#doctor von gosling

[ducks-and-other-birds-enjoyer]

did a little animation today! rewatched the dear diary episode (peak) and realized XIV had a very distinct black-and-white lightning effect when he teleported instead of the usual stormcloud so i studied the animation in the episode and made this

also i realized too late von gosling covered a bit of the lightning effect but it worked out cause i ended up not liking it anyway lol

[pidayforpi]

"Asking Kindly"

(Alternative scenario/universe: In which Goosewing and Heinrich are vampires, while Duckula and Igor are vampire hunters (and also count and butler). Everything else is unchanged.)

If his hearing had been a bit worse, Duckula wouldn't have caught the faint knocking on the castle front doors.

Letting out a small sigh, the count mallard put away his comic book, and waddled towards the entrance of his abode wearily.

He cautiously peeked through the small window on the door, and saw a short, white-hooded figure. They seemed rather nervous, constantly looking to their sides, or down at their feet.

Duckula pulled one of the twin doors open, and got a better look at his now familiar guest.

"Good evening, Heinrich."

Duckula greeted the shaking vampire gosling in his usual white robe. Vampires don't feel temperature, so the fledgling must be shaking in nervousness.

"G-g-g-guten A-A-Abend, M-Mister D-D-Duckula...!"

Heinrich (forced a) smiled, showing his tiny fangs, and then simply stood there.

Duckula was about to politely ask a "can I help you?", when he heard a hiss coming from outside the castle. In the periphery of his vision, he could now see another vampire gander around the corner, observing Heinrich in action.

Doctor Otto Von Goosewing hid behind the castle wall, signalling his apprentice with hand gestures and mouthed words, as well as cheering him on.

On the other hand, Heinrich's gaze shifted rapidly between the vampire gander and the hunter drake, his nervousness growing as the awkward silence continued for each second.

Knowing his teacher wouldn't be coming to his rescue, Heinrich reluctantly looked at the confused Duckula, and managed to speak (with heavy stuttering).

"M-m-may I-I h-h-haff s-some o-of y-y-your...b-b-b-blood...?"

Heinrich was so nervous, he was close to tears.

Seeing the yellow gosling blushing in overwhelming embarrassment, Duckula smiled kindly.

"No. I'm sorry, Heinrich."

But that was a request he couldn't accept.

Upon hearing those words of denial, Heinrich's blushing and shivering intensified even more.

"O-o-oh...Z-z-z-zat's a-a-alright...I-I-I a-am s-so s-s-sorry f-for a-a-asking..."

The vampire gosling held his hooded head down, visibly sulking.

Duckula stood akimbo at the front doors, pondering. He could just slam the door in his uninvited guest's face, but even as a vampire hunter, Duckula couldn't deny he had some compassion for the young vampire.

Duckula got down on his knees, and patted the gosling's head softly.

"Sorry for making you come all the way here for nothing...Oh!"

Maybe he could whip up a few snacks for his guest, or even invite him in for a cup of tea. Duckula really wasn't that serious in the whole "vampire hunting" business. Unlike his coldhearted butler Igor...

Just when Duckula was about to go check his pantry, his other guest suddenly jumped out of his hiding place.

"How dare you?!"

Goosewing confronted Duckula, angrily grabbing the collar of his tail coat, lifting him a bit off the ground.

"Lil' Heinrich here vas asking so politely! Und you just denied ze poor gosling's request with a big fat "nein"?! How could you?!"

The elder vampire gander yelled at and shook Duckula, while the younger one anxiously tried to stop the confrontation.

"I-it v-vasn't M-Mister Duckula's f-fault! I-I vas j-just..."

"Of course it vas!"

Goosewing interjected, his furious eyes still locked on the amused mallard drake.

"He could haff just gone und bitten your neck, you know?! He didn't haff to ask! But he asked so nicely, und you just turned him down!"

Hearing hurried footsteps coming their way, Duckula put up a finger and tried to say something.

"Um...doc...?"

But the cranky old gander wouldn't let him.

"Heinrich is a growing boy! He needs a lot of blood to get strong und healthy! But you, a count, wouldn't even give him some of yours?! You selfish whippersnapper!"

Igor heard the commotion coming from the castle entrance. Fearing for his master's safety, he took his trusty stake-and-hammer, and rushed to the front gates to a bizarre (or scary, in Igor's eyes) scene.

Goosewing was shaking Duckula furiously, while Heinrich, who had been trying to stop his teacher, gasped at the sight of the vulture. Duckula slowly turned his head towards his butler, waving at him sheepishly while still slightly dangling over the floor.

Being Igor, he of course interpreted the worst.

"Hands off, you monster!"

Igor dashed towards the trio, his weapons waving in his hands.

Noticing the (other) vampire hunter, Goosewing let go of Duckula, and then immediately held his fists up, hissing at his opponent.

"You looking for a fight? Zen do your worst, mortal!"

Before the two could clash, however, Heinrich mustered all his strength to pull the belligerent doctor away. He dragged his teacher by the sleeve of his plaid jacket, taking him away from the castle frantically.

"I-it's not w-worth it, d-doctor! Let's g-go! W-we are s-so s-sorry, Mister D-Duckula...!"

"Nein! I vill make zat green-headed brat regret vat he had done!"

Goosewing was still swinging his fists wildly when his apprentice pulled him away from the scene.

"Yeah! Get lost, you blood-sucking vermin!"

Igor yelled from the front gates, raising his weapons threateningly.

Meanwhile, Count Duckula just wanted to go to bed...

(27-4-2022)

[claude-frollo-archives]

Imposed Fate

Imposed Fate A Count Duckula Story

Chapter 1. Prelude of a Nightmare

       One fateful date, Tuesday 7 April 1870, Richter Von Gosling, a student of the arts of healing, decided to visit Transylvania in order to shed light upon a mysterious and disquieting subject, which was a case of vampirism. Legends and stories about the undead had the young scholar read before, yet he remained  sceptical, until his colleague and confidant Reinfelt witnessed an attack by one of those creatures, and not an ordinary one but Count Duckula himself, a feudal Lord supposed to be dead centuries ago. Despite of the absurdity of the notion, Richter was not to doubt his friend; therefore, he had to investigate in more detail about this terrible menace and put it to rest.

   The evening of Gosling's arrival, a thunderstorm loomed above the village, the weather cold and windy but rain was not to fall yet. Not a soul could be found wandering on the streets, there was a sense of quietude, a preface of the storm that soon would be unleashed over the town. Despite the feeling of impeding peril, inside the public house 'Ye Tooth and the Jugular' the mood appeared to be festive, with the regular crowd assembled for a pint or two, regardless the tragedies of life. In this place, the scholar found refuge as well as some more information concerning the malevolent aristocrat provided by the innkeeper and the parishioners. Gosling thought the recently gained knowledge would be enough to prepare a scheme to destroy the vampire.

    During the following days, the scientist worked in the development of a mechanism designed to shoot a wooden stake but cleverly set inside a camera. When the contraption was completed, the gander headed towards Castle Duckula, an ominous fortress that oversaw the village from atop a hill. Presenting himself as a photographer from a newspaper, Gosling attempted to gain access to the castle and destroy the Count; these actions would end the suffering of the villagers and bring peace to Transylvania. No time was wasted once he entered the Castle. Introductions were quick, the battle between Count Duckula and Von Gosling finished as quickly as it started and not even Igor -faithful manservant of the undead Count- was able to interfere. However, due the thrilling sensation of triumph, the scientist returned to the town without realizing that the stake managed to harm Duckula, but it failed to stab through the Count's heart.

    "Got him, the vampire is destroyed! ..." Exclaimed the deluded scholar as he rushed his way back to the village bellow, eager to tell what he assumed to be good news. "... The beast is no more!"

     Meanwhile, the Count lied motionless on the stone ground. Igor knelt beside his defeated master, lifting the wounded vampire on both his arms. "... Master, Master! ..." The old vulture sobbed in anguish, fearing this to be the last hour.

   "... Is all right, Igor! …" Duckula replied as he rose to his feet, dusting and straightening his suit jacket. Praised the Abyss, his Lordship was not slaughter, much to Igor's relief. "It was just a mere scratch …" The Count added with anger on his raspy voice. "... But he shall pay for this ... he shall pay!" He growled and proceeded to concentrate his energy in order to cast a spell. "... Come here, to my aid, oh winds of north, I summon your powers---…"

   "Milord... if I may be so bold to provide advice... I must remind his Lordship that the appropriate way to conjure for the assistance of this element, Sire, would be quite simpler: ‘come gust of wind and be wild’… Brief but no less effective, of course" Igor admonished his Master on the proper casting of dark incantations.

   "Thank you Igor, I had almost failed to remember that part … Anyway, you had already cast the spell, so you have heard it wind, obey our demand and be wild!" With that, the Count cackled with cruel glee, an aura appeared to surround his frame and a red spark was ignited on both his eyes, like flames of fire as he began to transform, while outside the fortress, gust of heavy wind gathered to form a dreadful tempest.

   Oblivious of the dangers ahead, Gosling stormed into the tavern. "… Is done!--- The vampire--- destroyed! ..." The gander addressed the landlord, though he was out of breath and could barely articulate a word.

    "What do you mean, young man?" The perplexed innkeeper questioned, while three peasants seated on a corner enjoying their last drink of the night, just had to listen and stare with curiosity.

    "… ... What I am trying to say is that the vampire fiend is no more!---..." Gosling recomposed before resuming his speech in a serious tone. "... The Count now rests in peace, finally there would be no more suffering ... is over." He softly stated, honestly believing that evil was successfully vanquished.

   A tense silence filled the inn until one of the peasants reacted. "... That is impossible!" He muttered in disbelief. "… Count Duckula defeated, requiring no effort?!" Added the landlord in dismay. "Yes, on the times past, I know the tale, the vampire was destroyed... but he was cornered by a group of vampire slayers! When we talked about the Count, I never thought you would attempt something so stupid, what have you done, lad?!"

   Gosling was completely appalled, realising something must have gone wrong and to learn that the Count was previously overcame, then who was this Duckula he had just met?! However, before the scholar was able to find his voice, the farmer seated near the window screamed in fear. "He is leaving the Castle! ..." Every fowl residing at the hostelry turned to the window. They saw the rainstorm and a giant bat flying from the castle in direction of the village. In matter of few minutes, chaos settled on the town: the wind destroyed some of the houses, demolishing the roofs of the buildings. Duckula on his bat form attacked people running outside in a futile attempt to seek shelter from the storm; others tried to escape the wooden debris carried by the whirlwind, people cried in panic, the peaceful slumber of the village residents turned into a nightmare.

   "Where are you, my dear Gosling?! Not so brave to defeat me?! ..." The evil laugh from the Count could be heard amid the commotion. "... Come, come out to play, do not make me wait!"

    "I am afraid he is calling for you!" Exclaimed the innkeeper’s wife who stood on top of the staircase, from there she threw Gosling’s luggage; the two suitcases landed loudly at his feet. "If you have any respect for anything sacred, get out of my house! ..." She ordered furiously, pointing to the main door of the hostel. "... Away with you!"

   "Wait, please!--- I don't understand! …" Gosling stammered. "My intentions were honourable; I was only trying to be of aid!”

    "Yeah, thank you for your help, you just made everything worse for our village!" Retorted an angry peasant. "Why did you have to mess with the Count?! Now his wrath is unstoppable, he would go on rampage until sunrise and is all your fault!"

   "I did try to do something, while you appear to accept this fate without resistance, why you don't fight back? For what reason you would even stay in a place like this?!" Although the scientist's response came out with a hint of defiance, in truth there was guilt within his heart.

   "Because this is our home, foolish lad! …" Replied the proprietress without hesitation. "We shall not abandon our land! If someone has to leave, that would be you!”

   "Very well said, Madam! Now you, go away!" A peasant urged Gosling to walk out the inn. "Hope he eats you, better you than us!"

   "Came on folks…" The landlord interceded. "… Don’t be cruel with the outsider, he couldn't know any better, after all he is only a boy."

   "… Oh nein, I am not! I will show you, I … I shall stop that fiend at once!"

    "No, if you go out he will kill you!---..." The innkeeper warned but he was unheard. Von Gosling stepped out the tavern and the sight of destruction and the monstrous vampire bat, rendered him to freeze in fright. However, the landlord had followed him and he placed the travel cases on Gosling's hands. "Come on, son … I wish I never told you about the Count." He said with regret and grabbing the young doctor by the arm, he led him to the back door of the tavern despite protest of the parishioners but some of them were to agree on the fact that at the present it would be for the best to escape.

    "I don't care if this is the land where I was born!--- The stranger was right--- I don't want to die!" Despaired one of the farmers as he hurried out to prepare a cart and soon enough, several of the town's people had joined him. Before Gosling was able to object, the innkeeper pushed him inside the stagecoach. From above, Duckula witnessed these actions and he was utterly amused. The giant bat could deliver an attack directly towards the doctor, given how easy was to detect him due his antiquated attire and the camera he was carrying; still, he interfered not for he had mused a greater plan since the instant he laid his eyes on Von Gosling. "That mortal had come to face me--- he failed no doubt, but he arrived on his own choice ... or maybe was it a design of fate? ..." The creature growled quietly. "... Nevertheless, I detected on him no greed for a reward or a desire of fame, not even a wish for vengeance ... What a disgusting attitude! However ... Could it be?---.... ... I wonder... ..."

   In the meantime, the doctor was still unable to fathom the burden he would be carrying now that the threads of fate had been tampered with. ".... Sir., oh please I---... I thank you ..." Gosling at last found his voice to express gratitude to the innkeeper. "... I will be praying Gott for your souls until I am able to come back---..."

