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Oscar Picks – How Did We Do?

Melanie Hernandez

April 2, 2016

Oscar Sunday was full of surprises! Time to see how Jon, Schrad, and Lesley did. Check out some of their picks below, scores are tallied up at the end.

BEST PICTURE:

The Big Short – (Jon)

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Mad Max: Fury Road – (Schrad)

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight – WINNER

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Matt Damon, The Martian

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant (Jon & Schrad) – WINNER

Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs

Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl – (Lesley)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

Cate Blanchett, Carol

Brie Larson, Room – (Jon & Schrad) – WINNER

Jennifer Lawrence, Joy

Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years

Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn – (Lesley)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Christian Bale, The Big Short – (Jon & Lesley)

Tom Hardy, The Revenant – (Schrad)

Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight

Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies   WINNER

Sylvester Stallone, Creed

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Rooney Mara, Carol

Rachel McAdams, Spotlight

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl  – (Jon & Schrad) – WINNER

Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs – (Lesley)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

Anomalisa

Boy and the World

Inside Out – (Jon & Schrad)WINNER

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Carol

The Hateful Eight

Mad Max: Fury Road – (Schrad)

The Revenant  WINNER

Sicario – (Jon)

COSTUME DESIGN:

Carol

Cinderella – (Lesley)

The Danish Girl – (Jon)

Mad Max: Fury Road  (Schrad) – WINNER

The Revenant

DIRECTING:

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road – (Schrad)

The Revenant  WINNER

Room

Spotlight

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):

Amy  (Jon)WINNER

Cartel Land

The Look of Silence

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT):

Body Team 12 – (Jon)

Chau, beyond the Lines

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness  – WINNER

Last Day of Freedom

FILM EDITING:

The Big Short

Mad Max: Fury Road  (Jon & Schrad) – WINNER

The Revenant

Spotlight

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

Embrace of the Serpent

Mustang

Son of Saul  – (Jon) – WINNER

Theeb

A War

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

Mad Max: Fury Road  – (Jon & Schrad) – WINNER

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out

the Window and Disappeared

The Revenant

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE):

Bridge of Spies

Carol

The Hateful Eight  – (Jon) – WINNER

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG):

“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey

“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction

“Simple Song #3,” Youth

“Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground – (Jon)

“Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre   WINNER

PRODUCTION DESIGN:

Bridge of Spies

The Danish Girl

Mad Max: Fury Road  (Jon & Schrad) – WINNER

The Martian

The Revenant

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED):

Bear Story – WINNER

Prologue

Sanjay’s Super Team

We Can’t Live without Cosmos

World of Tomorrow – (Jon & Schrad)

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION):

Ave Maria

Day One – (Jon)

Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)

Shok

Stutterer  WINNER

SOUND EDITING:

Mad Max: Fury Road  – (Schrad) – WINNER

The Martian

The Revenant – (Jon)

Sicario

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

SOUND MIXING:

Bridge of Spies

Mad Max: Fury Road  – (Schrad) – WINNER

The Martian

The Revenant – (Jon)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

VISUAL EFFECTS:

Ex Machina  (Schrad) – WINNER

Mad Max: Fury Road – (Jon)

The Martian

The Revenant

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY):

The Big Short – (Jon) – WINNER

Brooklyn

Carol

The Martian – (Schrad)

Room

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY):

Bridge of Spies

Ex Machina – (Schrad)

Inside Out – (Jon)

Spotlight – WINNER

Straight Outta Compton

SCORES:

Lesley- 0/5

Jon- 11/23

Schrad- 11/18

Until next year!

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