{"id":1283,"date":"2015-01-15T17:52:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T15:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2015-02-23T07:06:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T05:06:36","slug":"nominations-for-the-87th-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2015\/01\/15\/nominations-for-the-87th-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations For The 87th Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Performance by an actor in a leading role<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steve Carell<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Foxcatcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1951\" target=\"_blank\">Foxcatcher<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bradley Cooper<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"American Sniper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1952\" target=\"_blank\">American Sniper<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benedict Cumberbatch<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"The Imitation Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1906\" target=\"_blank\">The Imitation Game<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Keaton<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eddie Redmayn<\/strong>e in \u201c<a title=\"The Theory Of Everything\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1959\" target=\"_blank\">The Theory of Everything<\/a>\u201d (winner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Performance by an actor in a supporting role<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Robert Duvall <\/strong>in \u201c<a title=\"The Judge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1931\" target=\"_blank\">The Judge<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethan Hawke<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Boyhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1845\" target=\"_blank\">Boyhood<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edward Norton <\/strong>in \u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark Ruffalo<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Foxcatcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1951\" target=\"_blank\">Foxcatcher<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>J.K. Simmons<\/strong> in \u201cWhiplash\u201d (winner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Performance by an actress in a leading role<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marion Cotillard<\/strong> in \u201cTwo Days, One Night\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Felicity Jones<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"The Theory Of Everything\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1959\" target=\"_blank\">The Theory of Everything<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Julianne Moore<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Still Alice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1960\" target=\"_blank\">Still Alice<\/a>\u201d (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rosamund Pike<\/strong> in \u201cGone Girl\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reese Witherspoon<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Wild\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1958\" target=\"_blank\">Wild<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Performance by an actress in a supporting role<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Patricia Arquette<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Boyhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1845\" target=\"_blank\">Boyhood<\/a>\u201d (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laura Dern<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"Wild\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1958\" target=\"_blank\">Wild<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keira Knightley<\/strong> in \u201c<a title=\"The Imitation Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1906\" target=\"_blank\">The Imitation Game<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Stone <\/strong>in \u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meryl Streep<\/strong> in \u201cInto the Woods\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best animated feature film of the year<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cBig Hero 6\u201d<\/strong> Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Boxtrolls\u201d <\/strong>Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"How To Train Your Dragon 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1862\" target=\"_blank\">How to Train Your Dragon 2<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cSong of the Sea\u201d<\/strong> Tomm Moore and Paul Young<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Tale of the Princess Kaguya\u201d<\/strong> Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in cinematography<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d <\/strong>Emmanuel Lubezki (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Robert Yeoman<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cIda\u201d<\/strong> Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cMr. Turner\u201d<\/strong> Dick Pope<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Unbroken\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1851\" target=\"_blank\">Unbroken<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Roger Deakins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in costume design<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Milena Canonero (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cInherent Vice\u201d <\/strong>Mark Bridges<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cInto the Woods\u201d <\/strong>Colleen Atwood<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Maleficent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1749\" target=\"_blank\">Maleficent<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cMr. Turner\u201d <\/strong>Jacqueline Durran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in directing<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d <\/strong>Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Boyhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1845\" target=\"_blank\">Boyhood<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Richard Linklater<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Foxcatcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1951\" target=\"_blank\">Foxcatcher<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Bennett Miller<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Wes Anderson<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Imitation Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1906\" target=\"_blank\">The Imitation Game<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Morten Tyldum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best documentary feature<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cCitizenFour\u201d <\/strong>Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cFinding Vivian Maier\u201d<\/strong> John Maloof and Charlie Siskel<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cLast Days in Vietnam\u201d<\/strong> Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Salt of the Earth\u201d <\/strong>Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cVirunga\u201d<\/strong> Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best documentary short subject<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cCrisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1\u201d<\/strong> Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cJoanna\u201d<\/strong> Aneta Kopacz<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cOur Curse\u201d <\/strong>Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Reaper (La Parka)\u201d <\/strong>Gabriel Serra Arguello<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWhite Earth\u201d<\/strong> J. Christian Jensen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in film editing<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"American Sniper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1952\" target=\"_blank\">American Sniper<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Boyhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1845\" target=\"_blank\">Boyhood<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Sandra Adair<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Barney Pilling<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Imitation Game\u201d<\/strong> William Goldenberg<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWhiplash\u201d<\/strong> Tom Cross (winner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best foreign language film of the year<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cIda\u201d<\/strong> Poland<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cLeviathan\u201d<\/strong> Russia<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cTangerines\u201d <\/strong>Estonia<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cTimbuktu\u201d <\/strong>Mauritania<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWild Tales\u201d<\/strong> Argentina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in makeup and hairstyling<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Foxcatcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1951\" target=\"_blank\">Foxcatcher<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Guardians Of The Galaxy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1818\" target=\"_blank\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Alexandre