2018 Oscar Winners: Stats, trivia, and what we've learned.
Feb 25, 2019 23:09:18 GMT
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Post by stephen on Feb 25, 2019 23:09:18 GMT
So let’s talk about the stats that were broken—or solidified—last night, as well as some little bits of trivia and things we can take from this year’s ceremony into the future.
OSCAR FIRSTS:
* Along with being the first superhero film nominated for Best Picture, Black Panther is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to win an Oscar.
* With her win for Black Panther, Hannah Beachler became the first black winner for Production Design.
* With her win for Black Panther, Ruth E. Carter became the first black winner in Costume Design. Carter’s win also puts her in the same tier as Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer: each have won an Oscar off of three nominations, the most of any woman of color.
* Furthermore, Beachler and Carter become the first women of color to win Oscars in a non-acting category. Irene Cara was the first, for Best Original Song.
* With Alfonso Cuarón’s victory, Roma becomes the first film entirely in a foreign language to win Best Director. Some might point to The Artist as being an entirely French production, but it is a.) a silent film, and b.) the dialogue we do here in it is in English.
* With Alfonso Cuarón’s victory, Roma becomes the first Netflix film to win in an above-the-line category.
* Alfonso Cuarón also happens to be the first person to win Best Cinematography on a film they directed.
* Rami Malek is the first actor of Egyptian origin to win an Oscar, and the second overall to be nominated after Omar Sharif.
* With her victory for Bao, Domee Shi is the first Asian woman to win Best Animated Short.
* This is the first year in Oscar history where 3/4 of the acting winners played LGBT characters.
* This is the first year in Oscar history where 3/4 of the acting winners are people of color.
* Surprisingly, Bohemian Rhapsody is the first music-based film to win Sound Editing.
STATS:
* Green Book is the third film to win Best Picture without a corresponding SAG Ensemble nomination, after Braveheart and The Shape of Water.
* Green Book is the first NBR Best Film winner to win Best Picture since Slumdog Millionaire, ten years ago.
* Green Book is the eighth film to win TIFF’s People’s Choice Award and the Best Picture Oscar.
* Regina King is the first person to win both the NBR for Best Supporting Actress and the Oscar since Penelope Cruz, also ten years ago.
* Green Book is the second film with “Green” in the title to win Best Picture, after How Green Was My Valley. No other colors have been represented in this category, although that would have changed had either Black Panther or BlacKkKlansman won.
* Mahershala Ali joins Luise Rainer, Vivien Leigh, Helen Hayes, Kevin Spacey, Hilary Swank and Christoph Waltz to be 2/2 for acting wins.
* Furthermore, Ali joins Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman to win two Oscars for Best Picture winners.
* This is the third year in a row that Best Supporting Actress has gone to an Emmy winner.
* This is the fifth year in a row that the BAFTA Best Picture winner has lost the Oscar.
* Olivia Colman is the fourth actress to win an Oscar for playing a monarch, following Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love), and Helen Mirren (The Queen).
* With both The Favourite and Can You Ever Forgive Me? losing their respective categories, no woman has won a screenplay Oscar since Diablo Cody in 2007.
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the fourth film to beat a Disney/Pixar film for Animated Feature, and the first since Rango in 2011 (a year where there were no Disney/Pixar films in competition).
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED:
1. BFCA is not a valid precursor and only exists in order to predict the Oscars, and most of the time they can’t even get that right. They are not to be trusted.
2. SAG Ensemble is no longer a requirement to win Best Picture. Braveheart was in the awards’ infancy so that can be explained, The Shape of Water could be argued as a fluke, but Green Book the following year marks a potential trend. In other words, a film missing here is no longer an automatic death knell for its chances.
3. The Academy doesn’t give a shit about “overdue narratives.” You need to have the film, the role, and more importantly, the right field of competition.
