Sunday, February 26, 2017

Review Hub - Academy Awards


While sometimes controversial, the Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) are still the most prestigious film awards on the planet. First presented in 1929 at a dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel, the Award continues to be the subject of debate and criticism, even after it is handed out. To honor those films that we have reviewed that have been nominated and/or won the Academy Award we've set up this Review Hub. The films that we have reviewed represent films from the entire history of the Academy Awards, starting with the first ceremony.


The 1920s


The Jazz Singer
1929 Won: Honorary Award For producing The Jazz Singer, the pioneer outstanding talking picture; Nominated: Best Writing, Adaptation: Alfred A. Cohn
1929: Won: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Emil Jannings (also for The Way of All Flesh); Nominated: Best Writing Original Story: Lajos Biro.

The Racket 
1929: Nominated: Best Production.



Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1929 Won: Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Janet Gaynor For 7th Heaven and Street Angel; Best Cinematography: Charles Rosher, Karl Struss; Nominated: Best Art Direction: Rochus Gliese


Wings
1929 Won:  Best Picture, Production; Best Effects, Engineering Effects: Roy Pomeroy


The 1930s




1930 Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jeanne Eagels




Hell's Angels
1930 Nominated: Best Cinematography: Tony Gaudio, Harry Perry



Min and Bill
1931 Won: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Marie Dressler



Smart Money
1931 Nominated: Best Writing, Original Story: Lucien Hubbard, Joseph Jackson

The Guardsman
1932: Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Alfred Lunt; Best Actress in a Leading Role:  Lynn Fontanne                



The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1932 Won: Best Actress: Helen Hayes



What Price Hollywood?
1932 Nominated: Best Writing, Original Story: Adela Rogers St. Johns, Jane Murfin


I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
1934 Nominated: Best Picture; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Paul Muni; Best Sound, Recording: Nathan Levinson (sound director)


Of Human Bondage
1935 Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Bette Davis (This was a write-in nomination.)


The Thin Man
1935 Nominated: Best Picture; Best Actor in a Leading Role: William Powell; Best Director: W.S. Van Dyke; Best Writing, Adaptation: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett



How To Sleep
1936 Won: Best Short Subject, Comedy: Jack Chertok



Tit for Tat
1936 Nominated: Best Short Subject, Comedy: Hal Roach



A Midsummer Night's Dream
1936 Won: Best Cinematography: Hal Mohr, First and only write-in nominee to actually win; Best Film Editing: Ralph Dawson; Nominated:  Best Picture; Best Assistant Director: Sherry Shourds 


San Francisco (1936)

1937 Won: Best Sound, Recording: Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD); Nominated: Best Picture;  Best Actor in a Leading Role:  Spencer Tracy;  Best Director: W.S. Van Dyke; Best Writing, Original Story: Robert E. Hopkins; Best Assistant Director: Joseph M. Newman


A Night At the Movies
1938 Nominated: Best Short Subject, One-Reel


Way Out West

1938 Nominated: Best Music, Score: Marvin Hatley (head of department) Score by Marvin Hatley.

1939 Nominated: Best Art Direction: Stephen Goosson, Lionel Banks 


Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1939 Won: Honorary Award: Walt Disney; Nominated: Best Music, Score: Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline (head of department), Paul J. Smith (Walt Disney Studio Music Department)



Vivacious Lady
1939 Nominated: Best Cinematography: Robert De Grasse; Best Sound, Recording: James Wilkinson (RKO Radio SSD)


You Can't Take it With You
1939 Won: Best Picture: Columbia; Best Director: Frank Capra; Nominated:  Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Spring Byington; Best Writing, Screenplay: Robert Riskin; Best Cinematography: Joseph Walker; Best Sound, Recording: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD); Best Film Editing: Gene Havlick


The 1940s


Bachelor Mother
1940 Nominated: Best Writing, Original Story: Felix Jackson



Gone With the Wind

1940 Won: Best Picture; Best Director: Victor Fleming; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Vivien Leigh; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Hattie McDaniel; Best Writing, Screenplay: Sidney Howard; Best Cinematography, Color: Ernest Haller, Ray Rennahan;  Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler; Best Film Editing: Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom; Technical Achievement Award: R.D. Musgrave (For pioneering in the use of coordinated equipment in the production Gone with the Wind.) Honorary Award: William Cameron Menzies (For outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood in the production of Gone with the Wind (plaque).); Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Clark Gable; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Olivia de Havilland; Best Sound, Recording: Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD); Best Effects, Special Effects: Jack Cosgrove (photographic), Fred Albin (sound), Arthur Johns (sound); Best Music, Original Score: Max Steiner


Gunga Din
1940 Nominated: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Joseph H. August 


Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1940 Won: Best Writing, Original Story: Lewis R. Foster; Nominated: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role: James Stewart, Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Harry Carey, Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Claude Rains, Best Director: Frank Capra, Best Writing, Screenplay: Sidney Buchman, Best Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Best Sound, Recording: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD), Best Film Editing: Gene Havlick, Al Clark, Best Music, Scoring: Dimitri Tiomkin   



Pinocchio
1940: Won: Best Original Score: Leigh Harline, Paul Smith and Ned Washington; Best Original Song: "When You Wish Upon a Star" Music by Leigh Harline; Lyrics by Ned Washington



Stagecoach
1940 Won: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Thomas Mitchell; Best Music, Scoring: Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken; Nominated:  Best Picture; Best Director: John Ford; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Bert Glennon; Best Art Direction: Alexander Toluboff; Best Film Editing: Otho Lovering and Dorothy Spencer.


The Wizard of Oz
1940 Won: Best Music, Original Song: Harold Arlen (music) , E.Y. Harburg (lyrics) For the song "Over the Rainbow"; Best Music, Original Score: Herbert Stothart; Nominated; Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Color: Harold Rosson, Best Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William A. Horning, Best Effects, Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Douglas Shearer (sound)


Foreign Correspondent
1941 Nominated: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Albert Bassermann,  Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Rudolph Maté, Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: Alexander Golitzen, Best Effects, Special Effects: Paul Eagler (photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (sound)


My Favorite Wife
1941 Nominated: Best Writing, Original Story: Leo McCarey, Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: Van Nest Polglase, Mark-Lee Kirk, Best Music, Original Score: Roy Webb 



Our Town
1941 Nominated: Best Picture; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Martha Scott); Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: Lewis J. Rachmil; Best Music, Score: Aaron Copland; and Best Sound, Recording: Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)



Ball of Fire
1942 Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Barbara Stanwyck; Best Writing, Original Story: Thomas Monroe, Billy Wilder; Best Sound, Recording: Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD); Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture: Alfred Newman


Citizen Kane
1942 Won: Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles; Nominated: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role: Orson Welles, Best Director: Orson Welles, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Gregg Toland, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase, A. Roland Fields, Darrell Silvera, Best Sound, Recording: John Aalberg, Best Film Editing: Robert Wise, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture: Bernard Herrmann      



Dumbo
1942 Won: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture: Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace; Nominated: Best Music, Original Song: Frank Churchill (music), Ned Washington (lyrics), For the song "Baby Mine".

The Maltese Falcon
1942 Nominated: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sydney Greenstreet,  Best Writing, Screenplay: John Huston


Phantom of the Opera
1943 Won: Best Cinematography, Color: Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene; Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira Webb; Nominated:  Best Sound, Recording: Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD); Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture: Edward Ward



Yankee Doodle Dandy
1943 Won: Best Actor in a Leading Role: James Cagney; Best Sound, Recording: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD);Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture: Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld; Nominated: Best Picture; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Walter Huston; Best Director: Michael Curtiz; Best Writing, Original Story: Robert Buckner; Best Film Editing: George Amy



Cabin in the Sky
1944 Nominated: Best Music, Original Song: Harold Arlen (music), E.Y. Harburg (lyrics), For the song "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe".


