and Anne - Marie Duff («Nowhere Boy «-RRB-.
The Spirit Awards were founded in 1984 and this list of
nominees included three for Blue Jasmine — Woody Allen for Best
Screenplay, Cate Blanchett for Best Female Lead and Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Female.
This year's
nominees are lead by Jordan Peele's «Get Out,» which pulled in four nominations (
including Best Feature, Breakthrough Director, Best
Screenplay, and Best Actor), but the breakout debut is trailed by four other hot contenders, each with three nominations to their name.
• «The Kids Are All Right,» with major nominations
including picture, actress (Annette Bening), supporting actor Mark Ruffalo) and
screenplay (Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg), joins «Milk» among top
nominees with a homosexual subject, and in a way is more meaningful because it shows a functioning family rather than a single person.
For a good indication of the Satellites» level of credibility, check out their bizarre
nominees in the Best Original
Screenplay category, which
include not one, but two adaptations.
Luca Guadagnino's «Call Me By Your Name» led all
nominees with eight nominations,
including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted
Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Actor, Breakthrough Performer, and two nominations for Best Supporting Actor.
Other best picture
nominees included Fox Searchlight Pictures» «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» which earned seven; Martin McDonagh was recognized for his original
screenplay and not his directing, as many projected.
Officially hosted by both WIF President Cathy Schulman and Oscar - winner Emma Stone, on Friday night, Women In Film celebrated some of the year's most lauded women
nominees,
including Best Actress contender Margot Robbie, «Lady Bird» filmmaker and Best Director
nominee Greta Gerwig, Bes Cinematography
nominee Rachel Morrison, double
nominee Mary J. Blige, Best Documentary contender (and living legend) Agnes Varda, and Best Original
Screenplay nominee Emily V. Gordon (plus husband and co-
nominee) Kumail Nanjiani.
On January 23rd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this year's Oscar
nominees —
including Get Out, which earned nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original
Screenplay.
The Shape of Water, director Guillermo det Toro's «fish out of water» love story, led all
nominees when the nominations for the 90th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, receiving thirteen,
including Best Picture and both Best Director and Best Original
Screenplay for del Toro.
Denis Villeneuve oversees a production that
includes a
screenplay penned by Hampton Fancher (Blade Runner), Michael Green (American Gods, Logan), Ridley Scott (Alien, The Martian) as Producer, 13 time Oscar
nominee Roger Deakins (Sicario) as Cinematographer, Hans Zimmer (Inception) and Johannson (Arrival) composing and finally Ryan Gosling (La La Land) and Harrison Ford (Star Wars) in front of the camera.
Up for four other prizes —
including Best Director and Best Original
Screenplay — the Austrian end - of - life drama will likely follow in the footsteps of the three previous Best Foreign Film / Best Picture double
nominees (Life is Beautiful, Z, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), easily taking the Foreign Film Oscar and leaving the big one for domestic product.
The foreign - language Oscar
nominee took a massive nine awards,
including honors for Best Film, Director,
Screenplay, Actor and Supporting Actor.
A number of the night's winners were first - time
nominees including Jordan Peele, who won the Oscar for original
screenplay for his horror satire «Get Out.»