I suspect they are the surest bets to be in contention for
multiple crafts nominations at the end of the year, at least from the product we've already seen.
Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller (well... it's thrilling to some people) could well vacuum up
several crafts nominations (cinematography, production design, editing) on its way to a best picture nod.
Hold on, though — its only guild win was with WGA, and it didn't manage to land even a
single craft nomination with the Academy, so it can't win Best Picture, right?
It really does get down to being without
the crafts nominations to pick up the slack.
And only five films in movie history have won Best Picture without
a craft nomination: The Broadway Melody (1929), Grand Hotel (1932), It Happened One Night (1934), Annie Hall (1977), and Ordinary People (1980).
The having
no craft nominations stat — last known failure: Ordinary People 1980.
It's supposed to be
a craft nomination, not just «here's a movie we like!»