The Oscars 2017 / 89th Academy Awards: Official JIM JOHN Picks

Dear Friends and Family,

It is our continued pleasure to deliver our predictions for the 89th Academy Awards, Sunday February 26th, 2017.

As most of you know, movies are a major passion of ours.  We started keeping track of our movie going back in 2003.  Since then our records indicate we have seen over 2,000 movies.  Most years our goal is to see nominated movies so we can offer our best guess for the Oscars.

This year for the first time in many years we will miss viewing the three short subject categories only because they will not be released until just before the Awards ceremony sometime mid-February (normally released in January).

Nonetheless, we have scoured the industry websites and are feeling relatively confident in making our predictions for those categories.  We have personally viewed all other nominated movies, cross checked our opinions with industry insiders and pundits, and feel optimistic about this years predictions.

We leave tomorrow for a month in India and there will be no Movie posts until we return on March 1.  We will try to send Travel posts as the internet services will allow.

Best wishes to all,

J&J

BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion Manchester by the Sea Moonlight

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge Ryan Gosling, La La Land Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic Denzel Washington, Fences

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Isabelle Huppert, Elle Ruth Negga, Loving Natalie Portman, Jackie Emma Stone, La La Land Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Mahershala Ali, Moonlight Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel, Lion Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Viola Davis, Fences Naomie Harris, Moonlight Nicole Kidman, Lion Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Kubo and the Two Strings Moana My Life as a Zucchini The Red Turtle Zootopia

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Land of Mine, Denmark A Man Called Ove, Sweden The Salesman,Iran Toni Erdmann, Germany

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING A Man Called Ove Star Trek Beyond Suicide Squad

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) Jackie La La Land Lion Moonlight Passengers

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) “Audition (The Fools Who Dream),” La La Land “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” Trolls “City of Stars,” La La Land “The Empty Chair,” Jim: The James Foley Story “How Far I’ll Go,” Moana

PRODUCTION DESIGN Arrival Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Hail, Caesar! La La Land Passengers

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Blind Vaysha Borrowed Time Pear Cider and Cigarettes Pearl Piper

CINEMATOGRAPHY Arrival La La Land Lion Moonlight Silence

COSTUME DESIGN Allied Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Florence Foster Jenkins Jackie La La land

DIRECTING Damien Chazelle, La La Land Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea Denis Villenueve, Arrival

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) Fire at Sea I Am Not Your Negro Life, Animated OJ: Made In America 13th

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) Extremis 4.1 Miles Joe’s Violin Watani: My Homeland The White Helmets

FILM EDITING Arrival Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water La La Land Moonlight

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Ennemis Interieurs La Femme Et Le TGV Silent Nights Sing Timecode

SOUND EDITING Arrival Deepwater Horizon Hacksaw Ridge La La Land Sully

SOUND MIXING Arrival Hacksaw Ridge La La Land Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

VISUAL EFFECTS Deepwater Horizon Doctor Strange The Jungle Book Kubo and the Two Strings Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) Arrival Fences Hidden Figures Lion Moonlight

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY) Hell or High Water La La Land The Lobster Manchester by the Sea 20th Century Women

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