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What if Amazon MGM decides to go with an unknown?

How many currently relevant young Brits are there who have the suave factor, can be able to say, "Martini -- shaken, not stirred," in a way that doesn't sound laughable and whose potential casting won't be met with universal derision?

While there have been many movies that flopped financially because they starred people who lacked high name recognition, this shouldn't be a problem for a Bond flick.

At the time of the 96th Oscars...

• A foreign flick didn't earn automatic qualification by winning any of the five awards it would've needed to win in order to do so (excluding the Best Film Award from Busan, which had yet to exist)
• Barbie didn't make the shortlist for Makeup & Hairstyling, its screenplay was ultimately deemed adapted, and only two out of three of its original songs that made the shortlist could ultimately get nominated.
• "Peaches" didn't make the shortlist for Original Song.
• Oppenheimer didn't make the Top 20 cut in VFX.
• The casting and stunt categories weren't in place.

Now imagine all this being the other way around [and with Oppenehimer making the VFX shortlist]. Okay, I will!

Winners in bold.

PICTURE:

• American Fiction
• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• The Zone of Interest

DIRECTOR:

• Greta Gerwig - Barbie
• Alexander Payne - The Holdovers
• Martin Scorsese - Killers of the Flower Moon
• Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer
• Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things

ACTOR:

• Bradley Cooper - Maestro
• Colman Domingo - Rustin
• Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
• Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
• Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

ACTRESS:

• Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
• Sandra Hüller - Anatomy of a Fall
• Carey Mulligan - Maestro
• Margot Robbie - Barbie
• Emma Stone - Poor Things

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Willem Dafoe - Poor Things
• Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
• Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
• Ryan Gosling - Barbie
• Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
• Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple
• America Ferrera - Barbie
• Jodie Foster - Nyad
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• May December
• Past Lives

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• All of Us Strangers
• American Fiction
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Robot Dreams
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM:

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Fallen Leaves
• Perfect Days
• Society of the Snow
• The Zone of Interest

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:

• American Symphony
• Beyond Utopia
• Four Daughters
• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
• 20 Days in Mariupol

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:

• Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
• Deciding Vote
• Last Song from Kabul
• Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
• Oasis

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

• An Avocado Pit
• Bienvenidos a Los Angeles
• Invincible
• The One Note Man
• Yellow

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

• Eeva
• A Kind of Testament
• Ninety-Five Senses
• 27
• Wild Summon

ORIGINAL SCORE:

• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Zone of Interest

ORIGINAL SONG:

• "Dance the Night" - Barbie
• "I'm Just Ken" - Barbie
• "Peaches" - The Super Mario Bros. Movie
• "Road to Freedom" - Rustin
• "What Was I Made For?" - Barbie

SOUND:

• Ferrari
• The Killer
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

CASTING:

• American Fiction
• Barbie
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer

STUNT DESIGN:

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• The Iron Claw
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
• Polite Society

PRODUCTION DESIGN:

• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• El Conde
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:

• Barbie
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Society of the Snow

COSTUME DESIGN:

• Barbie
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Napoleon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

FILM EDITING:

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

VISUAL EFFECTS:

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things

NOMINATIONS BY DISTRIBUTOR (excluding short films):

• A24 Films - 6
• Amazon MGM Studios - 4
• Apple Original Films - 13
• Columbia Pictures - 3
• Fathom Events - 1
• Focus Features - 8
• GKIDS - 1
• Kino Lorber - 1
• Lionsgate Films - 1
• Mubi - 1
• Neon - 8
• Netflix - 16
• Paramount Pictures - 12
• PBS Distribution - 1
• Roadside Attractions - 1
• Searchlight Pictures - 14
• Toho International - 1
• Universal Pictures - 17
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - 4
• Warner Bros. Pictures - 14

Winners in bold.

PICTURE:

• The Crying Game
• A Few Good Men
• Howards End
• Scent of a Woman
• Unforgiven

DIRECTOR

• Neil Jordan - The Crying Game
• Rob Reiner - A Few Good Men
• James Ivory - Howards End
• Robert Altman - The Player
• Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven

ACTOR:

• Robert Downey, Jr. - Chaplin
• Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
• Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
• Tim Robbins - The Player
• Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

ACTRESS:

• Mary McDonnell - Passion Fish
• Michelle Pfeiffer - Love Field
• Miranda Richardson - Enchanted April
• Susan Sarandon - Lorenzo's Oil
• Emma Thompson - Howards End

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
• Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men
• Chris O'Donnell - Scent of a Woman
• Al Pacino - Glengarry Glen Ross
• David Paymer - Mr. Saturday Night

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Judy Davis - Husbands and Wives
• Joan Plowright - Enchanted April
• Miranda Richardson - Damage
• Miranda Richardson - The Crying Game
• Alfre Woodard - Passion Fish

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• The Crying Game
• Husbands and Wives
• Lorenzo's Oil
• Passion Fish
• Unforgiven

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• Glengarry Glen Ross
• Howards End
• Malcolm X
• The Player
• Scent of a Woman

