Recap / 87th Academy Awards

The 87th Academy Awards

Host: Neil Patrick Harris

Air Date: February 22, 2015

Best Picture

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (winner)
• The Theory of Everything
• American Sniper
• Selma
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Boyhood
• The Imitation Game
• Whiplash

Best Actor (male)

• Eddie Redmayne—The Theory of Everything (winner)
• Michael Keaton—''Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Bradley Cooper—American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch—The Imitation Game
• Steve Carell—Foxcatcher

Best Actor (female)

• Julianne Moore—Still Alice (winner)
• Felicity Jones—The Theory of Everything
• Rosamund Pike—Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon—Wild
• Marion Cotillard—Two Days One Night

Best Supporting Actor (male)

• J. K. Simmons—Whiplash (winner)
• Ethan Hawke—Boyhood
• Mark Ruffalo—Foxcatcher
• Edward Norton—Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Robert Duvall—The Judge

Best Supporting Actor (female)

• Patricia Arquette—Boyhood (winner)
• Emma Stone—Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Meryl Streep—Into the Woods
• Laura Dern—Wild
• Keira Knightley—The Imitation Game

Best Director

• Alejandro González Iñárritu—Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (winner)
• Wes Anderson—The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Richard Linklater—Boyhood
• Morten Tyldum—The Imitation Game
• Bennett Miller—Foxcatcher

Best Original Screenplay

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (winner)
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Boyhood
• Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Imitation Game (winner)
• American Sniper
• Whiplash
• Inherent Vice
• The Theory of Everything

Best Animated Feature Film

• Big Hero 6 (winner)
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Song of the Sea
• The Boxtrolls
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Foreign Language Film

• Ida (winner)
• Tangerines
• Wild Tales
• Leviathan (2014)
• Timbuktu

Best Documentary (feature)

• Citizenfour (winner)
• Last Days in Vietnam
• The Salt Of The Earth
• Finding Vivian Maier
• Virunga

Best Documentary (short subject)

• Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (winner)
• The Reaper
• White Earth
• Joanna
• Our Curse

Best Short Film (Live-Action)

• The Phone Call (winner)
• Butter Lamp
• Parvaneh
• Aya
• Boogaloo and Graham

Best Short Film (animated)

• Feast (winner)
• The Bigger Picture
• The Dam Keeper
• Me and My Moulton
• A Single Life

Best Original Score

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (winner)
• Interstellar
• The Theory of Everything
• The Imitation Game
• Mr. Turner

Best Original Song

• "Glory"—Selma (winner)
• "Everything is Awesome"—The LEGO Movie
• "I'm Not Gonna Miss You"—Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
• "Lost Stars"—Begin Again
• "Grateful"—Beyond the Lights

Best Sound Editing

• American Sniper (winner)
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Interstellar
• Unbroken

Best Sound Mixing

• Whiplash (winner)
• Interstellar
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• American Sniper
• Unbroken

Best Production Design

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (winner)
• Interstellar
• Into the Woods
• The Imitation Game
• Mr. Turner

Best Cinematography

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (winner)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Unbroken
• Mr. Turner
• Ida

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (winner)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• Foxcatcher

Best Costume Design

• The Grand Budapest Hotel (winner)
• Into the Woods
• Maleficent
• Inherent Vice
• Mr. Turner

Best Film Editing

• Whiplash (winner)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• American Sniper
• Boyhood

Best Visual Effects

• Interstellar (winner)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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