Casablanca
1944 Won: Best Picture; Best Director: Michael Curtiz; Best Writing, Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch; Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Humphrey Bogart; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Claude Rains; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Arthur Edeson; Best Film Editing: Owen Marks; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Max Steiner 


Laura
1945 Won: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Joseph LaShelle; Nominated:  Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Clifton Webb; Best Director: Otto Preminger; Best Writing, Screenplay: Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt; Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little


Double Indemnity
1945 Nominated: Best Picture; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Barbara Stanwyck; Best Director: Billy Wilder; Best Writing, Screenplay: Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: John F. Seitz; Best Sound, Recording: Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD); Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Miklós Rózsa 



Mildred Pierce
1946 Won: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Joan Crawford; Nominated: Best Picture; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Eve Arden; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Ann Blyth; Best Writing, Screenplay: Ranald MacDougall; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Ernest Haller  



The Picture of  Dorian Gray
1946 Won: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Harry Stradling Sr.; Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Angela Lansbury; Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters, Edwin B. Willis, John Bonar and Hugh Hunt



Humoresque
1947 Nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Franz Waxman


It's a Wonderful Life
1947 Nominated: Best Picture; Best Actor in a Leading Role: James Stewart; Best Director: Frank Capra; Best Sound, Recording: John Aalberg (RKO Radio SSD); Best Film Editing: William Hornbeck


The Killers
1947 Nominated: Best Director: Robert Siodmak; Best Writing, Screenplay: Anthony Veiller; Best Film Editing: Arthur Hilton; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Miklós Rózsa 



Notorious!
1947 Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Claude Rains; Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Ben Hecht 



The Bishop's Wife
1948 Won: Best Sound, Recording, Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD); Nominated: Best Picture: Samuel Goldwyn Productions; Best Director: Henry Koster; Best Film Editing: Monica Collingwood; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Hugo Friedhofer



It Happened On 5th Avenue
1948 Nominated: Best Writing, Original Story: Herbert Clyde Lewis, Frederick Stephani



Miracle on 34th Street
1948 Won: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Edmund Gwenn; Best Writing, Original Story: Valentine Davies; Best Writing, Screenplay: George Seaton; Nominated: Best Picture: Twentieth Century Fox



Hamlet
1949 Won: Best Picture; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Laurence Olivier; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon; Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Roger K. Furse; Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jean Simmons; Best Director: Laurence Olivier; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: William Walton 


Key Largo
1949 Won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Claire Trevor


The 1950s



On the Town
1950 Won: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture: Roger Edens, Lennie Hayton


The Window
1950 Nominated: Best Film Editing


The Asphalt Jungle
1951 Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sam Jaffe; Best Director: John Huston; Best Writing, Screenplay: Ben Maddow, John Huston; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Harold Rosson 



Cyrano de Bergerac
1951 Won: Best Actor in a Leading Role: José Ferrer


Sunset Boulevard
1951 Won: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D.M. Marshman Jr.; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Franz Waxman; Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: William Holden; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Gloria Swanson; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Erich von Stroheim, Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Nancy Olson; Best Director: Billy Wilder; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: John F. Seitz; Best Film Editing: Arthur P. Schmidt, Doane Harrison; Best Picture: Charles Brackett


The Third Man
1951 Won: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Robert Krasker; Nominated: Best Director: Carol Reed; Best Film Editing: Oswald Hafenrichter


The African Queen
1952 Won: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Humphrey Bogart; Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Katharine Hepburn; Best Director: John Huston; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: James Agee, John Huston  


Rashomon
1952 Won: Honorary Award; 1953: Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Takashi Matsuyama, H. Motsumoto 





Singin' In the Rain
1953 Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jean Hagen; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture: Lennie Hayton



From Here to Eternity
1954 Won: Best Picture: Buddy Adler; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Frank Sinatra; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Donna Reed; Best Director: Fred Zinnemann; Best Writing, Screenplay: Daniel Taradash; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Burnett Guffey; Best Sound, Recording; John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD): Best Film Editing: William A. Lyon; Nominated: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Montgomery Clift; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Burt Lancaster; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Deborah Kerr; Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Jean Louis; Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Morris Stoloff, George Duning 



Shane
1954 Won: Best Cinematography, Color: Loyal Griggs; Nominated:  Best Picture: George Stevens; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Brandon De Wilde; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jack Palance; Best Director: George Stevens; Best Writing, Screenplay: A.B. Guthrie Jr. 



Blackboard Jungle
1955 Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay: Richard Brooks; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Russell Harlan; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell, Edwin B. Willis and Henry Grace; Best Film Editing: Ferris Webster.



Sabrina
1955 Won: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Edith Head; Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Audrey Hepburn; Best Director: Billy Wilder; Best Writing, Screenplay: Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor, Ernest Lehman; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Charles Lang; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Hal Pereira, Walter H. Tyler, Sam Comer, Ray Moyer


Them
1955 Nominated: Best Effects, Special Effects


The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
1957 Won: Best Music, Original Song: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans For the song "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)"



The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 Won: Best Picture: Sam Spiegel; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Alec Guinness; Best Director: David Lean; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson (Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson were blacklisted at the time and received no screen credit.) Best Cinematography: Jack Hildyard; Best Film Editing: Peter Taylor; Best Music, Scoring: Malcolm Arnold; Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sessue Hayakawa


The 1960s




The 400 Blows
1960 Nominated: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy 



Sleeping Beauty
1960 Nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture George Bruns



The Magnificent Seven
1961 Nominated: Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Elmer Bernstein



Psycho
1961 Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Janet Leigh; Best Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: John L. Russell; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Joseph Hurley, Robert Clatworthy, George Milo



West Side Story
1962 Won: Best Picture: Robert Wise; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: George Chakiris; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Rita Moreno; Best Director: Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins For the first time a directing award is being shared; Best Cinematography, Color: Daniel L. Fapp; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin; Best Costume Design, Color: Irene Sharaff; Best Sound: Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD), Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD); Best Film Editing: Thomas Stanford; Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture: Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Ernest Lehman



             What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1963: Won: Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Norma Koch; Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Bette Davis; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Victor Buono; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Ernest Haller;  Best Sound: Joseph D. Kelly (Seven Arts-Warner Bros. Glen Glenn Sound Department)


A Hard Day's Night

1965 Nominated: Best Writing, Story, and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: Alun Owen; Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: George Martin



Mary Poppins
1965 Won: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Julie Andrews; Best Film Editing: Cotton Warburton; Best Effects, Special Visual Effects: Peter Ellenshaw, Hamilton Luske, Eustace Lycett: Best Music, Original Song: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman: For the song "Chim Chim Cher-ee"; Best Music, Substantially Original Score: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; Nominated:  Best Picture: Walt Disney, Bill Walsh; Best Director: Robert Stevenson; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi; Best Cinematography, Color: Edward Colman; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: arroll Clark, William H. Tuntke, Emile Kuri, Hal Gausman; Best Costume Design, Color: Tony Walton, Best Sound: Robert O. Cook (Walt Disney SSD); Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment: Irwin Kostal


Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1967 Won: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Elizabeth Taylor, Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Sandy Dennis, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White: Haskell Wexler, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: Richard Sylbert and George James Hopkins, Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Irene Sharaff; Nominated: Best Picture: Ernest Lehman, Best Actor in a Leading Role: Richard Burton,    Best Actor in a Supporting Role: George Segal, Best Director: Mike Nichols, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Ernest Lehman, Best Sound: George Groves, Best Film Editing: Sam O'Steen, Best Music, Original Music Score: Alex North    



The Graduate
1968 Won: Best Director: Mike Nichols; Nominated: Best Picture: Lawrence Turman; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Dustin Hoffman; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Anne Bancroft, Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Katharine Ross; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry; Best Cinematography: Robert Surtees



Romeo & Juliet
1969 Won: Best Cinematography: Pasqualino De Santis; Best Costume Design: Danilo Donati; Nominated: Best Picture: Anthony Havelock-Allan, John Brabourne; Best Director: Franco Zeffirelli



The 1970s





Five Easy Pieces
1970 Nominated: Best Picture: Bob Rafelson, Richard Wechsler; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jack Nicholson; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Karen Black; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced: Bob Rafelson (story), Carole Eastman (screenplay/story) (as Adrien Joyce)




Let It Be
1971 Won: Best Music, Original Song Score: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, The Beatles



Little Big Man
1971 Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Chief Dan George


Patton
1971: Won: Best Picture: Frank McCarthy; Best Actor in a Leading Role: George C. Scott (refused); Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced: Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet; Best Sound: Douglas O. Williams, Don J. Bassman; Best Film Editing: Hugh S. Fowler; Nominated: Best Cinematography: Fred J. Koenekamp; Best Effects, Special Visual Effects: Alex Weldon; Best Music, Original Score: Jerry Goldsmith



Clockwork Orange
1972 Nominated: Best Picture: Stanley Kubrick; Best Director: Stanley Kubrick; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Stanley Kubrick; Best Film Editing: Bill Butler




The Last Picture Show
1972 Won:  Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ben Johnson; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Cloris Leachman; Nominated: Best Picture: Stephen J. Friedman; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jeff Bridges; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Ellen Burstyn; Best Director: Peter Bogdanovich; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Larry McMurtry, Peter Bogdanovich; Best Cinematography: Robert Surtees

