Records and failures "Oscars-2017". Main

As well as the return of Mel Gibson to Hollywood and the triumphal procession of the film, which you can no longer hear

On January 24, the American movie academy announced a list of Oscar nominees. The most chance of getting a figurine is the musical Damen Shazella “La La Land”: the film appears in 13 categories, in one of them it is presented twice. "Medusa" collected everything you need to know about Oscars-2017 before the award ceremony, which will take place in a month. Its presenter will be comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

Almost the record “La La Land”. The musical Damen Shazella –14 nominations for the Oscar. Prior to this, only the 1950 drama “All about Eve” Joseph Leo Mankevich and “Titanic” James Cameron (1997) managed to achieve just as high result. According to the number of Oscar nominations, La La Land was able to bypass another Mary Poppins, the film by Robert Stevenson in 1964, very popular among the movie Akamyaks. The picture with Julie Andrews had 13 nominations, five of which eventually became victorious. “La La Land” is presented in all main categories and even twice nominated in “Best Song”-for “City of Stars” and “Audition”.

Mel Gibson is forgiven. The competitors of “La Lazh” Shazella in the “Best Film” category, in particular, were Denis Vilnev’s arrival, “for reasons of conscience” by Mel Gibson, “Manchester by the Sea” by Kenneth Lonergan and “Moonlit Light” by Barry Jenkins. All these authors will compete in the nomination and the “best director”.

The inclusion of Mel Gibson in the list of nominees means that the director was finally forgiven in Hollywood. “For reasons of conscience” - the first directorial project of Gibson over the past ten years. All this time, the actor in Hollywood was avoided - because he not only drove into a drunk form and was caught in the assault, but also inappropriately spoke about Jews and gays.

Failures. Dadpul was not included in the Oscar Short List-many movie experts believed that the picture of Tim Miller would become the first superhero-nominant for Oscar. But no. Also among the nominees for the “best film” and “best director” there are no more favorites - “silence” by Martin Scorsese and “under the cover of the night” of Tom Ford.

Unfortunately, the drama of Andrei Konchalovsky “Paradise” did not get into the category “Best Film Language”. This year there are no immigrants from Russia among the nominees.

20th nomination! About Meryl Streep - in the context of the Oscar race - it is already boring to talk. The actress is nominated almost a year later, and this is her 20th nomination-for the role in the film Florence Foster Jenkins-and an absolute record. The title of the best actress is also claimed by the Frenchwoman Isabelle Jupper (“She”), Emma Stone (“La La Land”), Natalie Portman (“Jackie”), and also Ruth Negg (“Lawning”).

Surprise. The announcement of the nominees this year was first held on the Internet, and not in the hall of the Goldwyn Theater cinema in Beverly Hills. The Academy prepared in advance videos with the participation of the nominees and laureates of the Oscars of past years. They announced the prize applicants and shared the tips regarding the ceremony. Actress Marshal Gay Harden, for example, advised her colleagues to prepare a speech. “After all, there is nothing more boring than an unprepared actor,” she said. The director Guillermo del Toro warned that comfortable shoes should be put on the ceremony.

No racism. About a third of nominees in acting categories are dark -skinned Americans. In the category “Best Women's Role” is the most: Viola Davis, Naomi Harris and Octavia Spencer. The director of the film “Moonlight” Barry Jenkins became the third black cinema nominated in two categories at once: “Best Film” and “Best Director”. Last year, when there was not a single black actor among the nominees, a real scandal broke around the prize.

Sasha Sulim