2017 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (July)
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The July predictions for Best Picture find the top five unmoved from last month and the top three with the same vote totals as well. The announcement of Damien Chazelle’s musical La La Land opening the Venice Film Festival has the film dancing its way up to the #6 spot from #11 last month and with a 19-point jump to boot. It’s the biggest move on the chart. Moonlight makes a small gain in points but still sits at #9.
Fences and Arrival (formerly Story of Your Life) take small hits this month, as does Lion. Sully drops a spot but actually gains four points. The Mercy (formerly Deep Water) stays at #12 but drops in points. Wilson and War Machine, single vote getters from June, both fall off the chart. Allied manages to hold on, but just barely. 20th Century Women is still in the ‘Other Contenders’ section but the recent pickup by A24 could find the film moving up soon.
Here are the July Oscar predictions for Best Picture from The Gold Rush Gang:
OTHER CONTENDERS
20th Century Women
Café Society
Deepwater Horizon
The Founder
The Girl on the Train
HHhH
Hidden Figures
LBJ
The Light Between Oceans
The Lobster
Nocturnal Animals
War Machine
Wilson
Follow the updated Gold Rush Gang predictions in these Oscar categories here:
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
BEST SOUND EDITING
BEST SOUND MIXING
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
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