CODA is now primed to become a historic upset Oscar winner
In a stunner, CODA won the PGA tonight, putting it in prime position for an historic, unprecedented Best Picture upset, with both SAG and PGA (and likely WGA) under its belt. The Producers Guild is important because it uses the ranked preferential ballot to tally the winner, and is the only voting body that does so other than the Academy. Even though Power of the Dog won BAFTA and BFCA last week, the preferential ballot just showed that another movie can win on this system, and it’s CODA. Why would this be unprecedented? Because it would throw 100 years of Oscar stats out the window, as CODA has no directing, editing or any below the line nomination at all- its only three nominations are Picture, Supporting Actor and Screenplay. It never got a DGA nom, it never got any other guild nominations Best Pictures have always needed in the past. The only precedent for a movie like this winning would be 1932’s Grand Hotel, which had ONE nomination- Best Picture, and won it. Do the other branches no longer need to support a movie for it to win Best Picture? Is momentum and Apple’s limitless campaign spending all that you need now? We’re about to find out.
2022 PGA WINNERS
Feature: CODA
Animated: Encanto
Documentary: Summer of Soul
