Happy New Year: The Last Oscar Predictions of 2015
It’s the last day of 2015 and we close it with The Gold Rush Gang’s ‘final’ Oscar predictions…for the year. In just a few days we’ll have the Producers Guild nominations to help (or hamper) the eventual Oscar Best Picture hopefuls but for right now there doesn’t seem to be anything other than Spotlight moving its way closer to the Kodak stage at the end of February. Although, lots of people thought that about Boyhood and then Birdman trumped it when it came to the industry awards (which is what really counts) after the critics and the Golden Globes had their say.
So for now, here are the predictions for all 24 Oscar categories from the Gold Rush Gang. Click on the category title to see point totals, who voted for what and other contenders.
Happy New Year!!
PICTURE
1. Spotlight
2. Carol
3. The Revenant
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Room
6. The Martian
7. The Big Short
8. Brooklyn
9. Bridge of Spies
10. Inside Out
11. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
12. Beasts of No Nation
13. The Hateful Eight
DIRECTOR
1. Tom McCarthy — Spotlight
2. Alejandro G. Iñárritu — The Revenant
3. George Miller — Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Ridley Scott — The Martian
5. Todd Haynes — Carol
6. Lenny Abrahamson — Room
ACTOR
1. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
2. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
3. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
4. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
5. Matt Damon, The Martian
6. Steve Carell, The Big Short
7. Johnny Depp, Black Mass
ACTRESS
1. Brie Larson, Room
2. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
3. Cate Blanchett, Carol
4. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
5. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
6. Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
2. Jacob Tremblay, Room
3. Christian Bale, The Big Short
4. Sylvester Stallone, Creed
5. Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
6. Tom Hardy, The Revenant
7. Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
8. Michael Keaton, Spotlight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Rooney Mara, Carol
2. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
3. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
4. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
5. Helen Mirren, Trumbo
6. Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. The Big Short
2. Room
3. Carol
4. Brooklyn
5. The Martian
6. Steve Jobs
7. Anomalisa
7. Trumbo
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Spotlight
2. Inside Out
3. The Hateful Eight
4. Bridge of Spies
5. Ex Machina
6. Joy
7. Straight Outta Compton
7. Son of Saul
FILM EDITING
1. Spotlight
2. he Revenant
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. The Big Short
5. The Martian
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Bridge of Spies
2. The Martian
3. The Danish Girl
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
6. Carol
7. Cinderella
8. Brooklyn
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Revenant
2. Sicario
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. The Hateful Eight
5. Carol
5. Bridge of Spies
6. Son of Saul
COSTUME DESIGN
1. Cinderella
2. Carol
3. The Danish Girl
4. Macbeth
5. Mad Max: Fury Road
6. Brooklyn
7. Far from the Madding Crowd
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. The Revenant
3. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
4. Black Mass
5. Mr. Holmes
ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Inside Out
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. Carol
4. The Hateful Eight
5. Bridge of Spies
6. The Danish Girl
7. Sicario
7. Spotlight
ORIGINAL SONG
1. “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground
2. “See You Again” from Furious Seven
3. “Waiting For My Moment” from Creed
4. “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre
5. “Feels Like Summer” from Shaun the Sheep Movie
6. “The Mystery Of Your Gift” from Boychoir
6. “Simple Song #3″ from Youth
8. “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
8. “The Light That Never Fails” from Meru
9. “Love Me Like You Do” from Fifty Shades of Grey
SOUND EDITING
1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
3. The Martian
4. Inside Out
5. The Revenant
6. Sicario
SOUND MIXING
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Revenant
4. The Martian
5. Sicario
6. Inside Out
7. The Hateful Eight
8. Creed
VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron
5. Jurassic World
6. Ant-Man
ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Inside Out
2. Anomalisa
3. The Good Dinosaur
4. Shaun the Sheep
5. The Peanuts Movie
6. Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
7. Minions
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. He Named Me Malala
2. Amy
3. Cartel Land
4. Where to Invade Next
5. The Look of Silence
6. The Hunting Ground
7. Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
7. Meru
9. Best of Enemies
10. Listen to Me Marlon
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. HUNGARY – Son of Saul
2. FRANCE – Mustang
3. DENMARK – A War
4. GERMANY – Labyrinth of Lies
5. JORDAN – Theeb
6. BELGIUM – The Brand New Testament
7. FINLAND – The Fencer
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