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86th Oscars celebrating 2013 -
AND THE OSCARS GO TO...

12 Years a Slave (3 wins including Best Picture)
and Gravity (7 wins including Best Director)

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BEST PICTURE

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle

Gravity
Captain Phillips
Nebraska
Wolf of Wall Street
Dallas Buyers Club
Philomena
Her


prediction: correct
predictions: 9/9

 

BEST DIRECTOR 

Alfonso Cuarón
Gravity

Steve McQueen
12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne
Nebraska
David O. Russell
American Hustle
Martin Scorsese
Wolf of Wall St


prediction correct
predictions: 3/5 

BEST ACTOR

Christian Bale
American Hustle
Bruce Dern
Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio
Wolf of Wall St
Chiwetel Ejiofor
12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey
Dallas Buyers Club

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 3/5

BEST ACTRESS

Amy Adams
American Hustle
Cate Blanchett
Blue Jasmine

Sandra Bullock
Gravity
Judi Dench
Philomena
Meryl Streep
August: Osage County

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 4/5

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Barkhad Abdi
Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper
American Hustle
Michael Fassbender
12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill
Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto
Dallas Buyers Club

 


prediction: correct
predictions: 5/5

 SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Sally Hawkins
Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence
American Hustle
Lupita Nyong'o
12 Years a Slave

Julia Roberts
August: Osage County
June Squibb
Nebraska

prediction: correct
predictions: 4/5

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

 American Hustle
Russell & Singer
Blue Jasmine
Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club
Borten & Wallack
Her
Spike Jonze
Nebraska
Bob Nelson 

 

prediction: oops
predictions: 4/5

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

 12 Years A Slave
McQueen & Ridley

Before Midnight
Hawke, Delpy, Linklater
Capt Phillips
Ray
Philomena
Coogan & Pope
Wolf of Wall Street
Winter 

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 4/5

CINEMATOGRAPHY  

The Grandmaster
LeSourd
Gravity
Lubezki
 
Inside Llewyn Davis
Delbonnel
Nebraska
Papamichael
Prisoners
Deakins

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 4/5

COSTUME DESIGN  

 12 Years a Slave
Norris
American Hustle
Wilkinson
Invisible Woman
O'Connor
Great Gatsby
Martin

The Grandmaster
Chang

prediction: oops
predictions: 4/5

 PRODUCTION DESIGN

 12 Years a Slave
Stockhausen
American Hustle
Becker
Great Gatsby
Martin
Her
Barrett
Gravity
 

prediction: correct
predictions: 4/5

FILM EDITING

 12 Years
Walker
American Hustle
Cassady, Struthers, Baumgarten
Capt Phillips
Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club
McMurphy & Pensa
Gravity
Cuarón & Sanger

 

prediction: oops
predictions: 3/5

VISUAL EFFECTS

 Gravity
The Hobbit 2
Iron Man 3
Lone Ranger
Star Trek Into 

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 3/5

MAKEUP & HAIR

Dallas Buyers Club
Bad Grandpa
The Lone Ranger 

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 2/3

FOREIGN FILM

BELGIUM
"Broken Circle Breakdown"
CAMBODIA
"The Missing Picture"
DENMARK
"The Hunt"
ITALY
"The Great Beauty" 

PALESTINE TERRITORIES
"Omar" 

 

prediction: oops
predictions: 3/5

 ORIGINAL SONG

"Happy"
Despicable Me 2
"Ordinary Love"
Mandela
"Let it Go"
Frozen

"The Moon Song"
Her

prediction: correct
predictions: 3/5

 ORIGINAL SCORE


Book Thief
Williams
Her
Arcade Fire
Gravity
Price

Philomena
Desplat
Saving Mr Banks
Newman 

 

prediction: correct
predictins: 3/5

SOUND EDITING

All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit
Lone Survivor

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 3/5

SOUND MIXING
 

Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor 

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 3/5

ANIMATED FILM

The Croods
Dreamworks
Despicable Me 2
Illumination/Universal
Ernest & Celestine
Gkids
Frozen
Disney

The Wind Rises
Studio Ghibli 

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 4/5

 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

20 Feet From
Act of Killing
Cutie & The Boxer
Dirty Wars
The Square 

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 3/5

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Cavedigger
Facing Fear
Karama Has No Walls
The Lady in No 6
Prison Terminal

prediction: correct
predictions: 4/5

LIVE ACTION SHORT 

Do I Have To...
Helium
Just Before Losing...
That Wasn't Me
Voorman Problem

 

prediction: correct
predictions: 2/5

ANIMATED SHORT 

Feral
Get a Horse!
Mr Hublot
Possessions 
Room on the Broom 

 

prediction: oops
predictions: 4/5

PREDICTION
ACCURACY
19/24

THE BIG 8
PREDICTION ACCURACY
7/8

 

sound off on the Oscar race

RECORDS SET THIS SEASON
First Hispanic Director to win: Alfonso Cuarón
Oldest All Time Best Actress Shortlist
All Time Highest Nomination Average for Best Actress Shortlist

Youngest Actress to 3 Nominations: Jennifer Lawrence at 23

TRIVIA NOTES (BUT NOT REALLY RECORDS)
American Hustle now one of only 3 films to have been nominated in each acting category and win none
Gravity (7) now the highest winning statue count without Best Picture since Star Wars (6+1 special) but the all time record is still Cabaret (8)

NOMINATION TALLY
I was super accurate on Gravity (10/10), Philomena (4/4) and American Hustle (9/10)
but overestimated two key titles Captain Phillips (9/6) & 12 Years a Slave (12/9) while greatly underestimating Wolf of Wall Street (3/6)

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