As was recently reported by the hive of Oscarologists over at Gold Derby, American Hustle has history on its side when it comes to the acting races, as only two of the 14
films to see their stars nominated
in all four
categories have walked away without a
single acting Oscar (those two, for the record, were 1936's My Man Godfrey and 1950's Sunset Boulevard).
Aside from ’07 and» 08, they haven't had more than two
films per year to receive Oscar nominations
in the top eight categories: 2004 (Vera Drake), 2005 (Good Night, and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain), 2006 (The Queen, Children of Men), 2007 (Assassination of Jesse James, Michael Clayton, In the Valley of Elah, I'm Not There, Atonement), 2008 (The Hurt Locker, Rachel Getting Married, The Wrestler), 2009 (A Single Man), 2010 (Black Swan), 2011 (The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), 2012 (The Master), 2013 (Gravity, Philomena
in the top eight
categories: 2004 (Vera Drake), 2005 (Good Night, and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain), 2006 (The Queen, Children of Men), 2007 (Assassination of Jesse James, Michael Clayton,
In the Valley of Elah, I'm Not There, Atonement), 2008 (The Hurt Locker, Rachel Getting Married, The Wrestler), 2009 (A Single Man), 2010 (Black Swan), 2011 (The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), 2012 (The Master), 2013 (Gravity, Philomena
In the Valley of Elah, I'm Not There, Atonement), 2008 (The Hurt Locker, Rachel Getting Married, The Wrestler), 2009 (A
Single Man), 2010 (Black Swan), 2011 (The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), 2012 (The Master), 2013 (Gravity, Philomena).