However, on the plus side, I always can feel his presence when I make these lists. It's fun to think of what he would have liked and where he would have ranked them. His picks would always fascinate me and make me second guess mine. Our top tens usually consisted of the same film but always in a different order. Ever since he died, I always wonder what he would think of certain films (Would love to hear his opinion on Inception) and it's fun to consider that when making the nominations. I also have a feeling he would be pissed at me if i didn't continue correcting all the mistakes the Academy makes every year.
2013 was the best year for film since 2007 and making this list was extremely difficult. This year brought so many different genres and represented excellent filmmakers at the top of their game All these movies are excellent and I wish I could have had Sully's opinion on these nominations. So, on that note, here is the nominations for the 2014 Sullivan-Gooley Awards (In no particular order).
Best Picture
1.
12 Years A Slave
2.
The Act of Killing
3.
Captain Phillips
4.
Gravity
5.
Her
6.
Inside Llewyn Davis
7.
Mud
8.
Nebraska
9.
Place Beyond The Pines
10.
The Wolf Of Wall Street
Best Actor
1.
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
2.
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years
3.
Joaquin Phoenix - Her
4.
Leo Dicaprio – Wolf of Wall Street
5.
Matthew McConaughy – Dallas Buyers
6.
Oscar Issac -
Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Actress
1.
Amy Adams – American Hustle
2.
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
3.
Cate Blancett – Blue Jasmine
4.
Judy Dench – Philomena
5.
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
6.
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Best Supp Actor
1.
Ryan Gosling – A Place Beyond the Pines
2.
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
3.
Jonah Hill – Wolf of Wall Street
4.
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
5.
Matthew McConaughy – Mud
6.
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years
Best Supp. Actress
1.
Amy Adams – Her
2.
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
3.
Julia Roberts - August
4.
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 YEARS
5.
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
6.
Scarlett Johansson – Her
Best Director
1.
Alexander Payne - Nebraska
2.
Alfonso Curon - Gravity
3.
Coen Brothers – Inside Llewyn Davis
4.
Martin Scorcese – Wolf of Wall Street
5.
Spike Jonze - Her
6.
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Best
Original Screenplay
1.
American Hustle
2.
Blue Jasmine
3.
Dallas Buyers Club
4.
Her
5.
Inside Llewyn Davis
6.
Nebraska
Adapted
Screenplay
1.
12 Years
2.
Before Midnight
3.
Philomena
4.
Spectacular Now
5.
Wolf of Wall Street
Cinematography
1.
12 Years a Slave
2.
Inside Llewyn Davis
3.
Gravity
4.
Prisoners
5.
Nebraska
6.
Her
7.
Secret Life of Walter
Mitty
8.
Conjuring
Score
1.
Nebraska
2.
Saving Mr. Banks
3.
Her
4.
Wolf Of Wall Street
5.
Gravity
6.
Philomena
Art
Direction
1.
12 Years a Slave
2.
Great Gatsby
3.
American Hustle
4.
Inside Llweyn Davis
5.
Her
6.
Secret Life of Walter
Mitty
Editing
1.
Wolf Of Wall Street
2.
Her
3.
Gravity
4.
Inside Llewyn Davis
5.
Rush
6.
12 Years
Sound
Editing
1.
Gravity
2.
Rush
3.
Captain Phillips
4.
Inside Llewyn Davis
5.
Pacific Rim
6.
Hunger Games
Sound
Mixing
1.
Gravity
2.
Captain Phillips
3.
Lone Survivor
4.
Pacific Rim
5.
Her
6.
Rush
Visual
Effects
1.
Gravity
2.
Pacific Rim
3.
Iron Man 3
4.
Wolf Of Wall Street
Make-Up
1.
The Butler
2.
Dallas Buyers Club
3.
American Hustle
4.
Star Trek
5.
Rush
Costumes
1.
Her
2.
American Hustle
3.
Inside Llewyn Davis
4.
Dallas Buyers Club
5.
12 Years a Slave
6.
Great Gatsby
Foreign
1.
The Past
2.
Blue Is The Warmest
Color
3.
The Silence
Documentary
1.
The Act Of Killing
2.
Stories We Tell
3.
We Steal Secrets
4.
A Band Called Death