11/12/2014 - European films dominate foreign language category

UK/US coproduction The Imitation Game [+see also:
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UK production The Theory of Everything [+see also:
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Other nods for European talent include Best Actress – Drama Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl, Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for Pride [+see also:
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It is a near clean sweep for Europe in the Foreign Language category, with Force Majeure [+see also:
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interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
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The Awards are on January 11, 2015.

Film nominations:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything 

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything 

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild 

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Emily Blunt – Into the Woods
Helen Mirren – The Hundred Foot Journey
Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars [+see also:
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Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Ralph Fiennes – Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Bill Murray – St. Vincent
Joaquin Phoenix – Inherent Vice
Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Ava DuVernay – Selma
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash 

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls [+see also:
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How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure, Sweden
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem [+see also:
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Ida, Poland/Denmark
Leviathan, Russia
Tangerines, Estonia

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Big Eyes – Big Eyes - Lana Del Rey
Glory – Selma - John Legend, Common
Mercy Is – Noah - Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
Opportunity – Annie - Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
Yellow Flicker Beat – Hunger Games, Mockingjay Part 1 - Lorde 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar [+see also:
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