2014 Oscar Predictions

March 1, 2014

Still none for you, Paul Giamatti!

Tea leaves, monkey paws, crystal balls, the Primer device, magic eight balls, a loan shark named Tommy Kneecap , three-fifths of the BOP legal team....all of these were consulted as we put together our staff Oscar Predictions for 2013. As you finish making your own predictions, take a moment to consider our picks.

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2014 Oscar Winners
CD = Curt David
DA = Daron Aldridge
DM = David Mumpower
ED = Edwin Davies
JDB = J. Don Birnam
JL = Jason Lee
KM = Kelly Metz
KH = Kim Hollis
MH = Matthew Huntley
MB = Max Braden
RS = Reagen Sulewski
SH = Samuel Hoelker
SS = Shalimar Sahota
TK = Tony Kollath
Best Picture CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
12 Years a Slave
     
American Hustle
                           
Captain Phillips
                           
Dallas Buyers Club
                           
Gravity
                     
Her
                           
Nebraska
                           
Philomena
                           
The Wolf of Wall Street
                           
Best Director CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) 
                           
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
                           
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
 
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
                           
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)
                         
Best Actor CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
                           
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
                           
Leonardo DiCaprio (Wolf of Wall Street)
                           
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
                           
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
                       
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
   
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
                           
Judi Dench (Philomena)
                           
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
                           
Best Supporting Actor CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
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)
Best Supporting Actress CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
                     
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
     
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
                           
June Squibb (Nebraska)
                           
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
                           
Best Original Screenplay CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle)
                     
Bob Nelson (Nebraska)
                           
Spike Jonze (Her)
       
Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack (Dallas Buyers Club)
                         
Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)
                           
Best Adapted Screenplay CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
       
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater (Before Midnight?)
                       
Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street?)
                         
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)
                         
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)
                           
Best Animated Feature CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
The Wind Rises
                         
Frozen
 
Despicable Me 2
                           
The Croods
                           
Ernest & Celestine
                           
Best Animated Short CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Feral
                         
Get a Horse!
   
Mr. Hublot
                           
Possessions
                         
Room on the Broom
                           
Best Art Direction CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
American Hustle
                         
Gravity
                     
The Great Gatsby
           
Her
                         
12 Years a Slave
                         
Best Cinematography CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster)
                           
Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)
Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)
                           
Roger Deakins (Prisoners)
                           
Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)
                           
Best Costume Design CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
American Hustle
                     
The Grandmaster
                           
The Great Gatsby
             
The Invisible Woman
                           
12 Years A Slave
                   
Best Documentary Feature CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
20 Feet from Stardom
                   
The Act of Killing
           
Dirty Wars
                       
The Square
                           
Cutie and the Boxer
                           
Best Documentary Short CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
CaveDigger
                           
Facing Fear
                           
Karama Has No Walls
                         
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life
       
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
                     
Best Editing CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
American Hustle
                         
Captain Phillips
                     
Dallas Buyers Club
                           
Gravity
           
12 Years a Slave
                       
Best Foreign Language Film CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Denmark, The Hunt
                           
Belgium, The Broken Circle Breakdown
                         
Italy, The Great Beauty
       
Palestine, Omar
                         
Cambodia, The Missing Picture
                       
Best Live Action Short CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)
                     
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)
                     
Helium
                     
Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)
                       
The Voorman Problem
                     
Best Makeup CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
The Lone Ranger
                           
Dallas Buyers Club
 
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
                         
Best Original Score CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
John Williams (The Book Thief)
                         
Steven Price (Gravity)
       
Alexandre Desplat (Philomena)
                     
Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)
                           
William Butler and Owen Pallett (Her)
                           
Best Original Song CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
"Alone Yet Not Alone" (Alone Yet Not Alone)
                           
"Happy" (Despicable Me 2)
                           
"Let It Go" (Frozen)
"The Moon Song" (Her)
                           
"Ordinary Love" (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
                           
Best Sound Editing CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
All is Lost
                           
Captain Phillips
                           
Gravity
   
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
                         
Lone Survivor
                         
Best Sound Mixing CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Captain Phillips
                           
Gravity
   
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
                         
Lone Survivor
                           
Inside Llewyn Davis
                         
Best Visual Effects CD DA DM ED JDB JL KM KH MH MB RS SH SS TK
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
                           
Iron Man 3
                           
The Lone Ranger
                           
Star Trek Into Darkness
                           



     


 
 

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