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We're leaving the News At One

in order to bring you

our special Oscar

nominations programme.

I'm joined by the film

critic Jason Solomons,

who's with me for

the next 45 minutes.

We'll be bringing you

all the nominations

as they are announced

in Los Angeles.

It is a fascinating year on many

levels, we will talk about the Me

Too campaign in a moment, but

potentially a good year for the

Brits?

It is, look out for Gary

Oldman as Winston Churchill, Daniel

Day-Lewis in a film called Phantom

Thread, which is not out in the UK

get, and Daniel Kaluuya from Camden

Town. Unless lookout for Sally

Hawkins, who is in The Shape Of

Water, which we expect to lead the

nominations by the end of play

today.

Fascinating, good to have you

with us, we will be joining those

announcements, viewers joining us

from BBC World as well.

Hello, and welcome to

this BBC News special programme,

bringing you the

2018 Oscar nominations.

I'm Jane Hill, and we are just

minutes away from learning

who has been short-listed for

this year's Academy Awards.

The film critic Jason

Solomons is with me.

We'll be discussing

the likely contenders,

and how different

the ceremony might be

after a turbulent year

for Hollywood.

We will be in Los Angeles in a

little while to hear the first

tranche of nominations. Let's talk

about the opening thoughts, what are

you looking out for, what are the

films we might hear a lot of in the

next half hour?

I expect the title

The Shape Of Water to feature very

heavily, people are tipping it to go

for 14 nominations, which would put

it on an equal footing with Titanic

and last year's La La Land, so

record-breaking possibility, but

whether it will be a winner I don't

know. I expected star, Sally

Hawkins, to be nominated, directed

Guillermo del Toro from Mexico, and

as you can see, the production

design is rather fantastic, so a lot

of craft categories, music as well.

It is a very strange, a fishy story

even, about a mute woman's

admiration for a sea monster. It is

not out in the UK yet, but it won in

Venice in September last year, so a

film that has got a lot of legs,

just not in one of its lead

characters.

And Three Billboards

Outside Ebbing, Missouri did very

well at the Golden Globes, cracking

central performance from Frances

McDormand, who doesn't love her? I

think she is quite remarkable. It

has divided critics in some ways, in

terms of issues of race, they could

be questions about that.

The film is

doing very well, it won at the

acting awards at the weekend,

suggesting this is the favourite for

Oscar glory at the moment. I think

it will feature very heavily in the

nominations, a film by London Irish

director Martin McDonagh, featuring

a powerhouse performance from

Frances McDormand, who won for her

performance in Fargo 21 years ago.

I

can't believe it was that long!

It

would be one of the longest gaps

between winners, she will definitely

get nominated for her performance.

Obviously, Woody Harrelson stands a

chance, in the supporting characters

category, as does Sam Rockwell from

the same film. It is offensive and

equal opportunities, foul-mouthed, a

firecracker of a script, about a

murder in a small-town, and how it

results in a kind of tinderbox

atmosphere.

And extraordinary

depiction of small-town America. In

terms of the general mood as we go

into the 2018 Oscars, and how that

also might influence the voting and

the lists that we were here in a

moment, a year dominated by abuse

scandals, the Me Too campaign, by

Harvey Weinstein. Whether we will

see greater recognition of female

voices, that there will, to some

extent be female empowerment coming

through in this list.

In many

senses, last year was an annus

horribilis for Hollywood, can it put

this behind itself now and show that

it is adaptable and can be spry and

light on its feet and adapt to what

is going on off the screen? I think

we will see that, I think we might

see only the fifth ever best

director nomination for a female

film-maker in Greta Gerwig, whose

film Lady Bird has been winning

hearts and minds all around,

brilliant lead performance from the

young actress Saoirse Ronan from

Ireland, also wonderful screenplay

by Greta were -- Greta Gerwig,

making her writing and directing

debut. And Laurie Metcalf, who many

people may have forgotten, from

Roseanne all those years ago, making

a big-screen comeback.

They are

terrific.

A great double act, both

of them will get nominations, I'm

sure, but it is whether this female

centred film will sweep all before

it and get the norm and it deserves.

There will be outcry, if I can tell

you, if we end up with a group of

white male directors, so I expect

the Academy will pay attention to

that and put her in for her first

film, which would be a remarkable

achievement.

She is only in her mid

30s, so it would be fantastic, but I

will put my bias out there, I think

Lady Bird is terrific.

