Here are the 2015 Oscar nominations, which don’t include an Animated Feature nod for The Lego Movie
Animation fans, prepare your best “everything is not awesome” tweet. An audible gasp could be heard at this morning’s crack-of-dawn Academy Awards press conference in Los Angeles, when new Star Wars maestro J.J. Abrams and Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón announced that the widely beloved The Lego Movie would not be winning a golden statuette for Best Animated Feature, as it’s not even nominated in the category. That wasn’t the only shocking omission: Life Itself, director Steve James’ tribute to the late Roger Ebert, didn’t make the cut for Best Documentary Feature—though James was probably prepared for that himself, given the Academy’s previous snubbing of both his Hoop Dreams and The Interrupters.
Not all the surprises were bad, though. Despite the Academy’s notorious reluctance to nominate foreign-language performances, Marion Cotillard was able to slip into the Best Actress race for her magnificent work in Two Days, One Night. Also nice was the addition of the gorgeous, black-and-white Ida to the Cinematography category, where it will compete against another of the year’s best-shot films, Mr. Turner.
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel tied for the most number of nominations, with nine apiece, while Richard Linklater’s dozen-years-in-the-making Boyhood scored an expected six nods. Meanwhile, Ava DuVernay’s civil-rights period piece Selma walked away with only two nods, for Best Picture—a field of eight contenders this year, down from nine in recent years—and for Best Original Song. Given its lack of Guild support, the snub is expected, but still disheartening. (Before anyone raises the issue of “historical inaccuracies,” please recall that the very revisionist The Theory Of Everything did just fine this morning.)
The complete list of nominations is below. Tune in on February 22 to see The Lego Movie not win an Oscar for Animated Feature.
Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory Of Everything
Whiplash
Best Director
Alexandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Best Actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones, The Theory Of Everything
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Unbroken
Best Foreign Language Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu
Wild Tales
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory Of Everything
Whiplash
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
The Theory Of Everything
Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Song Of The Sea
The Tale Of Princess Kaguya
Best Documentary—Short
“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1”
“Joanna”
“Our Curse”
“The Reaper”
“White Earth”
Best Film Editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into The Woods
Mr. Turner
Best Animated Short
“The Bigger Picture”
“The Dam Keeper”
“Feast”
“Me And My Moulton”
“A Single Life”
Best Live Action Short
“Aya”
“Boogaloo And Graham”
“Butter Lamp”
“Parvaneh”
“The Phone Call”
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Best Sound Mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days Of Future Past
Best Documentary — Feature
Citizenfour
Finding Vivien Maier
Last Days Of Vietnam
The Salt Of The Earth
Virunga
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into The Woods
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into The Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Best Original Song
“Lost Stars,” Begin Again
“Grateful,” Beyond The Lights
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” Glenn Campbell: I’ll Be Me
“Everything Is Awesome, The Lego Movie
“Glory,” Selma