The 2017 Oscar nominations are in! After a record setting box office year for Disney, they are being rewarded with a robust 8 Academy Award nominations! Here is the complete list of nominees:
Moana – Best Animated Feature
Zootopia – Best Animated Feature
Piper – Best Animated Short
“How Far I’ll Go” – Moana – Best Original Song
Rogue One – Best Visual Effects
The Jungle Book – Best Visual Effects
Doctor Strange – Best Visual Effects
Rogue One – Best Sound Mixing
From the looks of it, there are no major surprises in the nominations this year. I am a little disappointed to not see “Try Everything”, the theme from Zootopia on the list, but I suppose they needed to make way for two (well deserved) songs from La La Land.
Disney is really dominating the visual effects category this year with three nominations. What’s interesting is each one of the films in this category comes from a different studio division; Rogue One from Lucasfilm, The Jungle Book from the main studio, and Doctor Strange from Marvel. It’s also interesting to note that The BFG was actually distributed by Disney as well, though that does not actually qualify them to take any ownership in the production of the film. It’s a little surprising that Captain America: Civil War did not receive a Visual Effects nod, but there’s only so many nominations to hand out per category.
Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2017 Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Arrival
Fences
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight
Best Director
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Best Actress
Emma Stone, La La Land
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Ruth Negga, Loving
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Best Actor
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
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges,Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the sea
Dev Patel, Lion
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Best Adapted Screenplay
Arrival
Fences
Hidden Figures
Lion
Moonlight
Best Original Screenplay
Hell or High Water
La La Land
The Lobster
Manchester by the Sea
20th Century Women
Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine, Martin Zandvliet, Denmark
A Man Called Ove, Hannes Holm, Sweden
The Salesman, Asghar Farhadi, Iran
Tanna, Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, Australia,
Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade, Germany
Best Documentary Feature
Fire at Sea
I Am Not Your Negro
Life, Animated
O.J.: Made in America
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
The Red Turtle
Zootopia
Best Film Editing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Moonlight
Best Original Song
Audition (The Fools Who Dream), La La Land
Can’t Stop the Feeling, Trolls
City of Stars, La La Land
The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story
How Far I’ll Go, Moana
Best Original Score
Jackie
La La Land
Lion
Moonlight
Passengers
Best Cinematography
Arrival, Bradford Young
La La Land, Linus Sandgren
Lion, Grieg Fraser
Moonlight, James Laxton
Best Costume Design
Allied
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Florence Foster Jenkins
Jackie
La La Land
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
A Man Called Ove
Star Trek Beyond
Suicide Squad
Best Production Design
Arrival
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Hail, Caesar!
La La Land
Passengers
Best Sound Editing
Arrival
Deepwater Horizon
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Sully
Best Sound Mixing
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
La La Land
Rogue One
13 Hours
Best Visual Effects
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Jungle Book
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Arrival
The BFG
Kubo and the Two Strings
A Monster Calls
Best Short Film, Live Action
Ennemis Intérieurs
La Femme et le TGV
Silent Nights
Sing
Timecode
Best Short Film, Animated
Blind Vaysha
Borrowed Time
Pear Cider and Cigarettes
Pearl
Piper
Best Documentary, Short Subject
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Joe’s Violin
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets
Here are more of my thoughts about this year’s nominees:
What are you thoughts on the 2017 Academy Award nominees? Do you feel like there were any major snubs this year?
The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air live on ABC on February 26th, 2017.