INTO THE WOODS Oscar Campaign?

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 10:15am

No matter how the movie turns out, I highly doubt it's going to be an awards player (at least in the main categories). I could probably see it getting nominations in some of the visual categories.

Sure, it's a musical, but that doesn't automatically make it Oscar-worthy, it just looks more like a tentpole film.
Plus a live action Disney movie has only been nominated for Best Picture once 50 years ago! Updated On: 11/9/14 at 10:15 AM

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 10:22am

This was already posted in the existing Into The woods thread. And many are not predicting it for Oscars.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 10:23am

I still think there should be separate thread for things like this.

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 10:25am

I don't really see the need for it but do whatever you want. Even you said yourself it doesn't look like an awards player so why create a thread about it's Oscar campaign?

Updated On: 11/9/14 at 10:25 AM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 10:27am

I just wanted to get my thoughts out there!

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 10:29am

Well I personally follow the Academy awards very closely and I do my predictions every year and I right now have Streep being nominated in the supporting actress category and I just recently put Emily Blunt as the 5th nomination for Best Actress. Whether they deliver remains to be seen.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 10:58am

Streep. Visual Effects. Costumes. Production Design.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 11:04am

I think they'll at least get Golden Globe nominations.

But as of right now, my Oscar predictions for Best Actress:
Amy Adams-Big Eyes
Felicity Jones-The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore-Still Alice
Rosamund Pike-Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon-Wild

Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Arquette-Boyhood
Jessica Chastian-Interstellar
Laura Dern-Wild
Kiera Knighley-The Imitation Game
Emma Stone-Birdman

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 11:23am

Cool. Come back when they are announced to let us know if you're right. See you then and not a minute before!

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 11:33am

I Agree with your best actress list, Jeff. All except for Adams. Her film hasn't gotten very good reviews and I think it's pretty much declared dead in the water.

The Best Actress category is very weak this year so Amy COULD get in. The locks are:

Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE ( She will win)
Reese Witherspoon for WILD ( she should win)
Felicity Jones in THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Rosamund Pike in GONE GIRL

and The 5th spot COULD go to Amy, Shailene Woodley for FAULT IN OUT STARS, Hilary Swank for Homesman, Jen Anniston for CAKE or Emily for ITW. Emily has a tougher time getting in because the film is more of an ensemble piece and her role is tricky.

For supporting actress, I highly doubt Chastain in Interstellar. No way are any of those 3 actors getting into the race. She could get in for her other film: A most violent year.

My supporting actress predictions are:

Patricia for BOYHOOD
Emma Stone for BIRDMAN
Laura Dern for WILD
Meryl Streep for INTO THE WOODS
Kiera Knightley for IMITATION GAME. Updated On: 11/9/14 at 11:33 AM

[PattyO'Furniture]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 11:43am

Since an Oscar campaign for the film is not the same thing as the cast, thanks for posting this separately. I don't know why posters have felt the need to lump everything related to this film as a whole under a post suggesting that it's about the CAST of the film. I'm sure I have and am missing some good information, but I am not scrolling through over 3100 posts to look for it. I couldn't even keep up with it after 100.

PLEASE - start new threads...it's free!

Capn, I think you will be proven correct.

[Showface]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 11:58am

^Well, the Cast thread is now the Official Discussion Thread (I renamed it a while back)

Yes, new threads are free, and when I first started on this site I created new threads dealing with a topic already being discussed, but I eventually just stopped, because that thread is long-running, and very successful as well, and chances are the topic is, or was already discussed there.

In the last thread, people have been giving their thoughts, in the last 5 pages I suppose, about awards consideration





I personally think in noms:

Costume
Production
Streep
Sound Mixing
Hair and Makeup


Could ITW get a BP if it gets enough of the noms I mentioned above?



Updated On: 11/9/14 at 11:58 AM

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 12:23pm

out here in Hollywierd they are saying that ITTW might squeek in as the 9th or 10 movie for BEST FILM...but assuridly it will get

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS...MERYL
BEST COSTUMES
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
long-shot for BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTION
long shot for BEST EDITING
long shot for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR...CORDEN
long shot for BEST DIRECTOR...MARSHALL

lots of long shots but if the movie opens big people out in HOLLYWOOD will take notice...with musicals they always do for better or worse

[tazber]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 12:40pm

It's a fairly weak year for best pictures so I could see this sneaking in. But it's a long shot.


