Good year for history on Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed all the nominees for this year’s 89th Academy Awards and La La Land is a star of 2017 Oscar Nominations with 14 nominations – the same number as Titanic and All About Eve. History movies are not forgotten in nominees, and here are some of them:
HACKSAW RIDGE
Based on true story about Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist who endured a troubled childhood in rural Virginia enlists in the army during World War II despite his pacifist beliefs. After Desmond’s desire to serve as an unarmed medic is approved by military officials, he is sent to the Pacific arena, where he saves dozens of lives during the Battle of Okinawa.
Hacksaw Ridge received 6 nominations including Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role (Andrew Garfield) and for Directing (Mel Gibson). Mel Gibson won his first Oscar for directing Braveheart (1995), an awfully incorrect history movie.
FENCES
A story about Troy Maxson, a working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, not on true story.
Fences received 4 nominations including Actor in a Leading Role (Denzel Washington), Actress in a Supporting Role (Viola Davis) and Writing (Adapted Screenplay).
HIDDEN FIGURES
Based on a true story and adapted from on the non-fiction book of the same name. The story of a team of African-American women provides NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program’s first successful space missions.
Hidden Figures Fences received 3 nominations including Actress in a Supporting Role (Octavia Spencer) and Writing (Adapted Screenplay).
SILENCE
Drama film based on the 1966 novel of the same name and directed by Martin Scorsese. The plot follows two 17th-century Jesuit priests who travel from Portugal to Japan to locate their missing mentor and spread Catholicism.
The movie received one nomination; for Cinematography.
ALLIED
This World War II romantic thriller and box office failure starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard received only one nomination: Best Costume Design.
JACKIE
Jackie is biographical drama film about Jackie Kennedy, following her life after the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is the last movie from late John Hurt.
Jackie received 3 nominations: Best Actress (Natalie Portman), Best Original Score and Best Costume Design.
LAND OF MINE
Our favourite movie this year; selected and nominated for the Best Foreign Language this film is inspired by real events and tells the story of German POWs sent to clear mines in Denmark after World War II. It is believed that more than 2,000 German soldiers were forced to remove mines, and nearly half of them lost their lives or limbs. Many of them were only boys.
Others:
List of other movies with some history:
LOVING – Actress in a Leading Role (Ruth Negga )
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS – Actress in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep) / Costume Design
13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI – nomination for Best Sound Mixing
SULLY – Best Sound Editing
DEEPWATER HORIZON – Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects.
20TH CENTURY WOMEN – Best Original Screenplay
