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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