The ceremony is this Sunday, or Monday morning if you want to be technical, so get your entries in sharpish!
As always, predict a winner for each category and whoever gets the most correct wins. Just copy and paste the following into your post and single out your prediction for each category...
Phew! Lot of tough decisions in there!Best picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Spaceballs
Best director
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro G Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game
Mel Brooks, Spaceballs
Best actor
Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
Rick Moranis, Spaceballs
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
Joan Rivers, Spaceballs
Best supporting actor
Robert Duvall, The Judge
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
JK Simmons, Whiplash
John Hurt, Spaceballs
Best supporting actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman
Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
Rhonda Shear, Spaceballs
Best adapted screenplay
American Sniper
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Spaceballs: The Flame-Thrower
Best original screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Spaceballs
Best animated feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Spaceballs in Space!
Best animated short
The Bigger Picture
The Dam Keeper
Feast
Me and My Moulton
A Single Life
Spaceballs Pre-Vis
Best cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr Turner
Unbroken
Spaceballs
Best costume design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr Turner
Spaceballs
Best documentary feature
CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth
Virunga
Hearts of Darkness: The Making of Spaceballs
Best documentary short
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
Joanna
Our Curse
The Reaper
White Earth
An Introduction to Desert-Combing
Best film editing
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash
Spaceballs
Best foreign language film
Ida (Poland)
Leviathan (Russia)
Tangerines (Estonia)
Timbuktu (Mauritania)
Wild Tales (Argentina)
La folle histoire de l'espace (France)
Best live action short
Aya
Boogaloo and Graham
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)
Parvaneh
The Phone Call
Druidian Princess of Mars
Best make-up & hairstyling
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Princess Vespa
Best music
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Mr Turner
The Theory of Everything
Spaceballs
Best production design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
Spaceballs
Best stunt work
John Wick
Need For Speed
The Raid 2
Spaceballs
Best song
'Everything is Awesome', The Lego Movie
'Glory', Selma
'Grateful', Beyond the Lights
'I'm Not Gonna Miss You', Glen Campbell… I'll Be Me
'Lost Stars', Begin Again
'Hello! Ma Baby', Spaceballs
Best sound editing
American Sniper
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Unbroken
Spaceballs
Best sound mixing
American Sniper
Birdman
Interstellar
Unbroken
Whiplash
Spaceballs
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
Spaceballs
Last year's winner was weirdfilms33, joint top of the leaderboard with two wins. The other two-timers are kevinknapman and my ex-wife.
Beate, canadian_turtle, markrobertpetty, Beate, superhero and Beate are hot on the trails and preparing to enter Ludicrous Speed. Who will this year's winner be?
Boyhood.
All rights reserved. Only entries will be allowed in this thread. For general discussion of the competition and the Oscars themselves, go to this thread. You must be a member of the forum to play. Collect 3 tokens on promotional packs of Schwartz. Competition closes at 23:59 on Saturday. Any entries posted or edited beyond this date will be disqualified. Customers are advised to use Spaceballs: The Flame-Thrower at their own risk. Make sure you make a prediction for every category – you might need to do some guesswork, but the smaller categories count just as much as the major ones in our game. Good luck!