   "Prayers?! ... Don't trouble yourself, it would be of no use" Said one of the villagers, quietly and embittered. "... God have forgotten about us."

   "That cannot be true! I shall pray for you all, our Lord will never forget His children!" Gosling stated firmly as the cart began to move.

   "Well, then I pray God I will never see your face again … may He bless and keep you!" Von Gosling frowned in sadness, lowering his head upon hearing those last words from the proprietor of 'Ye Tooth and the Jugular', the man who had just saved his life.

   As the stagecoach departed from the village, Gosling silently stared at the silver cross pendant he had on his hands, a gift from his mother that now held a much more profound significance. "… So, they believe our Lord has forgotten, ja? ..." He lamented in shame and remorse; no matter his efforts or his courageous discourse, in the end he was left trembling with fear in times help was most needed, it was an absolute disgrace. "… … I am to return, this is not over yet--- this awful mistake must be corrected … I will be back; that fiend shall be destroyed, I am going to save all those souls ... is a promise!"

           Later, at the break of dawn, the Count had enough leisure time and his thirst was quenched, so he returned to his fortress. As expected, Igor was patiently waiting for his master's arrival. "Did you find that miserable mortal, Master?" Greeted the sinister butler.

    "Ah, I let him go …" Duckula replied calmly, tonelessly even, like if the latest episode were of no relevance.

   The vulture raised a brow with suspicion at the Count’s answer; after such an eventful evening, this behaviour from the master was something unforeseen. "… I am not sure, Sire … you should have taken the life of that wretched miscreant ... or perhaps brought him here to me, I could have offered that Gosling a most proper … … care."

   "Worry not, dear Igor." The Count spoke, a grin crept onto his beak. "... Amongst all the pleasant visitors we have received through these the years, this one had proven to be the most interesting opponent".

    "Oh indeed, Milord, Indeed! There is no use on finishing the fun so early …" Igor rubbed his hands in pleased anticipation of the delightfully wicked punishments he would be able to inflict over that insolent gander.

    "That is right; you got the idea, my Igor!" The Count chuckled darkly. "… He is coming back, I assure you, and I will be waiting …" Then, the vampire grabbed Igor by the necktie, pulling his head down to meet his gaze. "After all … ..." Duckula continued, lowering his voice into a threatening though gleeful snarl. "… We have plenty of time ... … … don’t we, Igor?!"

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This is the first chapter from an old fanfiction of mine I am re-writing (began in 2009, is 2020 not completed yet, only three chapters are ready), is an attempt to set a prequel for the Count Duckula series, based on the Dear Diary and The Rest is History episodes, a particular scene that appears on the show's intro, the Castlevania games and last but certainly not least, Dracula the novel. Posting it here now as an experiment given I have no idea how it would look like on Tumblr, and so happy to see fans of the series!

Count Duckula and the characters on this chapter belong to Cosgrove Hall.

[doomonfilm]

Memories : The Best Films of the 2010s

Only a few years into my tenure as a film blogger, and I’ve been tasked with a monumental undertaking : ranking the top films of the last decade.  Reflecting year by year is a journey in its own right, and with things like recency bias to take into account, plus the dice roll of blessing and curse that perspective and time bring to older films, I knew that this would be memorable at best, and stressful at worst.

That being said, I don’t claim to have seen every movie, so I know that there are some ‘glaring’ omissions.  I am always open to recommendations for films I should watch (for the purpose of blogging on them or otherwise), but DOOMonFILM has always been about my personal experience as a film fan, first and foremost.  Discussion is welcome, and constructive criticism will always be considered, but this is one man’s opinion.

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THOUGHTS ON THE DECADE

The 2010s, despite moments of controversy in terms of diversity, turned out to be surprisingly forward-thinking in hindsight.  On more than one occasion in the decade, the film of the year (in terms of awards or in terms of critical/public reception), as well as highlight films of each year, were made by foreign directors.  Women and minorities also managed to be recognized in front of and behind the camera at what seemed like a higher rate.  Newer technologies were embraced, such as pushes forward in new cameras or directors opting to shoot on devices as small as iPhones, leaps forward in special effects, and a multitude of movies given the iMax treatment.  A handful of directors happened to put out multiple movies throughout the decade, and a few of those in that handful managed to make multiple award-winning and widely accepted films.  Marvel left such an impact on Hollywood, and the worldwide movie industry, that DC was forced to try and follow suit, and mergers with Sony and Disney were top tier news for months on end.  Actors like Scarlett Johanson, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio, among others, solidified themselves as box-office legends, while actors on both sides of their career (first-timers and those in the twilight of their career) found success throughout the decade.  All in all, it was a decade that continued to make me happy to be a movie fan, and as hard as it was to do, I managed to find 100 films throughout the decade to rank. 

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100. It Comes at Night (dir. Trey Edward Shults, 2017) 99. Kick-Ass (dir. Matthew Vaughn, 2010) 98. The Peanuts Movie (dir. Steve Martino, Andy Beall and Frank Molieri, 2015) 97. Everybody Wants Some!! (dir. Richard Linklater, 2016)  96. Upstream Color (dir. Shane Carruth, 2013) 95. Avengers : Age of Ultron (dir. Joss Whedon, 2015) 94. John Dies at the End (dir. Don Coscarelli, 2013) 93. Doctor Strange (dir. Scott Derrickson, 2016) 92. Keanu (dir. Peter Atencio, 2016) 91. Free Fire (dir. Ben Wheatley, 2017) 90. Upgrade (dir. Leigh Whannell, 2018) 89. Chappie (dir. Neill Blomkamp, 2015) 88. American Ultra (dir. Nima Nourizadeh, 2015) 87. I, Tonya (dir. Craig Gillespie, 2017) 86. Boyhood (dir. Richard Linklater, 2014) 85. The Grand Budapest Hotel (dir. Wes Anderson, 2014) 84. La La Land (dir. Damien Chazelle, 2016) 83. Ex Machina (dir. Alex Garland, 2015) 82. Nightcrawler (dir. Dan Gilroy, 2014) 81. Sicario (dir. Denis Villeneuve, 2015) 80. Looper (dir. Rian Johnson, 2012) 79. The Killer Inside Me (dir. Michal Winterbottom, 2010) 78. Hell or High Water (dir. David Mackenzie, 2016) 77. End of Watch (dir. David Ayer, 2012) 76. Django Unchained (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2012) 75. Thoroughbreds (dir. Cory Finley, 2018) 74. Chronicle (dir. Josh Trank, 2012) 73. Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier, 2011) 72. Black Mirror : Bandersnatch (dir. David Slade, 2018) 71. Detroit (dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 2017) 70. BlacKkKlansman (dir. Spike Lee, 2018) 69. Black Panther (dir. Ryan Coogler, 2018) 68. I Am Not Your Negro (dir. Raoul Peck, 2017) 67. Straight Outta Compton (dir. F. Gary Gray, 2015) 66. Kubo and the Two Strings (dir. Travis Knight, 2016) 65. It Follows (dir. David Robert Mitchell, 2014) 64. Logan Lucky (dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2017) 63. Get Out (dir. Jordan Peele, 2017) 62. Booksmart (dir. Olivia Wilde, 2019) 61. Beats, Rhymes & Life : The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (dir. Michael Rapaport, 2011) 60. Lady Bird (dir. Greta Gerwig, 2017) 59. Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson, 2012) 58. The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard, 2012) 57. Black Swan (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2010) 56. Captain America : The Winter Soldier (dir. Joe Russo, 2014) 55. If Beale Street Could Talk (dir. Barry Jenkins, 2018) 54. Avengers : Infinity War (dir. Anthony Russo, 2018) 53. True Grit (dir. Ethan and Joel Cohen, 2010) 52. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (dir. Martin McDonagh, 2017) 51. Whiplash (dir. Damien Chazelle, 2014) 50. Midsommar (dir. Ari Aster, 2019) 49. Journey to the West : Conquering the Demons (dir. Stephen Chow and Derek Kwok, 2013) 48. Sorry To Bother You (dir. Boots Riley, 2018) 47. Mid90s (dir. Jonah Hill, 2018) 46. Logan (dir. James Mangold, 2017) 45. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017) 44. Phantom Thread (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) 43. The Hateful Eight (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2015) 42. Exit Through the Gift Shop (dir. Banksy, 2010) 41. The Irishman (dir. Martin Scorsese, 2019) 40. Suspiria (dir. Luca Guadagnino, 2018) 39. The VVitch (dir. Robert Eggers, 2016) 38. Dogtooth (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2010) 37. The Lighthouse (dir. Robert Eggers, 2019) 36. Annihilation (dir. Alex Garland, 2018) 35. Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011) 34. Beyond the Black Rainbow (dir. Panos Cosmatos, 2012) 33. The Favourite (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018) 32. Searching (dir. Aneesh Chaganty, 2018) 31. Tangerine (dir. Sean Baker, 2015) 30. Snowpiercer (dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2014) 29. Under the Skin (dir. Jonathan Glazer, 2013) 28. Dunkirk (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2017) 27. Blade Runner 2049 (dir. Denis Villeneuve, 2017) 26. Baby Driver (dir. Edgar Wright, 2017) 25. Joker (dir. Todd Phillips, 2019) 24. The Neon Demon (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016) 23. Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse (dir. Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman, 2018) 22. The Shape of Water (dir. Guillermo del Toro, 2017) 21. The Social Network (dir. David Fincher, 2010) 20. Frances Ha (dir. Noah Baumbach, 2013) 19. Under the Silver Lake (dir. David Robert Mitchell, 2019) 18. Mad Max : Fury Road (dir. George Miller, 2015) 17. Good Time (dir. Josh and Benny Safdie, 2017) 16. Mandy (dir. Panos Cosmatos, 2018) 15. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (dir. Quentin Tarantino, 2019) 14. Her (dir. Spike Jonze, 2013) 13. The Lobster (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015) 12. Inherent Vice (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014) 11. The Master (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)

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10. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (dir. Joe Talbot, 2019)

I saw this film as the decade was winding to a close, but it made easily one of the starkest impressions on me of any film-going experience I can recall.  The movie looks amazing, the score and soundtrack are powerful, the acting is rich and dynamic, San Francisco is as beautiful on film as it is in real life, and the thoughts that arise from the narrative presented are the kind that hang around and result in personal changes that matter.  A shining achievement from a stellar year of film.

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9. Inception (dir. Christopher Nolan, 2010)

If Christopher Nolan wasn’t already considered top tier prior to Inception, any doubters were left floored at the close of this masterpiece.  For a story that could have easily been way too convoluted for standard audiences, the visuals, direction and pacing guide us through the madness perfectly.  For anyone interested in dream depictions on cinema, for fans of stellar action, and for the smart people who know the quality that comes with the Nolan name, this one was a no-brainer.

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8. mother! (dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2017)

After being a bit on the nose with Noah, in terms of a film on religion, most directors would take that as a sign to move on from the topic.  For a director like Darren Aronofsky, however, the next step was to seemingly go back to your mind-scrambling roots, dig deeper symbolically, narratively and metaphorically, and come back to the table with one of the most divisive and controversial films of the decade.  mother! will clearly be a film ripe for analysis for years to come, and for as subjective and deep an experience as the film is, this reflection is welcome, as it serves to enrich future viewing experiences.

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7. Uncut Gems (dir. Josh and Benny Safdie, 2019)

How long does a film have to be out to be considered one of the best of the decade?  In the case of Uncut Gems, I will allow recency bias, as it is clearly evident at the beginning of the closing credits that the film is special and will resonate for years to come.  The Safdie brothers already had a classic under their belt with Good Time, and throwing that Sandler magic into the mix only amplifies their heightened and immersive style.

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6. The Florida Project (dir. Sean Baker, 2017)

There are a small fraternity of directors that put out their first films and follow-up films in the 2010s, and while examples of possible award snubs can be found for these directors, there was one clear-cut case of oversight : the 2017 lack of recognition for Sean Baker’s immaculate, beautiful and moving The Florida Project.  While Tangerine was certainly the loudest of warning shots a first time director could provide, the amount of growth, nuance and confidence found in this follow-up deserved multiple awards, not just an acting nod for Willem Dafoe.  Perhaps Baker’s next film will bring him the recognition he deserves in terms of awards, but he’s already made a clear cut name for himself.

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5. Hereditary (dir. Ari Aster, 2018)

I rediscovered a love for horror films in the 2010s, and a key reason would be the emergence of director Ari Aster.  Upon seeing trailers for Hereditary, I knew that it would probably scare the life out of me, but the taste of the story given was so gripping I had to see it.  The fact that the trailer was so powerful, only for the movie to unfold in ways that I never would have imagined or discerned from the trailer, was one of the most rewarding film experiences of the decade.  Toni Collette also gave a performance for the ages.

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4. You Were Never Really Here (dir. Lynne Ramsay, 2018)

It’s arguable that Joaquin Phoenix may have had the strongest decade of any actor, and for my money’s worth, he was at his best in You Were Never Really Here.  Much of the angst presented was previously explored in The Master, and as great as Joker is, it’s essentially the DCEU version of You Were Never Really Here, tonally and in terms of specific elements.  Nobody short of the Safdie brothers are making movies that look, sound and feel like this one, and the unfortunate practice of human trafficking hitting the news forefront makes this film as timely as it is sad.

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3. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (dir. Edgar Wright, 2010)

Hands down the coolest film of the decade.  Not since Who Framed Roger Rabbit? had so many elements that I loved from other properties managed to find their way into the same movie, and the way that the gumbo was prepared and served was pitch perfect.  As my friend Erin stated after we viewed the film, ‘If you watch this movie and don’t like it, I don’t think we can be friends’.  Some of my favorite sequences of any film are in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and this is the EXACT kind of film I look forward to one day sharing with my children. 

