Oscars 2018 nominations: The Shape of Water leads with 13 nods, Hanks, Franco snubbed

Los Angeles: With 13 nods, ‘The Shape of Water’, a lyrical drama about a mute cleaning lady's unique bond with a sea creature, swept the 90th Academy Awards nominations, with James Franco and Tom Hanks snubbed in their Best Actor bids.

The Guillermo del Toro-directed film left touted favourites ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ far behind.

‘The Shape of Water’ was one nomination shy from becoming only the fourth movie in the Oscars history to bag a record 14 nods, levelling the stature held by ‘La La Land’, ‘All About Eve’ and ‘Titanic’.

It was followed by Christopher Nolan's war drama ‘Dunkirk’ with eight, Martin McDonagh's ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ with seven, Paul Thomas Anderson's ‘Phantom Thread’ and Joe Wright's ‘Darkest Hour’ with six nods each.

A total of nine films were nominated in the Best Picture segment, which also included ‘The Post’, ‘Get Out’, ‘Call Me By Your Name’ and ‘Lady Bird’.

Greta Gerwig has become the fifth woman to be nominated for Best Director in the Oscars history for her coming-of-age film, ‘Ladybird’. The debutante filmmaker - the only woman nominee, who was snubbed at the Golden Globes along with ‘Wonder Woman’'s Patty Jenkins, found a mention at the round table of directors.

Veteran actor Meryl Streep received her 21st Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Katherine Graham in Steven Spielberg's newspaper drama, ‘The Post’ in the Best Actress category. She has won the Academy Award thrice. Nolan bagged his first-ever Oscar nomination for the Best Director for World War II drama ‘Dunkirk’, told from the perspectives of three elements - air, land and sea.

In the past, the ace filmmaker has failed to receive a nod for his critically-acclaimed movies and money-spinners such as ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Inception’.

Denzel Washington bagged his eighth nomination (ninth in total as his production ‘Fences’ was nominated in the Best Picture category last year) in the Best Actor category for his part in the legal drama, ‘Ronan J Israel, Esq’.

The actor stars in the title role as an idealistic defence attorney who finds himself in the middle of crisis and how he is compelled to take action.

Unlike his ‘The Post’ co-star Streep, double-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks did not receive a nomination in the Best Actor segment.

As a proper send-off, Daniel Day-Lewis received a nod in the Best Actor segment for ‘Phantom Thread’, his sixth nomination in total.

Gary Oldman fetched his second Best Actor nomination for his portrayal of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’.

Oldman is one of the frontrunners in the category, after his back-to-back wins at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes.

After being snubbed at the Globes, Jordan Peele's ‘Get Out’ bagged four nods - for Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.

James Franco of ‘The Disaster Artist’-fame did not bag any nomination either in the Best Director or in the Best Actor category, amid allegations of sexual harassment against him.

He took home a Golden Globe in the category of Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy this year for his portrayal of filmmaker Tommy Wiseau. The film, however, received sole nod in the Best Adapted Screenplay segment.

Legendary music composer John Williams received his 51st nod in the Best Original Score for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’. Williams already has five Oscars to his credit.

The nominations were announced by actors Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis.

Actor Priyanka Chopra featured in the introductory video to the Best Cinematography segment.

The ‘Quantico’ star was seen in a blink-and-you-miss appearance before the top five nominees in the segment were announced.

Interestingly, only female actors introduced this year's Oscar nominations. Other artistes to introduce nods were Gal Gadot, Salma Hayek, Rosario Dawson, Rebel Willson, Michelle Yeoh, Michelle Rodriguez, among others.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the award ceremony will be held on March 4.

Meanwhile, ‘Pulimurugun’, featuring South star Mohanlal, has failed to make the cut at the Oscars.

The film had made the 90th Academy Awards shortlist in two categories - Original Score and Original Song.

The movie's two songs - ‘Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe’ and ‘Maanathe Maarikurumbe’ from the Malayalam movie, composed by Gopi Sundar were in contention for the Original Score nomination.

In the Original Score category, the nominees include - Hans Zimmer (‘Dunkirk’), Jonny Greenwood (‘Phantom Thread’), Alexandre Desplat (‘The Shape of Water’), John Williams (‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’) and Carter Burwell (‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’).

The nominees for Original Song were ‘Mighty River’ from ‘Mudbound’, ‘Mystery of Love’ from ‘Call Me by Your Name’, ‘Remember Me’ from ‘Coco’, ‘Stand Up for Something’ from ‘Marshall’, and ‘This Is Me’ from ‘The Greatest Showman’. The nominations were announced by actors Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the award ceremony will be held on March 4.