It will charm

everyone by the end of this process.

We are broadcasting to viewers

around the world, but we are sitting

in London following all of this in

the UK, so we have to have a word

about British contenders, because,

goodness, I know we do well with

acting talent, but this is a

particularly strong year

potentially.

It is, led of course by

Gary Oldman playing Winston

Churchill, the man who has gone from

playing Sid Vicious to playing

Winston Churchill, and extraordinary

performance under layers of

prosthetic make-up, which I feel

will also be nominated. It is

directed by Joe Wright, and I expect

the film, Darkest Hour, will feature

in the craft categories.

It looks

fantastic, I wonder whether that was

its strength, very striking to look

at.

Almost theatrical, looking at

history through the eyes of drama.

Never forgetting it is Gary Oldman

under all that make-up, but his

performance burns through it all. It

is a terrific fusion of everything

coming together, a very enjoyable

film, I like it very much, Gary

Oldman is hugely deserving, is not

just for this performance, and his

whole career. I expect him to lead

the way, which I think Winston would

be proud of! Other nominations,

Sally Hawkins, and Daniel Day-Lewis,

three-time winner already at the

Oscars, extraordinary record, I

think you will be nominated again

for what he is billing as his final

performance, a retirement flourish

for his role as a 1950s could Juri

Ide film called Phantom Thread.

-- couturier.

And Daniel Kaluuya?

A

fantastic talent in the film Get

Out, a sort of horror-,

fantastic talent in the film Get

Out, a sort of horror-,, comedy,

satire, it is a fantastic film, and

I expected to be rewarded when the

nominations are read out very soon

it's my

we will head over to Los

Angeles right now for the first

tranche of nominations. It is all

brought to you by the Academy. Let

go to LA.

When we hear the sound of the

envelope tearing...

And the winner

is...

The Oscar goes to...

The Oscar

goes to...

And Oscar goes to...

Good morning and welcome to

nominations for the 90th Academy

Awards. I am John Bailey, governor

of the cinematographers' branch and

president of the motion picture

academy. This has been a remarkable

year for the movies. Actors,

writers, producers and directors

have given us films that not only

entertain but challenge us. There

has been bowled, adventure is work

in animation, documentaries and

foreign-language films, visual

effects, composers and sound

artists, production designers,

editors and cinematographers

continue to raise the bar of their

crafts, as do costume is, make-up

and hair artists. This is a landmark

year to honour their achievements.

Now please join me in welcoming our

hosts, the irreverent star of Girls'

Trip and actor director Andy Serkis.

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Good morning, it is an honour for us

to be here for the announcement of

the nominees of the 90th Oscars.

We're just seconds away from the

first announcement. As part of the

event, we are going to be showing

you a short video to introduce the

categories, like this one right

here.

Here are the nominees for

achievement in production design.

Beauty And The Beast, Blade Runner

2049, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The

Shape Of Water.

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Do you think they can install a

steam shower in my house?

I need one! Now it is time for our

second category.

MUSIC PLAYS

For achievement in cinematography,

Blade Runner 2049, Darkest Hour,

Dunkirk, Mudbound, The Shape Of

Water

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Next are the creative geniuses who

ensured that we actors dressed the

part and are never naked on-screen.

For achievement in costume design,

Beauty And The Beast, Darkest Hour,

Phantom Thread, The Shape Of Water

and Victoria And Abdul.

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Now let's see our nominees in the

next two categories.

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Here are the nominees for

achievement in sound editing.

Baby Driver, Laid Runner 2049,

Dunkirk, The Shape Of Water, And

Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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And for achievement in sound mixing,

Baby Driver, Blade Runner 2049,

Dunkirk, The Shape Of Water, and

Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

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I got to see this Dunkirk, seems

like a lot of people like it!

The Last Jedi could do with a bit of

a hand as well!

Next video, please!

# I'm walking on sunshine... #

For best animated short film, Dear

Basque And The, Garden Party

Negative Space and Revolting Rhymes.

Now the nominees for best live

action Short film. The 11 o'clock.

My Nephew, On it. The Silent Child.

And All of Us.

The last category

shows that length doesn't matter.

Now it is time for our next

category.

For original score...

Dunkirk. Phantom Thread.

The Shape of Water. Star Wars the

last Jedi. And Three Billboards

Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Now, the next category...

For achievement in visual effects...

They'd run a 2049.

Guardians of the Galaxy volume two.

