2017 Schurmys - The Major Awards

2017 Schurmann Film Awards

The Major Awards

Dunkirk

We're here. The last stop for the 2017 Schurmann Film Awards. We've handed out awards for everything from Visual Effects to Worst Ensemble and now it is time for the major awards. Everything else only barely counted. These are the big ones. These are the ones to put on your mantle for everybody to see. And now, the final step on the Schurmy journey for 2017, the Major Awards.

If you want to relive this journey, either in part or in full, here's a link to the hub containing links to all seven parts of the 2017 Schurmann Film Experience.

The Shape of Water

Best Original Score

Previous Winner - Jackie - Mica Levi

Best Oscar Nominee - The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat

Worst Oscar Nominee - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Carter Burwell

Predicted Oscar Winner - The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat

Honourable Mentions:

1. Blade Runner 2049 - Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch
2. Lady Bird - Jon Brion
3. The Post - John Williams
4. War for the Planet of the Apes - Michael Giacchino
5. Wind River - Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

Nominees:

1. Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer
2. A Ghost Story - Daniel Hart
3. Good Time - Oneohotrix Point Never
4. Phantom Thread - Jonny Greenwood
5. The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat

Hans Zimmer created a cacophony of noise to simulate the onslaught faced by the soldiers at Dunkirk waiting for a miracle. Daniel Hart scored the pains of loss and the lingering effects of grief through time for A Ghost Story. Onehotrix Point Never's score is a drug-fueled propulsive nightmare constantly agitating and driving action. Pulse-pounding and terrifying pushing Robert Pattinson through Good Time. Jonny Greenwood's gorgeous piano-centered score fills the Woodcock house with a melancholy elegance. Alexandre Deplat's music is a soaring, swooning magical score for The Shape of Water.

Runner Up - The Shape of Water - Alexandre Desplat

Winner - GOOD TIME - ONEOHOTRIX POINT NEVER

The Beguiled

Best Cinematography:

Previous Winner - La La Land - Linus Sandgren

Best Oscar Nominee - Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins

Worst Oscar Nominee - Darkest Hour - Bruno Delbonnel

Predicted Oscar Winner - The Shape of Water - Dan Laustsen

Honourable Mentions:

1. The Beguiled - Philippe Le Sourd
2. First They Killed My Father - Anthony Dod Mantle
3. The Florida Project - Alexis Zabe
4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Thimios Bakatakis
5. Song to Song - Emmanuel Lubezki

Nominees:

1. Blade Runner 2049 - Roger Deakins
2. Dunkirk - Hoyte van Hoytema
3. The Lost City of Z - Darius Khondji
4. Mudbound - Rachel Morrison
5. The Shape of Water - Dan Laustsen

Roger Deakins had made a lot of incredible looking film in his long Hall of Fame career but Blade Runner 2049 might just be his best work. Every single frame is stunning. Roughly 90% of Dunkirk takes place with either a backdrop of sand, sky or water featuring actors all wearing the same outfit but Hoyte van Hoytema takes the drab palette and makes it stunning, really letting the accentuating shots absolutely sing. Darius Khondji shoots the jungle as Percy Fawcett sees it. Entracing, inviting and dangerous. Just by looking at the film it is easy to understand the obsession Percy developed. Similar to the work done by van Hoytema, Rachel Morrison makes the drab beautiful and powerful. Mudbound lives up to its title with the grimy and dirty farm. The Shape of Water is a Cold War era fairy tale wherein a woman falls in love with the Creature From the Black Lagoon and Dan Laustsen captures the swoony romance, the magical elements and the Cold War industrial war magnificently.

Runner Up - The Lost City of Z - Darius Khondji

Winner - BLADE RUNNER 2049 - ROGER DEAKINS

The Meyerowitz Stories

Best Original Screenplay:

Previous Winner - Hell or High Water - Taylor Sheridan

Best Oscar Nominee - Get Out - Jordan Peele

Worst Oscar Nominee - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh

Predicted Oscar Winner - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Martin McDonagh

Honourable Mentions:

1. After the Storm - Hirokazu Koreeda
2. The Big Sick - Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon
3. Columbus - Kogonada
4. A Ghost Story - David Lowery
5. Lovesong - Kim So-Yong and Bradley Rust Gray

Nominees:

1. Get Out - Jordan Peele
2. Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig
3. The Meyerowitz Stories - Noah Baumbach
4. Phantom Thread - Paul Thomas Anderson
5. The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor

One could be dismissive of Jordan Peele's screenplay for Get Out by saying it's just a typical horror movie but with white people as the monsters but the layers he adds to it make it an incredible achievement. Lady Bird feels so real and vivid and that it is remarkable that it is only a little autobiographical. It's such a fantastic coming-of-age story built around a mother-daughter relationship. Noah Baumbach examined another fractured family in The Meyerowitz Stories but unlike his earlier films, he aims for a reconciliation now. Paul Thomas Anderson takes a break from exploring the dirt and grime of America to tell the story of a strange romance between a dressmaker and a waitress in 1950s England. The Shape of Water is an absolutely magical fairy tale romance filled to the brim with tropes of Cold War America in a beautiful balancing act of a film. 

