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OSCARS 2014

Gravity, American Hustle score at Oscar nominations

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- The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Great Beauty and The Hunt lead European charge in foreign language category

Gravity, American Hustle score at Oscar nominations

The Oscar nominations threw up no surprises with Gravity [+see also:
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American Hustle and 12 Years A Slave [+see also:
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 leading the nominations pack. Expectedly, three of the five nominations in the foreign language category are European, capping a remarkable 2013 for the continent (also present in other categories). Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty [+see also:
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 (Italy), Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt [+see also:
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 (Denmark) and Felix Van Groeningen’s The Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
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interview: Felix Van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
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 (Belgium) will vie with Rithy Panh’s The Missing Picture [+see also:
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 (Cambodia) and Hany Abu-Assad’s Omar (Palestine) for the coveted statuette.

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Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards

Best motion picture of the year
American Hustle - Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
Captain Phillips - Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
Dallas Buyers Club - Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
Her - Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
Nebraska - Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
Philomena [+see also:
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 - Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
12 Years a Slave - Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
The Wolf of Wall Street - Nominees to be determined

Achievement in directing
American Hustle - David O. Russell
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón
Nebraska - Alexander Payne
12 Years a Slave - Steve McQueen
The Wolf of Wall Street - Martin Scorsese

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Christian Bale in American Hustle
Bruce Dern in Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Barkhad Abdi in Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper in American Hustle
Michael Fassbender in 12 Years a Slave
Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street
Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Amy Adams in American Hustle
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock in Gravity
Judi Dench in Philomena
Meryl Streep in August: Osage County

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Sally Hawkins in Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’O in 12 Years a Slave
Julia Roberts in August: Osage County
June Squibb in Nebraska

Adapted screenplay
Before Midnight - Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Captain Phillips -
Screenplay by Billy Ray
Philomena -
Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
12 Years a Slave -
Screenplay by John Ridley
The Wolf of Wall Street -
Screenplay by Terence Winter

Original screenplay
American Hustle - Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine
- Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club
- Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her
- Written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska
- Written by Bob Nelson

Best foreign language film of the year
The Broken Circle Breakdown - Belgium
The Great Beauty - Italy
The Hunt - Denmark
The Missing Picture - Cambodia
Omar - Palestine

Best animated feature film of the year
The Croods - Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
Despicable Me 2 - Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
Ernest & Celestine [+see also:
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 - Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
Frozen - Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
The Wind Rises - Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Best documentary feature
The Act of Killing [+see also:
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 - Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
Cutie and the Boxer - Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
Dirty Wars - Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
The Square - Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
20 Feet from Stardom - Nominees to be determined

Achievement in cinematography
The Grandmaster - Philippe Le Sourd
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis - Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners - Roger A. Deakins

Achievement in costume design
American Hustle - Michael Wilkinson
The Grandmaster - William Chang Suk Ping
The Great Gatsby - Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman - Michael O’Connor
12 Years a Slave - Patricia Norris

Achievement in film editing
American Hustle - Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
Captain Phillips - Christopher Rouse
Dallas Buyers Club - John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
12 Years a Slave - Joe Walker

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
Dallas Buyers Club - Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - Stephen Prouty
The Lone Ranger - Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
The Book Thief - John Williams
Gravity - Steven Price
Her - William Butler and Owen Pallett
Philomena - Alexandre Desplat
Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Alone Yet Not Alone from Alone Yet Not Alone - Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
Happy from Despicable Me 2 - Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
Let It Go from Frozen - Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
The Moon Song from Her - Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
Ordinary Love from Mandela: A Long Walk To Freedom [+see also:
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- Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Achievement in production design
American Hustle Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
Gravity Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
The Great Gatsby Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
Her Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
12 Years a Slave Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker

Achievement in sound editing
All Is Lost -Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
Captain Phillips -Oliver Tarney
Gravity - Glenn Freemantle
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Brent Burge
Lone Survivor - Wylie Stateman

Achievement in sound mixing
Captain Phillips - Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris MunroGravity - Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
Inside Llewyn Davis - Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Lone Survivor - Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow

Achievement in visual effects
Gravity - Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 - Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
The Lone Ranger - Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
Star Trek Into Darkness - Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

Best live action short film
Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me) - Esteban Crespo
Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything) - Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
Helium - Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?) - Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
The Voorman Problem - Mark Gill and Baldwin Li

Best animated short film
Feral - Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
Get a Horse! - Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
Mr. Hublot - Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
Possessions - Shuhei Morita
Room on the Broom - Max Lang and Jan Lachauer

Best documentary short subject
CaveDigger - Jeffrey Karoff
Facing Fear - Jason Cohen
Karama Has No Walls - Sara Ishaq
The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life - Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall - Edgar Barens

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