The Revenant is leading the race for the 2016 Oscar nominations with 12 nods, with Mad Max: Fury Road scoring 10.
On Thursday the The 88th Academy Awards nominations have been announced at 5:30am local time and there have been a few films that have topped the nominations poles…
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy president; Guillermo del Toro; Ang Lee and the actor John Krasinski took turns reading the list of nominees at a news conference which saw THE REVENANT, and MAD MAX: FURY ROAD become showered with honours picking up Oscar nominations for best picture and best director.
Joining them in them in the Best Picture category is BRIDGE OF SPIES, SPOTLIGHT, THE BIG SHORT, THE MARTIAN, BROOKLYN and ROOM. Big predicted award contenders such as CAROL and STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON were notably absent from this category.
THE REVENANT directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu has clearly – and rather deservedly – taken the award season by storm and has drawn an impressive 12 nominations in total — the most of any film — with Leonardo DiCaprio honoured for his wounded frontiersman and Tom Hardy for his villainous supporting role. Further nominations for the movie have been for its technical achievements with nods for cinematography and sound mixing, therefore proving to be a hit in all areas of its production.
With 10 nominations, George Miller’s MAD MAX: FURY ROAD was the second to top the nominations list, largely for its technical areas, like film editing, costume design and makeup and hairstyling.
The next film leading the nominations is THE MARTIAN with seven nods, but one of the biggest surprises was that from all of its nominations, the director, Ridley Scott, was prominently snubbed. Up next is SPOTLIGHT, which has six nominations including recognition for its director, Tom McCarthy, and two of its supporting actors, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams.
Also up for Best Director is THE BIG SHORT’s Adam McKay and ROOM’s Lenny Abrahamson.
There weren’t too many surprises in the best acting categories with Cate Blanchett scoring her sixth nomination, but this time around it was for Best Actress for CAROL. Jennifer Lawrence, who has now been nominated four times during her career is also up for an award for JOY. Joining Blanchett and Lawrence is Brie Larson for ROOM, Charlotte Rampling for 45 YEARS and Saoirse Ronan for BROOKLYN.
The Best Actor category also threw up no surprises with Eddie Redmayne, hoping to repeat his 2015 success but this time around for his role as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in THE DANISH GIRL. He faces stiff competition in the form of Leonardo DiCaprio for THE REVENANT. He has been nominated four times but has yet to win an Academy Award. They are joined by Bryan Cranston for TRUMBO, Matt Damon for THE MARTIAN and Michael Fassbender for STEVE JOBS.
There may be some disappointment for Aaron Sorkin who was not among the adapted screenplay nominees for STEVE JOBS, even though he took the screenwriting prize at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
Other films notably absent include CONCUSSION starring Will Smith, BEAST OF NO NATION with Idris Elba, and CRRED directed by Ryan Coogler except for a nomination for its supporting actor, Sylvester Stallone.
The 88th Academy Awards, hosted by Chris Rock will be held at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on 28 February.
Best production design
“Bridge of Spies,” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
“The Danish Girl,” Production Design: Eve Stewart ; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
“The Martian,” Production Design: Arthur Max ;Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
“The Revenant,” Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
“Ex Machina,” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
“The Martian,” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
“The Revenant,” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
“Earned It,” “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray,” “Racing Extinction,” Music by J. Ralph; Lyric by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song 3,” “Youth,” Music and Lyric by David Lang
“Til it Happens to You,” “The Hunting Ground,” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s on the Wall,” “Spectre,” Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
“Amy”
“Cartel Land”
“The Look of Silence”
“What Happened, Miss Simone?”
“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”
“Carol,” Sandy Powell
“Cinderella,” Sandy Powell
“The Danish Girl,” Paco Delgado
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Jenny Beavan
“The Revenant,” Jacqueline West
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared,” Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
“The Revenant,” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Best live action short film
“Ave Maria”
“Day One”
“Everything Will Be Okay”
“Shok”
“Stutterer”
Best animated short film
“Bear Story”
“Prologue”
“Sanjay’s Super Team”
“We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”
“World of Tomorrow
Best documentary short subject
“Body Team 12”
“Chau, beyond the Lines”
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
“Lasy Day of Freedom”
Best film editing
“The Big Short,” Hank Corwin
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Margaret Sixel
“The Revenant,” Stephen Mirrione
“Spotlight,” Tom McArdle
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best sound mixing
“Bridge of Spies,” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
“The Martian,” Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
“The Revenant,” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Best sound editing
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Mark Mangini and David White
“The Martian,” Oliver Tarney
“The Revenant,” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
“Sicario,” Alan Robert Murray
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Matthew Wood and David Acord
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