“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” led the pack of Oscar contenders today with nine nominations each for the 87th Academy Awards, with “The Imitation Game” following close behind with eight nods.
The other five best picture nominees include “American Sniper,” “Boyhood,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash.”
The 12-years-in-the-making drama “Boyhood,” the big winner at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, picked up six nominations, including a directing nod for Richard Linklater. Best picture hopeful “Selma,” which some had predicted would earn a shot at the Oscar for director Ava DuVernay, received just one other nomination — for its original song, “Glory.”
In addition to Linklater, director nods went to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for “Birdman,” Bennett Miller for “Foxcatcher,” Wes Anderson for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and Morten Tyldum for “The Imitation Game.”
As widely expected, Michael Keaton picked up a nomination for his role as a one-time blockbuster superhero actor trying to revive his career on Broadway in “Birdman.” He was joined in the best actor category for Eddie Redmayne for his role as physicist Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything,” Benedict Cumberbatch for his portrayal of World War II codebreaker Alan Turing in “The Imitation Game,” box-office favorite and now three-time nominee Bradley Cooper for “American Sniper” and Steve Carell for his transformation into millionaire murderer John du Pont in “Foxcatcher.”
All but Cooper are first-time Oscar nominees. Keaton and Redmayne both took home prizes at this week’s Golden Globe Awards.
Best actress nominees include Julianne Moore for her role as a linguistics professor diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in “Still Alice,” 2008 Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of a young mother fighting to keep her job in the Belgian film “Two Days, One Night,” Felicity Jones for her work opposite Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything,” Rosamund Pike as the murderous wife in “Gone Girl” and Reese Witherspoon for her soul- searching role in the adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s “Wild.” Moore, now a five-time Oscar nominee, won a Golden Globe Sunday.
Jennifer Aniston failed to pick up a nod for her indie turn in “Cake.”
Actresses scoring nominees for supporting roles were first-timers Patricia Arquette for “Boyhood” and Emma Stone for “Birdman,” along with Laura Dern for “Wild,” Keira Knightley for “The Imitation Game,” and Meryl Streep for “Into the Woods.” This is Streep’s 19th nomination and she has won three Oscars.
Supporting actors garnering nominations included 84-year-old Oscar- winner Robert Duvall for “The Judge,” four-time nominee Ethan Hawke for “Boyhood,” Ed Norton for “Birdman,” Mark Ruffalo for “Foxcatcher,” and first-time nominee J.K. Simmons for “Whiplash.” Best foreign language films nominated were “Ida” (Poland), “Leviathan” (Russia), “Tangerines” (Estonia), “Timbuktu” (Mauritania) and “Wild Tales” (Argentina). The Oscar nominees for best animated feature film are “Big Hero 6,” “The Boxtrolls,” “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” “Song of the Sea” and “The Tale of Princess Kaguya.”
Original songs vying for the Oscar statuette include “Glory” (Selma), “Lost Stars” (Begin Again), “Everything Is Awesome” (The Lego Movie), “Grateful” (Beyond the Lights) and “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” (Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me).
The Academy shook up its process for announcing the nominations this year. Traditionally, the live-television early morning announcement at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre has featured only some of the top categories. But this year, nominations were announced in all 24 categories at the early morning event.
Directors Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams announced the nominees for animated feature film, documentary feature, documentary short subject, film editing, original song, production design, animated short film, live action short film, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects.
Then actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominees for best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, cinematography, costume design, directing, foreign language film, makeup and hairstyling, original score, adapted screenplay, original screenplay and best picture.
The Oscars will be presented Feb. 22 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Neil Patrick Harris hosting.
