Official *2025* Oscar Nominations And Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[Tino]

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OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2025 BY CATEGORY - 97th AWARDS​

Best Picture​

ANORA
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

THE BRUTALIST
Nominees to be determined

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers

CONCLAVE
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers

DUNE: PART TWO
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers

EMILIA PÉREZ
Nominees to be determined

I'M STILL HERE
Nominees to be determined

NICKEL BOYS
Nominees to be determined

THE SUBSTANCE
Nominees to be determined

WICKED
Marc Platt, Producer

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Actor in a Leading Role​

Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST

Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Colman Domingo in SING SING

Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE

Sebastian Stan in THE APPRENTICE

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Actor in a Supporting Role​

Yura Borisov in ANORA

Kieran Culkin in A REAL PAIN

Edward Norton in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST

Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE

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Actress in a Leading Role​

Cynthia Erivo in WICKED

Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ

Mikey Madison in ANORA

Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE

Fernanda Torres in I'M STILL HERE

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Actress in a Supporting Role​

Monica Barbaro in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Ariana Grande in WICKED

Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST

Isabella Rossellini in CONCLAVE

Zoe Saldaña in EMILIA PÉREZ

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Animated Feature Film​

FLOW
Nominees to be determined

INSIDE OUT 2
Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
Nominees to be determined

THE WILD ROBOT
Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

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Animated Short Film​

BEAUTIFUL MEN
Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

MAGIC CANDIES
Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

WANDER TO WONDER
Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

YUCK!
Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

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Cinematography​

THE BRUTALIST
Lol Crawley

DUNE: PART TWO
Greig Fraser

EMILIA PÉREZ
Paul Guilhaume

MARIA
Ed Lachman

NOSFERATU
Jarin Blaschke

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Costume Design​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Arianne Phillips

CONCLAVE
Lisy Christl

GLADIATOR II
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

NOSFERATU
Linda Muir

WICKED
Paul Tazewell

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Directing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
James Mangold

EMILIA PÉREZ
Jacques Audiard

THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat

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Documentary Feature Film​

BLACK BOX DIARIES
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

NO OTHER LAND
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

PORCELAIN WAR
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

SUGARCANE
Nominees to be determined

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Documentary Short Film​

DEATH BY NUMBERS
Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

I AM READY, WARDEN
Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

INCIDENT
Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA
Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington

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Film Editing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
David Jancso

CONCLAVE
Nick Emerson

EMILIA PÉREZ
Juliette Welfling

WICKED
Myron Kerstein

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International Feature Film​

I'M STILL HERE
Brazil

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Denmark

EMILIA PÉREZ
France

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Germany

FLOW
Latvia

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Makeup and Hairstyling​

A DIFFERENT MAN
Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado

EMILIA PÉREZ
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini

NOSFERATU
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton

THE SUBSTANCE
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli

WICKED
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

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Music (Original Score)​

THE BRUTALIST
Daniel Blumberg

CONCLAVE
Volker Bertelmann

EMILIA PÉREZ
Clément Ducol and Camille

WICKED
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

THE WILD ROBOT
Kris Bowers

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Music (Original Song)​

"El Mal" from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

"The Journey" from THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Like A Bird" from SING SING
Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

"Mi Camino" from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

"Never Too Late" from ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

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Production Design​

THE BRUTALIST
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia

CONCLAVE
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter

DUNE: PART TWO
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

NOSFERATU
Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

WICKED
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

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Live Action Short Film​

A LIEN
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

ANUJA
Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

I'M NOT A ROBOT
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

THE LAST RANGER
Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

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Sound​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

DUNE: PART TWO
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

EMILIA PÉREZ
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta

WICKED
Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis

THE WILD ROBOT
Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

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Visual Effects​

ALIEN: ROMULUS
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan

BETTER MAN
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs

DUNE: PART TWO
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke

WICKED
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

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Writing (Adapted Screenplay)​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

CONCLAVE
Screenplay by Peter Straughan

EMILIA PÉREZ
Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

NICKEL BOYS
Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

SING SING
Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield

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Writing (Original Screenplay)​

ANORA
Written by Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

A REAL PAIN
Written by Jesse Eisenberg

SEPTEMBER 5
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David

THE SUBSTANCE
Written by Coralie Fargeat

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The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

 

[Tino]

A more detailed list of the nominations.

OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2025 BY CATEGORY - 97th AWARDS​

Best Picture​

ANORA
Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers

THE BRUTALIST
Nominees to be determined

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers

CONCLAVE
Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers

DUNE: PART TWO
Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers

EMILIA PÉREZ
Nominees to be determined

I'M STILL HERE
Nominees to be determined

NICKEL BOYS
Nominees to be determined

THE SUBSTANCE
Nominees to be determined

WICKED
Marc Platt, Producer

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Actor in a Leading Role​

Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST

Timothée Chalamet in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Colman Domingo in SING SING

Ralph Fiennes in CONCLAVE

Sebastian Stan in THE APPRENTICE

---

Actor in a Supporting Role​

Yura Borisov in ANORA

Kieran Culkin in A REAL PAIN

Edward Norton in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Guy Pearce in THE BRUTALIST

Jeremy Strong in THE APPRENTICE

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Actress in a Leading Role​

Cynthia Erivo in WICKED

Karla Sofía Gascón in EMILIA PÉREZ

Mikey Madison in ANORA

Demi Moore in THE SUBSTANCE

Fernanda Torres in I'M STILL HERE

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Actress in a Supporting Role​

Monica Barbaro in A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

Ariana Grande in WICKED

Felicity Jones in THE BRUTALIST

Isabella Rossellini in CONCLAVE

Zoe Saldaña in EMILIA PÉREZ

---

Animated Feature Film​

FLOW
Nominees to be determined

INSIDE OUT 2
Kelsey Mann and Mark Nielsen

MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
Adam Elliot and Liz Kearney

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
Nominees to be determined

THE WILD ROBOT
Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann

---

Animated Short Film​

BEAUTIFUL MEN
Nicolas Keppens and Brecht Van Elslande

IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS
Shirin Sohani and Hossein Molayemi

MAGIC CANDIES
Daisuke Nishio and Takashi Washio

WANDER TO WONDER
Nina Gantz and Stienette Bosklopper

YUCK!
Loïc Espuche and Juliette Marquet

---

Cinematography​

THE BRUTALIST
Lol Crawley

DUNE: PART TWO
Greig Fraser

EMILIA PÉREZ
Paul Guilhaume

MARIA
Ed Lachman

NOSFERATU
Jarin Blaschke

---

Costume Design​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Arianne Phillips

CONCLAVE
Lisy Christl

GLADIATOR II
Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

NOSFERATU
Linda Muir

WICKED
Paul Tazewell

---

Directing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
Brady Corbet

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
James Mangold

EMILIA PÉREZ
Jacques Audiard

THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat

---

Documentary Feature Film​

BLACK BOX DIARIES
Shiori Ito, Eric Nyari and Hanna Aqvilin

NO OTHER LAND
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham

PORCELAIN WAR
Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Aniela Sidorska and Paula DuPre' Pesmen

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT
Johan Grimonprez, Daan Milius and Rémi Grellety

SUGARCANE
Nominees to be determined

---

Documentary Short Film​

DEATH BY NUMBERS
Kim A. Snyder and Janique L. Robillard

I AM READY, WARDEN
Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp

INCIDENT
Bill Morrison and Jamie Kalven

INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
Ema Ryan Yamazaki and Eric Nyari