Runner Up - Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig

Winner - GET OUT - JORDAN PEELE

Mudbound

 Best Adapted Screenplay:

Previous Winner - Moonlight - Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney

Best Oscar Nominee - Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory

Worst Oscar Nominee - Molly's Game - Aaron Sorkin

Predicted Oscar Winner - Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory

Honourable Mentions:

1. Blade Runner 2049 - Hampton Fancher and Michael Green
2. The Killing of a Sacred Deer - Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Rian Johnson
4. Stronger - John Pollono
5. T2 Trainspotting - John Hodge

Nominees:

1. Call Me By Your Name - James Ivory
2. The Disaster Artist - Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber
3. Logan - Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green
4. The Lost City of Z - James Gray
5. Mudbound - Dee Rees and Virgil Williams

Call Me By Your Name's beautiful love story wouldn't have been possible with a perfectly balanced screenplay that saves it's best and most powerful stuff for the last 20 minutes. The Disaster Artist does a fantastic job balancing the humour of Tommy Wiseau's existence without making it feel like mean-spirited gags from people with actual talent. Logan sends Hugh Jackman off as Wolverine with an adult screenplay so good even the Oscars had to nominate it. The Lost City of Z takes a languid form to the obsession the Amazon creates in Percy Fawcett. Mudbound takes events between two families on a farm in Mississippi and makes them feel as if they are happening on a national stage.

Runner Up - Mudbound - Dee Rees and Virgil Williams

Winner - CALL ME BY YOUR NAME - JAMES IVORY

Lady Bird

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Previous Winner - Lily Gladstone - Certain Women

Best Oscar Nominee - Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird

Worst Oscar Nominee - Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water

Predicted Oscar Winner - Allison Janney - I, Tonya

Honourable Mentions:

1. Mary J Blige - Mudbound
2. Allison Janney - I, Tonya
3. Nicole Kidman - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
4. Tatiana Maslany - Stronger
5. Sienna Miller - The Lost City of Z
6. Elizabeth Olsen - Ingrid Goes West
7. Michelle Pfeiffer - mother!
8. Tilda Swinton - Okja
9. Emma Thompson - The Meyerowitz Stories
10. Allison Williams - Get Out

Nominees:

1. Tiffany Haddish - Girls Trip
2. Holly Hunter - The Big Sick
3. Lesley Manville - Phantom Thread
4. Elizabeth Marvel - The Meyerowitz Stories
5. Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird

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Runner Up - Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird

Winner - HOLLY HUNTER - THE BIG SICK

The Florida Project

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Previous Winner - Alden Ehrenreich - Hail, Caesar!

Best Oscar Nominee - Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water

Worst Oscar Nominee - Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Predicted Oscar Winner - Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Honourable Mentions:

1. Daniel Craig - Logan Lucky
2. Jake Gyllenhaal - Okja
3. Woody Harrelson - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Paul Walter Hauser - I, Tonya
5. Tracy Letts - Lady Bird
6. Rob Morgan - Mudbound
7. Will Poulter - Detroit
8. Mark Rylance - Dunkirk
9. Michael Shannon - The Shape of Water
10. Michael Stuhlbarg - Call Me By Your Name

Nominees:

1. Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
2. Armie Hammer - Call Me By Your Name
3. Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
4. Barry Keoghan - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
5. Patrick Stewart - Logan

Runner Up - Patrick Stewart - Logan

Winner - RICHARD JENKINS - THE SHAPE OF WATER

mother!

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Previous Winner - Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Best Oscar Nominee - Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Worst Oscar Nominee - Margot Robbie - I, Tonya

Predicted Oscar Winner - Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Honourable Mentions:

1. Gal Gadot - Wonder Woman
2. Adele Haenel - The Unknown Girl
3. Riley Keough - Lovesong
4. Vicky Krieps - Phantom Thread
5. Cynthia Nixon - A Quiet Passion
6. Brooklynn Prince - The Florida Project
7. Florence Pugh - Lady Macbeth
8. Haley Lu Richardson - Columbus
9. Emma Stone - Battle of the Sexes
10. Meryl Streep - The Post

Nominees:

1. Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
2. Jennifer Lawrence - mother!
3. Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
5. Kristen Stewart - Personal Shopper

Runner Up - Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird

Winner - FRANCES MCDORMAND - THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

Darkest Hour

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Previous Winner - Casey Affleck - Manchester By the Sea

