So, the headlines for what the Brits liked this year- they LOVED American Hustle, which scored all four acting nominations, matched the DGA nominees for director 5/5, and completely snubbed Dallas Buyers Club and Her.
BEST PICTURE
- 12 Years a Slave
- American Hustle
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Philomena
BEST DIRECTOR
- Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity
- Paul Greengrass, Captain Phillips
- Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
- David O. Russell, American Hustle
- Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ACTOR
- Christian Bale, American Hustle
- Bruce Dern, Nebraska
- Leonardo Dicaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
- Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
- Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips
BEST ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, American Hustle
- Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
- Sandra Bullock, Gravity
- Judi Dench, Philomena
- Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
- Daniel Bruhl, Rush
- Bradley Cooper, American Hustle
- Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra
- Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
- Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
- Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
- Julia Roberts, August: Osage County
- Oprah Winfrey, The Butler
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- American Hustle
- Blue Jasmine
- Gravity
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Nebraska
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- 12 Years a Slave
- Behind the Candelabra
- Captain Phillips
- Philomena
- The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST BRITISH FILM
- Gravity
- Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- Philomena
- Rush
- Saving Mr. Banks
- The Selfish Giant
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- The Act of Killing
- Blue is the Warmest Color
- The Great Beauty
- Metro Manila
- Wadjda
BEST ANIMATED FILM
- Despicable Me 2
- Frozen
- Monsters University
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- The Act of Killing
- The Armstrong Lie
- Blackfish
- Tim's Vermeer
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- 12 Years a Slave
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Nebraska
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- American Hustle
- Behind the Candelabra
- The Great Gatsby
- The Invisible Woman
- Saving Mr. Banks
BEST EDITING
- 12 Years a Slave
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Rush
- The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST MAKEUP & HAIR
- American Hustle
- Behind the Candelabra
- The Butler
- The Great Gatsby
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- 12 Years a Slave
- American Hustle
- Behind the Candelabra
- Gravity
- The Great Gatsby
BEST MUSIC
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Book Thief
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Saving Mr. Banks
BEST SOUND
- All is Lost
- Captain Phillips
- Gravity
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Rush
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Gravity
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Iron Man 3
- Pacific Rim
- Star Trek Into Darkness
BEST BRITISH DEBUT
- Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson, Good Vibrations (Writers)
- Kelly Marcel, Saving Mr. Banks (Writer)
- Keiran Evans, Kelly + Victor (Writer/Director)
- Paul Wright, Polly Stokes, For Those in Peril (Director/Writer & Producer)
- Scott Graham, Shell (Writer/Director)
BEST SHORT FILM
- Island Queen
- Keeping Up with the Joneses
- Orbit Ever After
- Room 8
- Sea View
BEST SHORT ANIMATION
- Everything I Can See From Here
- I Am Tom Moody
- Sleeping With the Fishes
RISING STAR AWARD
- Dane DeHaan
- George MacKay
- Lupita Nyong'o
- Will Poulter
- Lea Seydoux
Other things to note, since there is a significant overlap between the members of BAFTA and the Academy- Meryl Streep is snubbed for Amy Adams, and I now think that's exactly what will happen at the Oscars. And it definitely looks like Robert Redford will not make the cut for Best Actor now, I have to admit. Leo is surging at exactly the right time and I do think he'll get in there, and the love for American Hustle is so strong that it looks like even Christian Bale stands a great shot at sneaking in. But with Dallas Buyers Club so strong with all the guilds over here, I don't see Matthew McConaughey missing out despite BAFTA's total dismissal of the film. And as for the rest, it really looks to me like American Hustle's leading the charge now, with 10 nods here and all four actors in. It's possible they'll want to stick with a British film (Gravity got 11 nominations), but they haven't not matched the Oscar win since 2007. It's still a three movie race between Gravity, 12 Years and American Hustle, because if you take out the Best British Film nod for Gravity, all three movies tied with 10 nominations. So, as usual, the guild awards will tell the story in a couple of weeks, no matter what wins the Golden Globe this weekend.
