Gurus o’ Gold: The Rise of Selma
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Picture | Adams | Ellwood | Gray | Hammond | Howell | Karger | Olsen | Poland | Pond | NathanielR | Stone | Thompson | Wloszczyna | Whipp | Votes | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
Boyhood |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 139 | |
| 2 | 2 |
The Imitation Game |
3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 113 | |
| 3 | 3 |
Birdman |
4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 106 | |
| 4 | 5 |
Selma |
2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 96 | |
| 5 | 4 |
The Theory of Everything |
5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 87 | |
| 6 | 6 |
Unbroken |
7 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 59 | |
| 7 | 8 |
Gone Girl |
5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 49 | ||||
| 8 | 7 |
Foxcatcher |
8 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 37 | ||||
| 9 | 9 |
Whiplash |
6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 32 | ||||
| 10 |
Into The Woods |
10 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 12 | |||||||||||
|
A Most Violent Year |
10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | |||||||||||
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 10 |
Interstellar |
7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
|
American Sniper |
8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Wild |
10 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Director | Adams | Ellwood | Gray | Hammond | Howell | Karger | Olsen | Poland | Pond | NathanielR | Stone | Thompson | Wloszczyna | Whipp | Votes | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
Richard Linklater Boyhood |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 83 | |
| 2 | 2 |
Alejandro G. Inarritu Birdman |
3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 67 | |
| 3 |
Ava Duvernay Selma |
2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 48 | ||
| 4 | 5 |
Morten Tyldum The Imitation Game |
5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 |
Bennett Miller Foxcatcher |
4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ||||||||
| 4 |
Angelina Jolie Unbroken |
5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||||||
|
David Fincher Gone Girl |
4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | ||||||||||
|
Damian Chazelle Whiplash |
6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||
|
James Marsh The Theory of Everything |
6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||
|
MIke Leigh Mr. Turner |
0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Jean-Marc Valee Wild |
0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Paul Thomas Anderson Inherent Vice |
0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel |
0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Christopher Nolan Interstellar |
4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Clint Eastwood American Sniper |
5 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
|
JC Chandor A Most Violent Year |
6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Pre-Venice/Telluride/Toronto Best Picture Field
Post-Venice/Telluride/Toronto Best Picture Field
After New York…
Just Before Selma & American Sniper
Just After Selma & American Sniper
Gurus o’ Gold: A Week From Thanksgiving, aka Screener Time
Thanksgiving Week
The Rise of Selma, or The Unexpected Fall of Birdman.
Next week:
– Birdman overtakes Imitation Game for No.2.
– Gone Girl flies past Unbroken.
About the only thing I would bet money on is that Boyhood is nominated besides that even the Imitation Game could miss the cut and it wouldn’t shock me.
I know Redmayne is a lock for a nomination and probably the win, but does anyone who has seen Theory think it’s Best Picture material? It’s artless and stodgy with two very good performances propping it up.
I also think Theory of Everything – besides its excellent performances – is not as deserving for a BP nom as most if not all of the films listed below it on the current list. It may get more across the board support in the #3-#5 slots on the nominating ballots, but will it have enough passionate support to get the requisite #1 votes? We’ll see.
Man, I regret not having seen Boyhood yet.
Interesting that Into the Woods got four votes in the top ten. I didn’t think the buzz was that positive.
LOL there are people actually predicting James Marsh
The buzz for INTO THE WOODS has been very positive with many saying that it is the best stage to film musical adaption ever.
The fact that The Theory of Everything is still ranked this high is crazy
And what about Inherent Vice?
I haven’t seen it, but I’ll say that if INTO THE WOODS is anything better than a RENT/THE PRODUCERS/NINE like misfire, it has a strong shot of making the cut. The Academy membership rolls are still stuffed with older voters who are going to love a more or less traditional musical filled with a bunch of their favorite stars.