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Predicting the 2020 Oscars | The Big Picture
February 7, 2020/ 68 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda go category by category through all 24 Oscar races, splitting on visual effects, production design, editing, and original screenplay but landing together almost everywhere else, including a late swing off Parasite and onto 1917 for best picture.
118 films across 1 segment.
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Predicting the 92nd Academy Awardswill win · 24 categories, three days out
Best Documentary Short Subject
Best Live Action Short Film
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best International Feature Film
- Corpus Christi Poland
- Honeyland North Macedonia
- Les Misérables France
- Pain and Glory Spain
- Parasite South Korea Their pick
Best Visual Effects
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Bombshell Their pick
- Joker
- Judy
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
- 1917
Best Costume Design
- The Irishman Sandy Powell & Christopher Peterson
- Jojo Rabbit Mayes C. Rubeo
- Joker Mark Bridges
- Little Women Jacqueline Durran Their pick
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Arianne Phillips
Best Production Design
- 1917 Dennis Gassner
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Sound Editing
- Ford v Ferrari Don Sylvester
- Joker Alan Robert Murray
- 1917 Oliver Tarney & Rachael Tate Their pick
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Wylie Stateman
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Matthew Wood & David Acord
Best Sound Mixing
- 1917 Mark Taylor & Stuart Wilson Their pick
- Ad Astra Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson & Mark Ulano
- Ford v Ferrari Paul Massey, David Giammarco & Steven A. Morrow
- Joker Dean Zupancic, Tod Maitland & Tom Ozanich
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler & Mark Ulano
Best Original Score
- Joker Hildur Guðnadóttir Their pick
- Little Women Alexandre Desplat
- Marriage Story Randy Newman
- 1917 Thomas Newman
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker John Williams
Best Original Song
- Rocketman “(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again” Their pick
- Breakthrough “I'm Standing With You”
- Frozen II “Into the Unknown”
- Harriet “Stand Up”
- Toy Story 4 “I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away”
Best Film Editing
- Ford v Ferrari Michael McCusker & Andrew Buckland
- The Irishman Thelma Schoonmaker
- Jojo Rabbit Tom Eagles
- Joker Jeff Groth
- Parasite Yang Jinmo
Best Cinematography
- The Irishman Rodrigo Prieto
- Joker Lawrence Sher
- The Lighthouse Jarin Blaschke
- 1917 Roger Deakins Their pick
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Robert Richardson
Best Original Screenplay
- Knives Out Rian Johnson
- Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
- 1917 Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
- Parasite Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin-won
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Irishman Steven Zaillian
- Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi Their pick
- Joker Todd Phillips & Scott Silver
- Little Women Greta Gerwig
- The Two Popes Anthony McCarten
Best Supporting Actor
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Tom Hanks
- The Two Popes Anthony Hopkins
- The Irishman Al Pacino
- The Irishman Joe Pesci
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Brad Pitt Their pick
Best Supporting Actress
- Richard Jewell Kathy Bates
- Marriage Story Laura Dern Their pick
- Jojo Rabbit Scarlett Johansson
- Little Women Florence Pugh
- Bombshell Margot Robbie
Best Actress
- Harriet Cynthia Erivo
- Marriage Story Scarlett Johansson
- Little Women Saoirse Ronan
- Bombshell Charlize Theron
- Judy Renée Zellweger Their pick
Best Actor
- Pain and Glory Antonio Banderas
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Leonardo DiCaprio
- Marriage Story Adam Driver
- Joker Joaquin Phoenix Their pick
- The Two Popes Jonathan Pryce
Best Director
- The Irishman Martin Scorsese
- Joker Todd Phillips
- 1917 Sam Mendes Their pick
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
- Parasite Bong Joon Ho
Best Picture
Also mentioned raised along the way
Brad Pitt's back catalog Fight ClubMoneyballTwelve Monkeys
The two halves of Leo's career TitanicCatch Me If You CanThe AviatorDjango UnchainedThe Wolf of Wall StreetThe Revenant
Ranking Tarantino Pulp FictionInglourious Basterds
Sam Mendes' back catalog American BeautySkyfall
Prior Oscar seasons, remembered The Shape of WaterGreen BookRomaThe WifeMy Cousin VinnyMoonlightDear Basketball
Craft categories, remembered Phantom ThreadDarkest HourAnna KareninaThe DepartedBlacKkKlansmanThor: Ragnarok
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