For the first time, we are holding a pre-precursor contest. Should you choose to play, you will try your hand at predicting the 87th Annual Academy Award nominees…before any precursors have been handed out.
How will this work?
You will predict nominees for the Top 8 categories and only score points if you correctly predict an entire category. These points will be then be applied as a “bonus” to your score in the eventual Academy Awards nominations contest to be held in mid-January. And once again, this is meant to be a fun contest before the “official” start of the season, hence the relatively low point totals.
You must be an AwardsWatch forums member to participate, but that’s the easy part! Just sign up for the forums and enter your predictions here.
Points will be distributed as follows:
Correctly Predict Category – 20 Points
Correctly Predict All Top 8 Categories – 50 Points
Deadline: Sunday (11/30/14) 11:59 PM EST
Any entries submitted OR edited after this deadline will be disqualified.
PLEASE USE THE BELOW FORMAT
For purposes of symmetry and for easier tabulation, please alphabetize categories by FILM TITLE as follows:
Picture = Alphabetize by Film Title
Directing = Alphabetize by Film Title
Acting = Alphabetize by Film Title
Writing = Alphabetize by Film Title
Best Picture
Pick 5-10
Best Directing
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Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Best Actress in a Leading Role
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Best Actress in a Supporting Role
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Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
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Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
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READY, SET, PREDICT!
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Best Picture
1.) Birdman
2.) Boyhood
3.) Gone Girl
4.) The Imitation Game
5.) Interstellar
6.) Into The Woods
7.) The Theory Of Everything
8.) Unbroken
9.) Whiplash
Best Directing
01. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman
02. Richard Linklater for Boyhood
03. David Fincher for Gone Girl
04. Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game
05. Angelina Jolie for Unbroken
Best Actor in a Leading Role
1.) Michael Keaton in Birdman
2.) Steve Carell in Foxcatcher
3.) Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game
4.) Bill Murray in St. Vincent
5.) Eddie Redmayne in The Theory Of Everything
Best Actress in a Leading Role
1.) Amy Adams in Big Eyes
2.) Rosamond Pike in Gone Girl
3.) Julianne Moore in Still Alice
4.) Felicity Jones in The Theory Of Everything
5.) Reese Witherspoon in Wild
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1.) Christolph Waltz in Big Eyes
2.) Edward Norton in Birdman
3.) Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
4.) Miyavi in Unbroken
5.) J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1.) Emma Stone in Birdman
2.) Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
3.) Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game
4.) Jessica Chastain in Interstellar
5.) Meryl Streep in Into The Woods
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
1.) Birdman
2.) Boyhood
3.) Foxcatcher
4.) Interstellar
5.) Whiplash
Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1.) Gone Girl
2.) The Imitation Game
3.) Still Alice
4.) The Theory Of Everything
5.) Unbroken