The Godfather
1973 Won: Best Picture: Albert S. Ruddy; Best Actor in a Leading Role:  Marlon Brando; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium: Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola; Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: James Caan; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Robert Duvall; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Al Pacino; Best Director: Francis Ford Coppola; Best Costume Design: Anna Hill Johnstone; Best Sound: Charles Grenzbach, Richard Portman and Christopher Newman; Best Film Editing: William Reynolds and Peter Zinner; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: Nino Rota (Withdrawn, ineligible: reused Fortunella score; replaced by a nomination for "Sleuth")

3 Days of the Condor
1975 Nominated: Best Film Editing: Fredric Steinkamp, Don Guidice



Blazing Saddles
1975 Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Madeline Kahn; Best Film Editing: John C. Howard, Danford B. Greene; Best Music, Original Song: John Morris (music), Mel Brooks (lyrics) For the song "Blazing Saddles"  


The Day of the Locust

1976 Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Burgess Meredith; Best Cinematography: Conrad L. Hall 



King Kong (1976)


1977 Won: Special Achievement Award: Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, Frank Van der Veer For visual effects; Nominated: Best Cinematography: Richard H. Kline; Best Sound: Harry W. Tetrick, William L. McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Jack Solomon



Annie Hall
1978 Won: Best Picture: Charles H. Joffe; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Diane Keaton; Best Director: Woody Allen; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman; Nominated:  Best Actor in a Leading Role: Woody Allen



Star Wars
1978 Won: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian; Best Costume Design: John Mollo; Best Sound:  Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball; Best Film Editing: Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew; Best Effects, Visual Effects: John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack; Best Music, Original Score: John Williams 


The 1980s



Alien
1980 Won: Best Effects, Visual Effects: H.R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, Dennis Ayling; Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration:  Michael Seymour, Leslie Dilley; Roger Christian; Ian Whittaker 



Manhattan
1980 Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Meryl Streep;  Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman



Star Trek The Motion Picture
1980 Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Harold Michelson, Joseph R. Jennings, Leon Harris, John Vallone, Linda DeScenna; Best Effects, Visual Effects: Douglas Trumbull, John Dykstra, Richard Yuricich, Robert Swarthe, David K. Stewart, Grant McCune; Best Music, Original Score: Jerry Goldsmith


1981 Won: Best Sound: Bill Varney; Steve Maslow; Gregg Landaker; Peter Sutton; Won:  Special Achievement Award: Brian Johnson; Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson For visual effects (statuette); Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Harry Lange, Alan Tomkins, Michael Ford; Best Music, Original Score: John Williams



Blade Runner
1983 Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Lawrence G. Paull, David L. Snyder, Linda DeScenna; Best Effects, Visual Effects: Douglas Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, David Dryer



Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Won: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Michael Ford; Best Sound: Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman; Best Film Editing: Michael Kahn; Best Effects, Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, Joe Johnston; Special Achievement Award:  Ben Burtt, ichard L. Anderson, For sound effects editing; Nominated: Best Picture: Frank Marshall; Best Director: Steven Spielberg, Best Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe; Best Music, Original Score: John Williams




Return of the Jedi
1984 Won: Special Achievement Award: Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, Phil Tippett, For visual effects (statuette); Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Norman Reynolds, Fred Hole, James L. Schoppe, Michael Ford; Best Sound: Ben Burtt, Gary Summers, Randy Thom, Tony Dawe; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Ben Burtt; Best Music, Original Score: John Williams 



Footloose
1985 Nominated: Best Music, Original Song: Kenny Loggins (music) and Dean Pitchford (lyric) For the song "Footloose"; Best Music, Original Song: Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford For the song "Let's Hear It for the Boy".



Ghostbusters
1985 Nominated: Best Effects, Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, John Bruno, Mark Vargo, Chuck Gaspar; Best Music, Original Song:  Ray Parker Jr. For the song "Ghostbusters"



Purple Rain
1985 Won Best Music, Original Song Score: Prince


Back to the Future

1986 Won: Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Charles L. Campbell, Robert R. Rutledge; Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale; Best Sound: Bill Varney, B. Tennyson Sebastian II, Robert Thirlwell, William B. Kaplan; Best Music, Original Song: Chris Hayes (music), Johnny Colla (music), Huey Lewis (lyrics) For the song "The Power of Love".



Hannah and Her Sisters

1987 Won: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Michael Caine; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Dianne Wiest;  Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Woody Allen; Nominated: Best Picture:Robert Greenhut; Best Director: Woody Allen; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Stuart Wurtzel and Carol Joffe; Best Film Editing: Susan E. Morse
1987 Won: Best Original Song: "Take My Breath Away" Music by Giorgio Moroder; Lyrics by Tom Whitlock; Nominated: Best Film Editing: Billy Weber and Chris Lebenzon; Best Sound: Donald O. Mitchell, Kevin O'Connell, Rick Kline and William B. Kaplan; Best Sound Effects Editing: Cecelia Hall and George Watters II



RoboCop
1988 Won: Special Achievement Award: Stephen Hunter Flick, John Pospisil, For sound effects editing; Nominated: Best Sound: Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin, Robert Wald; Best Film Editing: Frank J. Urioste


Predator
1988 Nominated: Best Effects, Visual Effects: Joel Hynek, Robert M. Greenberg, Richard Greenberg, Sam Winston



Beetlejuice
1989 Won: Best Makeup: Ve Neil, Steve LaPorte, Robert Short




Die Hard

1989 Nominated: Best Sound: Don J. Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Al Overton Jr.; Best Film Editing: Frank J. Urioste, John F. Link; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Stephen Hunter Flick, Richard Shorr; Best Effects, Visual Effects: Richard Edlund, Al Di Sarro, Brent Boates, Thaine Morris



Who Framed Roger Rabbit

1989 Won: Best Film Editing:  Arthur Schmidt; Best Sound Effects Editing:  Charles L. Campbell and Louis Edemann; Best Visual Effects: Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Ed Jones and George Gibbs; Special Achievement Award: Richard Williams: Nominated: Best Art Direction:  Elliot Scott and Peter Howitt; Best Cinematography:  Dean Cundey; Best Sound: Robert Knudson, John Boyd, Don Digirolamo and Tony Dawe


The 1990s


Back to the Future, Part II
1990 Nominated: Best Effects, Visual Effects: Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri, John Bell, Steve Gawley





Batman
1990 Won: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Anton Furst, Peter Young



The Little Mermaid
1990 Won: Best Music, Original Song: Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) For the song "Under the Sea"; Best Music, Original Score: Alan Menken; Nominated:  Best Music, Original Song: Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) For the song "Kiss the Girl"



When Harry Met Sally
1990 Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Nora Ephron 




Total Recall
1991 Won: Special Achievement Award: Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, Alex Funke For visual effects; Nominated: Best Sound: Nelson Stoll, Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Stephen Hunter Flick




Beauty and the Beast
1992 Won: Best Music, Original Song: Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) For the song "Beauty and the Beast"; Best Music, Original Score: Alan Menken; Nominated:  Best Picture: Don Hahn; Best Sound: Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson, Doc Kane; Best Music, Original Song: Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) For the song "Belle"; Best Music, Original Song: Alan Menken (music), Howard Ashman (lyrics) For the song "Be Our Guest"




Thelma & Louise
1992 Won: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Callie Khouri; Nominated: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Geena Davis; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Susan Sarandon; Best Director:  Ridley Scott; Best Cinematography: Adrian Biddle; Best Film Editing: Thom Noble




Dave
1994 Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Gary Ross



Jurassic Park
1994 Won: Best Sound: Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns; Best Effects, Visual Effects: Dennis Muren, Stan Winston,  Phil Tippett, Michael Lantieri


Forrest Gump

1995 Won: Best Picture: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Tom Hanks; Best Director: Robert Zemeckis; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Eric Roth; Best Film Editing: Arthur Schmidt; Best Effects, Visual Effects: Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, Allen Hall; Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Gary Sinise; Best Cinematography: Don Burgess; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Rick Carter, Nancy Haigh; Best Sound: Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Gloria S. Borders, Randy Thom; Best Makeup: Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore, Judith A. Cory; Best Music, Original Score: Alan Silvestri



The Lion King

1995 Won: Best Music, Original Song: Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) For the song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"; Best Music, Original Score: Hans Zimmer; Nominated: Best Music, Original Song: Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) For the song "Circle of Life"; Best Music, Original Song: Elton John (music), Tim Rice (lyrics) For the song "Hakuna Matata" 



Batman Forever

1996: Nominated: Best Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt, Best Sound: Donald O. Mitchell, Frank A. Montaño, Michael Herbick, Petur Hliddal; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: John Leveque, Bruce Stambler.



