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Is Phantom Thread really the title of the PTA fashion movie?

BTW, bizarre, don't forget to indicate your winners and you lack a "wild card" category and Animated Feature. Plus the bonus questions! Thanks.

Supporting Actor is giving me the biggest headache here. Actress, too - which seemed packed only a few months ago, but so many films are now expected to be pushed ahead (Vox Lux, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara), have been given odd release dates (Battle of the Sexes, The Current War) or have been hit by some controversy or other (Molly's Game, Detroit). I'm waiting for the supporting cast of The Post to be revealed; a character like Ben Bagdikian might prove a plum role for an actor in that race. I think we'll see some surprise contenders come out of the Venice-Toronto-NYFF woodwork in both categories.

UPDATED & EDITED JUNE 23rd 2017

Best Picture
Blade Runner 2049 (Warner Bros. / Oct. 6 | Producers: Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Bud Yorkin & Cynthia Yorkin)
Call Me by Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics / Nov. 24 | Producers: Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, James Ivory, Marco Morabito, Howard Rosenman, Peter Spears & Rodrigo Teixeira)
Darkest Hour (Focus / Nov. 22 | Producers: Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten & Douglas Urbanski)
WINNER: Downsizing (Paramount / Dec. 22 | Producers: Mark Johnson & Alexander Payne)
Get Out (Universal / Feb. 24 | Producers: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Sean McKittrick & Jordan Peele)
Last Flag Flying (Amazon / Nov. 17 | Producers: Ginger Sledge & John Sloss)
Mother! (Paramount / Oct. 13 | Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin & Ari Handel)
Roman Israel, Esq. (aka Inner Circle aka Inner City) (Columbia / TBA | Producers: Todd Black, Jennifer Fox & Brian Oliver)
Wonderstruck (Roadside-Amazon / Oct. 20 | Producers: Brian Bell, Pamela Koffler, Frank Murray, John Sloss & Christine Vachon)

Best Director
Dan Gilroy, for Roman Israel, Esq. (aka Inner Circle aka Inner City)
Luca Guadagnino, for Call Me by Your Name
Todd Haynes, for Wonderstruck
WINNER: Alexander Payne, for Downsizing
Denis Villeneuve, for Blade Runner 2049

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, in Last Flag Flying
Matt Damon, in Downsizing
Daniel Day-Lewis, in Phantom Thread
WINNER: Gary Oldman, in Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington, in Roman Israel, Esq. (aka Inner Circle aka Inner City)

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, in Molly's Game
Judi Dench, in Victoria and Abdul
Jennifer Lawrence, in Mother!
WINNER: Frances McDormand, in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep, in The Papers

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, in The Florida Project
Colin Farrell, in Roman Israel, Esq. (aka Inner Circle aka Inner City)
Laurence Fishburne, in Last Flag Flying
Ben Mendelsohn, in Darkest Hour
WINNER: Michael Stuhlbarg, in Call Me by Your Name

Best Supporting Actress
Hong Chau, in Downsizing
Allison Janney, in I, Tonya
Julianne Moore, in Wonderstruck
WINNER: Michelle Pfeiffer, in Mother!
Kristin Scott Thomas, in Darkest Hour

Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: Call Me by Your Name by Walter Fasano, Luca Guadagnino & James Ivory, from the novel by André Aciman
Last Flag Flying by Richard Linklater & Darryl Ponicsan, from the novel by Ponicsan
Molly's Game by Aaron Sorkin, from the memoir by Molly Bloom
Mudbound by Dee Rees & Virgil Williams, from the novel by Hillary Jordan
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick, from his novel

Best Original Screenplay
Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten
WINNER: Downsizing by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Get Out by Jordan Peele
Roman Israel, Esq. (aka Inner Circle aka Inner City) by Dan Gilroy
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh

