Film News: 'Life Itself' Snub Mars 2015 Oscar Nominations
Submitted by PatrickMcD on January 15, 2015 - 6:02pm
Life Itself
The Imitation Gam. Selma
Whiplash. Best Picture
CHICAGO – In an unprecedented oversight, especially for the film community in Chicago, film critic Roger Ebert's biography "Life Itself" was snubbed for Best Documentary as the nominations were announced on Jan. 15, 2015 for the 87th Academy Awards. The films "Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" tied for most Oscar nominations with nine.
Michael Keaton in 'Birdman,' Which Received Nine Oscar Nominations
Photo credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Both "Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" were nominated for Best Picture along with "Selma," "Boyhood," "American Sniper," "The Imitation Game," "The Theory of Everything" and "Whiplash". The full list of the nominations is below.
"The Theory of Everything"
"Whiplash"
Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "Birdman"
Richard Linklater, "Boyhood"
Bennett Miller, "Foxcatcher"
Morten Tyldum, "The Imitation Game"
Marion Cotillard, "Two Days, One Night"
Felicity Jones, "The Theory of Everything"
Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"
Rosamund Pike, "Gone Girl"
Reese Witherspoon, "Wild"
Steve Carell, "Foxcatcher"
Bradley Cooper, "American Sniper"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Imitation Game"
Michael Keaton, "Birdman"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything"
Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"
Laura Dern, "Wild"
Keira Knightley, "The Imitation Game"
Emma Stone, "Birdman"
Meryl Streep, "Into the Woods"
Robert Duvall, "The Judge"
Ethan Hawke, "Boyhood"
Edward Norton, "Birdman"
Mark Ruffalo, "Foxcatcher"
J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "Inherent Vice"
Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash"
Jason Hall, "American Sniper"
Anthony McCarten, "The Theory of Everything"
Graham Moore, "The Imitation Game"
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Dan Futterman and E. Max Frye, "Foxcatcher"
Dan Gilroy, "Nightcrawler"
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, "Birdman"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Wild Tales"
"Last Days in Vietnam"
"The Salt in the Earth"
"Everything is Awesome" from "The LEGO Movie" (written by Shawn Patterson)
"Glory" from "Selma" (written by Common and John Legend)
"Grateful" from "Beyond the Lights" (written by Diane Warren)
"I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from "Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me" (written by Glen Campbell)
"Lost Stars" from "Begin Again" (written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood)
Alexandre Desplat, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Alexandre Desplat, "The Imitation Game"
Johann Johannsson, "The Theory of Everything"
Gary Yershon, "Mr. Turner"
Hans Zimmer, "Interstellar"
Roger Deakins, "Unbroken"
Emmanuel Lubezki, "Birdman"
Dick Pope, "Mr. Turner"
Robert Yeoman, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, "Ida"
"Mr. Turner"
"The Grand Budapest Hotel
"
Best Sound Editing
"The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
Best Sound Mixing
"Boogaloo and Graham"
"Parvaneh"
"The Phone Call"
"The Dam Keeper"
"
Feast"
"Me and My Moulton"
"A Single Life"
Best Documentary, Short Subject
"Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1"
"Our Curse"
"White Earth"
Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, the 87th Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 22, 2015 at Hollywood's Dolby Theater. It will be broadcast on ABC-TV beginning at 7pm ET/6pm CT.
By PATRICK McDONALD
Writer, Editorial Coordinator
HollywoodChicago.com
pat@hollywoodchicago.com
© 2015 Patrick McDonald, HollywoodChicago.com
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