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2. Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-ho, 2019)

Another recent film that made an instant impact.  In terms of topics like honesty, entitlement, and family dynamics, nothing I can think of in recent memory is touching Parasite.  The parallels between the two families presented are perfect both visually and in the performances, and with each new bit of information presented, much of what you were previously presented is immediately recontextualized and put into question.  This film, from front to back, is one of the most gripping journeys a filmgoer can take. 

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1. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2014)

Easily my favorite film of the decade.  This is the closest thing to a song-poem that I’ve ever seen presented on film, and it’s heartbreakingly beautiful.  Nothing else released in the decade looked or sounded like this film, and the way it meta-reflects on Hollywood, Broadway, superhero films and the importance of actors is equal parts hilarious, thought-provoking and wonderfully frustrating.  The film answers enough questions it posits so as to not completely confound the viewer, but it leaves enough open-ended so that repeat viewings are rewarding.  A true achievement of film, regardless of decade.

[leinwandfrei]

Freddie Highmore – auch in Serie

Gestern (11.9.2019) strahlte Vox die beiden ersten Folgen der zweiten Staffel von The Good Doctor aus. Eine Serie mit Freddie Highmore, welche unter Einfluss von David Shore, dem Produzenten von Dr. House (wie der Sender großspurig wirbt), als Adaption einer südkoreanischen Sendung entstanden ist. Man muss sich nach der Auftaktstafel diesbezüglich keine Illusionen machen, Dr. House bleibt unter der Vielzahl an Arztserien die qualitativ hochwertigste (in Bezug auf die darstellten Behandlungsmethoden wie auch auf das Drehbuch und die Darstellung des Protagonisten). Aber die Ausstrahlung bietet einen passenden Anlass, um sich mit Freddie Highmore auseinanderzusetzen. Der britische Schauspieler steht seit seinem 7. Lebensjahr vor der Kamera und erinnert damit an die Vielzahl der amerikanischen Kinderstars. Zu diesen zählte etwa auch River Phoenix oder Ryan Gosling. Von Kindheit an als Schauspieler aktiv begannen sie früh an einer Karriere zu feilen, wobei River Phoenix an dem daraus resultierenden Ruhm letztlich zerbrochen ist. Inwiefern eine solche (unwirklich ernste) Kindheit auch einer Persönlichkeitsentwicklung schaden kann zeigt sich darin sehr deutlich.

Ohne die Begegnung mit Johnny Depp beim Dreh von Wenn Träume fliegen lernen (2004) wäre Highmores Karriere vermutlich nicht so schnell in Schwung gekommen. Auch die Abstammung aus einer ausgewiesenen Schauspielerfamilie hat sicherlich dazu beigetragen. Im darauffolgenden Jahr bekommt er durch die Empfehlung Depps‘ die zweite Hauptrolle in Tim Burtons Verfilmung von Roald Dahls Jugendroman Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik. Mit Arthur und die Minimoys (unter der Regie von Luc Besson) und Die Geheimnisse der Spiderwick (in einer Doppelrolle als Jared und Simon Grace) folgen 2006 und 2008 weitere Fantasy-Jugendroman-Verfilmungen, dazwischen ist er auch an der Seite von Robin Williams in dem (sehr kitschigen) Liebesfilm Der Klang des Herzens zu erleben. Sein bevorzugtes Rollenprofil des Außenseiters tritt wiederum bei den Produktionen Toast (2010, an der Seite von Helena Bonham Carter) und Von der Kunst sich durchzumogeln (2011) in den Vordergrund. Den Höhepunkt dieser Spezialisierung hat er vorzeitig durch seine Darstellung von Norman Bates in Bates Motel erreicht, wo er an der Seite der beeindruckend aufspielenden Vera Farmiga die Vorgeschichte zu dem Suspense-Klassiker Psycho von Alfred Hitchcock in 5 Staffeln (2013-2017) mitentwickelt. Vera Farmiga wurde für ihre Darstellung der Mutter Norma Bates vielfach ausgezeichnet und Freddie Highmore vielfach nominiert.

Insgesamt ist Highmores Filmografie vielseitig und enthält einige schöne Kleinode. Der nach wie vor junge Schauspieler beweist Mut in der Rollenwahl. Auffällig ist eine gewisse Vorliebe für fantastische Geschichten, wie auch sein Engagement für die Synchronisation der Verfilmung von Cornelia Funkes Roman Drachenreiter (angekündigt für 2020) zeigt.

Mit der Beteiligung an Bates Motel hat er verhindert, dass er in Zukunft auf die Rolle der liebenswerten und süßen Jungen von nebenan reduziert wird. Als er als Darsteller bekannt gegeben wurde, war die Skepsis zunächst groß, da das Rollenprofil allen Charakteristiken des damals 21jährigen Highmores zu widersprechen schien. Entsprechende Zweifel herrschten bei dem Engagement als autistischer Arzt nicht vor, wobei diese Rolle auch weniger von den bisherigen Rollenprofilen abzuweichen scheint. In The Good Doctor meistert er die Aufgabe, einen überzeugenden Autisten zu spielen ohne dabei albern oder übertrieben zu wirken. (Jim Parson spielt keinen ausgewiesenen Autisten und darf sich daher entsprechende Verhaltensweisen erlauben. Sheldon Cooper vereint aber eher die typischen Filmaspekte eines „Autisten“.) Im Zentrum seiner Darstellung stehen der ausweichende Blick und steife körperliche Bewegungen. Die Charakterzüge des typischen „Film-Autisten“ (wie zum Beispiel Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man) und die Definition des Autismus durch Ärzte haben häufig nur wenige Übereinstimmungen. Im Film sind die autistischen Charaktere meist auf Spektakulärität ausgerichtet und nahe an dem Bild eines verwirrten Genies gehalten.

Unglücklicherweise würde kein Krankenhaus einen Autisten beschäftigen (sowie auch kein Krankenhaus einen Junkie und Sadisten wie Dr. House beschäftigen würde), aber das Gedankenspiel von The Good Doctor führt zu teilweise nachdenklich stimmenden und amüsanten Momenten. Enttäuschend waren in der ersten Staffel vorrangig die filmische Umsetzung der chirurgischen Eingriffe, die fehlende Plausibilität mancher Diagnosen bzw. extremer Krankheitsbilder und zum anderen die musikalischen Fehlentscheidungen. Insgesamt aber konnte die Serie kurzweilige Unterhaltung bieten und insbesondere Freddie Highmores schauspielerische Leistung fesseln. Hier finden sich einige Parallelen zu seiner gefühlskalten Darstellung in Bates Motel, insbesondere der Blick und die Gestik sind hier hervorzuheben. Denn was Highmore zu einer Traumbesetzung für den klassischen Prinz Charming macht ist zugleich ein geeignetes Mittel, um tiefes Unbehagen zu erzeugen. Der mehr oder weniger direkte Blick aus seinen blauen Augen kann sehr differente Wirkungen haben, je nach Existenz oder Fehlen des Lächelns. An diese Leistung knüpft er mit der zweiten Staffel an. Der Schwerpunkt bleibt auf Dr. Shaun Murphy und dadurch wird das vollständige Abdriften in die seichten Abgründe von Beziehungen und überdramatisierten ärztlichen Entscheidungen, eine der größten Stolpersteine der Mehrzahl der Arztserien, zumindest abgefedert. Ob der Trend ganz verhindert werden kann muss der weitere Verlauf der Serie zeigen. Dennoch bleibt The Good Doctor nette Unterhaltung ohne tiefere Inhalte und die enttäuschend niedlichen medizinischen Eingriffe sind ein entscheidender Faktor dieses Eindrucks.

Die interessante Frage für die Zukunft ist, wann Highmore das Bübchen-Image abschütteln kann (oder muss) und erstmals die Rolle eines Erwachsenen spielen bzw. sprechen darf. Denn auch in Bates Motel und The Good Doctor arbeiten die Regisseure vornehmlich mit seiner Jugendlichkeit und dem kindlich gebliebenen Gesicht des 27jährigen. Die Zeit arbeitet aber für seine Flucht aus dieser Beengung. Mit seinen letzten Arbeiten hat er sich in Maßen als ernst zu nehmender Schauspieler emanzipiert und bei The Good Doctor tritt er als Produzent und Drehbuchautor auf. Die Experimentierfreudigkeit des Briten ist ein entscheidender Faktor seines Erfolgs und seiner sympathischen Ausstrahlung. Wohin ihn diese Experimentierfreude noch führen wird muss sich noch zeigen. 2019 ist er neben The Good Doctor auch in einer angekündigten Ko-Produktion von Spanien, Frankreich und Großbritannien beteiligt (Titel: Way Down) [Quelle: www.filmstarts.de.]. Zudem wurde eine dritte Staffel der Arztserie bereits angekündigt. In beiden Fällen ist der fantastische Funke vieler seiner Filme nicht zu erwarten.

[thearabkhaleesi]

2017 OSCARS WINNERS

Best Picture

Winner: Moonlight

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Best Actress

Winner: Emma Stone - La La Land

Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Ruth Negga - Loving

Natalie Portman - Jackie

Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Actor

Winner: Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling - La La Land

Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Viola Davis - Fences

Naomie Harris - Moonlight

Nicole Kidman - Lion

Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams - Manchester by the Sea

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Mahershala Ali - Moonlight

Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges - Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel - Lion

Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Director

Winner: La La Land - Damien Chazelle

Arrival - Denis Villeneuve

Hacksaw Ridge - Mel Gibson

Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan

20th Century Women - Mike Mills

Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan

La La Land - Damien Chazelle

The Lobster - Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Moonlight - Barry Jenkins and Alvin McCraney

Arrival - Eric Heisserer

Fences - August Wilson

Hidden Figures - Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

Lion - Luke Davies

Best Original Score

Winner: La La Land - Justin Hurwitz

Jackie - Mica Levi

Lion - Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka

Moonlight - Nicholas Britell

Passengers - Thomas Newton

Best Original Song

Winner: La La Land - City of Stars by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

La La Land - Audition by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Moana - How Far I'll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Trolls - Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster

Jim: The James Foley Story - The Empty Chair by J Ralph and Sting

Best Cinematography

Winner: La La Land - Linus Sandgren

Arrival - Bradford Young

Lion - Greig Fraser

Moonlight - James Laxton

Silence - Rodrigo Prieto

Best Foreign Language Film

Winner: The Salesman - Iran

A Man Called Ove - Sweden

Land of Mine - Denmark

Tanna - Australia

Toni Erdmann - Germany

Best Costume Design

Winner: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Colleen Atwood

Allied - Joanna Johnston

Florence Foster Jenkins - Consolata Boyle

Jackie - Madeline Fontaine

La La Land - Mary Zophres

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

Winner: Suicide Squad - Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

A Man Called Ove - Eva Von Bahr and Love Larson

Star Trek Beyond - Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Best Documentary Feature

Winner: OJ: Made in America

13th

Fire At Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

Best Sound Editing

Winner: Arrival - Sylvain Bellemare

Deepwater Horizon - Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli

Hacksaw Ridge - Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright

La La Land - Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Sully - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Best Sound Mixing

Winner: Hacksaw Ridge - Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi - Gary Summers, Jeffrey J Haboush and Mac Ruth

Arrival - Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye

La La Land - Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A Morrow

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Best Animated Short

Winner: Piper - Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Blind Vaysha - Theodore Ushev

Borrowed Time - Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Pear Cider and Cigarettes - Robert Valley and Cara Speller

Pearl - Patrick Osborne

Best Animated Feature

Winner: Zootopia

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Best Production Design

Winner: La La Land - David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Arrival - Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock

Hail, Caesar! - Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

Passengers - Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena

Best Visual Effects

Winner: The Jungle Book - Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon

Deepwater Horizon - Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton

Doctor Strange - Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould

Kubo and the Two Strings - Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Best Film Editing

Winner: Hacksaw Ridge - John Gilbert

Arrival - Joe Walker

Hell or High Water - Jake Roberts

La La Land - Tom Cross

Moonlight - Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Best Documentary Short

Winner: The White Helmets - Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

4.1 Miles - Daphne Matziaraki

Extremis - Dan Krauss

Joe's Violin - Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen

Watani: My Homeland - Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis

Best Live Action Short

Winner: Sing - Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy

Ennemis Interieurs - Selim Azzazi

La Femme et le TGV - Timo Von Gunten and Giacun Caduff

Silent Nights - Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson

Timecode - Juanjo Gimenez

[bongaboi]

89th Academy Awards Winners

Best Picture

Moonlight – Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner

Arrival – Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, and David Linde

Fences – Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington, and Todd Black

Hacksaw Ridge – Bill Mechanic and David Permut

Hell or High Water – Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn

Hidden Figures – Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams, and Theodore Melfi

La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt

Lion – Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Angie Fielder

Manchester by the Sea – Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, and Kevin J. Walsh

Best Director

Damien Chazelle – La La Land

Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge

Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Denis Villeneuve – Arrival

Best Actor

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler

Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond T. Doss

Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder

Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash

Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson

Best Actress

Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan

Isabelle Huppert – Elle as Michèle Leblanc

Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving

Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jackie Kennedy

Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan

Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton

Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler

Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley

Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals as Detective Bobby Andes

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson

Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula

Nicole Kidman – Lion as Sue Brierley

Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan

Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi

Best Original Screenplay

Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan

La La Land – Damien Chazelle

The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou

20th Century Women – Mike Mills

Best Adapted Screenplay

Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney from In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney

Arrival – Eric Heisserer from "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang

Fences – August Wilson from Fences by August Wilson (posthumous nomination)

Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi from Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Lion – Luke Davies from A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose

Best Animated Feature Film

Zootopia – Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Clark Spencer

Kubo and the Two Strings – Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner

Moana – John Musker, Ron Clements, and Osnat Shurer

My Life as a Zucchini – Claude Barras and Max Karli

The Red Turtle – Michaël Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki

Best Foreign Language Film

The Salesman (Iran) in Persian – Asghar Farhadi

Land of Mine (Denmark) in Danish – Martin Zandvliet

A Man Called Ove (Sweden) in Swedish – Hannes Holm

Tanna (Australia) in Nauvhal – Martin Butler and Bentley Dean

Toni Erdmann (Germany) in German – Maren Ade

Best Documentary – Feature

O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow

Fire at Sea – Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo

I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety, and Hébert Peck

Life, Animated – Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman

13th – Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick, and Howard Barish

Best Documentary – Short Subject

The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Extremis – Dan Krauss

4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki

Joe's Violin – Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen

Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis

Best Live Action Short Film

Sing – Kristóf Deák and Anna Udvardy

Ennemis intérieurs – Sélim Azzazi

La Femme et le TGV – Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff

Silent Nights – Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson

Timecode – Juanjo Giménez

Best Animated Short Film

Piper – Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev

Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley and Cara Speller

Pearl – Patrick Osborne

Best Original Score

La La Land – Justin Hurwitz

Jackie – Mica Levi

Lion – Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka

Moonlight – Nicholas Britell

Passengers – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song

"City of Stars" from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from La La Land – Music by Justin Hurwitz, Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

"Can't Stop the Feeling!" from Trolls – Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Karl Johan Schuster (Shellback)

"The Empty Chair" from Jim: The James Foley Story – Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting

"How Far I'll Go" from Moana – Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Sound Editing

Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare

Deepwater Horizon – Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli

Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright

La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Sully – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Best Sound Mixing

Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace

Arrival – Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye

La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee, and Steve A. Morrow

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, and Stuart Wilson

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Greg P. Russell,[n 1] Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Mac Ruth

Best Production Design

La La Land – David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Arrival – Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock

Hail, Caesar! – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

Passengers – Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena

Best Cinematography

La La Land – Linus Sandgren

Arrival – Bradford Young

Lion – Greig Fraser

Moonlight – James Laxton

Silence – Rodrigo Prieto

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson

A Man Called Ove – Eva von Bahr and Love Larson

Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Best Costume Design

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood

Allied – Joanna Johnston

Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle

Jackie – Madeline Fontaine

La La Land – Mary Zophres

Best Film Editing

Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert

Arrival – Joe Walker

Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts

La La Land – Tom Cross

Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Best Visual Effects

The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon

Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington, and Burt Dalton

Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, and Paul Corbould

Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould

Governors Awards

The Academy held its eighth annual Governors Awards ceremony on November 12, 2016, during which the following awards were presented:

Academy Honorary Awards

Jackie Chan — Hong Kong martial artist, actor, director, producer and singer.[16]

Anne V. Coates — British film editor.

Lynn Stalmaster — American casting director.

Frederick Wiseman — American filmmaker, documentarian and theatrical director.

[dweemeister]

My alternative 89th Academy Awards

And so here, as I do every year, is my alternative Oscars ceremony. This is what would happen tonight if I - and I alone - stuffed the ballots and decided on all of the nomination and all of the winners. Non-English language films are accompanied by their nation of origin (in FIFA three-letter code).

89th Academy Awards – February 26, 2017 Dolby Theatre – Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Host: Jimmy Kimmel Broadcaster: ABC

Best Picture: LA LA LAND

Arrival, Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, and David Linde (Paramount)

Fences, Todd Black, Scott Rudin, and Denzel Washington (Paramount)

Hell or High Water, Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn (CBS Films/Lionsgate)

La La Land, Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt (Summit)

Moonlight, Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner (A24)

O.J.: Made in America, Ezra Edelman (ESPN)

Our Little Sister (JPN), Kaoru Matsuzaki and Hijiri Taguchi (Toho Company)

The Red Turtle (FRA/BEL/JPN), Toshio Suzuki, Vincent Maraval, Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, and Léon Perahia (Wild Bunch/Toho Company/ Lumière/Sony Pictures Classics)

The Salesman (IRN), Alexandre Mallet-Guy and Asghar Farhadi (Filmiran/Cohen Media Group)

Toni Erdmann (GER), Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, and Michael Merkt (Komplizen Film/Sony Pictures Classics)

It’s a little disconcerting that only two major studio films are here. The mid-budget drama used to be the major studios’ bread-and-butter, and now that is gravitating ever more to the mini-majors and smaller studios. La La Land, Moonlight, O.J.: Made in America, and The Red Turtle all received 9/10 ratings from me. We essentially have a four-way tie for first, and I have to elevate one above the rest.

Some of my followers are gonna fume at my decision, but it’s La La Land for me. I approached that decision from a well-documented bias for musicals - fully aware of the film’s artistic, technical, and societal problems - the fact of the film’s cultural impact (I sometimes have a populist streak in how I see film history, and that’s a part of my personality), and personal taste (it came down to Moonlight and La La Land for me... I love both, but which movie would I not mind to waste 30 minutes on if nothing was on?).

If you ask me this question again in ten years’ time, my answer might very well change. I don’t have the luxury of hindsight right now.

Best Director

Damien Chazelle, La La Land

Michael Dudok de Wit, The Red Turtle

Ezra Edelman, O.J.: Made in America

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Hirokazu Koreeda, Our Little Sister

In my alternative Oscar universe, Koreeda nabs the latest of several nominations for Director, but he just can’t manage to break through in this category. It’s Jenkins for me, for crafting a story that I could not imagine having been filmed even five years ago.

Best Actor

Joel Edgerton, Loving

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Sunny Pawar, Lion

Denzel Washington, Fences                                 

Sunny Pawar has to hold up that first half of Lion, and he does so spectacularly. I also introduce Edgerton here as well. Garfield had a career performance in Hacksaw Ridge, and Gosling is a bit underrated. But it’s the one fellow nominated here who I would call a genuine movie star - a term that is thrown about too often these days, but I think he embodies it - in Denzel Washington. It’s a difficult performance, that, and he has perfected it to a tee.

Best Actress

Taraji P. Henson, Hidden Figures

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Lâm Thanh Mỹ, Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass (VIE)

Ruth Negga, Loving

Emma Stone, La La Land

You’re scratching your heads on that nomination for Lâm Thanh Mỹ, I know. She gave the child performance of the year for me in a dizzying display of a range of emotions. But in the end, it’s Huppert. I sneak in Henson and Negga as well.

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Issey Ogata, Silence

Did you expect anything else?

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis, Fences

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Suzu Hirose, Our Little Sister

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

See above. Yet another child actress in Suzu Hirose, gets nominated... that’s three kids getting nominations in my alternative ceremony!

Best Adapted Screenplay

Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden (KOR)

Eric Heisserer, Arrival

Barry Jenkins and Tarell McCraney, Moonlight

Hirokazu Koreeda, Our Little Sister

August Wilson, Fences (posthumous nomination)

Really, really tempted to give this to Wilson. So I hope, wherever he is, he didn’t mind this.

Best Original Screenplay

Stephen Chow, et al., The Mermaid (CHN)

Asghar Farhadi, The Salesman

Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster

Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water

Makoto Shinkai, Your Name (JPN)

Best Animated Feature

Kubo and the Two Strings (Laika/Focus)

Long Way North, France/Denmark (Maybe Movies/Sacrebleu Productions)

My Life as a Zucchini, Switzerland (Gébéka Films/GKIDS)

The Red Turtle, France/Belgium/Japan (Wild Bunch/Toho Company/ Lumière/Sony Pictures Classics)

Your Name, Japan (Funimation/Toho Company)

Zootopia was the second-best Disney film of the year, and it wasn’t even among the top five animated features of the year. Little-seen Long Way North and widely-seen Your Name (everywhere except North America, apparently) are in there instead. But The Red Turtle - a true transnational effort - is the best animated feature of the year.

Best Documentary Feature

I Am Not Your Negro (Velvet Film/Magnolia Pictures)

Life, Animated (A&E/The Orchard)

O.J.: Made in America (ESPN)

13th (Netflix)

Weiner (Motto Pictures/Sundance Selects)

I have to award ESPN’s ambitious 30 for 30 entry here. And it’s easily the best of the 30 for 30 films as well.

Best Foreign Language Film

Fire at Sea, Italy

The Handmaiden, South Korea

Our Little Sister, Japan

The Salesman, Iran

Toni Erdmann, Germany

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins, Hail, Caesar!

James Laxton, Moonlight

Rodrigo Prieto, Silence

Linus Sandgren, La La Land

Bradford Young, Arrival

Best Film Editing

Tom Cross, La La Land

John Gilbert, Hacksaw Ridge

Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, and Ben Sozanski, O.J.: Made in America

Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders, Moonlight

Blu Murray, Sully

Best Original Musical

Gary Clark, Sing Street

Justin Hurwitz, La La Land

Mark Mancina, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Opetaia Foa’I, Moana

Best Original Musical is a category that must be activated by the Academy’s Music Branch, given that there are enough movie musical submitted for consideration. As I felt like there were enough movie musicals to warrant the activation of this category, I put these three films here (also, I wanted La La Land out of Original Score to preserve the category’s intent - to honor a film’s score, rather than its soundtrack). It has not been given under its current name; the last recipient of this award was Prince for Purple Rain (1984).

Best Original Score

John Debney, The Jungle Book

James Newton Howard, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Dario Marianelli, Kubo and the Two Strings

Laurent Perez Del Mar, The Red Turtle

John Williams, The BFG

Best Original Song

“Another Day of Sun”, music by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, La La Land

“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”, music by Justin Hurwitz, lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, La La Land

“Drive It Like You Stole It”, composed by Gary Clark Sing Street

“How Far I’ll Go”, composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Moana

“No Wrong Way Home”, music by Alexis Harte and JJ Wiesler, lyrics by Alexis Harte, Pearl

Yes, I have the audacity to nominate a song from a short film in here - “No Wrong Way Home” from Pearl. And “City of Stars” shouldn’t have been nominated, despite it being the earworm.

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Madeline Fontaine, Jackie

Mary Zophres, La La Land

Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, Love & Friendship

Dante Ferretti, Silence

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Daniel Phillips, Florence Foster Jenkins

Jean Ann Black and Cydney Cornell, Hail, Caesar!

Eva von Bahr and Love Larson, A Man Called Ove (SWE)

Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo, Star Trek Beyond

Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson, Suicide Squad

Best Production Design

Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte, Arrival

Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh, Hail, Caesar!

Ryu Seong-hie, The Handmaiden

David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco, La La Land

Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena, Passengers

Best Sound Editing

Sylvain Bellemare, Arrival

Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli, Deepwater Horizon

Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright, Hacksaw Ridge

Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood, Rogue One

Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman, Sully

Best Sound Mixing

Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye, Arrival

John Midgley, Tom Johnson, and Juan Peralta, Doctor Strange

Kevin O'Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace, Hacksaw Ridge

Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee, and Steve A. Morrow, La La Land

David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, and Stuart Wilson, Rogue One

Best Visual Effects

Craig Hammeck, Jason Snell, Jason Billington, and Burt Dalton, Deepwater Horizon

Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, and Paul Corbould, Doctor Strange

Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon, The Jungle Book

Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff, Kubo and the Two Strings

John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould, Rogue One

Best Documentary Short

Extremis (Netflix)

4.1 Miles, Greece (University of California, Berkeley/The New York Times)

Joe’s Violin (Lucky Two Productions)

Watani: My Homeland (ITN Productions)

The White Helmets (Netflix)

You can read my omnibus write-up for the nominees in Best Documentary Short Film here.

Best Live Action Short

Ennemis intérieurs, France (Qualia Films)

La Femme et le TGV, Switzerland (Arbel/ Jacques à Bâle Pictures)

Silent Nights, Denmark (M&M Productions)

Sing, Hungary (Meteor-Film)

Timecode, Spain (Juanjo Giménez Peña)

You can read my omnibus write-up for the nominees in Best Live Action Short Film here.

Best Animated Short

Blind Vaysha (National Film Board of Canada)

Borrowed Time (Quorum Films)

Pear Cider and Cigarettes (Massive Swerve Studios/Passion Pictures)

Pearl (Evil Eye Pictures/Google/Passion Pictures)

Piper (Pixar/Walt Disney)

You can read my omnibus write-up for the nominees in Best Animated Short Film here.

Academy Honorary Awards: Jackie Chan, Anne V. Coates, Lynn Stalmaster, and Frederick Wiseman

MULTIPLE NOMINEES (28) Twelve: La La Land Seven: Moonlight Six: Arrival Five: Our Little Sister Four: Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, O.J.: Made in America, The Red Turtle Three: Hail, Caesar!, The Handmaiden, Hell or High Water, Kubo and the Two Strings, Rogue One, The Salesman, Silence Two: Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hidden Figures, The Jungle Book, Loving, Manchester by the Sea, Moana, Pearl, Sing Street, Sully, Toni Erdmann, Your Name

WINNERS 5 wins: La La Land 3 wins: Moonlight 2 wins: Fences, O.J.: Made in America 1 win: Elle, Ennemis intérieurs, 4.1 Miles, Hacksaw Ridge, The Handmaiden, Hell or High Water, Jackie, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Our Little Sister, Piper The Red Turtle, Star Trek Beyond

17 winners from 25 categories. 47 feature-length films and 15 short films were represented.