Best Animated Feature
The Breadwinner (GKids / TBA | Producers: Angelina Jolie, Anthony Leo, Tomm Moore, Mimi Polk Gitlin, Andrew Rosen & Paul Young, directed by Nora Twomey)
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (20th Century Fox / Jun. 2 | Producers: Mireille Soria & Mark Swift, directed by David Soren)
WINNER: Coco (Disney / Nov. 22 | Producer: Darla K. Anderson, directed by Lee Unkrich)
Ferdinand (20th Century Fox / Dec. 15 | Producers: Bruce Anderson & Lori Forte, directed by Carlos Saldanha)
Loving Vincent (Distributor TBD / TBA | Producers: Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart & Hugh Welchman, directed by Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman)

WILDCARD CATEGORY: Best Film Editing
Blade Runner 2049 - Joe Walker
Downsizing - Kevin Tent
WINNER: Dunkirk - Lee Smith
Get Out - Gregory Plotkin
Wonderstruck - Affonso Gonçalves

FYI, The Post is now being referred to as Untitled Steven Spielberg.

BEST PICTURE
Baby Driver
Call Me By Your Name***
Darkest Hour
Detroit
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
The Papers
Phantom Thread
Victoria and Abdul
Wonderstruck

BEST DIRECTOR
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name***
Kathryn Bigelow, Detroit
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Steven Spielberg, The Papers
Todd Haynes, Wonderstruck

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Andrew Garfield, Breathe
Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour***

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Judi Dench, Victoria and Abdul***
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman
Meryl Streep, The Papers

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sterling K. Brown, Marshall
Ali Fazal, Victoria and Abdul
John Hurt, Darkest Hour
Jason Mitchell, Detroit
Michael Stuhlbargh, Call Me By Your Name***

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Catherine Keener, Get Out
Julianne Moore, Wonderstruck
Julia Roberts, The Wonder
Michelle Pfieffer, Mother!
Michelle Williams, The Greatest Showman

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Edgar Wright, Baby Driver
Kumail Nanjani and Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick
Mark Boal, Detroit
Jordan Peele, Get Out***
Liz Hannah, The Papers

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled
James Ivory, Luca Guadagnino and Walter Fasano, Call Me By Your Name***
Dee Rees and Virgil Williams, Mudbound
Lee Hall, Victoria and Abdul
Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Breadwinner
Cars 3
Coco***
Ferdinand
The LEGO Batman Movie

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049***
Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour
Hoyt von Hoytema, Dunkirk
Darius Khondji, The Lost City of Z
Ed Lachmann, Wonderstruck

BONUS Q's:

1. Who will receive Honorary Awards? Max von Sydow, Donald Sutherland, Tatsuya Nakadai, David Lynch, Agnes Varda.

2. How many Best Picture nominees will there be? 9

Precious Doll wrote:By no means predictions but I really hope that Max von Sydow, Donald Sutherland, Paul Schrader & Brian De Palma are considered for well earned Honorary Oscars.

I had von Sydow in the back of my mind, but forgot all about him when I listed Albert Finney in my predictions - changing Finney to von Sydow now.

By no means predictions but I really hope that Max von Sydow, Donald Sutherland, Paul Schrader & Brian De Palma are considered for well earned Honorary Oscars.

PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
*Detroit
Downsizing
Dunkirk
The Glass Castle
Mother
Mudbound
Suburbicon
Untitled Fashion Movie

DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, Untitled Fashion Movie
*Kathryn Bigelow, Detroit
Daniel Cretton, The Glass Castle
Alexander Payne, Downsizing
Joe Wright, Darkest Hour

ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman, Marshall
*Matt Damon, Downsizing
Daniel Day-Lewis, Untitled Fashion Movie
Michael Fassbender, The Snowman
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

ACTRESS
*Judi Dench, Victoria and Abdul
Brie Larson, The Glass Castle
Jennifer Lawrence, Mother
Julianne Moore, Suburbicon
Emma Thompson, The Children Act

SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Boyega, Detroit
*Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name
Woody Harrelson, The Glass Castle
John Hurt, Darkest Hour
Jason Mitchell, Mudbound

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Kaitlyn Dever, Detroit
Julianne Moore, Wonderstruck
Michelle Pfeiffer, Mother
Naomi Watts, The Glass Castle

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Detroit
Downsizing
Get Out
Suburbicon
*Untitled Fashion Movie

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name
The Children Act
The Glass Castle
*Mudbound
Wonderstruck

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
City of Ghosts
*The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Death in the Terminal
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities
Water & Power: A California Heist

ANIMATED FEATURE
The Breadwinner
*Coco
The Girl Without Hands
The Lego Batman Movie
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

HONORARY OSCARS
Peter Bogdanovich
Harrison Ford
Phillip Glass
Douglas Trumbull
Liv Ullmann

Reza wrote:

criddic3 wrote:Honorary:

George Lucas (Jean Hersholt)

Is Lucas known for his work on Humanitarian causes? That's what the Jean Hersholt is given for.

