{"id":8276,"date":"2015-02-21T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T20:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=8276"},"modified":"2015-02-21T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T20:43:15","slug":"confession-of-a-timetravler-actual-winner-predictions-for-2015-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=8276","title":{"rendered":"Confession of a Timetraveler: Actual Winner Predictions for 2015 Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"a3\"<\/a>
\nI want to let you in on a little secret.<\/p>\n

Back in 1985, I time traveled to 2015 and got a book that told me all the Academy Award winners. Every category.\u00a0 Called Shakespeare in Love <\/em>over Saving Private Ryan.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cuba Jr. I knew it. Tomei, no surprise here. Costner and Gibson as Best Director? Nailed it.<\/p>\n

But, of course, I was cheating. And this is the last year I will able to cheat so I\u2019m coming out of the Shame Closet.<\/p>\n

Looking back, I should have grabbed a book about sports. I could have made millions. Instead, I\u2019ve just been able to kill it in office pools. Made $130 one year, whatever that\u2019s worth. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

So here are my final, sure bet, Oscar predictions for 2015
\n\"a2\"<\/a>
\nBEST PICTURE- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance):<\/strong> Also my personal favorite of the year.<\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTOR- Richard Linklater:<\/strong> I\u2019m predicting a split. This can also go the other way and Boyhood take best picture and I\u00f1\u00e1rritu taking director. But this is how I see it going down.<\/p>\n

BEST ACTOR- Michael Keaton:<\/strong> Hardest gig in the group.<\/p>\n

BEST ACTRESS- Julianne Moore:<\/strong> Because she\u2019s winning everything.<\/p>\n

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR- J.K.<\/strong> Because he\u2019s winning everything.<\/p>\n

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS- I\u2019m going to go Emma Stone.<\/strong> Arquette probably wins but there has to be an upset somewhere and Supporting is the most likely of places.<\/p>\n

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY- This is the one they give to best \u201calso ran\u201d. Tonight it\u2019s The Grand Budapest Hotel.<\/strong>
\nBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY- The Imitation Game.<\/strong> Like a M. Night movie, you think its about breaking the Enigma Code but it twists at the end and becomes about the injustices against British Homosexuals.<\/p>\n

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE- Dragon 2:<\/strong> Dreamworks is on hard times. Let\u2019s be nice to Jeff.
\n\"a4\"<\/a>
\nBEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM- My Fav Force Majeure is not here for some reason. It\u2019s the Foreign Language category\u2019s answer to The Lego Movie snub. Ida<\/strong> is on Netflix. Let\u2019 go with that.<\/p>\n

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE- I loved Last Days of Vietnam. Taught me something. So did CitizenFour <\/strong>and that is what will win here.<\/p>\n

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- Emmanuel Lubezki<\/strong> for Birdman. With this and Gravity last year, he\u2019s the big shit. Yeoman makes Budapest a joy to look at but that is a lot of Anderson\u2019s OCD coming into play.<\/p>\n

BEST FILM EDITING- Sandra Adair<\/strong> for Boyhood. Definitely took the longest time to put together. Tom Cross got that rhythm for Whiplash but won\u2019t win even though those last 10 minutes of the movie has a lot to do with Cross\u2019 cutting of those drums.<\/p>\n

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN\u00a0– Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) for Budapest. <\/strong>Better win. That movie is 87% Production Design.<\/p>\n

BEST COSTUME DESIGN- Feeling crazy. Let\u2019s go Jacqueline Durran<\/strong> for Mr. Turner. Period and all\u2026<\/p>\n

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE-\u00a0Alexandre Desplat<\/strong> is nominated every year and scores about 5 to 8 movies every 12 months. He has never won but that changes this year. For either Budapest or Game? Let\u2019s go Imitation Game.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I know that Everything is Awesome is Awesome. But Glory<\/strong> gets it from Selma.
\n\"a5\"<\/a>
\nBEST VISUAL EFFECTS- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes<\/strong> is the greatest achievement here. Give it the Oscar.<\/p>\n

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING- From here out it gets tough. Let\u2019s go Guardians of the Galaxy.<\/strong> I don\u2019t really care.<\/p>\n

BEST SOUND MIXING- I\u2019ll refrain from any jokes here about the difference between Mixing and Editing. Nobody knows and that is a mere fact. Sound is incredibly important but they should move this to the technical award night. Let\u2019s go Hobbit<\/strong>\u2026.<\/p>\n

BEST SOUND EDITING- \u2026. And Intersteller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

DOCUMENTARY SHORT<\/span>– Always a guess. Our Curse<\/strong>? Sounds sad so let\u2019s go with that one.<\/p>\n

SHORT FILM LIVE ACTION<\/span>– Another guess. Love the title so I go with Boogaloo and Graham.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SHORT FILM ANIMATED<\/span>– In betting on Disney\u2019s Feast.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I want to let you in on a little secret. Back in 1985, I time traveled to 2015 and got a book that told me all the Academy Award winners. Every category.\u00a0 Called Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan. Cuba Jr. I knew it. Tomei, no surprise here. Costner and Gibson as Best Director? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-articles"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}