FILM #32
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DAY#41
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96TH ACADEMY AWARDS | 2024 OSCARS CHALLENGE
“MAESTRO”
MARCH 3, 2024
NETFLIX
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This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Directed by Bradley Cooper
Netflix
November 22, 2023
129 minutes
Best PICTURE
Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger
| 50th Academy Awards (1977) | Best Directing | “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” | Nominated |
| 54th Academy Awards (1981) | Best Directing | “Raiders of the Lost Ark” | Nominated |
| 55th Academy Awards (1982) | Best Picture | “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” | Nominated |
| Best Directing | “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” | Nominated | |
| 58th Academy Awards (1985) | Best Picture | “The Color Purple” | Nominated |
| 59th Academy Awards (1986) | Irving G. Thalberg Memorial | ——— | WINNER |
| 66th Academy Awards (1993) | Best Picture | “Schindler’s List” | WINNER |
| Best Directing | “Schindler’s List” | WINNER | |
| 71st Academy Awards (1998) | Best Picture | “Saving Private Ryan” | Nominated |
| Best Directing | “Saving Private Ryan” | WINNER | |
| 78th Academy Awards (2005) | Best Picture | “Munich” | Nominated |
| Best Directing | “Munich” | Nominated | |
| 79th Academy Awards (2006) | Best Picture | “Letters from Iwo Jima” | Nominated |
| 84th Academy Awards (2011) | Best Picture | “War Horse” | Nominated |
| 85th Academy Awards (2012) | Best Picture | “Lincoln” | Nominated |
| Best Directing | “Lincoln” | Nominated | |
| 88th Academy Awards (2015) | Best Picture | “Bridge of Spies” | Nominated |
| 90th Academy Awards (2017) | Best Picture | “The Post” | Nominated |
| 94th Academy Awards (2021) | Best Picture | “West Side Story” | Nominated |
| Best Directing | “West Side Story” | Nominated | |
| 95th Academy Awards (2022) | Best Picture | “The Fabelmans” | Nominated |
| Best Directing | “The Fabelmans” | Nominated | |
| Best Original Screenplay | “The Fabelmans” | Nominated |
| First-time Nominees |
| 88th Academy Awards (2015) | Best Picture | “Bridge of Spies” | Nominated |
| 90th Academy Awards (2017) | Best Picture | “The Post” | Nominated |
| 94th Academy Awards (2021) | Best Picture | “West Side Story” | Nominated |
| 95th Academy Awards (2022) | Best Picture | “The Fabelmans” | Nominated |
EXPERTS
1. “Oppenheimer”
2. “The Holdovers”
3. “Poor Things”
4. “Anatomy Of A Fall”
5. “Killers of the Flower Moon”
6. “Barbie”
7. “American Fiction”
8. “The Zone Of Interest”
9. “Maestro”
10. “Past Lives”
PERSONAL
1. “Oppenheimer”
2. “Killers of the Flower Moon”
3. “Barbie”
4. “The Zone Of Interest”
5. “Past Lives”
6. “Poor Things”
7. “American Fiction”
8. “Maestro”
9. “Anatomy Of A Fall”
10. “The Holdovers”
BEST Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper
| 85th Academy Awards (2012) | Best Actor in a Leading Role | “Silver Linings Playbook” | Nominated |
| 86th Academy Awards (2012) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | “American Hustle” | Nominated |
| 87th Academy Awards (2012) | Best Actor in a Leading Role | “American Sniper” | Nominated |
| Best Picture | “American Sniper” | Nominated | |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Actor in a Leading Role | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated |
| Best Picture | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated | |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Picture | “Joker” | Nominated |
| 94th Academy Awards (2021) | Best Picture | “Nightmare Alley” | Nominated |
EXPERTS
1. Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers”
2. Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”
3. Bradley Cooper – “Maestro”
4. Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction”
5. Colman Domingo – “Rustin”
PERSONAL
1. Cillian Murphy – “Oppenheimer”
2. Jeffrey Wright – “American Fiction”
3. Paul Giamatti – “The Holdovers”
4. Bradley Cooper – “Maestro”