Braveheart

1996 Won: Best Picture: Mel Gibson, Alan Ladd Jr., Bruce Davey Best Director: Mel Gibson; Best Cinematography: John Toll;  Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Lon Bender, Per Hallberg;  Best Makeup: Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell;  Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Randall Wallace; Best Costume Design: Charles Knode; Best Sound: Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Brian Simmons: Best Film Editing: Steven Rosenblum; Best Music, Original Dramatic Score: James Horner


Hercules
1998: Nominated: Best Original Song "Go the Distance" Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by David Zippel



A Bug's Life

1999 Nominated: Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Randy Newman
1996 Nominated: Best Short Film, Animated Chris Bailey



Toy Story

1996 Won: Special Achievement Award: John Lasseter; Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Joss Whedon (screenplay), Andrew Stanton (screenplay/story), Joel Cohen (screenplay), Alec Sokolow (screenplay), John Lasseter (story), Pete Docter (story), Joe Ranft (story); Best Music, Original Song: Randy Newman For the song "You've Got a Friend in Me"; Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Randy Newman



Independence Day

1997 Won: Best Effects, Visual Effects: Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, Joe Viskocil; Nominated:  Best Sound: Chris Carpenter, Bill W. Benton, Bob Beemer, Jeff Wexler



Men in Black

1998 Won: Best Make Up: Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson; Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration:  Bo Welch (art director), Cheryl Carasik (set decorator); Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Danny Elfman 



Shakespeare in Love

1999 Won: Best Picture: David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman: Best Actress in a Leading Role: Gwyneth Paltrow; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Judi Dench; Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Martin Childs, Jill Quertier; Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell; Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score: Stephen Warbeck; Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Geoffrey Rush; Best Director: John Madden; Best Cinematography: Richard Greatrex; Best Sound: Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Peter Glossop; Best Film Editing: David Gamble; Best Makeup: Lisa Westcott, Veronica McAleer 




The 2000s




The Matrix

2000 Won: Best Film Editing: Zach Staenberg; Best Sound: John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, David Lee; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Dane A. Davis; Best Effects, Visual Effects: John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, Jon Thum





2000 Nominated: Best Sound: Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Shawn Murphy, John Midgley; Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing: Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort; Best Effects, Visual Effects: John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, Rob Coleman



Tarzan

2000 Won: Best Music, Original Song: Phil Collins For the song "You'll Be In My Heart".



Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2002 Nominated: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: Stuart Craig (art director), Stephenie McMillan (set decorator); Best Costume Design: Judianna Makovsky; Best Music, Original Score: John Williams



Monsters, Inc.
2002 Won: Best Music, Original Song: Randy Newman, For the song "If I Didn't Have You"; Nominated: Best Music, Original Score: Randy Newman; Best Sound Editing: Gary Rydstrom, Michael Silvers; Best Animated Feature: Pete Docter, John Lasseter 


Shrek


2002 Winner: Best Animated Feature: Aron Warner; Nominated: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S.H. Schulman



Spider-Man
2003 Nominated: Best Sound: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick; Best Visual Effects: John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier



Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

2003 Nominated: Best Visual Effects: Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll, and Ben Snow


Lost in Translation
2004 Won: Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Sofia Coppola; Nominated: Best Picture: Ross Katz, Sofia Coppola; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Bill Murray; Best Director: Sofia Coppola


Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2005 Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: John Williams; Best Achievement in Visual Effects:  Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George , John Richardson


The Incredibles
2005 Won: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Brad Bird; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Michael Silvers, Randy Thom; Nominated: Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Brad Bird; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, Doc Kane  



Shrek 2

2005 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Andrew Adamson; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Adam Duritz (composer/lyricist), Charles Gillingham (composer), Jim Bogios (composer), David Immerglück (composer), Matthew Malley (composer), David Bryson (composer), Dan Vickrey (lyricist) For the song "Accidentally In Love"



Spider-Man 2
2005 Won: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier; Nominated:  Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Joseph Geisinger; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson


Capote
2006 Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Philip Seymour Hoffman; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Catherine Keener; Best Achievement in Directing: Bennett Miller; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Dan Futterman



Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2006 Nominated: Best Achievement in Art Direction: Stuart Craig (art director), Stephenie McMillan (set decorator) 


King Kong (2005)
2006: Won: Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor;  Nominated: Best Achievement in Art Direction: Grant Major (art director), Dan Hennah (set decorator), Simon Bright (set decorator). 



Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

2006 Nominated: Best Achievement in Makeup: Dave Elsey, Nikki Gooley




Little Miss Sunshine
2007 Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Alan Arkin; Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Abigail Breslin 




The Dark Knight
2009 Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Richard King; Nominated: Best Achievement in Cinematography: Wally Pfister; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Lee Smith; Best Achievement in Art Direction: Nathan Crowley (art director), Peter Lando (set decorator); Best Achievement in Makeup: John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul J. Franklin


The 2010s



Coraline
2010 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Henry Selick



Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 
2010 Nominated: Best Achievement in Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel



Star Trek (2009)
2010 Won: Best Achievement in Makeup: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow; Nominated: Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 
2011 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi; Best Achievement in Art Direction: Stuart Craig (production designer), Stephenie McMillan (set decorator


How to Train Your Dragon 

2011: Nominated: Best Animated Feature: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois; Best Original Score: John Powell



Iron Man 2
2011 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick



Tangled
2011 Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Alan Menken (music), Glenn Slater (lyrics) For the song "I See the Light".



True Grit (2010)
2011 Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Hailee Steinfeld; Best Achievement in Directing: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Roger Deakins; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mary Zophres; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey; Best Achievement in Art Direction: Jess Gonchor (production designer), Nancy Haigh (set decorator)



The Artist
2012 Won: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Thomas Langmann; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Jean Dujardin; Best Achievement in Directing: Michel Hazanavicius; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mark Bridges; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Ludovic Bource; Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Bérénice Bejo; Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Michel Hazanavicius; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Guillaume Schiffman; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius; Best Achievement in Art Direction: Laurence Bennett (production designer), Robert Gould (set decorator)



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2012 Nominated: Best Achievement in Makeup: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson; Best Achievement in Art Direction: Stuart Craig (production designer), Stephenie McMillan (set decorator) 



The Iron Lady
2012 Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep; Best Achievement in Makeup Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland 



Argo
2013 Won: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio; Best Achievement in Film Editing: William Goldenberg; Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Alan Arkin, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Alexandre Desplat; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, José Antonio García; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn



The Avengers
2013 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Daniel Sudick



Flight
2013 Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Denzel Washington; Best Writing, Original Screenplay: John Gatins



Hitchcock
2013 Nominated: Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel 



Les Miserables
2013 Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway, Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Simon Hayes; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Hugh Jackman; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Paco Delgado; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Herbert Kretzmer (lyrics), Alain Boublil (lyrics) For the song "Suddenly"; Best Achievement in Production Design: Eve Stewart (production designer), Anna Lynch-Robinson (set decorator)



Life of Pie
2013 Won: Best Achievement in Directing: Ang Lee; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Claudio Miranda; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Mychael Danna; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: David Magee; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Tim Squyres; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Drew Kunin, Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Mychael Danna (music), Bombay Jayashri (lyrics) For the song "Pi's Lullaby"; Best Achievement in Production Design: David Gropman (production designer), Anna Pinnock (set decorator) 



Lincoln
2013 Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis; Best Achievement in Production Design: Rick Carter (production designer), Jim Erickson (set decorator); Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Tommy Lee Jones; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Sally Field; Best Achievement in Directing:  Steven Spielberg; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Tony Kushner; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Michael Kahn; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Joanna Johnston; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: John Williams; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins 



The Pirates Band of  Misfits
2013 Nominated: Best Animated Feature: Peter Lord



Silver Linings Playbook
2013 Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Bradley Cooper; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Robert De Niro; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Jacki Weaver; Best Achievement in Directing; David O. Russell; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers




Skyfall
2013 Won: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Adele, Paul Epworth For the song "Skyfall"; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers Tied with Paul N.J. Ottosson for Zero Dark Thirty (2012); Nominated: Best Achievement in Cinematography: Roger Deakins; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Thomas Newman;Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson


