JASON'S BEST: If I Voted For The Oscars 2020 (Return to Jason's Best Main Page)


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Here's the detailed list of my Oscar choices for 2020, if I were allowed to vote -- my choice for the winner is in bold -- in addition, I have also included a few additional categories worth mentioning...


Nomadland, The Best Film of 2020

BEST PICTURE
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Nomadland
One Night in Miami ...
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Delroy Lindo in Da 5 Bloods
Anthony Hopkins in The Father
Gary Oldman in Mank

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Frances McDormand in Nomadland
Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman
Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman
Kate Winslet in Ammonite

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr. in One Night in Miami ...
Bill Murray in On The Rocks
Mark Rylance in The Trial of the Chicago 7
Paul Raci in Sound of Metal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ellen Burstyn in Pieces of a Woman
Olivia Colman in The Father
Amanda Seyfried in Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn in Minari
Helena Zengel in News of the World

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman
David Fincher for Mank
Chloe Zhao for Nomadland
Regina King for One Night in Miami ...
Aaron Sorkin for The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Sound of Metal
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Soul
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
First Cow
News of the World
Nomadland
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
One Night in Miami ...

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat for The Midnight Sky
Ludovico Einaudi for Nomadland
Ludwig Goransson for Tenet
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Mank
James Newton Howard for News of the World
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste for Soul

BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Green" from Sound of Metal (Performed by Abraham Marder)
"Fight For You" from Judas and the Black Messiah (Performed by H.E.R.)
"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami ... (Performed by Leslie Odom Jr.)
"Io si (Seen)" from The Life Ahead (Performed by Laura Pausini)
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Performed by Celeste)
"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (Performed by Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Nomadland
News of the World
Tenet

BEST FILM EDITING
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Nomadland
Tenet
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
News of the World
Tenet
One Night in Miami ...

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Emma
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mulan
News of the World

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
One Night in Miami ...
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

BEST SOUND
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Mank
Sound of Metal
Tenet
Soul

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Mank
The Midnight Sky
Tenet
Mulan

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
One Night in Miami ...
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Soul

BEST SCENE OR SEQUENCE IN A 2020 MOTION PICTURE
Levee's (Chadwick Boseman) monologue talking about the horrible violation of his mother and how eerie the dialogue is given it was Boseman's last role when he knew he was dying
The ending scene of Ruben (Riz Ahmed) sitting alone taking in the world's sound through his implants and then his decision to listen without them in Sound of Metal
Malcolm X confronting Sam Cooke about the lack of importance in his music in One Night in Miami ...
Mank (Gary Oldman) and Marion Davies (Amanda Seyfried) walking around the Hearst castle grounds in Mank
Paul's (Delroy Lindo) monologue straight to the camera in Da 5 Bloods
The opening 30 minute birth scene filmed in one single take in Pieces of a Woman

BEST FILM QUOTE OF THE YEAR
"If we're honest with ourselves, it all comes down to chance. I guess life is about grabbing those chances when they come around." from Love Wedding Repeat
"You have to take risks in life to have an adventure." from Onward
"You have everything it takes right here. Meaning you can make the world swear King Kong is ten stories tall and Mary Pickford a virgin at 40. Yet you can't convince starving voters that a turncoat socialist is a menace to everything Californians hold dear? You're barely trying." from Mank
"If you're not paying for the product, you ARE the product." from The Social Dilemma
"It's funny how a war never ends for those involved." from Da 5 Bloods
"I don't ever say a final goodbye. I always just say, "I'll see you down the road."" from Nomadland
"It's all a creation, whatever you make. An album, a film, a sweater, a ceramic fish. It's all an accomplishment." from Songs She Wrote About People She Knows
"You cannot have it all. You can only have the truth and the truth is enough. The truth is beautiful." from Wonder Woman 1984
"You cannot capture a man's entire life in two hours. All you can hope is to leave the impression of one." from Mank
"The universe throws a bunch of darkness your way that you have to suffer through in order to find your true path so you will appreciate the good things when they come." from Desperados
"Sometimes a thought is closer to the truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, do anything, but you can't fake a thought." from I'm Thinking of Ending Things
"This is a business where the buyer gets nothing for his money but a memory. What he bought still belongs to the man he who sold it. That's the real magic of the movies." from Mank