Kong, Skull Island. Star Wars The

Last Jedi. And War for the Planet of

the Apes.

Without the masters of

their craft, in this category, the

average movie would be 18 hours

long!

For achievement in film editing...

Baby Driver. Dunkirk. I, Tonya. The

Shape of Water. And Three Billboards

Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Now, the final category in the first

half of this morning's

announcements...

For achievement in make up and hair

styling...

Darkest Hour.

Victoria & Abdul.

And Wonder.

We still have more nominee

announcements, but we will be back

in a moment.

A one minute and a half

break... Do we get to take a nap?

Yes!

Cool!

STUDIO: As you gathered,

that's how the Academy has chosen to

do it this year.

We will be in LA in a moment for the

rest of the categories.

A lot of films people are familiar

with, we heard a lot of Star Wars

and Blade Runner, the Brits are

doing well as well?

Fantastic news

for Sarah Greenwood and Katie

Spencer, nominated not just once but

twice in the same category for

production design. Ford's Darkest

Hour also Beauty and the Beast they

are ruling the studio system! The

Shape of Water already has seven

nominations in the categories. On

course to at least match the 14

nominations record number at this

point. Dunkirk doing very well with

six so far. And Darkest Hour, almost

in the shade with four. Doing

fantastically already.

Yes,

interesting to see what is coming

through there. It's interesting,

every year we talk about the big

films, a majority of people go and

see them. Star Wars, those films

don't always, rightly or wrongly,

get recognition at the Oscars. We

have reflected on this over the

years. Some say with the caveat that

these are the craft categories. They

are important but they do not get

talked about.

It shows the

expertise, in Sound mixing, like

Blade Runner and Star Wars, being

mentioned here. It is encouraging to

film fans, on the basis of what they

are doing. That strange presentation

they gave there, all female lead by

actresses. We saw this on Sunday

night, at the Screen Actors Guild,

all presented by females. It is

having an effect already, that there

is a female dominance in the

nominations.

And your thoughts on

what stands out so far for you? I am

wary, I'm looking at my list, I made

notes every time a Brit is

nominated. I am conscious this is

going out worldwide. We don't want

to be too Brit centric. It is lovely

to see the talent and craft skills

we have in this country. We talk

about it in acting terms and we may

see more on that in a moment, in the

other categories. It is something

that we do so well in the UK.

We

have a great studio system like

Pinewood, people hone their craft is

here and in the theatre. They

translate from television to the big

screen. Roger Deakins has been

nominated for cinematography. His

14th time, he hasn't yet won. I must

mention that we have a record,

history being made. A female

cinematographer, a black female

seminoma photographer. --

cinematographer. Rachael Morrison,

to then be nominated as a

cinematographer at the Oscars. A

glass ceiling has been broken just

now. That is extraordinary and it is

brilliant. Mudbound is an

extraordinary film.

And it has only

taken 90 years of Academy Awards to

get to that point! Mudbound is

interesting. It is something that

has been available on Netflix. It

opens up another debate about the

Academy Awards.

We may see it

nominated among Best picture.

Recognition now that cinema is

changing. With what people watch and

the way they watch things. The

Academy, always the Mount Olympus of

preserving the cinema experience.

They are having to change it and

recognise it this year.

Interesting,

let's return to LA. Let's hear the

final set of nominations including

those big categories. Let's go over

to LA...

What a great morning. Nominees for

the best performance by an actress

in a supporting role... Mary J

Blige. Mudbound. Allison Janney NI,

Tonya. -- in I, Tonya. Lesley

Manville in Phantom Thread. Laurie

Metcalf in Lady Bird. And Octavia

Spencer in The Shape of Water.

For performance by an actor in a

supporting role... Willem Dafoe in

The Florida Project.

Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards

Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Richard

Jenkins in The Shape of Water.

Christopher Plummer in All the Money

in the World. And Sam Rockwell in

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Mazzarri.

-- Mazzarri.

For best foreign language film... A

fantastic woman, Chile.

The Insult, Lebanon.

Loveless, Russia.

On body and soul, Hungary.

And, the Square, Sweden.

For Best

Documentary Short subject... Edith

and Eddie.

Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405.

Heroin.

Nice Skills.

And Traffic Stop. All of these

titles make a woman from an urban

area of very uncomfortable! I'm just

saying...

No, I totally agree! For

Best Documentary feature... Abacus,

Small Enough to Jail.

Faces Places.