Snow White & The Huntsman
2013 Nominated: Best Achievement in Costume Design: Colleen Atwood; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Phil Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson



Wreck-It Ralph
2013 Nominated: Best Animated Feature: Rob Moore


American Hustle
2014 Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Christian Bale; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Amy Adams; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Bradley Cooper; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Lawrence; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Michael Wilkinson; Best Achievement in Directing: David O. Russell; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten; Best Achievement in Production Design: Judy Becker (production design), Heather Loeffler (set decoration); Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell



Blue Jasmine
2014 Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett; Nominated:  Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Sally Hawkins; Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Woody Allen


Ernest & Celestine
2014: Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Benjamin Renner, Didier Brunner



Frozen
2014 Won: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics), Robert Lopez (music and lyrics) Song: "Let It Go"



The Wolf of Wall Street
2014 Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Leonardo DiCaprio; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Jonah Hill; Best Achievement in Directing: Martin Scorsese; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter; Best Motion Picture of the Year: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joey McFarland, Martin Scorsese



Big Hero 6

2015 Won: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Don Hall, Chris Williams, Roy Conli 



Birdman
2015 Won: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole; Best Achievement in Directing: Alejandro G. Iñárritu; Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki; Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Michael Keaton; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Edward Norton; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Emma Stone; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández


Boyhood
2015 Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Ethan Hawke; Best Achievement in Directing: Richard Linklater; Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Richard Linklater; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Sandra Adair



Captain America The Winter Soldier
2015  Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick



Guardians of the Galaxy
2015: Nominated: Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould\

How to Train Your Dragon 2


2015: Nominated: Best Animated Feature



The Force Awakens
2016 Nominated:  Best Achievement in Film Editing: Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: John Williams; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Matthew Wood, David Acord; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Roger Guyett, Pat Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould



Inside Out
2016 Won: Best Animated Feature of the Year: Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera; Nominated: Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Pete Docter (screenplay/story), Meg LeFauve (screenplay), Josh Cooley (screenplay), Ronnie Del Carmen (story)



Spectre
2016 Won: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Sam Smith, James Napier (as Jimmy Napes) Song: "Writing's On The Wall"



Arrival
2017 Won: Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Sylvain Bellemare; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder, David Linde; Best Achievement in Directing: Denis Villeneuve; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Eric Heisserer; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Bradford Young; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Joe Walker; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Claude La Haye;  Best Achievement in Production Design: Patrice Vermette (production design); Paul Hotte (set decoration)



Doctor Strange
2017 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli, Paul Corbould 


Hail, Caesar!
2017 Nominated: Best Achievement in Production Design: Jess Gonchor (production design), Nancy Haigh (set decoration)



Hidden Figures
2017 Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Peter Chernin, Donna Gigliotti, Theodore Melfi, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay: Allison Schroeder, Theodore Melfi 



Kubo and the Two Strings
2017 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner; Best Visual Effects: Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff.



Moana
2017: Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Ron Clements, John Musker, Osnat Shurer; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Lin-Manuel Miranda Song: "How Far I'll Go"


Passengers
2017 Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Thomas Newman; Best Achievement in Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas (production design), Gene Serdena (set decoration) 



Rogue One
2017 Nominated: Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal T. Hickel, Neil Corbould



Star Trek Beyond
2017 Nominated: Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Joel Harlow, Richard Alonzo



Suicide Squad
2017 Won: Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, Christopher Allen Nelson



Zootopia
2017 Won: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer



Beauty and the Beast (2017)
2018 Nominated: Best Achievement in Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran; Best Achievement in Production Design: Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer



The Big Sick
2018 Nominated: Best Original Screenplay: Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon



Coco
2018 Won: Best Animated Feature Film: Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez For song "Remember Me"



Dunkirk
2018 Won: Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Richard King, and Alex Gibson;  Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo, Mark Weingarten;  Best Achievement in Film Editing: Lee Smith; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan; Best Achievement in Directing: Christopher Nolan; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Hans Zimmer; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema; Best Achievement in Production Design: Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis




Get Out
2018: Winner: Best Original Screenplay Jordan Peele; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Jordan Peele ; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Kaluuya; Best Achievement in Directing: Jordan Peele



Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2018 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Daniel Sudick



Lady Bird
2018 Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O'Neill; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Saoirse Ronan; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Laurie Metcalf; Best Achievement in Directing: Greta Gerwig; Best Original Screenplay: Greta Gerwig 



Logan
 2018 Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Frank, James Mangold, Michael Green



Loving Vincent
2018 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart



The Shape of Water
2018 Won: Best Picture: Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale; Best Director: Guillermo del Toro; Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat;  Best Production Design: Paul D. Austerberry, Jeff Melvin and Shane Vieau; Nominated: Best Actress: Sally Hawkins; Best Supporting Actor: Richard Jenkins; Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer; Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor; Best Sound Editing: Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira; Best Sound Mixing: Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier; Best Cinematography: Dan Laustsen; Best Costume Design: Luis Sequeira; Best Film Editing: Sidney Wolinsky



Star Wars The Last Jedi
2018 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Ben Morris, Michael Mulholland, Neal Scanlan, Chris Corbould; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): John Williams; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Matthew Wood, Ren Klyce;  Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Michael Semanick, David Parker, Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce



Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
2018 Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Frances McDormand; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Sam Rockwell; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, and Martin McDonagh; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Woody Harrelson; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Carter Burwell; Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh;  Best Achievement in Film Editing: Jon Gregory



Wonder
    2018 Nominated: Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Arjen Tuiten



Avengers Infinity War
2019: Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl, Daniel Sudick 


Black Panther
2019: Won: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Ludwig Göransson; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Ruth E. Carter; Best Achievement in Production Design: Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Kevin Feige;  Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Sounwave, Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, SZA For song "All the Stars";Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker;   Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Peter J. Devlin




Bohemian Rhapsody

2019 Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Rami Malek; Best Achievement in Film Editing: John Ottman; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: John Warhurst, Nina Hartstone; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, John Casali: Nominated:  Best Motion Picture of the Year: Graham King



Christopher Robin 
2019: Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Chris Lawrence, Mike Eames, Theo Jones, Chris Corbould



Green Door
2019: Won: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly,  Nick Vallelonga; Best Original Screenplay: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali; Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Viggo Mortensen;  Best Achievement in Film Editing: Patrick J. Don Vito



Incredibles 2
2019: Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film: Brad Bird, John Walker, Nicole Paradis Grindle



Ralph Breaks the Internet
2019: Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film: Rich Moore, Phil Johnston, Clark Spencer



Ready Player One
2019 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew E. Butler, David Shirk



Solo: A Star Wars Story
2019 Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Rob Bredow, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy


Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2019: Won: Best Animated Feature Film: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller




A Star is Born
2019: Won: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt For song "Shallow"; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Bill Gerber, Bradley Cooper, Lynette Howell Taylor; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Bradley Cooper; Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Lady Gaga; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Sam Elliott; Best Adapted Screenplay: Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Matthew Libatique; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic, Jason Ruder, Steven Morrow

 The 2020s

1917

2020: Won: Best Achievement in Cinematography: Roger Deakins; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler, Dominic Tuohy; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson;  Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall; Best Achievement in Directing: Sam Mendes; Best Original Screenplay: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns;  Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, Rebecca Cole; Best Achievement in Production Design: Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Thomas Newman;  Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate



Avengers: Endgame

2020: Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken, Daniel Sudick



Frozen II
2020: Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez For song "Into the Unknown"




How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

2020: Nominated: Best Animated Feature:  Dean DeBlois, Bonnie Arnold, and Brad Lewis




Jojo Rabbit

2020 Won: Best Adapted Screenplay: Taika Waititi; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Scarlett Johansson; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mayes C. Rubeo, Best Achievement in Production Design: Ra Vincent, Nora Sopková; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Tom Eagles



Joker
2020: Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Joaquin Phoenix; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Hildur Guðnadóttir; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff; Best Achievement in Directing: Todd Phillips;  Best Adapted Screenplay: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Lawrence Sher; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Mark Bridges; Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Nicki Ledermann, Kay Georgiou; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Jeff Groth; Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Tom Ozanich, Dean A. Zupancic, Tod A. Maitland; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Alan Robert Murray



Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2020: Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Brad Pitt; Best Achievement in Production Design: Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino; Best Achievement in Directing: Quentin Tarantino; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Leonardo DiCaprio; ; Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Robert Richardson; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Arianne Phillips;  Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler, Mark Ulano; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Wylie Stateman

