My October Oscar Predictions

Best Plot/Synopsis

***Behind Closed Doors***
The Dead President
Field of Desire
For Pay
The Gold of Cajamarca
Tabula Rasa

I'm going with Behind Closed Doors. The Gold of Cajamarca and For Pay are close behind. The Dead President is in competition too.

Best Awards Campaign

Behind Closed Doors
Criminal Origins
The Dead President
For Pay
***Thoroughly Modern Millie***
Zeppelin 2020

Thoroughly Modern Millie has a great poster. I can see Criminal Origins or For Pay taking the award.

Best Online Awards Campaing

***Catastrophe-astrophe***
The Cloud
For Pay
The Ice Princess (own bait)
Standford's Prison

Catastrophe-astrophe is the frontrunner. Maybe The Cloud....

Best Title

Behind Closed Doors
***Field of Desire***
If Tomorrow Never Comes...
Needle in the Hay
The Road We Traveled

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Best Box-Office Potential

The Curious Savage (own bait with Ryan)
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
***The Haunting***
To Serve Man
Zappelin 2020

Jodie Foster's comeback is a must seen. Both of the Dark Towers could make it as well.

Best Cult Film

Catastrophe-astrophe
***Criminal Origins***
Harvey Black.
LD
Switching Time
The Witch of Portobello

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Most Original Bait

The Dead President
For Pay
Harvey Black.
***A Modern Tale***
Tabula Rasa
The Road We Traveled

Most Original Character

Danny Roberts (Macaulay Culkin), For Pay
Harvey Black (Christopher Walken), Harvey Black.
Kevin (Michael Cera), LD
Dolores Sinclair (Meryl Streep), A Modern Tale
The Priest (Jude Law), Tabula Rasa
James Cowry (Edward Burns), Welcome Back
***Leyton Hume (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Zeppelin 2020***

These are great characters but I think this will be the turn of Zeppelin 2020. If it's not, Tabula Rasa would not surprise me.

Best Cast

***The Dead President***
Field of Desire
The Gold of Cajamarca
Things We Lost in the Time of War
Standfor'd Prison

I see this one pretty clear.

Best Casting Choice

Dennis Haysbert as Detective Alan Handrick in Criminal Origins
Daniel Day Lewis as Francisco Pizarro in The Gold of Cajamarca
Christopher Walken as Harvey Black in Harvey Black.
Lisa Kudrow as Erica Falck in The Ice Princess (own bait)
***Susan Sarandon as Ann Marie Fowler in Things We Lost in the Time of War***

Grieving mother/grandma is a character Susan Sarandon was born to play, I don't know why. Altough I think I may have some possibilities here.

Best Crew

The Cloud
Criminal Origins
Standford's Prison
To Serve Man
***Zepellin 2020***

Best Tagline

Behind Closed Doors
The Cloud
The Dark Tower I
***The Dead President***
Needle in the Hay
The Road We Traveled

Funniest Bait

The Curious Savage (own bait with Ryan)
Mr. & Mrs. Woods
***A Modern Tale***
The Road We Traveled
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Shameless Oscar-Vehicles

Field of Desire
The Good Guy
If Tomorrow Never Comes...
Needle in the Hay
***Things We Lost in the Time of War***
The Witch of Portobello

Best Poster

The Could
The Gold of Cajamarca
***A Modern Tale***
Tabula Rasa
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Best Author of the Month

Alfredo
Bryce M.
***Chris M.***
Conrado Falco
Pat
Zgamer

It's all between Chris M., Alfredo and Bryce M.

THE BIG 8

Best Director

David Fincher, Criminal Origins
Marc Foster, The Cloud
***Michael Heneke, Behind Closed Doors***
Mike Nichols, The Dead President
Gus Van Sant, For Pay

Pretty good month for directors, Behind Closed Doors is a frontrunner followed close behind by The Cloud and For Pay

Best Actor

***Macaulay Culkin, For Pay***
pros: Great character, comeback factor, best picture nomination
cons: Home Alone, no precursors.
Jeff Bridges, The Dead President
pros: best picture nomination, oscar friendly character
cons: no buzz
John Goodman, Behind Closed Doors
pros: precursors, his bait is on of the biggest surprise of the month
cons: maybe too much buzz
Jude Law, Tabula Rasa
pros: very anticiped bait
cons: no best picture nomination
Christopher Walken, Harvey Black.
pros: surprise factor?
cons: no buzz

Best Actress

Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie
pros: she has the buzz
cons: comedy/musical bait
Keira Knightley, The Witch of Portobello
pros: unexpected nomination
cons: not buzz at all
Lisa Kudrow, The Ice Princess (own bait)
Susan Sarandon, Things We Lost in the Time of War
pros: oscar friendly character
cons: shameless oscar vehicle
***Meryl Streep, A Modern Tale***
pros: meryl streep
cons: meryl streep
Kerry Washington, Field of Desire
pros: precursors, buzz, second nomination
cons: expected winner, too much buzz

Best Supporting Actor

Gabriel Byrne, Catastrphe-astrophe
***Richard Chamberlain, For Pay***
Dennis Haysbert, Criminal Origins
Ethan Hawke, Standford's Prison
David Strathairn, The Cloud

I've been voting Chamberlain and I'm with him.

Best Supporting Actress

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Behind Closed Doors
Megan Mullaly, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Elizabeth Reaser, Field of Desire
***Eva Marie Saint, Kathy's Desire***
Patricia Wettig, The Dead President

Same as Chamberlain

Best Original Screenplay

The Dead President
Field of Desire
Harvey Black.
***Tabula Rasa***
Welcome Back

Best Adapted Screenplay

***Criminal Origins***
The Dark Tower I
The Gold of Cajamarca
Switching Time
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Witch of Portobello

Best Picture

Behind Closed Doors
The Dead President
Field of Desire
For Pay
***The Gold of Cajamarca***

I don't know why but I have the feeling TGOC will be the big surprise of this month.

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