Desplat (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Imitation Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1906\" target=\"_blank\">The Imitation Game<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Alexandre Desplat<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Interstellar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1929\" target=\"_blank\">Interstellar<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Hans Zimmer<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cMr. Turner\u201d<\/strong> Gary Yershon<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Theory Of Everything\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1959\" target=\"_blank\">The Theory of Everything<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>J\u00f3hann J\u00f3hannsson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cEverything Is Awesome\u201d<\/strong> from \u201c<a title=\"The Lego Movie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1775\" target=\"_blank\">The Lego Movie<\/a>\u201d<br \/>\nMusic and Lyric by Shawn Patterson<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cGlory\u201d <\/strong>from \u201cSelma\u201d<br \/>\nMusic and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cGrateful\u201d <\/strong>from \u201cBeyond the Lights\u201d<br \/>\nMusic and Lyric by Diane Warren<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cI\u2019m Not Gonna Miss You\u201d<\/strong> from \u201cGlen Campbell\u2026I\u2019ll Be Me\u201d<br \/>\nMusic and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cLost Stars\u201d<\/strong> from \u201cBegin Again\u201d<br \/>\nMusic and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best motion picture of the year<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"American Sniper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1952\" target=\"_blank\">American Sniper<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d <\/strong>Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Boyhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1845\" target=\"_blank\">Boyhood<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Imitation Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1906\" target=\"_blank\">The Imitation Game<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cSelma\u201d<\/strong> Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Theory Of Everything\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1959\" target=\"_blank\">The Theory of Everything<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWhiplash\u201d<\/strong> Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in production design<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Imitation Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1906\" target=\"_blank\">The Imitation Game<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Interstellar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1929\" target=\"_blank\">Interstellar<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cInto the Woods\u201d <\/strong>Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cMr. Turner\u201d<\/strong> Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best animated short film<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Bigger Picture\u201d <\/strong>Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Dam Keeper\u201d<\/strong> Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cFeast\u201d <\/strong>Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cMe and My Moulton\u201d <\/strong>Torill Kove<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cA Single Life\u201d <\/strong>Joris Oprins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Best live action short film<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cAya\u201d<\/strong> Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cBoogaloo and Graham\u201d<\/strong> Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cButter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)\u201d <\/strong>Hu Wei and Julien F\u00e9ret<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cParvaneh\u201d<\/strong> Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe Phone Call\u201d<\/strong> Mat Kirkby and James Lucas (winner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in sound editing<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"American Sniper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1952\" target=\"_blank\">American Sniper<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d<\/strong> Mart\u00edn Hern\u00e1ndez and Aaron Glascock<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1935\" target=\"_blank\">The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Brent Burge and Jason Canovas<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Interstellar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1929\" target=\"_blank\">Interstellar<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Richard King<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Unbroken\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1851\" target=\"_blank\">Unbroken<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in sound mixing<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"American Sniper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1952\" target=\"_blank\">American Sniper<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d <\/strong>Jon Taylor, Frank A. Monta\u00f1o and Thomas Varga<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Interstellar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1929\" target=\"_blank\">Interstellar<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Unbroken\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1851\" target=\"_blank\">Unbroken<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Jon Taylor, Frank A. Monta\u00f1o and David Lee<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWhiplash\u201d<\/strong> Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley (winner)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Achievement in visual effects<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cCaptain America: The Winter Soldier\u201d <\/strong>Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1875\" target=\"_blank\">Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Guardians Of The Galaxy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1818\" target=\"_blank\">Guardians of the Galaxy<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Interstellar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1929\" target=\"_blank\">Interstellar<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"X-Men: Days Of Future Past\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1820\" target=\"_blank\">X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Adapted screenplay<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"American Sniper\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1952\" target=\"_blank\">American Sniper<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Written by Jason Hall<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Imitation Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1906\" target=\"_blank\">The Imitation Game<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Written by Graham Moore (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cInherent Vice\u201d<\/strong> Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Theory Of Everything\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1959\" target=\"_blank\">The Theory of Everything<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Screenplay by Anthony McCarten<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cWhiplash\u201d <\/strong>Written by Damien Chazelle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Original screenplay<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Birdman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1953\" target=\"_blank\">Birdman<\/a> or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d<\/strong> Written by Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Nicol\u00e1s Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. &amp; Armando Bo (winner)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Boyhood\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1845\" target=\"_blank\">Boyhood<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>Written by Richard Linklater<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"Foxcatcher\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1951\" target=\"_blank\">Foxcatcher<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201c<a title=\"The Grand Budapest Hotel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/1779\" target=\"_blank\">The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson &amp; Hugo Guinness<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cNightcrawler\u201d <\/strong>Written by Dan Gilroy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performance by an actor in a leading role Steve Carell in \u201cFoxcatcher\u201d Bradley Cooper in \u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d Benedict Cumberbatch in \u201cThe Imitation Game\u201d Michael Keaton in \u201cBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)\u201d Eddie Redmayne in \u201cThe Theory of Everything\u201d (winner) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Robert Duvall in \u201cThe Judge\u201d Ethan&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2015\/01\/15\/nominations-for-the-87th-oscars\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nominations For The 87th Oscars<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}