Here is the full list of nominees in 24 categories:

Best Picture:

‘Call Me by Your Name’

‘Darkest Hour’

‘Dunkirk’

‘Get Out’

‘Lady Bird’

‘Phantom Thread’

‘The Post’

‘The Shape of Water’

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’

Lead Actor:

Timothée Chalamet, ‘Call Me by Your Name’

Daniel Day-Lewis, ‘Phantom Thread’

Daniel Kaluuya, ‘Get Out’

Gary Oldman, ‘Darkest Hour’

Denzel Washington, ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’

Lead Actress:

Sally Hawkins, ‘The Shape of Water’

Frances McDormand, ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’

Margot Robbie, ‘I, Tonya’

Saoirse Ronan, ‘Lady Bird’

Meryl Streep, ‘The Post’

Supporting Actor:

Willem Dafoe, ‘The Florida Project’

Woody Harrelson, ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’

Richard Jenkins, ‘The Shape of Water’

Christopher Plummer, ‘All the Money in the World’

Sam Rockwell, ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’

Supporting Actress:

Mary J. Blige, ‘Mudbound’

Allison Janney, ‘I, Tonya’

Lesley Manville, ‘Phantom Thread’

Laurie Metcalf, ‘Lady Bird’

Octavia Spencer, ‘The Shape of Water’

Director:

‘Dunkirk,’ Christopher Nolan

‘Get Out,’ Jordan Peele

‘Lady Bird,’ Greta Gerwig

‘Phantom Thread,’ Paul Thomas Anderson

‘The Shape of Water,’ Guillermo del Toro

Animated Feature:

‘The Boss Baby,’ Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito

‘The Breadwinner,’ Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo

‘Coco,’ Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson

‘Ferdinand,’ Carlos Saldanha

‘Loving Vincent,’ Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman

Animated Short:

‘Dear Basketball,’ Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant

‘Garden Party,’ Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon

‘Lou,’ Dave Mullins, Dana Murray

‘Negative Space,’ Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata

‘Revolting Rhymes,’ Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

Adapted Screenplay:

‘Call Me by Your Name,’ James Ivory

‘The Disaster Artist,’ Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber

‘Logan,’ Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green

‘Molly’s Game,’ Aaron Sorkin

‘Mudbound,’ Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Original Screenplay:

‘The Big Sick,’ Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani

‘Get Out,’ Jordan Peele

‘Lady Bird,’ Greta Gerwig

‘The Shape of Water,’ Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Martin McDonagh

Cinematography:

‘Blade Runner 2049,’ Roger Deakins

‘Darkest Hour,’ Bruno Delbonnel

‘Dunkirk,’ Hoyte van Hoytema

‘Mudbound,’ Rachel Morrison

‘The Shape of Water,’ Dan Laustsen

Best Documentary Feature:

‘Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,’ Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman

‘Faces Places,’ JR, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda

‘Icarus,’ Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan

‘Last Men in Aleppo,’ Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen

‘Strong Island,’ Yance Ford, Joslyn Barnes

Best Documentary Short Subject:

‘Edith+Eddie,’ Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright

‘Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405,’ Frank Stiefel

‘Heroin(e),’ Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon

‘Knife Skills,’ Thomas Lennon

‘Traffic Stop,’ Kate Davis, David Heilbroner

Best Live Action Short Film:

‘DeKalb Elementary,’ Reed Van Dyk

‘The Eleven O’Clock,’ Derin Seale, Josh Lawson

‘My Nephew Emmett,’ Kevin Wilson, Jr.

‘The Silent Child,’ Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton

‘Watu Wote/All of Us,’ Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen

Best Foreign Language Film:

‘A Fantastic Woman’ (Chile)

‘The Insult’ (Lebanon)

‘Loveless’ (Russia)

‘On Body and Soul (Hungary)

‘The Square’ (Sweden)

Film Editing:

‘Baby Driver,’ Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss

‘Dunkirk,’ Lee Smith

‘I, Tonya,’ Tatiana S. Riegel

‘The Shape of Water,’ Sidney Wolinsky

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Jon Gregory

Sound Editing:

‘Baby Driver,’ Julian Slater

‘Blade Runner 2049,’ Mark Mangini, Theo Green

‘Dunkirk,’ Alex Gibson, Richard King

‘The Shape of Water,’ Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood

Sound Mixing:

‘Baby Driver,’ Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin

‘Blade Runner 2049,’ Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill

‘Dunkirk,’ Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo

‘The Shape of Water,’ Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick

Production Design:

‘Beauty and the Beast,’ Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer

‘Blade Runner 2049,’ Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola

‘Darkest Hour,’ Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

‘Dunkirk,’ Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis

‘The Shape of Water,’ Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau

Original Score:

‘Dunkirk,’ Hans Zimmer

‘Phantom Thread,’ Jonny Greenwood

‘The Shape of Water,’ Alexandre Desplat

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ John Williams

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Carter Burwell

Original Song:

‘Mighty River’ from ‘Mudbound,’ Mary J. Blige

‘Mystery of Love’ from ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ Sufjan Stevens

‘Remember Me’ from ‘Coco,’ Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez

‘Stand Up for Something’ from ‘Marshall,’ Diane Warren, Common

‘This Is Me’ from ‘The Greatest Showman,’ Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Makeup and Hair:

‘Darkest Hour,’ Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick

‘Victoria and Abdul,’ Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard

‘Wonder,’ Arjen Tuiten

Costume Design:

‘Beauty and the Beast,’ Jacqueline Durran

‘Darkest Hour,’ Jacqueline Durran

‘Phantom Thread,’ Mark Bridges

‘The Shape of Water,’ Luis Sequeira

‘Victoria and Abdul,’ Consolata Boyle

Visual Effects:

‘Blade Runner 2049,’ John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,’ Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick

‘Kong: Skull Island,’ Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’  Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan

‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist

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