Here is a complete list of nominations announced today for the 87th Academy Awards:
Best Picture
— “American Sniper,” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan
— “Birdman,” Alejandro Inarritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole
— “Boyhood,” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
— “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson
— “The Imitation Game,” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman
— “Selma,” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
— “The Theory of Everything,” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten
— “Whiplash,” Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster
Best Actor
— Steve Carell, “Foxcatcher”
— Bradley Cooper, “American Sniper”
— Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”
— Michael Keaton, “Birdman”
— Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything”
Best Actress
— Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”
— Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”
— Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”
— Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”
— Reese Witherspoon, “Wild”
Supporting Actor
— Robert Duvall, “The Judge”
— Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”
— Edward Norton, “Birdman”
— Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”
— J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”
Supporting Actress
— Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”
— Laura Dern, “Wild”
— Keira Knightley, “The Imitation Game”
— Emma Stone, “Birdman”
— Meryl Streep, “Into the Wild”
Animated Film
— “Big Hero 6,” Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
— “The Boxtrolls,” Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
— “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
— “Song of the Sea,” Tomm Moore and Paul Young
— “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Cinematography
— Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman”
— Robert Yeoman, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, “Ida”
— Dick Pope, “Mr. Turner”
— Roger Deakins, “Unbroken”
Costume Design
— Milena Canonero, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— Mark Bridges, “Inherent Vice”
— Colleen Atwood, “Into the Woods”
— Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive, “Maleficent”
— Jacqueline Durran, “Mr. Turner”
Director
— Alejandro Inarritu, “Birdman”
— Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
— Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”
— Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— Morten Tyldum, “The Imitation Game”
Documentary Feature
— “CitizenFour,” Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
— “Finding Vivian Maier,” John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
— “Last Days in Vietnam,” Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
— “The Salt of the Earth,” Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
— “Virunga,” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Documentary Short Subject
— “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1,” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
— “Joanna,” Aneta Kopacz
— “Our Curse,” Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
— “The Reaper (La Parka),” Gabriel Serra Arguello
— “White Earth,” J. Christian Jensen
Film Editing
— Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach, “American Sniper”
— Sandra Adair, “Boyhood”
— Barney Pilling, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— William Goldenberg, “The Imitation Game”
— Tom Cross, “Whiplash”
Foreign Language Film
— “Ida,” Poland
— “Leviathan,” Russia
— “Tangerines,” Estonia
— “Timbuktu,” Mauritania
— “Wild Tales,” Argentina
Makeup and Hairstyling
— Bill Corso annd Dennis Liddiard, “Foxcatcher”
— Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, “Guardians of the Galaxy”
Original Score
— Alexandre Desplat, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— Alexandre Desplat, “The Imitation Game”
— Hans Zimmer, “Interstellar”
— Gary Yershon, “Mr. Turner”
— Johann Johannsson, “The Theory of Everything”
Original Song
— “Everything is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie,” music and lyric by Shawn Patterson
— “Glory” from “Selma,” music and lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
— “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights,” music and lyric by Diane Warren
— “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell … I’ll Be Me,” music and lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
— “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again,” music and lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Production Design
— Adam Stockhausen (production design); Anna Pinnock (set decoration), “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— Maria Djurkovic (production design); Tatiana Macdonald (set decoration), “The Imitation Game”
— Nathan Crowley (production design); Gary Fettis (set decoration), “Interstellar”
— Dennis Gassner (production design); Anna Pinnock (set decoration); “Into the Woods”
— Suzie Davies (production design); Charlotte Watts (set decoration); “Mr. Turner”
Animated Short Film
— “The Bigger Picture,” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hess
— “The Dam Keeper,” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
— “Feast,” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
— “Me and My Moulton,” Torill Kove
— “A Single Life,” Joris Oprins
Live Action Short Film
— “Aya,” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
— “Boogaloo and Graham,” Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
— “Butter Lamp (La Lampe au Beurre de Yak),” Hu Wei and Julien Feret
— “Parvaneh,” Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
— “The Phone Call,” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Sound Editing
— Alan Robert Murray and Bob Asman, “American Sniper”
— Martin Hernandez and Aaron Glascock, ‘Birdman”
— Brent Burge and Jason Canovas, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
— Richard King, “Interstellar”
— Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro, “Unbroken”
Sound Mixing
— John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin, “American Sniper”
— Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and Thomas Varga, “Birdman”
— Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten, “Interstellar”
— Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and David Lee, “Unbroken”
— Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley, “Whiplash”
Visual Effects
— Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
— Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist, “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
— Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould, “Guardians of the Galaxy”
— Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher, “Interstellar”
— Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer, “X- Men: Days of Future Past”
Adapted Screenplay
— Jason Hall, “American Sniper”
— Graham Moore, “The Imitation Game”
— Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”
— Anthony McCarten, “The Theory of Everything”
— Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”
Original Screenplay
— Alejandro Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo, “Birdman”
— Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
— E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, “Foxcatcher”
— Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
— Dan Gilroy, “Nightcrawler”
