Less than a week to the gala of the Hollywood Academy Awards, "Birdman" seems the great favorite to proclaim itself the winner.
After taking over the SAG, the PGA and the DGA, the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu He has stripped Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" of the favorite band. Everything indicates that between these two films will be the awards for best film and best direction.
These two films will also fight in the section for the best original script, although here a third is in contention, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" by Wes Anderson. Yes indeed, "Birdman»Seems the big favorite in this category.
Michael Keaton has a good chance of getting it Oscar for best actor after having fallen in love with the critics, although he has a tough rival in Eddie Redmayne, who has already won the Golden Globe and the SAG.
The other two performers nominated for "Birdman" do not seem to have anything to do with the big favorites in their categories. Edward Norton can't snatch the Oscar from JK Simmons for "Whiplash," the same goes for Emma Stone, who will hardly pick up the statuette in front of an intractable Patricia Arquette in best supporting actress.
Best Photography is the most accessible award for «Birdman», Emmanuel lubezki It seems to have no rival to revalidate the title it already received last year for "Gravity", and even less since the Guild of Cinematographers granted it a new award.
Although it is very difficult to predict, "Birdman" is one of the favorites in the two sound categories, although it also has very important rivals, such as "Interstellar" or "American Sniper".
Nominations for "Birdman" by Alejandro González Iñarritu
Best film
Best Direction (Alejandro González Iñarritu)
Best Actor (Michael Keaton)
Best Supporting Actor (Edward Norton)
Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone)
Best Original Screenplay
Best photography
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Editing
Possible prizes
Best film
Best Direction (Alejandro González Iñarritu)
Best Actor (Michael Keaton)
Best Original Screenplay
Best photography
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Editing