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2017 Oscar Nominations

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES: CASEY AFFLECK Manchester by the Sea ANDREW GARFIELD Hacksaw Ridge RYAN GOSLING La La Land VIGGO MORTENSEN Captain Fantastic DENZEL WASHINGTON Fences ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES: MAHERSHALA ALI Moonlight JEFF BRIDGES Hell or High Water LUCAS HEDGES Manchester by the Sea DEV PATEL Lion MICHAEL SHANNON Nocturnal Animals ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE NOMINEES: ISABELLE HUPPERT Elle RUTH NEGGA Loving NATALIE PORTMAN Jackie EMMA STONE La La Land MERYL STREEP Florence Foster Jenkins ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE NOMINEES: VIOLA DAVIS Fences NAOMIE HARRIS Moonlight NICOLE KIDMAN Lion OCTAVIA SPENCER Hidden Figures MICHELLE WILLIAMS Manchester by the Sea ANIMATED FEATURE FILM NOMINEES: KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner MOANA John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI Claude Barras and Max Karli THE RED TURTLE Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki ZOOTOPIA Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Bradford Young LA LA LAND Linus Sandgren LION Greig Fraser MOONLIGHT James Laxton SILENCE Rodrigo Prieto COSTUME DESIGN NOMINEES: ALLIED Joanna Johnston FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Colleen Atwood FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Consolata Boyle JACKIE Madeline Fontaine LA LA LAND Mary Zophres DIRECTING NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Denis Villeneuve HACKSAW RIDGE Mel Gibson LA LA LAND Damien Chazelle MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Kenneth Lonergan MOONLIGHT Barry Jenkins DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) NOMINEES: FIRE AT SEA Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck LIFE, ANIMATED Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow 13TH Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) NOMINEES: EXTREMIS Dan Krauss 4.1 MILES Daphne Matziaraki JOE'S VIOLIN Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen WATANI: MY HOMELAND Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis THE WHITE HELMETS Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara FILM EDITING NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Joe Walker HACKSAW RIDGE John Gilbert HELL OR HIGH WATER Jake Roberts LA LA LAND Tom Cross MOONLIGHT Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES: LAND OF MINE Denmark A MAN CALLED OVE Sweden THE SALESMAN Iran TANNA Australia TONI ERDMANN Germany MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING NOMINEES: A MAN CALLED OVE Eva von Bahr and Love Larson STAR TREK BEYOND Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo SUICIDE SQUAD Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) NOMINEES: JACKIE Mica Levi LA LA LAND Justin Hurwitz LION Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka MOONLIGHT Nicholas Britell PASSENGERS Thomas Newman MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) NOMINEES: AUDITION (THE FOOLS WHO DREAM) from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul CAN'T STOP THE FEELING from Trolls; Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster CITY OF STARS from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul THE EMPTY CHAIR from Jim: The James Foley Story; Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting HOW FAR I'LL GO from Moana; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda BEST PICTURE NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers FENCES Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers HACKSAW RIDGE Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers HELL OR HIGH WATER Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers HIDDEN FIGURES Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers LA LA LAND Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers LION Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers MOONLIGHT Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers PRODUCTION DESIGN NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock HAIL, CAESAR! Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh LA LA LAND Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco PASSENGERS Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) NOMINEES: BLIND VAYSHA Theodore Ushev BORROWED TIME Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES Robert Valley and Cara Speller PEARL Patrick Osborne PIPER Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) NOMINEES: ENNEMIS INTÉRIEURS Sélim Azzazi LA FEMME ET LE TGV Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff SILENT NIGHTS Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson SING Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy TIMECODE Juanjo Giménez SOUND EDITING NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Sylvain Bellemare DEEPWATER HORIZON Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli HACKSAW RIDGE Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright LA LA LAND Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan SULLY Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman SOUND MIXING NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye HACKSAW RIDGE Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace LA LA LAND Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson 13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth VISUAL EFFECTS NOMINEES: DEEPWATER HORIZON Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton DOCTOR STRANGE Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould THE JUNGLE BOOK Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES: ARRIVAL Screenplay by Eric Heisserer FENCES Screenplay by August Wilson HIDDEN FIGURES Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi LION Screenplay by Luke Davies MOONLIGHT Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) NOMINEES: HELL OR HIGH WATER Written by Taylor Sheridan LA LA LAND Written by Damien Chazelle THE LOBSTER Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Written by Kenneth Lonergan 20TH CENTURY WOMEN Written by Mike Mills *taken from Oscars.org*

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“Heinrich...? Heinrich, mein dear fella...”

Heinrich soon regretted answering his master’s call.

He had ignored his master’s orders so many times, he should had ignored this one as well.

(Content Warning: Blood(-sucking))

Heinrich got out of his room and into the living quarters of the Zeppelin, yawning and rubbing his weary eyes. Doctor von Goosewing always woke up so early in the morning, sometimes he had already gone on adventures before Heinrich even woke up. The fragrance of home-brewed coffee told him the doctor was still at home.

“Ja, doctor?”

Heinrich put on his glasses to look at his senior clearly.

If it wasn’t for the deerstalker, pince-nez glasses, brown checkered coat and spats, Heinrich would think an intruder had entered.

The “doctor” in front of him looked nothing like the one and only Doctor Otto von Goosewing. Hulking, crooked, ruffled feathers, sharp nails, bloodshot eyes...Even his signature coat and spats were ripped.

Heinrich stopped in his tracks when he looked his “master” in his eyes. His heart started racing, body trembling...The same reaction he had when he saw a vampire. And he could tell a vampire when he saw one.

What Heinrich feared the most had happened right in front of him.

The wampire hunter was a wampire himself.

“Come here immediately...” The doctor panted, signalling the gosling to come closer with his long, sharp fingernails.

Heinrich held his robe close to himself. He should had chosen something more flexible instead of his usual attire as his pyjamas, so that he could be on the run anytime. Then again, who could have predicted a vampire would appear in a vampire hunter’s abode?

Let alone the vampire hunter would become a vampire.

“I vant to suck your blood, Heinrich!”

Goosewing let out a maniacal laughter, echoing throughout the airship. The gosling froze in fear and disbelieve, the blood-chilling cackle nearly made him scream and cry.

Never had Heinrich felt this fear. Before, he knew that whatever danger he was in, the doctor would come to his rescue in a jiffy. But now, when the monster he’s facing was the doctor himself, there’s no-one Heinrich could call for help.

“Heinrich? Heinrich...?” Goosewing called his assistant with his usual beckoning. There’s no running away this time. Goosewing could already see him. Their eyes had already met.

Heinrich shook his head. He had never outright rejected his master’s order, only ignored and pretended that he didn’t hear the doctor. But this order was an order Heinrich could not obey.

“Are you...defying me, Heinrich?”

Goosewing waddled towards Heinrich.

Heinrich wanted to say “no”, but that would be lying. Heinrich took a step back, wanting to rush back to his room and wake up in his bed. Perhaps it was just a dream?

But the painful grip of the doctor on his arm disproved this hypothesis immediately.

“Didn’t you heard me? I said I vant to suck your blood, Heinrich!” Goosewing grabbed Heinrich’s left arm with his strong, mutated right hand. His beckoning had changed from a sly request to an enraged order. “So be a good boy und let me take a bite at your neck, ja?”

The old gander forced a smile, letting the gosling see his sharp canines. Heinrich always loved his master’s warm smile, but the expression he’s given now was far from gentle.

Heinrich mustered all his strength to shake his master off, making a run away from the living room. But that would only delay his suffering for a bit. Trapped in a flying Zeppelin, there’s really nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

Especially from a vampire. A stronger, faster, larger vampire.

Instinctively, Heinrich headed for the master bedroom. Doctor von Goosewing must had some vampire-repelling tools in his room.

The first and only thing Heinrich could get his hands on was the gander’s trusty blunderbuss, already loaded with a wooden stake. Before Heinrich could search for a less deadly tool, he was pulled into a tight bear hug.

Heinrich had his face buried into the rough, untidy feathers of the gander. A sharp pain on his arms implied the gander had already dug his nails through the robe into the gosling’s skin, preventing his prey from escaping again.

Heinrich breathed loudly, his rapid heartbeat synchronising with that of the vampire gander. He could hear the vampire’s heartbeat clearly, letting him pinpoint where the heart was.

“Blood...I must haff blood...” Goosewing moaned like a mindless zombie, beak agape and salivating. Heinrich looked at the firearm in his right hand. He could still move his lower arm, aim the gun and pull and trigger. At point-blank range, there’s no way he could miss the heart.

Heinrich hesitated. Either the vampire, or himself. One of them must be down today.

Moreover, the monster he’s looking at was no longer the doctor he knew. He was now a vampire, a shadow of his former self. It’s alright for Heinrich to fire the stake. That would be what Goosewing wanted as well: If Goosewing had control of his body now, he would end his own life; If he hadn’t, he would want his assistant to do him the favour, with his trusty blunderbuss no less. Goosewing would rather die a hero than end up a “villain”.

But still, Heinrich hesitated. The doctor who had protected him...The doctor who had taken care of him...The doctor who had loved him...Would Heinrich want to kill his beloved Doctor von Goosewing?

Although a vampire now, to Heinrich, Doctor von Goosewing was still Doctor von Goosewing.

In the split second, Heinrich made the decision against his better judgement. A tear dropped from his puffed cheek, as he dropped the blunderbuss.

“Doctor, p-please! V-vake up!” Heinrich weakly pounded on the gander’s chest. “It’s me, Heinrich! Your assistant!”

Goosewing only snickered in response. “I’m vide avake, you silly boy!” The old gander made a pondering expression. “Or am I...?”

“N-n-n-nein doctor, you are n-not! L-Let me f-fix you a c-cup of coffee, alright?” Heinrich tried to convince his doctor to let him go, and buy some time for him to think of how to save his transformed master. But the arms surrounding him was no looser.

“Or p-perhaps I c-can f-fix your b-bed, doctor?” Heinrich panicked, trying his best to talk his way out of the situation.

Fear started to creep in again as Goosewing stayed silent. The terrible silence prompted Heinrich to think of another proposal, when Goosewing slowly replied.

“Nein, Heinrich. I zink I just...haffen’t had mein breakfast...” Goosewing uttered, as his stomach growled in response.

“G-G-G-Great! H-H-How about a s-s-salad, a s-s-s-sandvich, or a...a...” Before Heinrich could think of another dish to sate his master’s appetite, the elder gander lifted him off the ground, forcing eye contact with him.

“I’m actually craving something more...bloody.” Goosewing looked at gosling, licking his sharp fangs with an audible slurp.

Despite having stalled for a few minutes, Heinrich couldn’t escape his fate. With his arms pinned and his feet dangling in mid-air, Heinrich could do nothing but wildly twist and kick.

The vampire gander took off the gosling’s hood, revealing a tender, yellow-feathered neck. Not waiting another moment, the former vampire hunter sunk his canine teeth into his assistant’s skin, and began his feast.

Heinrich cried out in fear and pain, his struggles intensified three-fold. His predator reacted by grasping his prey more tightly, fingernails holding him in place but taking care not to draw blood, lest some of those delicacy were lost.

With every suck, he could feel some of his energy drained from his body. With every sip, he could thrash and struggle less powerfully. With every drink, he could hear his master swallowing his blood with a gulp and a ripple at the throat.

Eventually, Heinrich’s vision grew dimmer, his body went limp. Before everything went black, he could feel the suction on his neck stopped, the grasp on his arms ceased, and hear someone calling his name. Was it a concerned call, or a crazed taunt? Heinrich blacked out before his light body hit the ground.

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Heinrich woke up looking at the same metal ceiling. A low rumble told him he’s still in the Zeppelin. But in what form? A mortal, a vampire, or a ghost?

He slowly opened his eyes, detecting his environment. He was in a bed. His bed, to be exact. The bed sheets and the room decorations gave it off. Was it a dream then? No. The sharp pain at his neck gave it off.

Despite his light-headed sensation, Heinrich sat up, tears and sweat dripping down his face. He searched for his glasses on the end table next to the bed, and got a better look around him.

His master was right next to him, sitting on a chair besides the bed.

The small, silly-looking old gander. Not that monster from that living nightmare.

But the holes and scratches on the doctor’s coat told Heinrich they were the same person.

Doctor von Goosewing was asleep on the chair, head facing down, body bending forward. Nothing could be seen outside the window except the full moon on the night sky. How long had the doctor been watching over his assistant, desperately waiting for him to wake up?

Heinrich softly patted the senior on the shoulder, where the coat was damaged the most. Goosewing opened his eyes, not even bothering to fix his pince-nez. Upon seeing his assistant, the elderly gander gave the young gosling a warm, big hug.

Goosewing caressed his soft head with his shaking hands, voice trembling. Heinrich blushed at his master’s sudden affection, but he understood how he felt right at that moment.

After a minute of embrace, Goosewing let go of Heinrich. His smile faded, as he stood up and turned around, unwilling to face his assistant.

“I...I vill take care of you until your vound heal und your blood level restore...” Goosewing said with his back turned to Heinrich.

“But after zat...” Goosewing paused before continuing, seemingly struggling internally. “...please leave me, Heinrich.”

Upon hearing that, Heinrich immediately got up from his bed, only to trip on his weak legs. Goosewing lent a hand to his assistant to help him stand, holding his small hands with his large, shaking ones.

“Forgiff me, doctor! Vas it something I haff done?” Heinrich put the blame on himself, to which Goosewing shook his head.

“I...I...” Goosewing stuttered as tears welled up in his eyes. “I hurt you, Heinrich! I couldn’t control meinself! I attacked you! Bit you! S-S-Sucked your blood!” Goosewing shouted the last phrase with great disgust and regret, heavily ashamed of what he had just done to his innocent, young assistant.

“It vas mein stupid chemical! Mein stupid brain zat couldn’t distinguish between coffee und carpet cleaner! I am a failure! A maniac! A monster!” Goosewing covered his face, tears slipping through his fingers.

“So please leave me...before I become a wampire again. Please...get away from me, as far as you can, before I...I...” The gander was cut off by his own sobbing, falling to his knees as tears fell onto the metal ground.

