Oscar run: part XV
February 25, 2014
The Oscar Run is back for one last column, as I give you my predictions for the winners of the Academy Awards airing this Sunday.
Here’s how this works; I’m organizing them by my predictions of who is most likely to win. Number One is most likely, with the last number being least likely. To boot, the ones in bold are who I think should be winning this award.
Best Picture:
1. 12 Years A Slave
2. American Hustle
3. Gravity
4. Dallas Buyers Club
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Captain Phillips
7. Her
8. Philomena
9. Nebraska
Best Director:
1. Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)
2. Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave)
3. David O. Russell (American Hustle)
4. Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
5. Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Best Actor:
1. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
2. Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
3. Christian Bale (American Hustle)
4. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave)
5. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Best Actress:
1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
2. Amy Adams (American Hustle)
3. Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
4. Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
5. Judi Dench (Philomena)
Best Supporting Actor:
1. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
2. Michael Fassbender (12 Years A Slave)
3. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
4. Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
5. Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Best Supporting Actress:
1. Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave)
2. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
3. Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
4. June Squibb (Nebraska)
5. Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
Best Animated Feature:
1. Frozen
2. The Wind Rises
3. The Croods
4. Ernest & Celestine
5. Despicable Me 2
Best Original Screenplay:
1. American Hustle by David O. Russell, Eric Warren Singer
2. Dallas Buyers Club by Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack
3. Her by Spike Jonze
4. Blue Jasmine by Woody Allen
5. Nebraska by Bob Nelson
Best Adapted Screenplay:
1. 12 Years A Slave by John Ridley
2. The Wolf of Wall Street by Terrence Winter
3. Before Midnight by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Julia Delpy
4. Philomena by Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
5. Captain Phillips by Billy Ray
Kimberly Hayward • Feb 25, 2014 at 2:10 pm
I’m glad The Wind Rises made at least second on your list. I hope to see it in theaters this Friday and have been marathoning Miyazaki movies all week to prepare myself for seeing his last movie. Although I adore Frozen and Idina Menzel, I can’t help to silently cross my fingers that the last movie of one of my favorite directors of all time will get the credit it has likely deserved.