THE ONLY GIRL IN THE ORCHESTRA
Molly O'Brien and Lisa Remington

---

Film Editing​

ANORA
Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
David Jancso

CONCLAVE
Nick Emerson

EMILIA PÉREZ
Juliette Welfling

WICKED
Myron Kerstein

---

International Feature Film​

I'M STILL HERE
Brazil

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
Denmark

EMILIA PÉREZ
France

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Germany

FLOW
Latvia

---

Makeup and Hairstyling​

A DIFFERENT MAN
Mike Marino, David Presto and Crystal Jurado

EMILIA PÉREZ
Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier and Jean-Christophe Spadaccini

NOSFERATU
David White, Traci Loader and Suzanne Stokes-Munton

THE SUBSTANCE
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon and Marilyne Scarselli

WICKED
Frances Hannon, Laura Blount and Sarah Nuth

---

Music (Original Score)​

THE BRUTALIST
Daniel Blumberg

CONCLAVE
Volker Bertelmann

EMILIA PÉREZ
Clément Ducol and Camille

WICKED
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz

THE WILD ROBOT
Kris Bowers

---

Music (Original Song)​

"El Mal" from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music by Clément Ducol and Camille; Lyric by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard

"The Journey" from THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

"Like A Bird" from SING SING
Music and Lyric by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada

"Mi Camino" from EMILIA PÉREZ
Music and Lyric by Camille and Clément Ducol

"Never Too Late" from ELTON JOHN: NEVER TOO LATE
Music and Lyric by Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Andrew Watt and Bernie Taupin

---

Production Design​

THE BRUTALIST
Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia

CONCLAVE
Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Cynthia Sleiter

DUNE: PART TWO
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

NOSFERATU
Production Design: Craig Lathrop; Set Decoration: Beatrice Brentnerová

WICKED
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

---

Live Action Short Film​

A LIEN
Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Cutler-Kreutz

ANUJA
Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai

I'M NOT A ROBOT
Victoria Warmerdam and Trent

THE LAST RANGER
Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Nebojša Slijepčević and Danijel Pek

---

Sound​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Tod A. Maitland, Donald Sylvester, Ted Caplan, Paul Massey and David Giammarco

DUNE: PART TWO
Gareth John, Richard King, Ron Bartlett and Doug Hemphill

EMILIA PÉREZ
Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Maxence Dussère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta

WICKED
Simon Hayes, Nancy Nugent Title, Jack Dolman, Andy Nelson and John Marquis

THE WILD ROBOT
Randy Thom, Brian Chumney, Gary A. Rizzo and Leff Lefferts

---

Visual Effects​

ALIEN: ROMULUS
Eric Barba, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser, Daniel Macarin and Shane Mahan

BETTER MAN
Luke Millar, David Clayton, Keith Herft and Peter Stubbs

DUNE: PART TWO
Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Rhys Salcombe and Gerd Nefzer

KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Erik Winquist, Stephen Unterfranz, Paul Story and Rodney Burke

WICKED
Pablo Helman, Jonathan Fawkner, David Shirk and Paul Corbould

---

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)​

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Screenplay by James Mangold and Jay Cocks

CONCLAVE
Screenplay by Peter Straughan

EMILIA PÉREZ
Screenplay by Jacques Audiard; In collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi

NICKEL BOYS
Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

SING SING
Screenplay by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, John "Divine G" Whitfield

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Writing (Original Screenplay)​

ANORA
Written by Sean Baker

THE BRUTALIST
Written by Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold

A REAL PAIN
Written by Jesse Eisenberg

SEPTEMBER 5
Written by Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum; Co-Written by Alex David

THE SUBSTANCE
Written by Coralie Fargeat

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The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

 

[Tino]

Great list of nominees. And remember…there are no such thing as snubs.

 

[Tino]

13 nominations for Emilia Perez. Wow.

 

[Robert Crawford]

TBH, I don’t have much interest in most of these films. The subject matters for the most part aren’t my cup of tea.

 

[Jake Lipson]

With this list of nominees, I am farther away from the Academy than I have ever been in terms of my personal preferences. I have only seen four of the ten Best Picture nominees and I only think two of them deserve their spots.

My enthusiasm for watching the broadcast this year with these nominees is extremely low.