Parasite
2020  Won: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Sin-ae Kwak, Bong Joon Ho; Best Achievement in Directing: Bong Joon Ho; Won: Best International Feature Film: South Korea;  Best Original Screenplay: Bong Joon Ho, Jin Won Han; Nominated: Best Achievement in Production Design: Ha-jun Lee, Won-woo Cho; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Jinmo Yang



Rocketman
2020: Won: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Elton John, Bernie Taupin For song "I'm Gonna Love Me Again"



Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2020 Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): John Williams; Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach, Dominic Tuohy, Roger Guyett; Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Matthew Wood, David Acord



Toy Story 4
2020 Won:Best Animated Feature Film: Josh Cooley, Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera; Nominated: Best Achievem ent in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Randy Newman, For song ""I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away



Judas and the Black Messiah

2021: Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Daniel Kaluuya; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): H.E.R. (music by/lyric by), D'Mile (as Dernst Emile II) (music by), Tiara Thomas (lyric by) For song "Fight for You"; Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Shaka King (producer), Charles D. King (producer), Ryan Coogler (producer); Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: LaKeith Stanfield; Best Original Screenplay: Will Berson (screenplay by/story by), Shaka King (screenplay by/story by), Kenneth Lucas (story by) (as Kenny Lucas) Keith Lucas (story by); Best Achievement in Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt; 



2021: Won: Best Achievement in Cinematography: Erik Messerschmidt; Best Achievement in Production Design: Donald Graham Burt (production design), Jan Pascale (set decoration); Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Ceán Chaffin (producer), Eric Roth (producer), Douglas Urbanski (producer); Best Achievement in Directing: David Fincher; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Gary Oldman;  Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Amanda Seyfried; Best Sound: Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, Drew Kunin;  Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri, Colleen LaBaff; Best Achievement in Costume Design: Trish Summerville; 



Onward

2021: Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film: Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae


Soul 

2021: Won: Best Animated Feature Film: Pete Docter, Dana Murray; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste; Best Sound: Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott, David Parker




2021: Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Marc Platt (producer), Stuart M. Besser (as Stuart Besser) (producer); Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Sacha Baron Cohen; Best Original Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin (written by); Best Achievement in Film Editing: Alan Baumgarten; Best Achievement in Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song): Celeste (as Celeste Waite) (lyric by), Daniel Pemberton (music by/lyric by), For song: "Hear My Voice".

Encanto 

2022: Won: Best Animated Feature; Best Original Score.



Free Guy

2022: Nominated: Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick.


The Mitchells vs. The Machines

2022 Nominated: Best Animated Feature: Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht



The Banshees of Inisherin

2023 Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year: Graham Broadbent (producer), Peter Czernin (producer), Martin McDonagh (producer); Best Achievement in Directing: Martin McDonagh; Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Colin Farrell; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Brendan Gleeson; Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Barry Keoghan; Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Kerry Condon; Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score): Carter Burwell; Best Achievement in Film Editing: Mikkel E.G. Nielsen



The Batman

2023: Nominated: Best Sound: Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson; Best Makeup and Hairstyling Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine; Best Visual Effects Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy.


2023 Won: Best Costume Design: Ruth Carter; Nominated: Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett; Best Original Song "Lift Me Up - Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, and Ludwig Göransson; Lyrics by Tems and Ryan Coogler; Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Camille Friend and Joel Harlow;  Best Visual Effects: Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick.



Elvis

2023 Nominated: Best Picture Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss; Best Actor: Austin Butler; Best Sound: David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller; Best Production Design: Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy and Anthony Carlino; Best Cinematography: Mandy Walker; Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti; Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin; Best Film Editing: Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond



Everything Everywhere All at Once

2023 Won: Best Picture: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang; Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert; Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh; Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert; Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan; Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis; Best Film Editing: Paul Rogers; Nominated: Best Supporting Actress: Stephanie Hsu; Best Original Score: Son Lux; Best Original Song: Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski for "This is a Life"; Best Costume Design: Shirley Kurata. 



Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2023 Won: Best Animated Feature: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley



Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

2023 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey



Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

2023 Nominated: Best Costume Design: Jenny Beavan



Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

2023 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film: Joel Crawford and Mark Swift



Top Gun: Maverick

2023Won: Best Sound: Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor; Nominated: Best Picture: Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, and Jerry Bruckheimer; Best Adapted Screenplay Ehren Kruger, Eric Warren Singer, and Christopher McQuarrie; Best Original Song Lady Gaga and BloodPop for "Hold My Hand"; Best Film Editing: Eddie Hamilton; Best Visual Effects: Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, and Scott R. Fisher



Turning Red

2023 Won: Best Animated Feature Film: Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

    
Barbie

2024 Won: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
(Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell For "What Was I Made For?"); Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, Robbie Brenner); Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Ryan Gosling); Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (America Ferrera); Best Adapted Screenplay (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach); Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt For "I'm Just Ken"); Best Achievement in Production Design: Sarah Greenwood (production designer);Katie Spencer (set decorator); Best Achievement in Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran


American Fiction

2024 Won: Best Motion Picture of the Year
(Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios,Cord Jefferson,Jermaine Johnson); Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Jeffrey Wright); 
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) (Laura Karpman)


The Boy and the Heron

2024 Won: Best Animated Feature Film (Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki)


Elemental 

2024 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film (Peter Sohn, Denise Ream}

The Holdovers

2024 Won: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Da'Vine Joy Randolph); Nominated: Best Motion Picture of the Year (Mark Johnson); Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Paul Giamatti); Best Original Screenplay (David Hemingson); Best Achievement in Film Editing: 
(Kevin Tent)


Oppenheimer

2024 Won: Best Motion Picture of the Year (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan): Best Achievement in Directing (Christopher Nolan); Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Cillian Murphy); Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Downey Jr.); Best Achievement in Cinematography (Hoyte Van Hoytema); Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) (Ludwig Göransson); Best Achievement in Film Editing (Jennifer Lame); Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Emily Blunt); Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Nolan); Best Sound (Willie D. Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, Kevin O'Connell); Best Achievement in Production Design: Ruth De Jong (production designer)Claire Kaufman (set decorator); Best Achievement in Costume Design (Ellen Mirojnick); Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling (Luisa Abel)



Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2024 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal)


Anora

2025 Won: Best Picture: Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker, producers; Best Director: Sean Baker; Best Actress in a Leading Role: Mikey Madison; Best Writing (Original Screenplay): Sean Baker; Best Film Editing: Sean Baker; Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Yura Borisov.


A Complete Unknown

2025 Nominated: Best Picture:  Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman, producers; Best Directing: James Mangold; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Timothée Chalame; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Monica Barbaro; Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Edward Norton; Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay):  A Complete Unknown – James Mangold and Jay Cocks; based on the book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wald; Best Sound: Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul
Massey, and David Giammarco; Best Costume Design: Arianne Phillips

Conclave

2025 Won: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Conclave – Peter Straughan; based on the novel by Robert Harris; Nominated: Best Picture: Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman, producers; Best Actor in a Leading Role: Ralph Fiennes; Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Isabella Rossellini; Best Music (Original Score): Conclave – Volker Bertelmann; Best Production Design: Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter; Best Costume Design: Conclave – Lisy Christl; Best Film Editing: Nick Emerson

Flow

2025 Won: Best Animated Feature Film:  Gints Zilbalodis, MatÄ«ss Kaža, Ron Dyens, and Gregory Zalcman; Nominated: Best International Feature Film: (Latvia) – directed by Gints Zilbalodis

Inside Out 2

2025 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film:  Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

2025 Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film:  Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, and Richard Beek


The Wild Robot

2025  Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film:Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann; Best Music (Original Score): Kris Bowers; Best Sound: Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo, and Leff Leffert

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Stubs - My Neighbor Totoro


My Neighbor Totoro aka Tonari no Totoro (1988; version viewed 2005) Voice Acting: Tim Daly, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Lea Salonga, Frank Welker. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki. Produced by Toru Hara. Color. Japan. Animated, Fantasy, Foreign

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the great Japanese anime film directors of all-time, reaching International acclaim with films like Spirted Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and The Wind Rises (2013). A gifted storyteller, Miyazaki got his start as an in-between artist at Toei Animation in 1963 working on the theatrical feature anime Watchdog Bow Wow (1963) and the TV anime Wolf Boy Ken.

By 1968, Miyazaki was the chief animator on Hols: Prince of the Sun, though the film was directed by Isao Takahata. This would begin a collaboration between the two filmmakers that would eventually lead to their founding Studio Ghibli in 1985. It is at this studio where Miyazaki would direct his best-known films.

