The 2 vastly completely different movies have been yoked collectively as “Barbenheimer” since their simultaneous launch final summer season, and now look set to go head-to-head for a number of the greatest prizes on the 96th Academy Awards on March 10.
“Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan’s masterly portrait of the daddy of the atomic bomb — is broadly anticipated to function closely with nods for finest image, director, actor (Cillian Murphy) and supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr), amongst others.
Greta Gerwig’s razor-sharp “Barbie” must also make the perfect image record, whereas Margot Robbie seems to be in place to make the perfect actress slate.
The movie must also get a point out for finest tailored screenplay — a prize that often goes to a script that began life as a e book, fairly than one which began life as a plastic doll — in addition to in a collection of music and technical classes.
“Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese’s three-and-a-half-hour true crime opus on murders ripping by the oil-rich Osage neighborhood in early twentieth century Oklahoma, must also fare properly.
Whereas audiences have been divided, critics have lapped up the artistry, so business watchers anticipate the movie to attain nods for finest image and director, in addition to in some technical classes.
Its three stars are additionally prone to get a point out — Lily Gladstone is a favourite for finest actress, Robert De Niro is anticipated to earn a nomination for supporting actor and Leonardo DiCaprio is within the operating for finest actor.
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Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” a few instructor, a prepare dinner and a pupil holed up in a boarding college over the festive season, is being warmly talked up as a possible finest image nominee.
It must also garner appearing nods for Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph, who’ve already scooped up a number of awards this season.
French sleeper “Anatomy of a Fall” ought to get a couple of mentions, together with for finest image, finest actress, in addition to a writing nomination. That is regardless of not being France’s official entry within the worldwide movie class, a choice that has precipitated a bit of hand-wringing in Paris.
Bradley Cooper — who wrote, directed, and starred within the Leonard Bernstein biopic “Maestro” — is in line to be the only particular person with probably the most nominations, together with one for finest image as a producer.
The perfect image race appears set to be rounded out by: “American Fiction,” a deft satire on race, publishing and Hollywood; “Previous Lives” (about love, friendship and the way issues change however keep the identical); “Poor Issues,” a female-focused tackle the Frankenstein fantasy; and bleak Nazi drama “The Zone of Curiosity.”
That record would come with three films helmed by ladies — “Anatomy,” “Barbie” and “Previous Lives” — for the primary time in additional than 9 a long time of Academy Awards.
Solely 19 movies by feminine administrators have ever been nominated for finest image.
“It might be the most important yr ever for ladies, when it comes to the perfect image race,” Pete Hammond, columnist for business web site Deadline, advised AFP.
Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid will host the nominations announcement from a still-dark Los Angeles at 5:30 am (1330 GMT) Tuesday.
