With the 90th Academy Awards ceremony mere hours away the LAMB Devours The Oscars celebration draws to a close and I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s event. If you’ve yet to fill in your Oscar ballots there’s still time, and if you didn’t have time to read all the posts (which you should do, they’re all fantastic) then I’ve summarised the predictions below, all apart from Best Picture, because you should make your own mind up about something in life, shouldn’t you? Maybe just this once? Anyway, here’s whom the LAMB community has predicted winning for each award:
Actor in a Supporting Role – Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Actress in a Supporting Role – Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Cinematography – Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Documentary Feature – Last Men in Aleppo
Actor in a Leading Role – Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Actress in a Leading Role – Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Directing – Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Production Design – Dennis Gassner, Blade Runner 2049
Visual Effects – Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner & Dan Sudick, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2
Costume Design -Mark Bridges, Phantom Thread
Animated feature film – Coco
Documentary (short subject) – Edith + Eddie
Film editing – Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss, Baby Driver
Foreign language film – A Fantastic Woman
Makeup and hair styling – Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski & Lucy Sibbick, Darkest Hour
Original song – This Is Me, The Greatest Showman
Original score – Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Short film (animated) – Negative Space
Short film (live action) – Watu Wote
Sound editing – Nathan Robitaille & Nelson Ferreira, The Shape of Water
Sound mixing – Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern & Glen Gauthier, The Shape of Water
Writing (adapted screenplay) – James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name
Writing (original screenplay) -Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Picture – You’re on your own with this one!
Good luck to all the nominees tonight, and to everyone else I hope you enjoy the show!