The candy-colored love letter to musicals “La La Land” has landed a record-tying 14 Academy Awards nominations, matching it with “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for most nominations ever.
“La La Land” has earned nods for best picture, its stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, its songs and its 32-year-old writer-director, Damien Chazelle.
The other nominees for best picture are: “Moonlight,” “Arrival,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “Hell or High Water,” “Lion,” “Fences,” “Hidden Figures” and “Hacksaw Ridge.”
Following two years of “OscarsSoWhite” furor, the Academy of Motion Pictures fielded a notably more diverse field of nominees, led by Barry Jenkins’ luminous coming-of-age portrait “Moonlight,” Denzel Washington’s “Fences” and Theodore Melfi’s “Hidden Figures.”
“Moonlight” tied with Denis Villeneuve’s cerebral science fiction thriller “Arrival” for second most nominees with eight each.
The biggest surprise of the morning was the strong boost of support for Mel Gibson, who had long been shunned in Hollywood. Not only did his World War II drama “Hacksaw Ridge” land a best picture nod, but Gibson scored an unexpected best director nomination.
The nominees for best actor are: Casey Affleck (“Manchester by the Sea”), Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”), Ryan Gosling (“La La Land”), Viggo Mortensen (“Captain Fantastic”), Denzel Washington (“Fences”).
The nominees for best supporting actor are: Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”), Jeff Bridges (“Hell or High Water”), Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”), Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by the Sea”) and Dev Patel (“Lion”).
Whether fairly or not, the nominations were seen as a test for the revamped film academy. It will be the first Oscars voted on since academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs ushered in new membership rules and added 683 new members as a way to diversify a predominantly white, male and elderly group, which now numbers 6,687.
The Oscars also rejiggered its nominations format. Instead of announcing nominees live in Los Angeles, pre-produced videos of previous winners introduced each category on Tuesday morning.
Though “La La Land” and other best-picture nominees such as “Arrival” and (less certainly) “Hidden Figures” are knocking on the door of $100 million at the North American box office, none of the best picture nominees has yet grossed more than $100 million.
After an unlikely awards season run, the smart-aleck superhero “Deadpool” ($363.1 million) didn’t managed to crash the party, making this year’s best picture nominees one of the lowest grossing bunch ever.
The regular business of today’s corporate-driven Hollywood is increasingly set apart from the industry’s awards season, where smaller, critically adored films like “12 Years a Slave,” “Birdman,” “Boyhood” and “Spotlight” have recently dominated. Only one major studio — Paramount, which distributed “Arrival” and “Fences” scored a best picture nomination.
Amazon, however, landed its first best picture nomination for Kenneth Lonergan’s “Manchester by the Sea,” which the streaming retailer partnered with Roadside Attractions to distribute.
The dearth of blockbusters will pose a test for host Jimmy Kimmel, who’ll be presiding over the Feb. 26 Oscarcast for the first time. While the Academy Awards are still among the most-watched TV programs of the year, ratings have been in decline the last two years. Last year’s broadcast, hosted by Chris Rock, drew 34.4 million viewers, an eight-year-low.
Rock’s show, which he introduced as “the White People’s Choice Awards,” was rife with Hollywood’s diversity debate. This year’s — where politics may take over the spotlight — will surely be seen as an improvement. But many have always held that the industry’s inclusivity problems are rooted not in its award shows but in its power brokers: executives, agents and producers.
List of nominees for the 89th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Best Picture: “Arrival,” “Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” “Hell or High Water,” “Hidden Figures,” “La La Land,” “Lion,” “Manchester by the Sea”, “Moonlight.”
Actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”; Denzel Washington, “Fences”; Ryan Gosling, “La La Land;” Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”; Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”; Tom Hanks, “Sully.”
Actress: Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”; Ruth Negga, “Loving”; Natalie Portman, “Jackie”; Emma Stone, “La La Land”; Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins.”
Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”; Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”; Dev Patel, “Lion”; Michael Shannon, “Nocturnal Animals.”
Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, “Fences”; Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”; Nicole Kidman, “Lion”; Octavia Spencer, “Hidden Figures”; Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea.”
Directing: “Arrival,” Denis Villeneuve; “Hacksaw Ridge” Mel Gibson; “La La Land” Damien Chazelle; “Manchester by the Sea,” Kenneth Lonergan; “Moonlight” Barry Jenkins.
Foreign Language Film: “Land of Mine,” Denmark; “A Man Called Ove,” Sweden; “The Salesman,” Iran; “Tanna,” Australia; “Toni Erdmann,” Germany.
Adapted Screenplay: “Moonlight,” “Lion,” “Arrival,” “Fences,” “Hidden Figures.”
Original Screenplay: “Hell or High Water,” “La La Land,” “The Lobster,” “Manchester by the Sea,” “20th Century Women.”
Animated Feature Film: “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.
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.
Cinematography: “Arrival,” Bradford Young; “La La Land,” Linus Sandgren; “Lion,” Greg Fraser; “Moonlight,” James Laxton; “Silence,” Rodrigo Prieto.
Sound Mixing: “Arrival,” Bernard Gariepy 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,” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson; “13 Hours,” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth.
Sound Editing: “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.
Original Score: “Jackie,” Mica Levi; “La La Land,” Justin Hurwitz; “Lion,” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka;”Moonlight,” Nicholas Britell; “Passengers,” Thomas Newman.
Original Song: “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” from “La La Land”; “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” from “Trolls”; “City of Stars” from “La La Land”; “The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”; “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana.”
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.
Documentary Feature: “Fire at Sea,” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo; “I am Not Your Negro,” Raoul Peck, Remi Grellety and Hebert Peck; “Life Animated,” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman; “OJ: Made in America,” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow; “13th,” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish.
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
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.
Makeup and Hairstyling: “A Man Called One,” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson; “Star Trek Beyond,” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo; “Suicide Squad,” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson.
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.
Live Action Short Film: “Ennemis Interieurs,” Selim Azzazi;”La Femme et le TGV,” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff; “Silent Nights,” Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson; “Sing” Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy; “Timecode” Juanjo Gimenez.
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.
