Gravity and American Hustle Lead the Academy Award Nominations with 10 Each

And the top nominee is not 12 Years a Slave, that was the one of the most surprising moments of today's nominations.  Gravity and American Hustle both had the most with 10 nominations, Slave was not far behind with 9, but there was no score nomination for Hans Zimmer, and no Cinematography nomination, which is surprising.  

American Hustle is David O. Russell's second film to score acting nominations in all four categories, and the 15th film in Oscar history.  The biggest surprise was Bale's nomination, who most likely bumped Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips (6 nominations).  Leondardo DiCaprio also made the Best Actor line-up.

Wolf of Wall Street sure made a big showing, much Django Unchained did last year, with nominations for Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill), and Adapted Screenplay.  The film surprisingly did not get a Best Editing nomination, Thelma Schoonmaker  is an Academy favorite, her snub is interesting.

Dallas Buyers Club got into the Best Editing category over Wolf, meaning boy does this film have support.  Dallas got 6 nominations including the biggest surprise of all Original Screenplay, over Inside Llewyn Davis.

Inside Llewyn Davis only received two nominations for Best Cinematography, and Sound, apparently the Coens are not infallible in the eyes of the Academy.  This was proof that the Guild Awards (minus SAG) had the most impact on the nominees.

BAFTA had a strong influence as well, except for their snub of Dallas Buyers Club, thats where the strength for Philomena, and Wolf came from.  Overall these are solid nomination, all the Best Picture nominees are good the amazing, but who wins?  Is it American Hustle, if yes what other awards does the film win?  Is it the tech sensation Gravity, or is it not possible without a screenplay nomination? Or is it 12 Years a Slave who like the Globes wins out based on the sheer quality and message?

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave 

American Hustle 

Captain Phillips 

Dallas Buyers Club

Her

Gravity 

Nebraska

Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director
David O Russell- American Hustle
Alfonso Cuaron-Gravity
Alexander Payne-Nebraska
Steve McQueen-12 Years a Slave
Martin Scorsese-The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine
Judi Dench-Philomena
Sandra Bullock-Gravity
Amy Adams-American Hustle
Meryl Streep-August: Osage County 

Best Supporting Actor
Matthew McConaughey-Dallas Buyers Club
Chiwetel Ejiofor-12 Years a Slave
Leonardo DiCaprio-The Wolf of Wall Street
Bruce Dern-Nebraska
Christian Bale-American Hustle 

Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto-Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Fassbender-12 Years a Slave
Bradley Cooper-American Hustle
Barkhad Abdi-Captain Phillips
Jonah Hill-The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o-12 Years a Slave
Jennifer Lawrence-American Hustle
June Squibb-Nebraska
Julia Roberts-August Osage County
Sally Hawkins-Blue Jasmine 

Best Adapted Screenplay 

Before Midnight

Captain Phillips

Philomena

12 Years a Slave 

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Screenplay 

American Hustle

Blue Jasmine

Dallas Buyers Club

Her

Nebraska

Best Animated Feature 

The Croods

Despicable Me 2

Ernest and Celestine

Frozen

The Wind rises

Documentary Feature 

The Act of Killing

Cutie and the Boxer

Dirty Wars

The Square

20 Feet from Stardom

Foreign Language Film 

Broken Circle Breakdown

The Hunt

The Great Beauty

The Missing Picture 

Omar 

Best Cinematography 

The Grandmaster 

Gravity 

Inside Llewyn Davis 

Nebraska 

Prisoners 

Best Costume Design 

American Hustle 

The Grandmaster 

The Great Gatsby

The Invisible Woman

12 Years a Slave 

Best Film Editing

12 Years Of Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity

Dallas Buyers Club

Best Make-Up/Hairstyling

Dallas Buyer's Club

Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa 

The Lone Ranger 

Best Original Score 

The Book Thief

Her 

Gravity 

Philomena

Saving Mr. Banks 

Best Original Song

“Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel
“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams
“Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
“The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze
“Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

Best Production Design 

American Hustle 

Gravity 

The Great Gatsby

Her 

12 Years a Slave 

Best Sound Editing 

All is Lost 

Captain Phillips

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Gravity 

Lone Survisor 

Best Sound Mixing 

Captain Phillips

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Gravity 

Inside Llewyn Davs

Lone Survisor 

Best Visual Effects 

Gravity 

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Iron Man 3 

The Lone Ranger 

Star Trek: Into Darkness