4. In years of split races, look to what BAFTA does and predict accordingly.
5. If a presumed frontrunner (i.e. King) misses a SAG and BAFTA nomination but the same competitor doesn’t take both prizes, it’s a wash and essentially doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
OSCAR FIRSTS:
* Along with being the first superhero film nominated for Best Picture, Black Panther is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to win an Oscar.
* With her win for Black Panther, Hannah Beachler became the first black winner for Production Design.
* With her win for Black Panther, Ruth E. Carter became the first black winner in Costume Design. Carter’s win also puts her in the same tier as Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer: each have won an Oscar off of three nominations, the most of any woman of color.
* Furthermore, Beachler and Carter become the first women of color to win Oscars in a non-acting category. Irene Cara was the first, for Best Original Song.
* With Alfonso Cuarón’s victory, Roma becomes the first film entirely in a foreign language to win Best Director. Some might point to The Artist as being an entirely French production, but it is a.) a silent film, and b.) the dialogue we do here in it is in English.
* With Alfonso Cuarón’s victory, Roma becomes the first Netflix film to win in an above-the-line category.
* Alfonso Cuarón also happens to be the first person to win Best Cinematography on a film they directed.
* Rami Malek is the first actor of Egyptian origin to win an Oscar, and the second overall to be nominated after Omar Sharif.
* With her victory for Bao, Domee Shi is the first Asian woman to win Best Animated Short.
* This is the first year in Oscar history where 3/4 of the acting winners played LGBT characters.
* This is the first year in Oscar history where 3/4 of the acting winners are people of color.
* Surprisingly, Bohemian Rhapsody is the first music-based film to win Sound Editing.
STATS:
* Green Book is the third film to win Best Picture without a corresponding SAG Ensemble nomination, after Braveheart and The Shape of Water.
* Green Book is the first NBR Best Film winner to win Best Picture since Slumdog Millionaire, ten years ago.
* Green Book is the eighth film to win TIFF’s People’s Choice Award and the Best Picture Oscar.
* Regina King is the first person to win both the NBR for Best Supporting Actress and the Oscar since Penelope Cruz, also ten years ago.
* Green Book is the second film with “Green” in the title to win Best Picture, after How Green Was My Valley. No other colors have been represented in this category, although that would have changed had either Black Panther or BlacKkKlansman won.
* Mahershala Ali joins Luise Rainer, Vivien Leigh, Helen Hayes, Kevin Spacey, Hilary Swank and Christoph Waltz to be 2/2 for acting wins.
* Furthermore, Ali joins Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman to win two Oscars for Best Picture winners.
* This is the third year in a row that Best Supporting Actress has gone to an Emmy winner.
* This is the fifth year in a row that the BAFTA Best Picture winner has lost the Oscar.
* Olivia Colman is the fourth actress to win an Oscar for playing a monarch, following Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter), Judi Dench (Shakespeare in Love), and Helen Mirren (The Queen).
* With both The Favourite and Can You Ever Forgive Me? losing their respective categories, no woman has won a screenplay Oscar since Diablo Cody in 2007.
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the fourth film to beat a Disney/Pixar film for Animated Feature, and the first since Rango in 2011 (a year where there were no Disney/Pixar films in competition).
WHAT WE’VE LEARNED:
1. BFCA is not a valid precursor and only exists in order to predict the Oscars, and most of the time they can’t even get that right. They are not to be trusted.
2. SAG Ensemble is no longer a requirement to win Best Picture. Braveheart was in the awards’ infancy so that can be explained, The Shape of Water could be argued as a fluke, but Green Book the following year marks a potential trend. In other words, a film missing here is no longer an automatic death knell for its chances.
3. The Academy doesn’t give a shit about “overdue narratives.” You need to have the film, the role, and more importantly, the right field of competition.
4. In years of split races, look to what BAFTA does and predict accordingly.
5. If a presumed frontrunner (i.e. King) misses a SAG and BAFTA nomination but the same competitor doesn’t take both prizes, it’s a wash and essentially doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
