OUTSTANDING PICTURE

Boyhood (Produced by Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring & John Sloss)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson)

The Immigrant (Produced by James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Greg Shapiro & Christopher Woodrow)

Selma (Produced by Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner & Oprah Winfrey)

Under the Skin (Produced by Nick Wechsler & James Wilson)

AND THE WINNER IS:

BOYHOOD (PRODUCED BY RICHARD LINKLATER, CATHLEEN SUTHERLAND, JONATHAN SEHRING AND JOHN SLOSS)

With this win Boyhood total wins amount to five from six nominations. The film this award along with director, supporting actress (Arquette), original screenplay & film editing. The film was also nominated for supporting actor (Hawke).

Boyhood in the end was just took good to ignore as my favourite film of the year. Many talk about how the 12 years is a gimic but really it is not and this story before the 12 years is a great film and the fact that it was filmed over 12 years just adds onto this already great film. Richard Linklater his entire career has always tackled the theme of time and this is the best example of that showing how time really transforms everyone. This is Cathleen Sutherland and Jonathan Sehring’s first wins and nominations. John Sloss was previously nominated for I’m Not There (2007). This is the fourth win (third this year) and eighth nomination for Richard Linklater having previously won for animating Waking Life (2001) and this year for directing/writing Boyhood. He was also nominated for director School of Rock (2003), writing Before Sunset (2004) & Before Midnight (2013) and animating A Scanner Darkly (2006).