Best Oscar Nominee - Timothee Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name

Worst Oscar Nominee - Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour

Predicted Oscar Winner - Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour

Honourable Mentions:

1. Hiroshi Abe - After the Storm
2. Ansel Elgort - Baby Driver
3. Michael Fassbender - Alien: Covenant
4. Jake Gyllenhaal - Stronger
5. Tom Hanks - The Post
6. Charlie Hunnam - The Lost City of Z
7. Hugh Jackman - Logan
8. Jarkko Lahti - The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
9. Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
10. Robert Pattinson - Good Time

Nominees:

1. Timothee Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name
2. Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
3. James Franco - The Disaster Artist
4. Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
5. Adam Sandler - The Meyerowitz Stories

Runner Up - Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread

Winner - TIMOTHEE CHALAMET - CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

The Lost City of Z

Best Director:

Previous Winner - Robert Eggers - The Witch

Best Oscar Nominee - Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water

Worst Oscar Nominee - Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread

Predicted Oscar Winner - Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water

Honourable Mentions:

1. Paul Thomas Anderson - Phantom Thread
2. Darren Aronofsky - mother!
3. Sean Baker - The Florida Project
4. Noah Baumbach - The Meyerowitz Stories
5. Kathryn Bigelow - Detroit
6. Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
7. James Gray - The Lost City of Z
8. Luca Guadagnino - Call Me By Your Name
9. Rian Johnson - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
10. James Mangold - Logan

Nominees:

1. Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
2. David Lowery - A Ghost Story
3. Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
4. Jordan Peele - Get Out
5. Edgar Wright - Baby Driver

Runner Up - David Lowery - A Ghost Story

Winner - GUILLERMO DEL TORO - THE SHAPE OF WATER

A Ghost Story

Best Picture:

Previous Winner - The Handmaiden

Ranking of Oscar Nominees:

1. The Shape of Water
2. Get Out
3. Dunkirk
4. Lady Bird
5. Call Me By Your Name
6. Phantom Thread
7. The Post
8. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
9. Darkest Hour

Predicted Oscar Winner - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Honourable Mentions:

1. After the Storm
2. Baby Driver
3. The Big Sick
4. Blade Runner 2049
5. Detroit
6. The Disaster Artist
7. The Florida Project
8. Good Time
9. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
10. It Comes at Night
11. John Wick: Chapter 2
12. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
13. Lovesong
14. mother!
15. Mudbound
16. Personal Shopper
17. The Post
18. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
19. The Unknown Girl
20. Your Name

Nominees:

1. Call Me By Your Name
2. Dunkirk
3. Get Out
4. A Ghost Story
5. Lady Bird
6. Logan
7. The Lost City of Z
8. The Meyerowitz Stories
9. Phantom Thread
10. The Shape of Water

Runner Up - A Ghost Story

Winner - THE SHAPE OF WATER

Congrats! You made it. Now that you've survived the 2017 Schurmys you're good to avoid all other movie awards until the 2018 Schurmys. The Oscars don't matter anyways. I hope you enjoyed this experience. I'll take your feedback in just about any form you want to give it to me (though my smoke signals are a bit rusty so I don't recommend that).

Major Awards Stats:
Number of Nominated Films: 22
Film With the Most Nominations - The Shape of Water - 7
Films With Multiple Nominations:
7 - The Shape of Water, 5 - Phantom Thread, 4 - Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Get Out, Lady Bird, The Meyerowitz Stories, 3 - A Ghost Story, Logan, The Lost City of Z, 2 - The Disaster Artist, Mudbound
Number of Winning Films: 7
Film With the Most Wins - The Shape of Water - 3
Films With Multiple Wins:
3 - The Shape of Water, 2 - Call Me By Your Name

Overall Stats:
Number of Nominated Films: 67
Film With the Most Nominations - The Shape of Water - 17
Films With Multiple Nominations:
17 - The Shape of Water, 11 - Call Me By Your Name, 10 - Logan, The Meyerowitz Stories, 9 - Baby Driver, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, 8 - A Ghost Story, Phantom Thread, 7 - Blade Runner 2049 The Disaster Artist, 6 - Get Out, 5 - Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 4 - I Tonya, The Lego Batman Movie, mother!, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, 3 - Atomic Blonde, The Big Sick, Girls Trip, The Lost City of Z, Your Name - 2 - After the Storm, Coco, The Florida Project, Good Time, The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki, John Wick: Chapter 2, Logan Lucky, Loving Vincent, The Lure, Mudbound, Okja, The Salesman, T2 Trainspotting, The Unknown Girl
Number of Winning Films: 23
Film With the Most Wins - The Shape of Water - 8
Films With Multiple Wins:
8 - The Shape of Water, 5 - Logan, 4 - Baby Driver, 3 - Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, 2 - Blade Runner 2049, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

The Shape of Water