But in a year when some wondered if «Star Wars» could get any major awards love,
a film editing nomination — along with score, visual effects and two sound nominations — makes for a key battlefield victory.
Not exact matches
Nominations: Best picture, best director, best
film editing, best original score, best sound mixing, best sound
editing
«This time, its war, «was the tagline and Aliens went on to become one of the biggest blockbuster
films of 1986 and not to mention ending up being nominated for Seven Oscars including a Best Actress
nomination for Sigourney Weaver and winning two Oscars for Sound Effects
Editing and Special Visual Effects.
Eight
nominations The Revenant (
film, director, actor, music, cinematography,
editing, makeup & hair, sound)
His
film would earn 8 Academy Award
nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for its screenplay and
editing.
Five
nominations The Big Short (
film, director, adapted screenplay, supporting actor,
editing) The Danish Girl (British
film, actor, actress, costume design, makeup & hair) Ex Machina (British
film, debut
film, original screenplay, supporting actress, visual effects)
«The Shape of Water» leads all
films this year with 14
nominations including Best Picture, Sally Hawkins for Best Actress, Richard Jenkins for Best Supporting Actor, Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress, Guillermo del Toro for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay alongside Vanessa Taylor, Dan Laustsen for Best Cinematography, Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin for Best Production Design, Sidney Wolinsky for Best
Editing, Luis Sequeira for Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects, Best Sci - Fi or Horror Movie, and Alexandre Desplat for Best Score.
Elsewhere, the
film nabbed a prize for Best
Editing, turning 10
nominations into 6 wins.
Champions: The
film - a musical set in modern day Tinseltown - landed 12
nominations, and took home gongs for Best Director for Damien Chazelle, Best Screenplay, Best Production, Best Score, Best
Editing and Best Song
«Big Short» not only snuck into the Best Picture category but it earned McKay a Best Director nod, an Adapted Screenplay
nomination (shared with Charles Randolph) and the
film took an
Editing slot as well.
The only major awards
nominations «All the Money» has a chance at are the BAFTAs (noms out Jan. 9) and The Oscars (noms announced Jan. 23)-- if Scott, Plummer and crew can get
filming and
editing done in time.
This segment included the cinematography, costume design,
film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short
film, live action short
film, sound
editing, sound mixing and visual effects
nominations.
The
nominations will begin with the categories cinematography, costume design,
film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short
film, live action short
film, sound
editing, sound mixing, and visual effects.
And consider the astonishing four
nominations (director, screenplay, cinematography,
editing) for the Brazilian
film «City of God,» which was ineligible in last year's foreign
film category because the Brazilians refused to nominate their brilliant and angry
film.
Dunaway was nominated for Golden Globe for her performance, and the
film scored a Best
Editing nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
«Having nine
nominations is really fantastic for a
film like «Carol,» and to see Todd's work and Todd recognized in this way, which hasn't fully happened until this point, is incredibly gratifying because he is one of the great contemporary American filmmakers, and his
films and «Carol» will be here long after we are all gone,» she said, although she added that she would have liked to have seen the contribution of Carter Burwell and Affonso Goncalves recognized as well, for music and
editing respectively.
Shot by Academy Award - winning cinematographer Robert Elswit, who has worked with Anderson ever since Hard Eight, scored by singer - songwriter Michael Penn,
edited by the great Dylan Tichenor, who started as an apprentice on Robert Altman's movies and went on to do great
films such as Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Brokeback Mountain and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic drama went on to garner three Academy Award
nominations, did reasonably well at the box office by tripling its initial investment and, more importantly, showcased the surprising talent and determination of one of the few brilliant filmmakers of American contemporary cinema.
But the J.J. Abrams movie scored a major coup when it landed a
film editing slot, a
nomination that few experts had predicted.
«The Sound of «Transformers: Dark of the Moon»» is focused on the
film's sound engineering, which scores the
film two Oscar
nominations in Sound Mixing and
Editing.
The Academy offered a major surprise by not only honoring the
film with
nominations for Best Actor Andrew Garfield,
Editing, Sound
Editing, and Mixing, but also for Director and Best Picture, signaling that scandal - tainted Mel Gibson, who directed «Braveheart» to five Oscar wins including director and picture back in 1996, made such a strong movie that the Academy couldn't deny him.
From a selection of
films across 21 categories, the groundbreaking Mad Max: Fury Road leads the field, securing 11
nominations including Best Picture, Best Director (George Miller), Best Ensemble Cast, as well as Cinematography, Costume Design, Film
Editing, Makeup & Hairstyling, Production Design, Original Score, Sound Design, and Visual Effects.
