The Oscars

 

 2016 Academy Awards

Some important information:

Day: Oscar Sunday

Date: February 28, 2016

Red Carpet Start Time: 7pm Eastern Time|4pm Pacific Time

Ceremony Start Time: 8:30pm Eastern Time|5:30pm Pacific Time

Network: ABC

As promised my picks at the end of the blog

Instructions:

Please underline your selection in each section, save the changes to the document and send to your friends with whom you may be betting.

Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight

Director Lenny Abrahamson: Room Alejandro G. Inarritu: The Revenant Adam McKay: The Big Short Tom McCarthy: Spotlight George Miller: Mad Max: Fury Road

Actor in a Leading Role Bryan Cranston: Trumbo Matt Damon: The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio: The Revenant Michael Fassbender: Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne: The Danish Girl

Actress in a Leading Role Cate Blanchett: Carol Brie Larson: Room Jennifer Lawrence: Joy Charlotte Rampling: 45 Years Saoirse Ronan: Brooklyn

Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale: The Big Short Tom Hardy: The Revenant Mark Ruffalo: Spotlight Marky Rylance: Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone: Creed

Actress in a Supporting Role Jennifer Jason Leigh: The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara: Carol Rachel McAdams: Spotlight Alicia Vikander: The Danish Girl Kate WInslet: Steve Jobs

Original Screenplay Bridge of Spies Ex Machina Inside Out Spotlight Straight Outta Compton

Adapted Screenplay The Big Short Brooklyn Carol The Martian Room

Foreign Language Film Embrace of the Serpent Mustang Son of Saul Theeb A War

Sound Editing Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Visual Effects Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Film Editing Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Spotlight The Big Short Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Short Film, Animated Bear Story (Historia de Uno Oso) Prologue Sanjay’s Super Team We Can’t Live Without Cosmos World of Tomorrow

Short Film, Live Action Ave Maria Day One Everything Will Be Okay Shok Stutterer

Documentary Short Subject Body Team 12 Chau, Beyond the Lines Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness Last Day of Freedom

Original Score Bridge of Spies Carol The Hateful Eight Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Original Song The Hunting Ground Fifty Shades of Grey Racing Extinction Spectre Youth

Production Design Mad Max: Fury Road The Danish Girl Bridge of Spies The Revenant The Martian

Cinematography Carol The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Sicario

Costume Design Cinderalla Carol The Danish Girl The Revenant Mad Max: Fury Road

Makeup Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant The 100-Year-Old Man

Documentary Feature Amy Cartel Land The Look of Silence What Happened, Miss Simone? Winter on Fire

Sound Mixing Bridge of Spies Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Our family traditionally watch the telecast with a lot of kibitzing about who should win and why. This year Catherine is the score keeper in Edmonton, Hamish is the favorite for bragging rights in LA, Donovan, Deborah and I will be enjoying snacks at home in Vancouver.

Prior to the broadcast I will add to this post my predictions, as you know I am still reeling from my pathetic showing in the Federal election, but remain ever optimistic with my movie observations. I take solace in that I share the same demographic as the the Academy!

My Picks ( note prior to the Awards, posted at 4:52 PT)

2016 Academy Awards

My Predictions

Best Picture The Revenant

Director Alejandro G. Inarritu: The Revenant

Actor in a Leading Role Eddie Redmayne: The Danish Girl

Actress in a Leading Role Brie Larson: Room

Actor in a Supporting Role Sylvester Stallone: Creed

Actress in a Supporting Role Kate WInslet: Steve Jobs

Original Screenplay Bridge of Spies

Adapted Screenplay Brooklyn

Foreign Language Film Son of Saul

Sound Editing Mad Max: Fury Road

Visual Effects Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Film Editing The Revenant

Short Film, Animated World of Tomorrow

Short Film, Live Action Shok

Documentary Short Subject A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

Original Score The Hateful Eight

Original Song The Hunting Ground

Production Design The Danish Girl

Cinematography The Revenant

Costume Design The Danish Girl

Makeup The Revenant

Documentary Feature Amy

Sound Mixing The Revenant

Until next time........