When he sold the Star Wars properties to Disney for billions of dollars, he donated a huge chunk of it to charity.

criddic3 wrote:Honorary:

George Lucas (Jean Hersholt)

Is Lucas known for his work on Humanitarian causes? That's what the Jean Hersholt is given for.

anonymous1980 wrote:

criddic3 wrote:[
Honorary:

Arnold Schwarzenegger [hey, Jackie Chan got one!]
Jerry Lewis (Jean Hersholt)
Roger Deakins.

I'm pretty sure Jerry Lewis will NOT be receiving the Jean Hersholt this year because he already got it back in 2009.

Oh and don't forget to indicate your WINNERS, guys!

How did I forget that?? Updated.

criddic3 wrote:[
Honorary:

Arnold Schwarzenegger [hey, Jackie Chan got one!]
Jerry Lewis (Jean Hersholt)
Roger Deakins.

I'm pretty sure Jerry Lewis will NOT be receiving the Jean Hersholt this year because he already got it back in 2009.

Oh and don't forget to indicate your WINNERS, guys!

[Highlighted indicates winner prediction]

Picture

Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
The Greatest Showman
Marshall
Mother!
The Mountain Between Us
Murder on the Orient Express
Wonder

Director

Darren Aronofsky, "Mother!"
Kenneth Branagh, "Murder on the Orient Express"
Reginald Hudlin, "Marshall"
Denis Villeneuve, "Blade Runner 2049"
Joe Wright, "Darkest Hour"

Actor

Chadwick Boseman, "Marshall"
Benedict Cumberbatch, "The Current War"
Idris Elba, "The Mountain Between Us"
Hugh Jackman, "The Greatest Showman"
Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

Actress

Judi Dench, "Victoria and Abdul"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Mother!"
Elizabeth Olsen, "Wind River"
Julia Roberts, "Wonder"
Kate Winslet, "The Mountain Between Us"

Supporting Actor

Sterling K. Brown, "Marshall"
Nicholas Hoult, "The Current War"
John Hurt, "Darkest Hour"
Jacob Tremblay, "Wonder"
Michael Sheen, "Home Again"

Supporting Actress

Diahann Carroll, "The Greatest Showman"
Jennifer Connelly, "Granite Mountain"
Carrie Fisher, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
Charlotte Gainsbourg, "The Snowman"
Michelle Pfeiffer, "Murder on the Orient Express"

Original Screenplay

Downsizing
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
Marshall
Suburbicon

Adapted Screenplay

Call Me by Your Name
The Mountain Between Us
Murder on the Orient Express
Red Sparrow
Wonder

Animated Feature

Animal Crackers
Cars 3
Coco
The Lego Ninjago Movie
The Star

Visual Effects

Blade Runner 2049
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Transformers: The Last Knight

Honorary:

Arnold Schwarzenegger [hey, Jackie Chan got one!]
George Lucas (Jean Hersholt)
Roger Deakins

# of Best Pic nominees: 8

Host: Bring back Billy Crystal one more time, or team him with Steve Martin... ooh I like that idea....

With Payne's track record, I think we can assume otherwise. If it works, it could be lauded as a big budget risk on his part, and (because he deals in social critique) maybe the second coming of Birdman.

I might embrace it in the end, but right now it just sounds like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids redux.

Why is that? It's entirely possible that the film will be a flop but while I'm not Alexander Payne's biggest champion, it looks like a fascinating undertaking, it has a high-profile Christmas date, it looks to fit the mood of the country perhaps, and every Academy voters love the guy.