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• Close to Eden
• Indochine
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Schtonk!
• The Story of Qiu Jiu

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

• Baraka
• Brother’s Keeper
• Fires of Kuwait
• Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann
• The Panama Deception

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:

• At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai
• Beyond Imagining: Margaret Anderson and the “Little Review”
• The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein
• Educating Peter
• When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

• Contact
• Cruise Control
• The Lady in Waiting
• Omnibus
• Swan Song

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

• Adam
• Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase
• Reci, reci, reci
• The Sandman
• Screen Play

ORIGINAL SCORE:

• Aladdin
• Basic Instinct
• Chaplin
• The Last of the Mohicans
• A River Runs Throught It

ORIGINAL SONG:

• "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" - The Mambo Kings
• "Friend Like Me" - Aladdin
• "Prince Ali" - Aladdin
• "This Used to Be My Playground" - A League of Their Own
• "A Whole New World" - Aladdin

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING:

• Aladdin
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Unforgiven

SOUND:

• Aladdin
• Batman Returns
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• The Last of the Mohicans
• Unforgiven

ART DIRECTION:

• Batman Returns
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Chaplin
• Howards End
• Unforgiven

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• Hoffa
• Howards End
• The Last of the Mohicans
• A River Runs Through It
• Unforgiven

MAKEUP:

• Batman Returns
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Death Becomes Her

COSTUME DESIGN:

• Batman Returns
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Chaplin
• Howards End
• Malcolm X

FILM EDITING:

• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• A Few Good Men
• Howards End
• The Player
• Unforgiven

VISUAL EFFECTS:

• Alien 3
• Batman Returns
• Death Becomes Her

Winners in bold.

PICTURE:

• The Fugitive
• In the Name of the Father
• The Piano
• The Remains of the Day
• Schindler's List

DIRECTOR

• Martin Scorsese - The Age of Innocence
• Andrew Davis - The Fugitive
• Jane Campion - The Piano
• James Ivory - The Remains of the Day
• Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List

ACTOR:

• Daniel Day-Lewis - In the Name of the Father
• Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
• Anthony Hopkins - The Remains of the Day
• Anthony Hopkins - Shadowlands
• Liam Neeson - Schindler's List

ACTRESS:

• Angela Bassett - What's Love Got to Do with It
• Stockard Channing - Six Degrees of Separation
• Holly Hunter - The Piano
• Emma Thompson - The Remains of the Day
• Debra Winger - A Dangerous Woman

SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• Leonardo DiCaprio - What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List
• Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive
• John Malkovich - In the Line of Fire
• Sean Penn - Carlito's Way

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• Holly Hunter - The Firm
• Anna Paquin - The Piano
• Rosie Perez - Fearless
• Winona Ryder - The Age of Innocence
• Emma Thompson - In the Name of the Father

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Groundhog Day
• In the Line of Fire
• Philadelphia
• The Piano
• Sleepless in Seattle

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• In the Name of the Father
• The Joy Luck Club
• The Remains of the Day
• Schindler's List
• Short Cuts

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• Belle Époque
• Farewell My Concubine
• Justiz
• Three Colours: Blue
• The Wedding Banquet

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

• Children of Fate
• It’s All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles
• Rock Hudson’s Home Movies
• Visions of Light
• The War Room

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT:

• Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann
• Chicks in White Satin
• Defending Our Lives

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

• Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer)
• Down on the Waterfront
• The Dutch Master
• Partners
• The Screw (La vis)

ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

• Blindscape
• The Mighty River
• Small Talk
• The Village
• The Wrong Trousers

ORIGINAL SCORE:

• The Fugitive
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• The Piano
• The Remains of the Day
• Schindler's List

ORIGINAL SONG:

• "Again" - Poetic Justice
• "The Day I Fall in Love" - Beethoven's 2nd
• "Philadelphia" - Philadelphia
• "Streets of Philadelphia" - Philadelphia
• "A Wink and a Smile" - Sleepless in Seattle

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING:

• Cliffhanger
• The Fugitive
• Jurassic Park

SOUND:

• Cliffhanger
• The Fugitive
• In the Line of Fire
• Jurassic Park
• Schindler's List

ART DIRECTION:

• The Age of Innocence
• Jurassic Park
• The Piano
• The Remains of the Day
• Schindler's List

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• The Age of Innocence
• The Fugitive
• The Piano
• Schindler's List
• Searching for Bobby Fischer

MAKEUP:

• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Philadelphia
• Schindler's List

COSTUME DESIGN:

• The Age of Innocence
• Orlando
• The Piano
• The Remains of the Day
• Schindler's List

FILM EDITING:

• The Fugitive
• In the Line of Fire
• In the Name of the Father
• The Piano
• Schindler's List

VISUAL EFFECTS:

• Cliffhanger
• Jurassic Park
• The Nightmare Before Christmas

As is tradition, the honor for writing for a variety special is handed out the regular ceremony in even-numbered years. I'm not seeing anyone discussing who might get in, so I'm creating this thread to provide that opportunity.

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