The scene which happened just that morning replayed in the vampire hunter’s head: The Greatest Wampire Hunter in Ze Vorld, biting at his own assistant’s neck, drinking from his vein as he screamed and begged. When Goosewing woke up, his beak was full of blood, and his cold, dying assistant was on the floor. The blood-sucking willian attacking the gosling, was no other than the wampire hunter himself.

Heinrich got to the same level as his master, not knowing how to respond. He gave the doctor a soft embrace, waiting patiently as his master let his emotions out.

“But you saved me just now, didn’t you?” Heinrich spoke softly with a smile. “Otherwise I vouldn’t be hugging you right now.”

“B-but I vas ze vun vho hurt you!”

Heinrich gave his master a pat on the back. “I’m okay now. See?”

“I haff hurt you many, many times, doctor. I...I always put you in danger...leaving vhen you need me...hiding vhen you call for me. I...haff abandoned you to face wampires alone, risking your life for mein own safety...But you never scold me, punish me, abandon me...”

Heinrich held Goosewing’s hands, and looked him in his watery eyes.

“I should be ze vun to apologise, doctor.”

Goosewing took a few strong sniff to stop his sobbing for a while. “But vat iff I turn into a wampire again?”

“I vould run away und hide until you turn back to normal.”

“But...” Goosewing hesitated to speak out his greatest concern. “Vat iff...you turn into a wampire...? I...I might haff already passed ze curse to you!”

Heinrich replied immediately, with a kind, innocent smile.

“Zen we vould be wampire wampire hunters!”

Seeing his assistant’s positivity, Goosewing couldn’t help but smile.

The two ganders shared one last embrace, shedding one final drop of tear. Under the shimmering moonlight, a vampire hunter and his assistant showed the world the definition of love.

Peace or peril, may we face together hand in hand.

(14-6-2020)

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NOMINACIONES OSCAR 2017

El día de hoy, 24 de enero de 2017 se dieron a conocer a los nominados para los premios mas importantes del mundo cinematográfico, aquí te dejo a todos los contendientes con su respectiva categoría:

Mejor película

Moonlight

Manchester frente al mar

La La Land

Comanchería

La llegada

Hasta el último hombre

Lion

Fences

Figuras ocultas

Mejor dirección

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester frente al mar)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Dennis Villeneuve (La llegada)

Mel Gibson (Hasta el último hombre)

Mejor actor protagonista

Casey Affleck (Manchester frente al mar)

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

Denzel Washington (Fences)

Andrew Garfield (Hasta el último hombre)

Mejor actriz protagonista

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Emma Stone (La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land)

Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Mejor actor de reparto

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Jeff Bridges (Comanchería)

Lucas Hedges (Manchester frente al mar)

Dev Patel (Lion)

Michael Shannon (Animales nocturnos)

Mejor actriz de reparto

Viola Davis (Fences)

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Nicole Kidman (Lion)

Octavie Spencer (Figuras ocultas)

Michelle Williams (Manchester frente al mar)

Mejor película animada

Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas

Vaiana

Mi vida de Calabacín

La tortuga roja

Zootrópolis

Mejor guion original

Taylor Sheridan (Comanchería)

Damien Chazelle (La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land))

Giorgos Lanthimos y Efthimis Filippou (Langosta)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester frente al mar)

Mike Mills (20th Century Women)

Mejor guion adaptado

Eric Heisserer (La llegada)

August Wilson Fences

Allison Schroeder y Theodore Melfi (Figuras ocultas)

Luke Davies (Lion)

Barry Jenkins y Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight)

Mejor película de habla no inglesa

El viajante (Irán, Asghar Farhadi)

Toni Erdmann (Alemania, Maren Ade)

Land of Mine (Bajo la arena) (Dinamarca, Martin Zandvliet)

Tanna (Australia, Bentley Dean y Martin Butler)

Un hombre llamado Ove (Suecia Hannes Holm )

Mejor fotografía

Linus Sandgren (La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land))

Bradford Young (La llegada)

Rodrigo Prieto (Silencio)

James Laxton (Moonlight)

Greig Fraser (Lion)

Mejor diseño de producción

La llegada (Patrice Vermette y Paul Hotte)

Animales fantásticos y dónde encontrarlos (Stuart Craig y Anna Pinnock)

¡Ave, César! (Jess Gonchor y Nancy Haigh)

La ciudad de las estrellas – La La Land (David Wasco y Sandy Reynolds-Wasco)

Passengers (Guy Hendrix Dyas y Gene Serdena)

Mejor vestuario

Aliados (Joanna Johnston)

Animales fantásticos y dónde encontrarlos (Colleen Atwood)

Florence Foster Jenkins (Consolata Boyle)

Jackie (Madeline Fontaine)

La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (Mary Zophres)

Mejor montaje

La llegada (Joe Walker)

Hasta el último hombre (John Gilbert)

Comanchería (Jake Roberts)

La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (Tom Cross)

Moonlight (Nat Sanders y Joi McMillon)

Mejores efectos visuales

El libro de la selva (Robert Legato, ASC, Andrew R. Jones, Adam Valdez y Dan Lemmon)

Rogue One: Una historia de Star Wars (John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel y Neil Corbould)

Marea negra (Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington y Burt Dalton)

Kubo y las dos cuerdas mágicas (Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff)

Doctor Strange (Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli y Paul Corbould)

Mejor maquillaje y peluquería

A Man Called Ove (Eva von Bahr y Love Larson)

Star Trek: Más allá (Joel Harlow y Richard Alonzo)

Escuadrón Suicida (Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini y Christopher Nelson)

Mejor montaje de sonido

La llegada (Sylvain Bellemare)

Marea negra (Wylie Stateman y Renée Tondelli)

Hasta el último hombre (Robert Mackenzie y Andy Wright)

La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (Ai-Ling Lee y Mildred Iatrou Morgan)

Sully (Alan Robert Murray y Bub Asman)

Mejor mezcla de sonido

La llegada (Bernard Gariépy Strobl y Claude La Haye)

Hasta el último hombre (Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie y Peter Grace)

La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee y Steve A. Morrow)

Rogue One: una historia de Star Wars (David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio y Stuart Wilson)

13 horas: Los soldados secretos de Bengasi (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush y Mac Ruth)

Mejor banda sonora

Jackie (Mica Levi)

La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (Justin Hurwitz)

Lion (Dustin O’Halloran y Hauschka)

Moonlight (Nicholas Britell)

Passengers (Thomas Newman)

Mejor canción

Audition (The Fools Who Dream), de La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land)

Can’t Stop the Feeling, de Trolls

City of Stars, de La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land)

The Empty Chair, de Jim: The James Foley Story

How Far I’ll Go, de Vaiana

Mejor documental

O. J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman)

Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams)

13th (Ava DuVernay)

Fuego en el mar (Gianfranco Rosi)

I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck)

Mejor cortometraje de ficción

Timecode, de Juanjo Giménez

Sing (Mindenki), de Kristof Deák

Ennemis Intérieurs, de Sélim Azzazi

La Femme et le TGV, de Timo von Gunten

Silent Nights, de Aske Bang

Mejor cortometraje documental

Extremis (Dan Kraus)

Joe’s Violin (Kahane Cooperman)

Watani: My Homeland (Marcel Mettelsiefen)

The White Helmets (Orlando von Einsiedel)

4.1 Miles (Daphne Matziaraki)

Mejor cortometraje animado

Blind Vaysha (Theodore Ushev)

Borrowed Time (Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj)

Pear Cider and Cigarettes (Robert Valley)

Pearl (Patrick Osborne)

Piper (Alan Barillaro)

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89TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

          LOS ANGELES, CA – Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, joined by Oscar®-winning and nominated Academy members Demian Bichir, Dustin Lance Black, Glenn Close, Guillermo del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, Terrence Howard, Jennifer Hudson, Brie Larson, Jason Reitman, Gabourey Sidibe and Ken Watanabe, announced the 89th Academy Awards® nominations today (January 24).

      This year’s nominations were announced in a pre-taped video package at 5:18 a.m. PT via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms; a satellite feed and broadcast media. In keeping with tradition, PwC delivered the Oscars nominations list to the Academy on the evening of January 23.

  Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories - actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

       Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 24 categories beginning Monday, February 13 through Tuesday, February 21.

          The 89th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

            Nominations for the 89th Academy Awards

    Performance by an actor in a leading role

Casey Affleck in "Manchester by the Sea"

Andrew Garfield in "Hacksaw Ridge"

Ryan Gosling in "La La Land"

Viggo Mortensen in "Captain Fantastic"

Denzel Washington in "Fences"

        Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Mahershala Ali in "Moonlight"

Jeff Bridges in "Hell or High Water"

Lucas Hedges in "Manchester by the Sea"

Dev Patel in "Lion"

Michael Shannon in "Nocturnal Animals"

        Performance by an actress in a leading role

Isabelle Huppert in "Elle"

Ruth Negga in "Loving"

Natalie Portman in "Jackie"

Emma Stone in "La La Land"

Meryl Streep in "Florence Foster Jenkins"

                       Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Viola Davis in "Fences"

Naomie Harris in "Moonlight"

Nicole Kidman in "Lion"

Octavia Spencer in "Hidden Figures"

Michelle Williams in "Manchester by the Sea"

            Best animated feature film of the year

"Kubo and the Two Strings" Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner

"Moana" John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer

"My Life as a Zucchini" Claude Barras and Max Karli

"The Red Turtle" Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki

"Zootopia" Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

        Achievement in cinematography

"Arrival" Bradford Young

"La La Land" Linus Sandgren

"Lion" Greig Fraser

"Moonlight" James Laxton

"Silence" Rodrigo Prieto

                  Achievement in costume design

"Allied" Joanna Johnston

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" Colleen Atwood

"Florence Foster Jenkins" Consolata Boyle

"Jackie" Madeline Fontaine

"La La Land" Mary Zophres

         Achievement in directing

"Arrival" Denis Villeneuve

"Hacksaw Ridge" Mel Gibson

"La La Land" Damien Chazelle

"Manchester by the Sea" Kenneth Lonergan

"Moonlight" Barry Jenkins

         Best documentary feature

"Fire at Sea" Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo

"I Am Not Your Negro" Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck

"Life, Animated" Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman

"O.J.: Made in America" Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow

"13th" Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish

       Best documentary short subject

"Extremis" Dan Krauss

"4.1 Miles" Daphne Matziaraki

"Joe’s Violin" Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen

"Watani: My Homeland" Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis

"The White Helmets" Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

        Achievement in film editing

"Arrival"Joe Walker

"Hacksaw Ridge" John Gilbert

"Hell or High Water" Jake Roberts

"La La Land" Tom Cross

"Moonlight" Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

        Best foreign language film of the year

"Land of Mine" Denmark

"A Man Called Ove" Sweden

"The Salesman" Iran

"Tanna" Australia

"Toni Erdmann" Germany

        Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

"A Man Called Ove" Eva von Bahr and Love Larson

"Star Trek Beyond" Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

"Suicide Squad" Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

        Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

"Jackie" Mica Levi

"La La Land" Justin Hurwitz

"Lion" Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka

"Moonlight" Nicholas Britell

"Passengers" Thomas Newman

        Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" from "La La Land" Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

"Can’t Stop The Feeling" from "Trolls" Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster

"City Of Stars" from "La La Land" Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

"The Empty Chair" from "Jim: The James Foley Story" Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting

"How Far I’ll Go" from "Moana" Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

                 Best motion picture of the year

"Arrival" Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers

"Fences" Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers

"Hacksaw Ridge" Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers

"Hell or High Water" Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers

"Hidden Figures" Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers

"La La Land" Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers

"Lion" Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers

"Manchester by the Sea" Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers

"Moonlight" Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers

        Achievement in production design

"Arrival" Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

"Hail, Caesar!" Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

"La La Land" Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

"Passengers" Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

        Best animated short film

"Blind Vaysha" Theodore Ushev

"Borrowed Time" Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj

"Pear Cider and Cigarettes" Robert Valley and Cara Speller

"Pearl" Patrick Osborne

"Piper" Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

        Best live action short film

"Ennemis Intérieurs" Sélim Azzazi

"La Femme et le TGV" Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff

"Silent Nights" Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson

"Sing" Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy

"Timecode" Juanjo Giménez

        Achievement in sound editing

"Arrival" Sylvain Bellemare

"Deepwater Horizon" Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli

"Hacksaw Ridge" Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright

"La La Land" Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

"Sully" Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

        Achievement in sound mixing

"Arrival" Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye

"Hacksaw Ridge" Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace

"La La Land" Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

"13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth

        Achievement in visual effects

"Deepwater Horizon" Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton

"Doctor Strange" Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould

"The Jungle Book" Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon

"Kubo and the Two Strings" Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff

"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

                    Adapted screenplay

"Arrival" Screenplay by Eric Heisserer

"Fences" Screenplay by August Wilson

"Hidden Figures" Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

"Lion" Screenplay by Luke Davies

"Moonlight" Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

           Original screenplay

"Hell or High Water" Written by Taylor Sheridan

"La La Land" Written by Damien Chazelle

"The Lobster" Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou

"Manchester by the Sea" Written by Kenneth Lonergan

"20th Century Women" Written by Mike Mills

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        89TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS®

     SIDEBARS

    With 14 nominations, La La Land ties the record held by All about Eve (1950) and Titanic (1997).

  With their Best Picture nominations for Moonlight, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner become the first individual producers to have nominations in the Best Picture category in four consecutive years.

    La La Land is the first musical with original music and story to receive a Best Picture nomination since All That Jazz (1979) and the second since Anchors Aweigh (1945).

  With his Best Picture nomination for Manchester by the Sea, Matt Damon becomes only the third individual to be nominated in the Acting, Writing and Best Picture categories. The others are Warren Beatty and George Clooney.