5. Colman Domingo – “Rustin”
BEST ActRESS in a Leading Role
Carey Mulligan
| 82nd Academy Awards (2009) | Best Actress in a Leading Role | “An Education” | Nominated |
| 93rd Academy Awards (2020) | Best Actress in a Leading Role | “Promising Young Woman” | Nominated |
EXPERTS
1. Emma Stone – “Poor Things”
2. Lily Gladstone – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
3. Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy Of A Fall”
4. Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
5. Annette Bening – “Nyad”
PERSONAL
1. Lily Gladstone – “Killers of the Flower Moon”
2. Emma Stone – “Poor Things”
3. Carey Mulligan – “Maestro”
4. Sandra Hüller – “Anatomy Of A Fall”
5. Annette Bening – “Nyad”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Matthew Libatique
| 83rd Academy Awards (2010) | Best Cinematography | “Black Swan” | Nominated |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Cinematography | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated |
EXPERTS
1. “Oppenheimer” – Hoyte van Hoytema
2. “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Rodrigo Prieto
3. “Poor Things” – Robbie Ryan
4. “Maestro” – Matthew Libatique
5. “El Conde” – Edward Lachman
PERSONAL
1. “Oppenheimer” – Hoyte van Hoytema
2. “Poor Things” – Robbie Ryan
3. “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Rodrigo Prieto
4. “Maestro” – Matthew Libatique
5. “El Conde” – Edward Lachman
best Makeup and Hairstyling
Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell
| 79th Academy Awards (2006) | Best Makeup | “Click” | Nominated |
| 80th Academy Awards (2007) | Best Makeup | “Norbit” | Nominated |
| 90th Academy Awards (2017) | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | “Darkest Hour” | WINNER |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | “Bombshell” | WINNER |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | “Joker” | Nominated |
| First-time Nominee |
EXPERTS
1. “Maestro”
2. “Poor Things”
3. “Oppenheimer”
4. “Society of the Snow”
5. “Golda”
PERSONAL
1. “Poor Things”
2. “Maestro”
3. “Oppenheimer”
4. “Society of the Snow”
5. “Golda”
Best SOUND
Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic
| 89th Academy Awards (2016) | Best Sound Mixing | “La La Land” | Nominated |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Sound Mixing | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Sound Mixing | “Ford v Ferrari” | Nominated |
| 76th Academy Awards (2003) | Best Sound Editing | “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” | WINNER |
| 78th Academy Awards (2005) | Best Sound Editing | “War of the Worlds” | Nominated |
| 81st Academy Awards (2008) | Best Sound Editing | “The Dark Knight” | WINNER |
| 83rd Academy Awards (2010) | Best Sound Editing | “Inception” | WINNER |
| 87th Academy Awards (2014) | Best Sound Editing | “Interstellar” | Nominated |
| 90th Academy Awards (2017) | Best Sound Editing | “Dunkirk” | WINNER |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Sound Mixing | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Sound Mixing | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Sound Mixing | “Joker” | Nominated |
| 78th Academy Awards (2005) | Best Sound Mixing | “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” | Nominated |
| 91st Academy Awards (2018) | Best Sound Mixing | “A Star Is Born” | Nominated |
| 92nd Academy Awards (2019) | Best Sound Mixing | “Joker” | Nominated |
EXPERTS
1. “Oppenheimer”
2. “The Zone Of Interest”
3. “Maestro”
4. “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”
5. “The Creator”
PERSONAL
1. “The Zone Of Interest”
2. “Oppenheimer”
3. “Maestro”
4. “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning”
5. “The Creator”
Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer
| 88th Academy Awards (2015) | Best Original Screenplay | “Spotlight” | WINNER |
EXPERTS
1. “Anatomy of a Fall”
2. “The Holdovers”
3. “Past Lives”
4. “Maestro”
5. “May December”
PERSONAL
1. “Past Lives”
2. “Anatomy of a Fall”
3. “The Holdovers”
4. “May December”
5. “Maestro”
