Gold Rush Gang: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Predictions
The LAFCA will announce their awards on Sunday, December 8, 2013. Nine of the 11 Gold Rush Gang members have chosen their picks to win the LAFCA awards and here they are:
Picture
*Gravity – Ben, Dennis, Evan, Kenneth, Richard
12 Years a Slave – Beth, Erik, Peter
Blue Is the Warmest Color – Cedric
Director
*Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity – Ben, Dennis, Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Richard
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave – Beth, Cedric, Erik
Screenplay
*Her – Ben, Beth, Cedric, Kenneth, Peter, Richard
Nebraska – Dennis, Erik, Evan
Actor
*Bruce Dern, Nebraska – Beth, Dennis, Kenneth, Richard
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club – Cedric, Erik, Peter
Robert Redford, All Is Lost – Ben, Evan
Actress
*Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color – Beth, Cedric, Dennis, Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Richard
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Ben, Erik
Supporting Actor
*Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club – Ben, Beth, Cedric, Erik, Evan, Peter, Richard
James Franco, Spring Breakers – Kenneth
James Gandolfini, Enough Said – Dennis
Supporting Actress
*Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle – Ben, Dennis, Erik, Evan, Kenneth, Richard
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine – Beth
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave – Cedric
June Squibb, Nebraska – Peter
Animated Film
*The Wind Rises – Ben, Beth, Cedric, Dennis, Erik, Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Richard
Foreign Film
*Blue Is the Warmest Color – Ben, Beth, Cedric, Dennis, Erik, Evan, Kenneth, Peter Richard
Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
*Stories We Tell – Ben, Beth, Peter, Richard
*The Act of Killing – Dennis, Erik, Evan, Kenneth
At Berkeley – Cedric
Cinematography
*Gravity – Ben, Beth, Cedric, Dennis, Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Richard
Inside Llewyn Davis – Erik
Production Design
*Inside Llewyn Davis – Ben, Evan, Kenneth, Peter, Richard
The Great Gatsby – Cedric
12 Years a Slave – Dennis
Saving Mr. Banks – Erik
The Wolf of Wall Street – Beth
Music Score
*Inside Llewyn Davis – Ben, Beth, Cedric, Dennis, Evan, Kenneth, Richard
Her – Peter
Philomena – Erik
Editing
*Gravity – Ben, Beth, Dennis, Peter, Richard
The Wolf of Wall Street – Erik, Kenneth
Captain Phillips – Cedric
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