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90th Oscars. Oscar Contenders of 2017 - For prediction, discussion, entertainment purposes only
THE NOMINEES ARE...
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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - The Nominees |
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The Big Sick
Previous wins: Tar Heel, |
Get Out Previous wins: LAFCA , Gotham, Critics Choice, BFCC, BOFCA, COFCA, CFCA, DFCS, FFCC, KCFCC, NYFCO, NCFCA, OFCC, OFCS, PFCC, PCC, SDFCS, SFFCC, SEFCA, UFCA, VFCC, |
Lady Bird
Previous wins: NSFC, BSFC, DFWFCA, HFCS, IFJA, Elaine May Award, PCC, Seattle, UFCA, Woman Storyteller, |
Shape of Water Previous wins: SLFCA |
Three Billboards... Previous wins: Venice |
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WHO SHOULD WIN?
TRIVIA |
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| WHO WAS LEFT OUT? Last minute releases worked in some categories but not here where I Tonya, Phantom Thread and The Post were all shut out despite rising buzz. And is it weird that Cannes screenplay winner Killing of a Sacred Deer or the Palme d'or winner The Square never made inroads here? |
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| WHO WILL WIN? Recent Best Picture wins for Three Billboards suggest that Martin McDonagh is headed for his second Oscar (his first was for Best Live Action Short) but, real talk, shouldn't this race be a dead heat between Get Out and Lady Bird both of which do difficult undervalued subgenres (sociological thriller satire / high school angst coming-of-age) with true inspiration and singular POV |
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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Nominees |
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Call Me By Your Name Previous wins: |
Disaster Artist Adapting from the book by Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau Previous wins: |
Logan Previous wins: |
Molly's Game Adapting the memoir by Molly Bloom Previous wins: |
Mudbound
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WHO SHOULD WIN?
TRIVIA • Logan marks the very first writing nomination for a live-action superhero movie! (The first superhero movie so honored was Pixar's The Incredibles). • Call Me By Your Name is director James Ivory's first nomination in this category. Though we suspect people think of him as a writer/director, his own incredible literary films were always written by the now deceased Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• Dee Rees (Mudbound) is only the second black woman ever nominated for writing at the Oscars and the first in this particular category. |
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| WHO WAS LEFT OUT? Scripter nominees Lost City of Z and Wonder Woman, BAFTA nominee Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, and Critics choice nominee Wonder. And excuse us but how did Lady Macbeth go through this season with no one even mentioning it given the relative emptiness of this category in comparison to other years. |
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| WILL WIN / SHOULD WIN: James Ivory is one of the 20th century's greatest filmmakers and he's nearly 90. If Oscar doesn't take this great opportunity to honor him with a win now for his very smart adaptation of the seemingly unfilmable Call Me By Your Name, we will rage. |
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