One of the studio’s early films was My Neighbor Totoro, released on the same day in 1988 as Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies. The production was influenced greatly by the Art Director, Kazuo Oga, who had previously worked on such films as Barefoot Gen (1983) and Wicked City (1987). My Neighbor Totoro would take his career to a new level and would begin his continued relationship with Studio Ghibli.

The film was originally released in Japan with Noriko Hidaka as Satsuki Kusakabe, Chika Sakamoto as Mei Kusakabe, Shigesato Itoi as Tatsuo Kusakabe and Sumi Shimamoto voicing Yasuko Kusakabe. The film’s U.S. release came via Fox home video, which released the film on home video in 1993 under the title My Friend Totoro. Miyazaki, who had previously been disappointed in how his films were transitioned into English, would not allow Fox to make any edits and they had to stay as close to the original screenplay as possible.

This release dubbed the film into English with Lisa Michelson voicing Satsuki Kusakabe, Cheryl Chase as Mei Kusakabe, Greg Snegoff as Tatsuo Kusakabe and Alexandra Kenworthy as Yasuko Kusakabe. If the first American cast doesn’t sound familiar, you are not alone.

When Fox’s rights lapsed, Disney picked them up. Why not, they have practically everything else? For their home video release, they re-cast the dubbed voices, bringing more recognizable actors to the lead roles. For Satsuki, they cast Dakota Fanning, at the time all of 11, but already an acclaimed actress. For the younger sister, they kept it in the family, casting Dakota’s younger sister Elle. The role of the father went to Tim Daly, who at the time was best known for his long-running role on TV’s Wings series.

While Lea Salonga, who was cast as the mother, might not be a household name in the US, the Filipina singer’s voice had already been used in Disney’s Mulan (1998) and its direct-to-video follow-up Mulan II (2005). The voice cast also featured Pat Carroll, Ursula from The Little Mermaid (1989), and the great Frank Welker, who has voiced just about everything but may be best known in some circles for his work on the Transformers franchise.

Satsuki (Dakota Fanning) and Mei (Elle Fanning) are excited about their new home in the country.

The film takes place in rural Japan and at a time that feels like the late 1950s. By then, a lot of wounds from World War II had healed or were healing. University professor Tatsuo Kusakabe (Tim Daly) and this two daughters, Satsuki (Dakota Fanning) and Mei (Elle Fanning), are moving out to the country. We don’t know from where, but judging by everyone’s reaction to their new surroundings, it must have been from a city.


Granny (Pat Carroll) has been the caretaker of their house and watches after the girls as well.

Their closest neighbors run a rice farm and have a boy about the girls’ age, Kanta (Paul Butcher). The matriarch of the family, whom everyone calls Granny (Pat Carroll), has also been the caretaker of the Kusakabe’s house. She comes by soon after they move in.


The girls' father, Tatsuo Kusakabe (Tim Daly), bathes with them and their laughter rids the house of soot spirits.

But almost immediately, as the sisters explore the house, they become aware of dust creatures called susuwatari. They are for the most part harmless, but their presence sort of bothers the girls. That is until one evening while bathing with their father, they laugh so hard that the soot spirits leave the house, drifting in the wind looking for a new empty house to call home.

Tatsuo takes his girls on a bike ride to visit their mother in the hospital.

The three go to the hospital to visit the mother, Yasuko (Lea Salonga), who is still recuperating from some unknown malady.

The girls' mother, Yasuko (Lea Salonga), is happy to see them.

One day, Satsuki goes to school and father has some work to do. This leaves Mei on her own. While playing, she sees two rabbit-like ears in the tall grass and follows them. Under the house, she discovers two of the creatures and they lead her through a briar patch and into the hollow under a large camphor tree.

Left on her own, Mei follows after two rabbit-like creatures.

Under the tree, she discovers a much larger version of the same kind of magical spirit, which she identifies as “Totoro” based on the sounds it makes. Even though she falls asleep on the large Totoro’s belly, Satsuki finds her on the ground in a briar clearing. Try as she might, Mei can never find the hollow part of the trunk to show her family. But her father seems to already know about the Totoro, telling Mei that he is the keeper of the forest and only reveals himself when he wants to.

Mei meets Totoro, a large magical creature.

One rainy night, the girls go to wait for their father’s bus because they realize he’s forgotten his umbrella. But the bus is late and the girls grow worried when he’s not on the one they’re expecting him to be on. While they wait, Mei falls asleep, so Satsuki carries her sister on her back. Soon after, the Totoro appears, the first time Satsuki has been allowed to see him. Because he only has a leaf to use to shelter him from the rain, Satsuki offers him the umbrella they’d brought for their father.

Totoro shows up while the girls wait for their father's bus.

The creature enjoys not only the shelter the umbrella provides but also the sound of the raindrops hitting it. To show his appreciation, he gives Satsuki a bag with nuts and seeds inside. Not long after, a Catbus (Frank Welker) shows up and the Totoro boards, taking the umbrella with him. Soon afterward, the bus with their father arrives. He apologizes for being late and they leave.


The girls plant the seeds. A few days later, they awaken at midnight to find Totoro and his two miniature colleagues engaged in a ceremonial dance around the planted nuts and seeds. The girls join in, whereupon the seeds sprout, and then grow, eventually combining into a single enormous tree. Totoro, along with his colleagues, take the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. In the morning, the giant tree is gone, but the seeds have indeed sprouted.

The girls help perform a ceremony to get the seeds to grow.

A planned visit by their mother gets postponed because of an undisclosed setback with her health. Disappointed, Satsuki tells Mei the bad news, but Mei does not take the news well. The two sisters get into an argument, ending with Satsuki storming off. Mei decides to take her mom some fresh corn and decides to walk to the hospital by herself.

Mei runs away to give her mother fresh corn.

Satsuki and the neighbors search for Mei, but to no avail. Desperate, Satsuki goes to the camphor tree and asks for Totoro’s help. Totoro is delighted to be asked and summons the Catbus, which takes Satsuki to where Mei is. After the sisters are reunited, the Catbus takes them to the hospital where their father is visiting their mother.

The girls take the Catbus (Frank Welker) to visit their mother.

Sitting perched in the tree, the sisters eavesdrop on their parents’ conversation and hear their mother had been kept from visiting them by a minor cold, rather than something worse like they had feared. Their parents hear something outside her hospital room, but all they find is the ear of corn that Mei had brought for her mother. Meanwhile, the girls are taken back home by the Catbus, which disappears from sight as soon as they get off.

The parents find the ear of corn Mei left, but don't see the girls.

During the end credits, Yasuko returns home and the sisters are shown playing with other children. Totoro and his friends are shown as unseen observers.

This is a gentle film and I mean that in more ways than one. The story is more a slice of life for the Kusakabe family. Mom is in the hospital and the father and the children move to be closer to her. The big difference between their life and anyone else’s is that the Kusakabes lives in a forest with a giant magical spirit.

There does not seem to be much going on in the film. The biggest event in the film is really Mei running away from home, but she’s only gone for a matter of hours and she’s found safe and sound. The Totoro serves more like a Deus Ex Machina, sort of lying around waiting to be called upon to do good and give the story a happy ending.

There’s nothing wrong with that, but if you’re looking for something along the lines of American animated films, where there has to be some sense of the characters in danger, then you need to look elsewhere. Mei is really never in harm’s way and how bad can a situation be if a Catbus is what saves you?

While the film wasn’t colored with these, I came away thinking of it more like water colors than the computerized CGI that dominates modern animation. The color palette is nice, but the colors are never too vivid or wild, which seems to suit the story very well.

Obviously, the story takes place in Japan, but the characters are drawn with a certain universality that defies racial categorization. There are no ceremonial robes or “native” dress in the film, as there are no cultural roadblocks that might separate us from them. While I have a limited exposure to Japanese animation, this sort of style seems to permeate throughout what I have seen.

My Neighbor Totoro was very accessible and rather easy to watch. While I doubt very much that this is Miyazaki’s best work, it does seem to have many of the characteristics that have made him an Internationally acclaimed story-teller. While I’m not sure if these films stand up to repeated viewings, the way some of the best Walt Disney and Pixar films do, I would definitely recommend this film to anyone interested in or, like me, was interested in Hayao Miyazaki’s work.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Stubs - 9 (2009)


9 (2009) Voices by Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Fred Tatasciore Directed by Shane Acker Screenplay by Pamela Pettler Based on 9 (2005) a short film by Shane Acker. Produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Tim Burton, Dana Ginsburg, Jim Lemley. Run Time: 79 minutes USA Animated, Science Fiction, Fantasy

If you need proof that you don’t need to make sense to be engaging, then look no further than 9, a computer animated film directed by Shane Acker, based on a short student film he made while attending UCLA four years earlier.