And now there is no song that could be no nominated, right?

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 12:48pm

"I'm sure I have and am missing some good information, but I am not scrolling through over 3100 posts to look for it. I couldn't even keep up with it after 100."

The funny thing is, you haven't missed anything. Most of the posts were just talking about and guessing when the trailer would come lol.

[tazber]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 1:05pm

I have been following the other thread, but I can understand its length being intimidating to someone who hasn't.

I hope there will be a new thread once it opens for people's reactions to the actual finished product.

For anyone who cares, there has been some discussion about ITW's Oscar chances on the last two pages so you don't need to read the whole thread.

[followspot]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 1:14pm

EDITING
SOUND EDITING
SOUND MIXING
VISUAL EFFECTS
MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
CINEMATOGRAPHY
PRODUCTION DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN
PICTURE

That's 9 likely nominations right there — with writing, directing, and acting nominations also possible. It's going to do very well.

Updated On: 11/9/14 at 01:14 PM

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 1:35pm

Not when no one has seen it yet. Which is why it's been left off on most predictions list so far. Director has pretty much no chance, Streep has a good shot and Maybe Blunt.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 1:36pm

"I Agree with your best actress list, Jeff. All except for Adams. Her film hasn't gotten very good reviews and I think it's pretty much declared dead in the water."

How do you know that Big Eyes hasn't gotten very good reviews? The embargo hasn't even been lifted yet! But even if the reviews for the film itself aren't that good, Amy Adams could at least still get nominated if she gets the good reviews.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 1:43pm

Remember when we made these lists on BWW when THE PRODUCERS was about to be released?

[ShakinBaconGirl]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 1:44pm

Early reactions to the film have not been good. Most have said that Chris Waltz steals the show and Amy isn't given much.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 1:45pm

There's some really shrewd analysis in this thread.

[TonyaFanatic]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 3:51pm

^ shrewd indeed.

The film is getting a pretty big campaign. Disney and Marshall are very confident in the work they've done. There are two bi-coastal screenings in a couple weeks so we should get a lot more early reviews.

I have several friends who have seen the film and I have heard it has visually stunning production and costume design (Colleen Atwood. 'Nuff said). The visual effects are apparently very convincing and tastefully done and the editing is a standout.

Of the performances: apparently Meryl Streep has turned in a heartbreaking, very funny and very "choicy" Witch. Of course being Meryl Streep I had no doubts she would be up to it and I am sure she will prove excellent. This is a slow year with very few locks in Best Supporting Actress, so if the film is as big a hit as predicted, she's in.

One thing that my friends who saw the film have consistently said is how BRILLIANT Emily Blunt and James Corden are together. Apparently they have excellent chemistry and they really fit the "normalcy among the chaos" that the characters need to convey. I feel like the Best Actor race is pretty stuffed so I don't really see James Corden making his way in but Emily definitely stands a chance. Best Actress at this point is very murky. The only real lock for a nomination is Julianne Moore and maybe Rosamund Pike.

I do believe if the film is as well received as predicted then it will make it's way into the Best Picture race. After all, the category has been expanded to ten slots for this very reason, to allow more diverse and mainstream films a chance to shine at the ceremony.

Updated On: 11/9/14 at 03:51 PM

[Showface]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 4:01pm

^I've heard basically the same things

I smell a hit!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/9/14 at 8:24pm

It's been a very disappointing year for women in film. The type when Louise Fletcher won Best Actress for a supporting performance. Seriously. The fact that it's November and most people haven't seen any Best Actress contenders except for Pike (and ugh, sorry) speaks volumes. So Streep does feel like a lock, ditto Arquette (rooting for her, until I see Streep). I also judge by the screeners. We just started getting them (I'm WGA, not SAG, but still) and they are not hitting us up yet with performance-driven films. I'd say, the fields are all wide open, and the only really overbooked is Best Actor.

Anyone think Ethan Hawke will get a supporting nod for BOYHOOD? The only performance I've seen there I'd nominate is Edward Norton, a lock for BIRDMAN.