Mid-Year Oscars Predictions - 2017 Movies

Reasons for Prediction: Director Denis Villeneuve is really hot coming off several critical successes, plus cinematographer Roger Deakins tends to shoot for strong Oscar contenders.

Results:

NOT Nominated for Best Picture

TWO Wins
Cinematography (Roger Deakins)


Visual Effects



THREE Additional Nominations:
Production Design (Dennis Gassner & Alessandra Querzola)
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing

Reasons for Prediction: Joe Wright directing, Gary Oldman is the lead actor, Churchill is so hot this year.

Results:

NOMINATED for Best Picture

TWO Wins

Best Actor (Gary Oldman)


Make-Up and Hairstyling



THREE Additional Nominations:
Cinematography (Bruno Delbonnel)
Production Design (Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer)
Costume Design (Jacqueline Durran)

Reasons for Prediction:
The making of the brilliantly bad movie, "The Room" and the Academy loves movies about movies; and I feel like they really want to give an Oscar to Rogen and Franco.

Results:

NOT Nominated for Best Picture

ZERO Wins

ONE Nomination for Adapted Screenplay (Scott Neustadter,
Michael H. Weber)

Reasons for Prediction:
It's Nolan's time... again. Hugely successful, critically and commercially... again; plus it's a war movie. It's got to happen!

Results:

NOMINATED for Best Picture

THREE Wins

Film Editing (Lee Smith)


Sound Editing


Sound Mixing



FOUR Additional Nominations:
Directing (Chris Nolan)
Cinematography (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
Production Design (Nathan Crowley & Gary Fettis)
Original Score (Hans Zimmer)

Reasons for Prediction:
It's one of the most ambitious animated films ever made; so it seems like it should be nominated for best picture, it still has to be really good...

Results:

NOT nominated for Best Picture

ZERO Wins

ONE Nomination:
Animated Feature Film

Reasons for Prediction:
Chastain is an awards magnet and Sorkin makes award-winning screenplays, plus his first time directing.

Results:

NOT Nominated for Best Picture

ZERO Wins

ONE Nomination:
Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin)

Reasons for Prediction:
Daniel Day-Lewis. Paul Thomas Anderson.

Results:

NOMINATED for Best Picture

ONE Win

Costume Design (Mark Bridges)



FOUR Additional Nominations:
Director (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis)
Supporting Actress (Lesley Manville)
Original Score (Johnny Greenville)

Reasons for Prediction:
Spielberg. Hanks. Streep. Topical.

Results:

NOMINATED for Best Picture

ZERO Wins:


ONE Additional Nomination:
Lead Actress (Meryl Streep)

Reasons for Prediction:
People love Del Toro and this just seems like the perfect kind of film to get nominated for him. It's got prestige all over it.

Results:

WINNER for Best Picture!

THREE Additional Wins:

Director (Guillermo Del Toro)


Production Design


Original Score (Alexandre Desplat)



NINE Additional Nominations:
Cinematography (Dan Laustsen)
Lead Actress (Sally Hawkins)
Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer)
Supporting Actor (Richard Jenkins)
Film Editing (Sidney Wolinsky)
Original Screenplay (Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor)
Costume Design (Luis Sequeira)
Sound Mixing
Sound Editing

Reasons for Prediction:
The film is already gaining heat, plus Martin McDonagh can write and direct a movie the Academy should soon recognize and now he has an Oscar-friendly cast and production team.

Results:

NOMINATED for Best Picture

TWO Wins:

Lead Actress (Francis McDormand)


Supporting Actor (Sam Rockwell)



FOUR Additional Nominations:
Original Screenplay (Martin McDonagh
Supporting Actor (Woody Harrelson)
Film Editing (Jon Gregory)
Original Score (Carter Burwell)