 

[Konstantinos]

I have no interest in recent films or Oscars anymore since yeaaaars.
My only question about the nominations is this:
Is Flow such a good film that it has 2 Oscar nominations for best animation film and best international film?

By the way, I have seen only Conclave. I don't think I'll see anything else.

 

[Jeffrey D]

I have seen A Complete Unknown- that’s all. If The Substance gets released on disc, I’ll likely see that one too.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Is Flow such a good film that it has 2 Oscar nominations for best animation film and best international film?

Yes! This is one of the very few things I was really happy about with this list. Animated films getting in where they don't normally -- also including The Wild Robot for sound.

The only Animated Feature nominee I have not seen is the new Wallace and Gromit. That is a really stacked category full of excellent work. I'm not sure what my vote would be if I had one.

 

[Chris Will]

I've only seen 2 of the BP noms, Wicked and Dune Part 2. I'm not sure Dune Part 2 deserves the spot, but I do think Wicked deserves the nomination. I thought Inside Out 2 might make the list of BP noms, it was the best movie I have seen this year (haven't seen many though).

 

[Jake Lipson]

I thought Inside Out 2 might make the list of BP noms, it was the best movie I have seen this year (haven't seen many though).

Unfotunately, I don't think the Academy at large respects animation enough to do that. I love Inside Out 2 and I would have nominated it if I ran the awards. But if they didn't nominate the first one for Best Picture, which I think it deserved, they weren't going to do it here either. The fact that animated films have their own category allows the Academy to justify ignoring them elsewhere because they can just win at the proverbial "kids table" and not be considered with the "serious" films. I think this is absolutely wrong, but the Academy very much does seem to have this bias against the form. Only three animated films have ever been nominated for Best Picture -- Beauty and the Beast, Up and Toy Story 3 -- which just goes to show how rare it is.

 

[Tino]

Nominations by Film​

(2 or more noms)

Emilia Pérez – 13
The Brutalist – 10
Wicked – 10
A Complete Unknown – 8
Conclave – 8
Anora – 6
Dune: Part Two – 5
The Substance – 5
Nosferatu – 4
I’m Still Here – 3
Sing Sing – 3
The Wild Robot – 3
A Real Pain – 2
Flow – 2
Nickel Boys – 2
The Apprentice – 2

 

[Tino]

If The Substance gets released on disc, I’ll likely see that one too.

The Substance was released on 4K UHD this past Tuesday.

 

[Tino]

I’ve seen 7/10 of the nominees. I’ll be seeing A Complete Unknown this weekend and will try to see Nickel Boys next week. I doubt I’ll see I’m Still
Here before the Oscars.

 

[Tino]

13 nominations for Emilia Perez. Wow.

Why the sad emoji @Jake Lipson ?

 

[Jake Lipson]

I doubt I’ll see I’m Still Here before the Oscars.

Why?

It is expanding in February. I'm sure you'll have it in New York first.

I'm not pushing here -- as I said before, I gave up being an Oscar completist years ago -- but I know that you do try to see everything. So it seems odd for you not to see this one before the ceremony when it will certainly be available.

 

[Tino]

Why?

It is expanding in February. I'm sure you'll have it in New York first.

I'm not pushing here -- as I said before, I gave up being an Oscar completist years ago -- but I know that you do try to see everything. So it seems odd for you not to see this one before the ceremony when it will certainly be available.

I didn’t know it was coming back into theaters so I guess I’ll see it. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I didn’t know it was coming back into theaters

I don't think it was in theaters in the first place. I think Sony did an Academy-mandated qualifying run for it last year in however many places they were required to, but never planned to put it out in a substantial way until after nominations.

Why the sad emoji @Jake Lipson ?

Because I don't think that movie should have 13 nominations.

 

[Tino]

Because I don't think that movie should have 13 nominations.

I do. But then again I feel as you do about The Brutalist.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I feel as you do about The Brutalist.

I don't even want to see The Brutalist.