    Denzel Washington is the seventh individual to receive Acting and Best Picture nominations for the same film, joining Warren Beatty,

    Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper.

    In the acting categories, seven individuals are first-time nominees (Andrew Garfield, Mahershala Ali, Lucas Hedges, Dev Patel, Isabelle Huppert, Ruth Negga and Naomie Harris). Six of the nominees are previous acting winners (Denzel Washington, Jeff Bridges, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Octavia Spencer).

  Meryl Streep extends her lead as the most nominated performer with her 20th nomination.

  Kubo and the Two Strings is the second fully animated film to be nominated in the Visual Effects category. The first was The Nightmare before Christmas (1993).

    With a running time of 7 hours 47 minutes, Documentary Feature nominee O.J.: Made in America is the longest film ever nominated for an Academy Award.

  Mica Levi, nominated for Original Score for Jackie, is the eighth woman to be nominated in the music scoring categories.

  Thomas Newman's nomination for Original Score for Passengers is his 14th and brings the total for members of the Newman family (Alfred, Lionel, Emil, Thomas, David and Randy) to 90, more than any other family.

  Stuart Craig has the most nominations for Production Design of any living person with 11. The all-time record in the category belongs to Cedric Gibbons with 38 nominations.

  Kevin O'Connell and Andy Nelson, each with 21 nominations for Sound Mixing, are tied for the most nominations in the category since nominations began going to individuals in 1961.

  With their nomination for Sound Editing for La La Land, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan become the first female team to be nominated in the category. Six other women have a combined total of 10 nominations and five wins for Sound Editing.

  Kim Magnusson, with his sixth nomination for Live Action Short Film, has produced the most films nominated in the short film categories of any living person.

    "The Empty Chair" from Jim: The James Foley Story is the seventh song from a documentary feature to be nominated and the fifth in the past five years.

      Best Picture Release Dates:

    Hell or High Water - August 11, 2016

Moonlight - October 10, 2016

Hacksaw Ridge - November 2, 2016

Arrival - November 10, 2016

Manchester by the Sea - November 17, 2016

Lion - November 24, 2016

La La Land - December 8, 2016

Fences - December 15, 2016

Hidden Figures - December 24, 2016

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89 cérémonie des oscars

Meilleur film

Note : la catégorie du meilleur film récompense les producteurs.

Moonlight, produit par Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner et Adele Romanski (en)

Comancheria (Hell or High Water), produit par Carla Hacken et Julie Yorn

Fences, produit par Todd Black (en), Scott Rudin et Denzel Washington

Les Figures de l'ombre (Hidden Figures), produit par Peter Chernin, Donna Gigliotti, Theodore Melfi, Jenno Topping (en) et Pharrell Williams

La La Land, produit par Fred Berger (en), Jordan Horowitz (en) et Marc Platt

Lion, produit par Iain Canning, Angie Fielder et Emile Sherman

Manchester by the Sea, produit par Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward (en), Chris Moore (film producer) (en) et Kevin J. Walsh

Premier Contact (Arrival), produit par Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder et David Linde

Tu ne tueras point (Hacksaw Ridge), produit par Bill Mechanic (en) et David Permut (en)

Meilleur réalisateur

Damien Chazelle pour La La Land

Denis Villeneuve pour Premier Contact (Arrival)

Mel Gibson pour Tu ne tueras point (Hacksaw Ridge)

Kenneth Lonergan pour Manchester by the Sea

Barry Jenkins pour Moonlight

Meilleur acteur

Casey Affleck pour le rôle de Lee Chandler dans Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield pour le rôle de Desmond Doss dans Tu ne tueras point (Hacksaw Ridge)

Ryan Gosling pour le rôle de Sebastian Wilder dans La La Land

Viggo Mortensen pour le rôle de Ben Cash dans Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington pour le rôle de Troy Maxson dans Fences

Meilleure actrice

Emma Stone pour le rôle de Mia Dolan dans La La Land

Isabelle Huppert pour le rôle de Michèle Leblanc dans Elle

Ruth Negga pour le rôle de Mildred Loving dans Loving

Natalie Portman pour le rôle de Jackie Kennedy dans Jackie

Meryl Streep pour le rôle de Florence Foster Jenkins dans Florence Foster Jenkins

Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle

Mahershala Ali pour le rôle de Juan dans Moonlight

Jeff Bridges pour le rôle de Marcus Hamilton dans Comancheria (Hell or High Water)

Lucas Hedges pour le rôle de Patrick Chandler dans Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel pour le rôle de Saroo Brierley dans Lion

Michael Shannon pour le rôle de Bobby Andes dans Nocturnal Animals

Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle

Viola Davis pour le rôle de Rose Lee Maxson dans Fences

Naomie Harris pour le rôle de Paula dans Moonlight

Nicole Kidman pour le rôle de Sue Brierley dans Lion

Octavia Spencer pour le rôle de Dorothy Vaughan dans Les Figures de l'ombre

Michelle Williams pour le rôle de Randi dans Manchester by the Sea

Meilleur scénario original

Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

Comancheria (Hell or High Water) – Taylor Sheridan

La La Land – Damien Chazelle

The Lobster – Yórgos Lánthimos et Efthimis Fillippou

20th Century Women – Mike Mills

Meilleur scénario adapté

Moonlight – Barry Jenkins et Tarell Alvin McCraney, d'après la pièce Au clair de lune, les noirs paraissent bleus de Tarell Alvin McCraney

Premier Contact (Arrival) – Eric Heisserer (en), d'après le livre L'Histoire de ta vie de Ted Chiang

Fences – August Wilson, d'après sa propre pièce du même nom (en)

Les Figures de l'ombre (Hidden Figures) – Allison Schroeder et Theodore Melfi, d'après le roman du même nom de Margot Lee Shetterly

Lion – Luke Davis, d'après le livre Un long chemin de Saroo Brierley et Larry Buttrose

Meilleurs décors

La La Land – Sandy Reynolds-Wasco et David Wasco

Premier Contact (Arrival) – Patrice Vermette (en) et Paul Hotte

Les Animaux fantastiques (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) – Stuart Craig et Anna Pinnock

Ave, César ! (Hail, Caesar!) – Jess Gonchor (en) et Nancy Haigh

Passengers – Guy Hendrix Dyas et Gene Serdena (en)

Meilleurs costumes

Les Animaux fantastiques (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) – Colleen Atwood

Alliés – Joanna Johnston

Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle (en)

Jackie – Madeline Fontaine

La La Land – Mary Zophres

Meilleurs maquillages et coiffures

Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini et Christopher Nelson

Mr. Ove (en) (En man som heter Ove) – Eva von Bahr (en) et Love Larson (en)

Star Trek : Sans limites (Star Trek Beyond) – Joel Harlow (en) et Richard Alonzo

Meilleure photographie

La La Land – Linus Sandgren

Premier Contact (Arrival) – Bradford Young (en)

Lion – Greig Fraser

Moonlight – James Laxton (en)

Silence – Rodrigo Prieto

Meilleur montage

Tu ne tueras point (Hacksaw Ridge) – John Gilbert

Premier Contact (Arrival) – Joe Walker

Comancheria (Hell or High Water) – Jake Roberts

La La Land – Tom Cross

Moonlight – Joi McMillon et Nat Sanders

Meilleur montage de son

Premier Contact (Arrival) – Sylvain Bellemare (en)

Deepwater (Deepwater Horizon) – Wylie Stateman (en) et Renée Tondelli

Tu ne tueras point (Hacksaw Ridge) – Robert McKenzie et Andy Wright (en)

La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee et Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Sully – Alan Robert Murray et Bub Asman

Meilleur mixage de son

Tu ne tueras point (Hacksaw Ridge) – Kevin O'Connell (en), Robert McKenzie, Andy Wright (en) et Peter Grace

Premier Contact (Arrival) – Bernard Gariépy Strobl et Claude La Haye

La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee et Steve A. Morrow

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio (en) et Stuart Wilson (en)

13 Hours (13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi) – Greg P. Russell (en), Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush (en) et Mac Ruth (en)

Meilleurs effets visuels

Le Livre de la jungle (The Jungle Book) – Robert Legato (en), Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones (en) et Dan Lemmon (en)

Deepwater (Deepwater Horizon) – Craig Hammeck, Jason Snell (en), Jason Billington, et Burt Dalton (en)

Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti (en), Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli et Paul Corbould (en)

Kubo et l'Armure magique (Kubo and the Two Strings) – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean et Brad Schiff

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel et Neil Corbould (en)

Meilleure chanson originale

City of Stars dans La La Land – Paroles et musique : Benj Pasek, Justin Paul et Justin Hurwitz

Audition (The Fools Who Dream) dans La La Land – Paroles et musique : Benj Pasek, Justin Paul et Justin Hurwitz

Can't Stop the Feeling! dans Les Trolls (Trolls) – Paroles et musique : Justin Timberlake, Max Martin et Karl Johan Schuster

The Empty Chair dans Jim: The James Foley Story – Paroles et musique : J. Ralph et Sting

How Far I'll Go dans Vaiana : La Légende du bout du monde (Moana) – Paroles et musique : Lin-Manuel Miranda

Meilleure musique de film

La La Land – Justin Hurwitz

Jackie – Mica Levi

Lion – Dustin O'Halloran et Hauschka

Moonlight – Nicholas Britell

Passengers – Thomas Newman

Meilleur film en langue étrangère

Le Client (فروشنده) – Asghar Farhadi Iran (en persan)

Mr. Ove (en) (En man som heter Ove) – Hannes Holm (en) Suède (en suédois)

Les Oubliés (Under sandet) – Martin Zandvliet Danemark (en danois)

Tanna – Martin Butler et Bentley Dean Australie (en nauvhal)

Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade Allemagne (en allemand)

Meilleur film d'animation

Zootopie (Zootopia) – Byron Howard, Rich Moore et Clark Spencer (en)

Kubo et l'Armure magique (Kubo and the Two Strings) – Travis Knight (en) et Arianne Sutner

Vaiana : La Légende du bout du monde] (Moana) – John Musker, Ron Clements et Osnat Shurer (en)

Ma vie de Courgette (My Life as a Zucchini) – Claude Barras et Max Karli

La Tortue rouge (The Red Turtle) – Michael Dudok de Wit et Toshio Suzuki (en)

Meilleur film documentaire

O.J.: Made in America (en) – Ezra Edelman (en) et Caroline Waterlow

Fuocoammare – Gianfranco Rosi et Donatella Palermo (it)

I Am Not Your Negro (en) – Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety et Hébert Peck

Life, Animated (en) – Roger Ross Williams et Julie Goldman (en)

Le 13e (en) (13th) – Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick et Howard Barish (en)

Meilleur court métrage de fiction

Sing – Kristóf Deák et Anna Udvardy

Ennemis intérieurs – Sélim Azzazi

La Femme et le TGV – Timo von Gunten et Giacun Caduff

Silent Nights (en) – Aske Bang (de) et Kim Magnusson (en)

Timecode – Juanjo Giménez

Meilleur court métrage d'animation

Piper – Alan Barillaro et Marc Sondheimer

Vaysha, l'aveugle (Blind Vaysha) – Theodore Ushev

Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats et Lou Hamou-Lhad

Pear Cider and Cigarettes (en) – Robert Valley et Cara Speller

Pearl – Patrick Osborne

Meilleur court métrage documentaire

Les Casques Blancs – Orlando von Einsiedel et Joanna Natasegara

Extremis (film) (en) – Dan Krauss

4.1 Miles (en) – Daphne Matziaraki

Joe's Violin (en) – Kahane Cooperman et Raphaela Neihausen

Watani: My Homeland (en) – Marcel Mettelsiefen (de) et Stephen Ellis

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Oscars 2017 | Geek Versus Week Podcast

The complete list of the 89th Annual Academy Award winners is below: 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Mahershala Ali, Moonlight (WINNER)

Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel, Lion

Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

Makeup and Hairstyling

A Man Called Ove, Eva von Bahr and Love Larson

Star Trek Beyond, Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Suicide Squad, Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, and Christopher Nelson (WINNER)

Costume Design

Allied, Joanna Johnston

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Colleen Atwood (WINNER)

Florence Foster Jenkins, Consolata Boyle

Jackie, Madeline Fontaine

La La Land, Mary Zophres

Documentary Feature

Fire at Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

J.: Made in America (WINNER)

13th

Sound Editing

Arrival, Sylvain Bellemare (WINNER)

Deepwater Horizon, Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli

Hacksaw Ridge, Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright

La La Land, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Sully, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Sound Mixing

Arrival, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye

Hacksaw Ridge, Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie, and Peter Grace (WINNER)

La La Land, Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee, and Steve A. Morrow

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, and Stuart Wilson

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush, and Mac Ruth

Actress in a Supporting Role

Viola Davis, Fences (WINNER)

Naomie Harris, Moonlight

Nicole Kidman, Lion

Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Foreign Language Film

Land of Mine (Denmark)

A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

The Salesman (Iran) (WINNER)

Tanna (Australia)

Toni Erdmann (Germany)

Animated Short Film

Blind Vaysha

Borrowed Time

Pear Cider and Cigarettes

Pearl

Piper (WINNER)

Animated Feature Film

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Zootopia (WINNER)

Production Design

Arrival, Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock

Hail, Caesar! , Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

La La Land, Davis Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (WINNER)

Passengers, Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena

Visual Effects

Deepwater Horizon, Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Justin Billington, and Burt Dalton

Doctor Strange, Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, and Paul Corbould

The Jungle Book, Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones, and Dan Lemmon (WINNER)

Kubo and the Two Strings, Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean, and Brad Schiff

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, and Neil Corbould

Film Editing

Arrival, Joe Walker

Hacksaw Ridge, John Gilbert (WINNER)