Try to imagine Sackboy from the Playstation video game series LittleBigPlanet in a post-apocalyptic dystopia and you’re getting close to what the film is like. The film follows the life of 9 (Elijah Wood), a sewn together robot created by a Scientist (Alan Oppenheimer) at the end of a war between man and machines. The last act the scientist does is to “inject” some of his soul, if you will, into his creation, in a last gamble to preserve humanity.

In his last act, the Scientist (Alan Oppenheimer) infuses life into 9 (Elijah Wood).

After the scientist dies, 9 comes to life but has no idea where he is. He finds a strange object on the floor and instinctively picks it up and puts it inside his body, which conveniently has a zipper down the front. Everywhere around him is destruction. When he sees something moving outside he ventures out and runs into a similar creature, 2 (Martin Landau). (Each rag doll has a crudely drawn number on their backs and has adopted those numbers as their names.) 2 recognizes 9 as one of his kind and helps him by giving a voice box. But the familial reunion is disrupted when a cat-like mechanical creature attacks. In the struggle, both 2 and the device 9 has on him are taken away by the cat.

2 (Martin Landau) recognizes 9 as one of his own.

Knocked out in the fight, 9 has been retrieved by 5 (John C. Reilly), a one-eyed “brother” who has taken him to the Sanctuary, a loft in a church where similar robot dolls are safe under the dictatorial eye of 1 (Christopher Plummer), who has taken on the appearance of a pope. 1 maintains control over the others in the flock with the help of 8 (Fred Tatasciore), a larger version of the dolls who seems to be an expert in weapons. In addition to 1, 5 and 8, there is also 6 (Crispin Glover), who apparently received any artistic genes the scientist had. He continually draws three objects on paper that is hanging around the Sanctuary.

9 watches as 6 (Crispin Glover) draws three objects.

9 wants to go after 2, but 1 forbids it, mostly because of the danger involved in venturing outside the sanctuary. 1 considers 2 to be as good as dead, but 9 has seen where he was taken and convinces 5 to help him rescue 2. Through the pockmarked wasteland, 5 and 9 stumble with the help of a map. They discover the cave through which the cat-machine has gone and follow him.

The environment they exist in is a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

The tunnel leads to a long-ago abandoned factory, where they find 2, who is still alive but guarded by the cat-beast. They try to quietly rescue 2, but the cat-beast hears them and attacks. They are rescued by 7 (Jennifer Connelly), who appears from nowhere and slays the cat. All is not okay for very long.

7 (Jennifer Connelly) rescues 2, 5 and 9 from the cat-beast.

Having recovered the object, 9 notices that it seems to be designed to fit into an interface and curiosity gets the better of him and he plugs it in. As soon as it seals, it is already too late. A large machine with arms springs to life, grabs the newly rescued 2 and drains him of his soul, leaving him dead, while the other three manage to escape.

9's curiosity leads to the Machine coming to life and killing 2.

7 takes 9 and 5 to the library, where two more sock robots, 3 and 4, reside. They’re twins and their only function seems to be categorizing what is left of man’s intellect in the form of the printed word. Unable to speak, the two communicate with each other using their eyes like semaphores. 3 and 4 can also project what they’ve learned like a film for the others to watch. It is now that we find out about the origins of the world they live in.

At the library, 9 watches a film that 3 and 4 project from their eyes.

The scientist who created them also created a fabrication machine that is seized by the dictator who used to the run the unnamed country. The B.R.A.I.N., as it was called, will be used by the dictator to create weapons and armaments that will give him greater power. But the B.R.A.I.N. decides that humans are the real enemy and starts to build machines in its image. With its robot army, the B.R.A.I.N. directs an attack on all humans. A deadly gas is released which wipes out the humans as well as all other life on the planet.

The Chancellor (Tom Kane) orders the building of the B.R.A.I.N. below,
which is capable of fabricating just about anything.

9 realizes then that the object which brought the B.R.A.I.N. back to life looks like the drawings 6 was doing at the Sanctuary. 9 and 5 then return to investigate but are caught by 1. But before too long, the B.R.A.I.N. dispatches a winged machine which attacks the Sanctuary. This leads to a battle in which 7, who joins in on the fight, is injured. Working together, 9, 5 and 8 manage to defeat the winged machine and save 1.

1 (Christopher Plummer) is the self-appointed leader of the robot dolls.

Forced out of their sanctuary, the robots return to the library. There 6, 3 and 4 reveal the origins of the object 9 found. 1 is not happy about that and chastises the group. He then reveals that he sent 2 out on a mission to die. This news enrages 7, who wants to kill 1 for his actions, but is stopped by 9 from doing so.

A new robot, a snakelike machine, is sent to the library and manages to capture both 7 and 8 by sewing up into their body. While the bot manages to escape with the two in its body, the group manages to recover 2’s body and give it a proper burial.

The group heads out to the Factory to destroy the fabrication machine. 9 goes in by himself, where he sees 8’s soul being absorbed before managing to save 7. When they get out of the Factory, the others light an oil drum on fire, which appears to destroy the Factory.

The robots manage to light an oil drum which destroys the Factory where the B.R.A.I.N. is.

Thinking they’ve killed the fabrication machine, the group celebrates, listening to Judy Garland singing “Over the Rainbow” from the Wizard of Oz (1939). But the celebration is premature. The main machine has not been destroyed with the Factory and, in fact, comes after the group. 6 is captured and his soul is drained, but before he dies, he tells 9 to return to the Scientist’s lab for the answers.

At the scientist’s lab, he finds a holographic message from his creator, informing 9 that all of the robots he created are a little bit of himself, making them the best hope for the continuation of humanity. The creator also explains that the object can also be used against the Fabrication Machine to free the souls trapped inside.

9 tells the others his plan to free the others by allowing himself to be absorbed by the Machine, giving the others the chance to remove the object. 1 starts out against the plan, but in the end, has a change of heart and pushes 9 out of the way, sacrificing himself to the machine. Using the object, 1 manages to free the trapped souls and destroy the machine.

In a ceremony, the souls of 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 are released and ascend into the sky. The remaining four set out to make the world their own. As they walk away, it starts to rain. Inside the raindrops are glowing flecks of bacteria which symbolizes the return of life to the planet.

In a ceremony at the end of the film, the souls of the departed are released.

The film is not intended for children with its dystopic post-apocalyptic setting. Nor are the themes it deals with kid-friendly. There is a moral component to the story in addition to its Terminator reminiscent man vs. machine storyline. As with all films in this vein, man always loses the battle, but ultimately triumphs in the end, even if it means surviving to fight another day.

Both man and machine are presented with having God complexes. Is it an accident that the movie quotes the bible, saying the Fabrication Machine makes other machines in its own image? Man, in the form of the scientist, not only creates the machine but also creates the fabric robots which are all a part of him, though not physically in his image.

And there is the ever-present concept of a soul, which in the end ascends to heaven the same way Jesus did in the bible. The soul is what makes the robots more than just machines, but the protectors of humanity, which is a pretty tall order.

There are a lot of things in the film that it never explains. While the robots are supposedly known as Stitchpunks, I don’t recall this ever being mentioned in the movie. There is no explanation as well for what stopped the Fabrication machine in the first place nor why the cat-like machine, in the beginning, survived when all the others seemed to have stopped.

These plot holes aside, the film is still very engaging. You want these little fabric robots to succeed, the same way you would a live-action character, which is sort of an accomplishment in itself. The voice acting is also strong which also helps to make the characters more human as well.

The introduction of a strong female character, 7, without the need to glorify her is what films should be doing; creating diverse characters without stopping to pat themselves on the back while doing it. All of the actors have distinctive voices which works well to help separate the robots from one another.

Visually, the wasteland of humankind is represented in muted colors, but in a believable manner. Not too much is made of the destruction, since this seems to be the environment all the robots are familiar with; in fact, they probably wouldn’t exist if everything was rosy and the sky was filled with rainbows.

In the end, though, 9 is sort of disappointing. If all nine make up the whole of humanity, how can only four characters, each imbued with only a few pieces of the scientists’ soul, really carry on without the other five? I would recommend the film, but with a caveat; don’t expect more from the film than it can deliver.