Thursday, January 23, 2014

The 2013 JC Awards

I present without fanfare. Here are my choices in all the specific categories. I include all movies together. I don't separate documentary or animated. There are no sound mixing/editing awards because I have no idea and I'd basically be making stuff up.

BEST ACTOR
Gold: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Silver: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Bronze: Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Honorable Mention: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street; Gabriel Garcia Bernal, No; Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips; Mads Mikkelson, The Hunt; Joaquin Phoenix, Her; Robert Redford, All is Lost; Isaiah Washington, Blue Caprice

BEST ACTRESS
Gold: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Silver: Amy Adams, American Hustle
Bronze: Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Enough Said

Honorable Mention: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine; Sandra Bullock, Gravity; Julie Delpy, Before Midnight; Judi Dench, Philomena; Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha; Julia Roberts & Meryl Streep, August: Osage County

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Gold: Ben Foster, Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Silver: James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Bronze: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave

Honorable Mention: Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine; Jered Leto, Dallas Buyers Club; Matthew McConaughey, The Wolf of Wall Street; Jeremy Renner, American Hustle; Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12;

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gold: Anna Kendrick, Drinking Buddies
Silver: June Squibb, Nebraska
Bronze: Melanie Diaz, Fruitvale Station

Honorable Mention: Amy Adams, Her; Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle; Julianne Moore, Don Jon; Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station

BEST ENSEMBLE
Gold: August: Osage County
Silver: Nebraska
Bronze: Much Ado About Nothing

Honorable Mention: 12 Years a SlaveAmerican Hustle; This is the End; All is Lost (just kidding)

BEST DIRECTOR
Gold: J.C. Chandor, All is Lost
Silver: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Bronze: Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

Honorable Mention: Richard Linklater, Before Midnight; Alexander Payne, Nebraska; Sarah Polley, Stories We Tell; Thomas Vinterberg, The Hunt

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Gold: Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Silver: Spike Jonze, Her
Bronze: Nicole Holofcener, Enough Said

Honorable Mention: Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine; Lake Bell, In a World; Alfonso Cuaron & Jonas Cuaron, Gravity; Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight; Thomas Vinterberg, The Hunt

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Gold: Dustin Cretton, Short Term 12
Silver: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
Bronze: Terrence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Honorable Mention: Tracy Letts, August: Osage County; Joss Whedon, Much Ado About Nothing

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Gold: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Silver: Bradford Young, Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Bronze: Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

Honorable Mention: Sean Bobbit, 12 Years a Slave; Benoit Debie, Spring Breakers; Tim Orr, Prince Avalanche

BEST EDITING
Gold: Daniel P. Hanley, Rush
Silver: Michael Munn, Stories We Tell
Bronze: Thelma Schoonmaker, The Wolf of Wall Street

Honorable Mention: Pete Beaudreau, All is Lost; Christopher Rouse, Captain Phillips

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Gold: K. K. Barrett, Her
Silver: Adam Stockhausen, 12 Years a Slave
Bronze: Jade Healy, Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Honorable Mention: Andy Nicholson, Gravity; Cindy Chao & Michele Yu, Much Ado About Nothing

BEST SCORE
Gold: Mark Orton, Nebraska
Silver: David Wingo & Explosions in the Sky, Prince Avalanche
Bronze: Will Butler & Owen Pallett, Her

Honorable Mention: Daniel Hart, Ain't Them Bodies Saints; Hans Zimmer, 12 Years a Slave (even though it's essentially the score to Inception; but that score was great too!)

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Ok. I agree 100%. Oscar Issacs was so robbed for the Oscar nod. He was that film. He was the glue and the camera did not leave his face. After seeing the movie, I wanted immediately to know everything about him. That is power.