The Insider’s Guide to All Things Oscars FOREIGN / DOCUMENTARIES /ANIMATION | FEBRUARY 4, 2015 CHRIS ROCK, A GUIDE TO THE NOMINATIONS AND A LOOK AT THAT DIVERSITY PROBLEM SPECIAL SECTIONS ANIMATION, DOCUMENTARIES AND FOREIGN-LANGUAGE PHOTO PORTFOLIO EDDIE REDMAYNE DAVID OYELOWO MICHAEL KEATON J.K. SIMMONS ROSAMUND PIKE FELICITY JONES BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH REESE WITHERSPOON ALEJANDRO INARRITU RICHARD LINKLATER AND MORE FACES LOSS... AND JULIANNE MOOREFINDS TRIUMPH Consider EVERYTHING “Eddie Redmayne delivers a fearless, flawless performance as Stephen Hawking.” CHRIS NASHAWATY, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY © 1995 SAG- AFTRA WINNER® SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD BEST ACTOR • Eddie Redmayne * DRAMA WINNER® GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD BEST ACTOR • Eddie Redmayne * BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Jóhann Jóhannsson the THEORY of EVERYTHING ARTWORK: ©2014 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. For more on this extraordinary film, go to www.FocusGuilds2014.com FILM: ©2014 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING - THE WRAP - Final January 26, 2015 4:06 PM PST FOREIGN/DOC/ANIMATION/SHORTS TOE_Wrap_2_4_SP_3_Fnl FULL PAGE, 4C STREET: 2/4/15 DUE: 1/26/15 BLEED: 10.5" X 12.5" • TRIM: 10" X 12" • SAFETY: .25" FROM TRIM Consider EVERYTHING Contents TheWrap / Foreign / Documentaries / Animation / February 4, 2015 FEATURES 16 DESERT STARS: THE PALM SPRINGS PORTFOLIO TheWrap spotlights the talents who brought us the year’s top movies Special sections: 28 ANIMATED FEATURES Disney vs. DreamWorks vs. Laika, two foreign upstarts and Chris Buck’s Oscar memories 32 DOCUMENTARIES Conflicts and art in this year’s nominees, plus Morgan Neville on making real movies “Eddie Redmayne delivers a 35 FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS fearless, flawless performance Five countries, four continents and Mark Johnson as Stephen Hawking.” on the Oscar race heard round the world CHRIS NASHAWATY, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY DEPARTMENTS 6 Awards Beat: Steve Pond on a deliciously messy Oscar race © 1995 SAG- AFTRA 8 By the Numbers: Inside this WINNER® SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD year’s nominees BEST ACTOR • Eddie Redmayne 12 Guest Columnist: Sasha Stone tries to fix Oscar’s diversity problem * DRAMA 13 Right or Wrong? TheWrap WINNER® GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD picks the year’s worst snubs and best surprises BEST ACTOR • Eddie Redmayne * BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 14 Shindigs & Soirees: Jóhann Jóhannsson Phase two kicks off with a bang 38 Oscar’s Back Pages: the When Chris Rocked the Oscars THEORY of 16Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike photographed by EVERYTHING Jeff Vespa ARTWORK: ©2014 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. FOREIGN / DOCUMENTARIES / ANIMATION / 3 For more on this extraordinary film, go to www.FocusGuilds2014.com FILM: ©2014 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING - THE WRAP - Final January 26, 2015 4:06 PM PST FOREIGN/DOC/ANIMATION/SHORTS TOE_Wrap_2_4_SP_3_Fnl FULL PAGE, 4C STREET: 2/4/15 DUE: 1/26/15 BLEED: 10.5" X 12.5" • TRIM: 10" X 12" • SAFETY: .25" FROM TRIM ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE Letter from the Editor sets were THE WRAP MAGAZINE “A Marvel Of Craft.” made for A. O. SCOTT / THE NEW YORK TIMES 79 this movie. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CREATIVE DIRECTOR Sharon Waxman Ada Guerin “The Best Animated EDITOR VP, SALES Film Of 2014. A Total Steve Pond Caren Gibbens Delight.” ASSOCIATE EDITOR DIRECTOR OF SALES NIGEL SMITH / indieWIRE Diane Garrett Nicole Winters ON A COLD DESERT NIGHT... “A Triumph Of THEWRAP Design And Animation.” BOSTON GLOBE n a nomination season full of delightful surprises and mysterious twists, who would’ve guessed that EXECUTIVE EDITOR Joseph Kapsch one of the most fun places to hang out and compare notes would be Palm Springs? Turns out that it is, in our annual photo studio at the end of the red carpet at the Palm Springs Intl. SENIOR EDITOR FILM Anita Bennett Jeff Sneider Film Festival’s annual Awards Gala. It’s the moment just before the nominations land, a spot where the Todd Cunningham Iseason’s contenders finally meet face to face, cross paths and share their excitement for one another’s work. NEWS EDITORS Linda Ge Deborah Day In one dark corner of the studio, the young filmmakers behind the The Imitation Game worried about Debbie Emery Matt Donnelly how to afford evening wear for the Academy Awards, while screenwriter Graham Moore asked for advice about how not to obsess over the awards. (Answer: don’t even bother.) Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern REVIEWS EDITOR BLOGGER/ and Julianne Moore chatted excitedly in another nook while Benedict Cumberbatch was busy mugging on Alonso Duralde REPORTERS Greg Gilman the seamless with his director, Morten Tyldum. It got a little giddy. TELEVISION Travis Reilly Michael Keaton charged in, grateful for a quick drink before heading back into the fray. (But not before Jethro Nededog an intense tete-a-tete with Steve Carell.) Eddie Redmayne was virtually glowing with his new bride Tim Kenneally SOCIAL MEDIA/ Tony Maglio Hannah Bagshawe in tow, fresh off the plane from England but no worse for the wear. VIDEO Itay Hod Lia Haberman The legendary Shirley MacLaine glided in elegantly and gave a hug to her friend Richard Linklater, with MEDIA Rebecca Rosenberg whom she made Bernie. (Bernie 2, please, we asked.) And after the gala started, Selma’s David Oyelowo Jordan Chariton Sydney Papenhausen snuck out of the Convention Center hall and back into our studio with his heavy Palm Springs statue in hand, ready to strike a contemplative pose. MARKETING At the very last and after everyone else had gone, a china-doll Rosamund Pike teetered in on sky-high Michelle Lee heels to delicately pose in the quiet. Her newborn slept back at the hotel, and soon the new mom (and AD OPERATIONS convincing sociopath of Gone Girl) would have to rush there to nurse. Alix Khoury • Mick Kupan We’re delighted to bring you our annual Palm TheWrap News is the leading digital news organization Springs portrait gallery by photographer Jeff Vespa, a covering the business of entertainment and media. 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In anticipation, TheWrap was nominated as the Best Entertainment website in 2012 and named the best online news site in both 2012 and 2009 at the National Entertainment Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club CHECK OUT THEWRAP ONLINE For more of our award-winning coverage of the Oscars and all other facets of the entertainment industry visit BAFTA AWARD NOMINEE ON THE COVER us at TheWrap.com. For advertising Eddie Redmayne, Julianne Moore and David inquiries, contact [email protected] Oyelowo photographed by Jeff Vespa in Palm or call (424) 248-0662 Springs, Calif., on Jan. 3, 2015. 4 / THEWRAP / FEBRUARY 4, 2015 For more on this extraordinary film, go to www.FocusGuilds2014.com THE BOXTROLLS - THE WRAP - Final January 26, 2015 4:01 PM PST FOREIGN/DOC/ANIMATION/SHORTS BT_Wrap_2_4_SP_2_Fnl FULL PAGE, 4C STREET: 2/4/15 DUE: 1/26/15 BLEED: 10.5" X 12.5" • TRIM: 10" X 12" • SAFETY: .25" FROM TRIM ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE sets were “A Marvel Of Craft.” made for A. O. SCOTT / THE NEW YORK TIMES 79 this movie. “The Best Animated Film Of 2014. A Total Delight.” NIGEL SMITH / indieWIRE “A Triumph Of Design And Animation.” BOSTON GLOBE BAFTA AWARD NOMINEE For more on this extraordinary film, go to www.FocusGuilds2014.com THE BOXTROLLS - THE WRAP - Final January 26, 2015 4:01 PM PST FOREIGN/DOC/ANIMATION/SHORTS BT_Wrap_2_4_SP_2_Fnl FULL PAGE, 4C STREET: 2/4/15 DUE: 1/26/15 BLEED: 10.5" X 12.5" • TRIM: 10" X 12" • SAFETY: .25" FROM TRIM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Awards Beat OFFICIAL ENTRY • POLAND ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE This Year’s Oscar Race: What a Mess, BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY and What Fun “Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘Ida’ is by far » The most confounding race in years just keeps getting messier THE BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR. Startling; then fascinating; then awe-inducing.” BY STEVE POND DAVID DENBY, THE NEW YORKER “BREATHTAKING. Mr. Pawlikowski penetrates the darkest, thorniest he weekend of Jan. 24 and also a small-scale story that plays 25 was supposed to clear out over a leisurely two hours thickets of Polish history, reckoning with the things up in the Oscar race. and 45 minutes, and the buildup crimes of Stalinism and the Holocaust.” Instead, it threw the race calling it the frontrunner can A.O. SCOTT, THE NEW YORK TIMES Tinto disarray, sending one contender lead to late-coming viewers being soaring and another faltering. underwhelmed. What happened? Among other contenders, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, The Imitation Game is the most WINNER which was considered the leader conventional of the top contenders, BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM of the race mostly by default even the one that looks the most like a NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE though it didn’t look anything like typical Oscar movie, and it’s got LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION a typical Best Picture winner, had a Harvey Weinstein campaigning SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE chance to seal the deal but turned out for it. But it hasn’t won a single to be a shaky frontrunner instead. major award, with only the Writers Despite winning the Golden Globe Guild a real possibility.