Yahoo Lifestyle 2016 Oscar snubs and surprises
It was a sensational morning for Australia at this year’s Oscar nominations announcement, with Mad Max: Fury Road getting the nod in ten categories, including best director for George Miller, and Cate Blanchett in the running for a second best actress award for Carol.
Miller’s magisterial post-apocalyptic thriller is the second most nominated film behind The Revenant, which leads the way with 12, and both will battle it out for best picture honours against The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, The Martian, Spotlight and Room.
Cate Blanchett’s seventh Oscar nomination for her beautifully measured performance in Todd Haynes’ gay romance Carol puts her in the same league as Hollywood greats Greer Garson, Ingrid Bergman, Robert De Niro, Jane Fonda, Dustin Hoffman.
However, Blanchett will have her work cut out winning a third Academy Award with Room’s Brie Larson heavily favoured after her Golden Globe win earlier this week.
Also short-listed is 69-year-old Charlotte Rampling, who earned her first Oscar nomination after a remarkable 50-year career for her delicate performance in the fine marital drama 45.
Blanchett’s Carol co-star Rooney Mara will also have a fight on her hands in the supporting actress category against Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet and the red-hot Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl).
As predicted The Revenant’s Leonardo DiCaprio is nominated for best actor for his physically demanding performance as a 19th century trapper who’s mauled by a bear and left for dead by his colleagues.
DiCaprio will win his first Oscar, leaving fellow nominees Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs) and Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl) to practice their congratulatory claps and smiles.
And sentimental favourite Sylvester Stallone has a lock on the best supporting actor category for his moving performance in the hit Rocky sequel Creed.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens missed out on a best picture nomination but is well represented in the technical categories with five nominations.
There are snubs in every category, as there is every year, but the biggest must be Carol, which has had critics gushing since its Cannes unveiling and was expected to be this year’s best picture frontrunner.
It received six nominations but, incredibly, missed out on best picture and best director. Meanwhile, Brooklyn earned a best picture nomination with only two other nods, best actress for Saoirse Ronan and best adapted screenplay.
Let the arguments begin.
The 88th Academy Awards are on February 28.
THE FULL LIST
Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Best Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
Best Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Best Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Best Film Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Best Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Best Original Score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Original Song
Earned It, 50 Shades Of Grey
Manta Ray, Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3, Youth
Til It Happens to You, The Hunting Ground
Writing’s On The Wall, Spectre
Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
Best Sound Mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Documentary Short
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
Best Live Action Short Film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer
Best Animated Short Film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