«La La Land» leads all
films this year with 12
nominations including Best Picture, Ryan Gosling for Best Actor, Emma Stone for Best Actress, Damien Chazelle for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Linus Sandgren for Best Cinematography, David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds - Wasco for Best Production Design, Tom Cross for Best Editing, Mary Zophres for Best Costume Design, Two Best Song Nominations for «Audition (The Fools Who Dream)» and «City of Stars,» and Justin Hurwitz for
nominations including Best Picture, Ryan Gosling for Best Actor, Emma Stone for Best Actress, Damien Chazelle for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Linus Sandgren for Best Cinematography, David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds - Wasco for Best Production Design, Tom Cross for Best
Editing, Mary Zophres for Best Costume Design, Two Best Song
Nominations for «Audition (The Fools Who Dream)» and «City of Stars,» and Justin Hurwitz for
Nominations for «Audition (The Fools Who Dream)» and «City of Stars,» and Justin Hurwitz for Best Score.
In addition to Scott's
nomination for Directing, the
film also is a nominee for Best Picture, Lead Actor (Matt Damon), Adapted Screenplay,
Film Editing, Sound Design, and Visual Effects.
Glover is recognized for his star turns in the blockbuster «Lethal Weapon» series,» though he has appeared in more serious fare including «The Color Purple» and «Witness»; while the two collectively earned 19 Oscar
nominations (with two wins for best writing and
editing for the latter), Glover missed out on a
nomination for each
film.
For 30 years the «No
film has ever won the Best Picture Oscar without an
Editing nomination since Ordinary People!»
The ACE Eddie
nominations for best
edited feature
films, documentary and animated features were announced with more than a few shocks and surprises.
The adaptation was a smashing success in every respect, performing very well at the box office for its exciting thriller elements, while its writing, directing,
editing and cinematography would earn it eight Academy Award
nominations, including Best Picture, a first for an R - rated
film (although 1969's X-rated Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, had been re-rated to an R in 1971).
The majority of the
film's
nomination are for technical achievements, including
film editing and production design.
The most nominated
film in 1941 was Howard Hawks» patriotic saga, «Sergeant York,» which received 11
nominations and won two: Gary Cooper as Best Actor and
Film Editing for William Holmes.
The
nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced earlier this week, and while Edgar Wright «s music - driven heist
film Baby Driver didn't end up with any nods in the major categories, the
film did end up with a few technical awards, including Best
Editing, Best Sound
Editing and Best Sound Design.
This morning, the
film received
nominations in Best
Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound
Editing, marking the first time one of Wright's movies was recognized by the Academy.
Indeed, it was the only
film in the category I even considered, with some of my personal favorites like Amy (a documentary, sure, but absolutely one of the best
edited films of the year) and It Follows shut out of the
nominations.
Joining Dayton and Faris on the
film is longtime collaborator Pamela Martin who
edited both LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and RUBY SPARKS and who received an Oscar
nomination for her work on THE FIGHTER.
The
film earned
nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for star Daniel Day - Lewis, Best Supporting Actor for Tommy Lee Jones, Best Supporting Actress for Sally Field, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best
Film Editing, Best Music (Original Score), Best Production Design and Best Sound Mixing.
No
film has won Best Picture at the Oscars ® without also having received at least a Best
Editing nomination since ORDINARY PEOPLE in 1981.
It also received Oscar
nominations for best original screenplay and best
film editing.
Of the above five, only Margot Robbie isn't repping a Best Picture nominee, and given I, Tonya «s Best
Editing nomination (usually a reliable bellwether for Best Picture success), you have to figure her
film came close too.
Best Picture might have nine nominees, but it's between four
films: «Three Billboards» (missing director
nomination), «The Shape of Water» (wasn't nominated for Screen Actors Guild ensemble), «Get Out» (missing
editing nomination) and «Dunkirk» (has no actors nominated, also missing screenplay).
A few fun things to consider with Best Picture; if Birdman wins it will be the first
film in 34 years to win Best Picture without a
Film Editing nomination.
Two - time Academy Award ® winner Alan Murray (Best Sound
Editing) joins us to discuss his 37th
film in collaboration with director Clint Eastwood, for which he has received his ninth Oscar
nomination.
Aliens was also a hit, receiving seven Academy Award
nominations including best actress
Nomination for Sigourney Weaver, however the
film only won two of the seven
nominations; for Best Sound Effects
Editing and Visual Effects.