My Dream Oscar Ballot 2015

I still haven’t seen three of the Best Picture nominees (all based on true stories, so you won’t see any of those films, except one category which doesn’t require you to actually see the film). I’m applying their rules, so Whiplash remains an adapted screenplay, even if I object. I abstain from Documentary Feature, Animated Feature, Foreign Language Film, and all shorts.

BEST PICTURE
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Life Itself
Snowpiercer
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer

BEST ACTOR
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
Keira Knightley, Begin Again
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
Rosario Dawson, Top Five
Emma Stone, Birdman
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Believe Me
Boyhood
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Top Five

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Edge of Tomorrow
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
Snowpiercer
Whiplash

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
Nightcrawler
Under the Skin

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
John Wick
Snowpiercer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Monuments Men
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST MAKE-UP & HAIRSTYLING
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST FILM EDITING
American Sniper
Boyhood
Edge of Tomorrow
Gone Girl
Whiplash

BEST SOUND EDITING
American Sniper
Edge of Tomorrow
John Wick
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST SOUND MIXING
American Sniper
Begin Again
Birdman
Whiplash
X-Men: Days of Future Past

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Under the Skin

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Lost Stars” (Begin Again)
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” (Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me)
“Everything is Awesome” (The LEGO Movie)
“I’ll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)” (Muppets Most Wanted)
“Glory” (Selma)

Nominations count:
American Sniper (4)
Begin Again (3)
Believe Me (1)
Birdman (11)
Boyhood (7)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (1)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (1)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (1)
Edge of Tomorrow (3)
Exodus: Gods and Kings (1)
Foxcatcher (4)
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me (1)
Gone Girl (5)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (8)
Guardians of the Galaxy (5)
Interstellar (5)
John Wick (2)
The LEGO Movie (1)
Life Itself (1)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (1)
The Monuments Men (1)
Muppets Most Wanted (1)
Nightcrawler (2)
Obvious Child (1)
Selma (1)
Snowpiercer (5)
Top Five (2)
Under the Skin (3)
Whiplash (4)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (4)

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