Hell or High Water, Jake Roberts

La La Land, Tom Cross

Moonlight, Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Documentary Short Subject

Extremis

1 Miles

Joe’s Violin

Watani: My Homeland

The White Helmets (WINNER)

Live Action Short Film

Ennemis Intérieurs

La Femme et le TGV

Silent Nights

Sing (WINNER)

Timecode

Cinematography

Arrival, Bradford Young

La La Land, Linus Sandgren (WINNER)

Lion, Greig Fraser

Moonlight, James Laxton

Silence, Rodrigo Prieto

Original Score

Jackie, Mica Levi

La La Land, Justin Hurwitz (WINNER)

Lion, Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka

Moonlight, Nicholas Britell

Passengers, Thomas Newman

Original Song

“Audition (The Fools who Dream),” La La Land, music by Justin Hurwitz, lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

“Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls, music and lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, and Karl Johan Schuster

“City of Stars,” La La Land, music by Justin Hurwitz, lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (WINNER)

“The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story, music and lyric by J. Ralph and Sting

“How Far I’ll Go,” Moana, music and lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan

La La Land, Damien Chazelle

The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou

Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan (WINNER)

20th Century Women, Mike Mills

Adapted Screenplay

Arrival, Eric Heisserer

Fences, August Wilson

Hidden Figures, Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

Lion, Luke Davies

Moonlight, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (WINNER)

Directing

Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge

Damien Chazelle, La La Land (WINNER)

Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Barry Jenkins, Moonlight

Actor in a Leading Role

Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea (WINNER)

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington, Fences

Actress in a Leading Role

Isabelle Huppert, Elle

Ruth Negga, Loving

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land (WINNER)

Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Picture

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight (WINNER)

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89. ročník udílení Oscarů

Nejlepší film

Fences – Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington a Todd Black

Hacksaw Ridge: Zrození hrdiny – Bill Mechanic a David Permut

Hell or High Water – Carla Hacken a Julie Yorn

La La Land – Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz a Marc Platt

Lion – Emile Shermna, Iain Canning a Angie Fielder

Místo u moře – Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck a Kevin J. Walsh

Moonlight – Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner a Jeremy Kleiner

Příchozí – Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder a David Linde

Skrytá čísla – Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams a Theodore Melfi

Nejlepší režie

Damien Chazelle – La La Land

Denis Villeneuve – Příchozí

Mel Gibson– Hacksaw Ridge: Zrození hrdiny

Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

Kenneth Lonegran – Místo u moře

Nejlepší herec

Casey Affleck – Místo u moře

Ryan Gosling – La La Land

Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge: Zrození hrdiny

Viggo Mortensen – Tohle je náš svět

Denzel Washington – Fences

Nejlepší herečka

Isabelle Huppertová – Elle

Ruth Negga – Loving

Natalie Portmanová – Jackie

Emma Stone – La La Land

Meryl Streepová – Božská Florence

Nejlepší herec ve vedlejší roli

Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water

Dev Patel – Lion

Michael Shannon – Noční zvířata

Lucas Hedges – Místo u moře

Nejlepší herečka ve vedlejší roli

Viola Davis – Fences

Naomie Harrisová – Moonlight

Nicole Kidmanová – Lion

Octavia Spencerová – Skrytá čísla

Michelle Williams – Místo u moře

Nejlepší původní scénář

Damien Chazelle – La La Land

Mike Mills – 20th Century Women

Kenneth Lonegran – Místo u moře

Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

Yorgos Lanthimos a Efthimis Fillippou – Humr

Nejlepší adaptovaný scénář

Eric Heisserer – Příchozí

August Wilson – Fences

Allison Schroeder a Theodore Melfi – Skrytá čísla

Luke Davies – Lion

Barry Jenkins a Tarell Alvin McCraney – Moonlight

Nejlepší animovaný film

Zootropolis: Město zvířat – Byron Howard, Rich Moore a Clark Spencer

Kubo a kouzelný meč – Travis Knight a Arianne Sutner

Odvážná Vaiana: Legenda o konci světa – John Musker, Ron Clements a Osnat Shurer

Můj život Cuketky – Claude Barras a Max Karli

Červená želva – Michael Dudok de Wit a Toshio Suzuki

Nejlepší cizojazyčný film

Under sandet (Dánsko) v dánštině – Martin Zandvliet

Muž jménem Ove (Švédsko) ve švédštině – Hannes Holm

Obchodní cestující (Irán/Francie) v perštině – Asghar Farhadi

Tanna (Austrálie) – Martin Butler a Bentley Dean

Toni Erdmann (Německo) v němčině – Maren Adeová

Nejlepší celovečerní dokumentární film

13th – Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick a Howard Barish

Pořár na moři – Gianfranco Rosi a Donatella Palermo

I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety a Hébert Peck

Animovaný život – Roger Ross Williams a Julie Goldman

O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman a Caroline Waterlow

Nejlepší krátký dokumentární film

4.1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki

Extremis – Dan Krauss

Joe’s Violin – Kahane Cooperman a Raphaela Neihausen

Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen a Stephen Ellis

The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel a Joanna Natasegara

Nejlepší krátkometrážní hraný film

Ennemis Interieurs – Sélim Azzazi

La Femme et le TGV – Timo von Gunten a Giacun Caduff

Silent Nights – Aske Bang a Kim Magnusson

Sing – Kristóf Deák a Anna Udvardy

Timecode – Juanjo Giménez

Nejlepší krátký animovaný film

Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev

Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats a Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley a Cara Speller

Pearl – Patrick Osborne

Ptáčátko– Alan Barillaro a Marc Sondheimer

Nejlepší hudba

Justin Hurwitz – La La Land

Nicholas Britell – Moonlight

Mica Levi – Jackie

Dustin O’Halloran a Hauschka – Lion

Thomas Newman – Pasažéři

Nejlepší píseň

„Audition (The Fools Who Dream)“ –Justin Hurwitz, Pasek and Paul – La La Land

„City of Stars“ – Justin Hurwitz, Pasek and Paul – La La Land

„Can’t Stop the Feeling“ – Max Martin, Shellback, Justin Timberlake – Trollové

„How Far I’ll Go“ – Lin-Manuel Miranda – Odvážná Vaiana: Legenda o konci svět

„The Empty Chair“ – J. Ralph a Sting – Jim: The James Foley Story

Nejlepší střih zvuku

Ai-Ling Lee a Mildred Iatrou Morgan – La La Land

Sylvain Bellemare – Příchozí

Wylie Stateman a Renée Tondelli – Deepwater Horizon: Moře v plamenech

Robert Mackenzie a Andy Wright – Hacksaw Ridge: Zrození hrdiny

Alan Robert Murray a Bub Asman – Sully: Zázrak na řece Hudson

Nejlepší mix zvuku

Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee a Steve A. Morrow – La La Land

Bernard Gariépy Strobl a Claude La Haye – Příchozí

Robert Mackenzie, Andy Wright, Kevin O’Connell a Peter Grace – Hacksaw Ridge: Zrození hrdiny

Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush a Mac Ruth – 13 hodin: Tajní vojáci z Benghází

David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio a Stuart Wilson – Rogue One: Star Wars Story

Nejlepší výprava

Sandy Reynolds-Wasco a David Wasco – La La Land

Stuart Craig a Anna Pinnock – Fantastická zvířata a kde je najít

Paul Hotte a Patrice Vemette – Příchozí

Jess Gonchor a Nancy Haigh – Ave, Caesar!

Guy Hendrix Dyas a Gene Serdena – Pasažéři

Nejlepší kamera

Linus Sandgren – La La Land

James Laxton – Moonlight

Bradford Young – Příchozí

Rodrigo Prieto – Mlčení

Greig Fraser – Lion

Nejlepší masky

Eva von Bahr a Love Larson – Muž jménem Ove

Joel Harlow a Richard Alonzo – Star Trek: Do neznáma

Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini a Christopher Nelson – Sebevražedný oddíl

Nejlepší kostýmy

Madeline Fontaine – Jackie

Colleen Atwood – Fantastická zvířata a kde je najít

Consolata Boyle – Božská Florence

Joanna Johnston – Spojenci

Mary Zophres – La La Land

Nejlepší střih

Tom Cross – La La Land

John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge: Zrození hrdiny

Jake Roberts – Hell or High Water

Joe Walker – Příchozí

Nat Sanders a Joi McMillon – Moonlight

Nejlepší vizuální efekty

Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones a Dan Lemmon – Kniha džunglí

Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli a Paul Corbould – Doctor Strange

Craig Hammeck, Jason Snell, Jason Billington a Burt Dalton – Deepwater Horizon: Moře v plamenech

Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean a Brad Schiff – Kubo a kouzelný meč

John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel a Neil Corbould – Rogue One: Star Wars

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accounting firm responsible for the tabulation of the Oscar ballots and the envelopes announcing the winners, release a statement after the shocking mistake resulted in La La Land wrongly being announced as best picture.“We sincerely apologise to “Moonlight, “La La Land”, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for best picture. The presenters had mistakenly been given the wrong envelope and when discovered, was immediately corrected. We are currently investigating how this could have happened and deeply regret that this occurred.”

Indian Actor Om Puri, was honoured at the 89th Oscar Academy Awards ceremony in the “In Memoriam” montage.

Om Puri a veteran actor in films likes “East is East” , “Gandhi”, “City of Joy”, “Wolf”, who died after a heart attack in Mumbai, India in January 2017., got a musical tribute by singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles.

He was included in the annual montage with Carrie Fisher, Prince, Gene Wilder, Michael Cimino, Patty Duke, Garry Marshall, Anton Yelchin, Mary Tyler Moore, Curtis Hanson and John Hurt.

The 89

th

Academy Awards Oscar 2017 full list of Award winners.

Best picture

Winner: Moonlight

Arrival

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

La La Land

Lion

Manchester by the Sea

Best actress

Winner: Emma Stone – La La Land

Isabelle Huppert – Elle

Ruth Negga – Loving

Natalie Portman – Jackie

Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins

Best actor

Winner: Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling – La La Land

Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic

Denzel Washington – Fences

Best supporting actress

Winner: Viola Davis – Fences

Naomie Harris – Moonlight

Nicole Kidman – Lion

Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures

Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

Best supporting actor

Winner: Mahershala Ali – Moonlight

Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water

Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea

Dev Patel – Lion

Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals

Best director

Winner: La La Land – Damien Chazelle

Arrival – Denis Villeneuve

Hacksaw Ridge – Mel Gibson

Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

Moonlight – Barry Jenkins

Best original screenplay

Winner: Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan

20th Century Women – Mike Mills

Hell or High Water – Taylor Sheridan

La La Land – Damien Chazelle

The Lobster – Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou

Best adapted screenplay

Winner: Moonlight – Barry Jenkins and Alvin McCraney

Arrival – Eric Heisserer

Fences – August Wilson

Hidden Figures – Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

Lion – Luke Davies

Best original score

Winner: La La Land – Justin Hurwitz

Jackie – Mica Levi

Lion – Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka

Moonlight – Nicholas Britell

Passengers – Thomas Newton

Best original song

Winner: La La Land – City of Stars by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

La La Land – Audition by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Moana – How Far I’ll Go by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Trolls – Can’t Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster

Jim: The James Foley Story – The Empty Chair by J Ralph and Sting

Best cinematography

Winner: La La Land – Linus Sandgren

Arrival – Bradford Young

Lion – Greig Fraser

Moonlight – James Laxton

Silence – Rodrigo Prieto

Best foreign language film

Winner: The Salesman – Iran

A Man Called Ove – Sweden

Land of Mine – Denmark

Tanna – Australia

Toni Erdmann – Germany

Best costume design

Winner: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Colleen Atwood

Allied – Joanna Johnston

Florence Foster Jenkins – Consolata Boyle

Jackie – Madeline Fontaine

La La Land – Mary Zophres

Best make-up and hairstyling

Winner: Suicide Squad – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson

A Man Called Ove – Eva Von Bahr and Love Larson

Star Trek Beyond – Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo

Best documentary feature

Winner: OJ: Made in America

13th

Fire At Sea

I Am Not Your Negro

Life, Animated

Best sound editing

Winner: Arrival – Sylvain Bellemare

Deepwater Horizon – Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli

Hacksaw Ridge – Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright

La La Land – Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan

Sully – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

Best sound mixing

Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi – Gary Summers, Jeffrey J Haboush and Mac Ruth

Arrival – Bernard Gariepy Strobl and Claude La Haye

La La Land – Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A Morrow

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Best animated short

Winner: Piper – Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer

Blind Vaysha – Theodore Ushev

Borrowed Time – Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj

Pear Cider and Cigarettes – Robert Valley and Cara Speller

Pearl – Patrick Osborne

Best animated feature

Winner: Zootopia

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

My Life as a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Best production design

Winner: La La Land – David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Arrival – Patrice Vermette and Paul Hotte

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock

Hail, Caesar! – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

Passengers – Guy Hendrix Dyas and Gene Serdena

Best visual effects

Winner: The Jungle Book – Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R Jones and Dan Lemmon

Deepwater Horizon – Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton

Doctor Strange – Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould

Kubo and the Two Strings – Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

Best film editing

Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert

Arrival – Joe Walker

Hell or High Water – Jake Roberts

La La Land – Tom Cross

Moonlight – Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

Best documentary short

Winner: The White Helmets – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

1 Miles – Daphne Matziaraki

Extremis – Dan Krauss

Joe’s Violin – Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen

Watani: My Homeland – Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis

Best live action short

Winner: Sing – Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy

Ennemis Interieurs – Selim Azzazi

La Femme et le TGV – Timo Von Gunten and Giacun Caduff

Silent Nights – Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson

Timecode – Juanjo Gimenez