Icarus. Last Men in Aleppo.

And, Strong Island.

For original song... Mighty River

from Mudbound.

Mystery of Love, from Call Me By

Your Name.

Remember Me, from Cocoa. Stand-up

For Something, from Marshall. And

This is Me from The Greatest

Showman.

For best animated feature

film... The Boss Baby.

The Breadwinner.

Coco.

Ferdinand.

And, Loving Vincent.

Here are the nominees for adaptation

screenplay... Call Me By Your Name,

James Ivory.

The Disaster Artist. Logan Scott

Frank and Michael Green.

Molly's Game.

And, Mudbound.

For original screenplay... The big

Six. Get out.

Lady Bird.

The Shape of Water.

And Three Billboards Outside Ebbing.

For performance by an actor in a

leading role...

Timothee Chalamet in Call Me By Your

Name... Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom

Thread.

Daniel Kaluuya... Yes... You know

it! He knows his name, in Get Out.

Gary Oldman, in Darkest Hour. Denzel

Washington in Bremen J Israel,

Esquire.

For performance by an actress in a

leading role... Sally Hawkins in The

Shape of Water... Frances McDormand

in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Missouri. Margot Robbie NI, Tonya.

Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird.

Meryl Streep in the The Post.

Here

are the nominees for achievement in

directing... Dunkirk, Christopher

Nolan. Get out, Jordan Peele. Lady

Bird, Greta Gerwig. Phantom Thread,

Paul Thomas Anderson. And, The Shape

of Water, dilemma Dettori. --

Guillermo del Toro.

You want to do

the big one, for best picture?

We

should both do it. What could

possibly go wrong? You don't know me

at all!

Finally, the nine films selected as

best picture nominees...

Call Me By Your Name.

Luca Guadagnino, Amelia George and

Marco McCullough. Darkest Hour...

Dunkirk, Emma Thomas, and

Christopher Nolan, producers.

Get Out, Sean McKittrick, Jordan

Peele, producers.

Lady Bird, Eli Bush, Scott Rudin and

Evelyn O'Neill, producers.

Phantom Thread, Joanne Sele, Paul

Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison and

Daniel Leavy, producers.

The Post. Amy Pascal, Steven

Spielberg and Chris -- -- producers.

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del

Toro and J Miles Dale, producers.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,

Martin McDonagh, producers.

Thank you very much, all, for

watching this morning.

Congratulations to all of the

nominees.

Make sure you watch as we

celebrate the 90th Oscars, on Sunday

night, March the 4th on ABC.

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CHEERING

STUDIO: So, finally, the full list

of nominations, nine films nominated

for Best picture.

Remember, this is the third year

where they are allowed a maximum of

ten. Nine nominated for Best

picture. If our maths is correct, it

is The Shape of Water leading the

way.

Yes, unlucky for some, 13. I'm

sure they will take it now! A record

has been broken. I mentioned Rachael

Morrison, a female cinematographer

but also Greta Gerwig, nominated as

Best Director for her work on Lady

Bird. Only the fifth female director

to ever be nominated. You can try

and work out who the others are!

The

only one who has ever won is Kathryn

Bigelow.

Sofia Coppola, and we will

find the other one!

Meryl Streep was

in there. We chuckled, it is...

Her

21st nomination, breaking her own

record!

The Shape of Water isn't yet

out in the UK, another week before

cinemagoers make up their own mind

on that. There are many fascinating

areas in this week. Greta Gerwig, in

director and screenplay, and the

wonderful Saoirse Ronan, as we

thought, here she is with Laurie

Metcalf, nominated as Best

Supporting Actress.

Lady Bird with

five nominations, an achievement for

a first-time film, an indie film, we

are seeing that with these best

picture nominations. They are in the

lead. With Three Billboards Outside

Ebbing. Get Out. These films that we

are seeing, they make the shape of

the Oscars. Things have changed, you

do not get heritage products any

more. The Darkest Hour is in there,

and Dunkirk you would expect that

but we have different films in the

make up of nine. It is exciting this

year. They've done a very good set

of nominations.

Martin McDonagh

would not getting a nod for best

director. There was the sense he may

get it. He has been squeezed out.

The film has a lot of nominations in

other categories.

I think he will

win Best Original Screenplay. He can

be proud of his work, he could also

get best picture.

Let's speak to one

of the British successors, a woman

who I hope is opening the champagne,

Rachel Shenton, the screenwriter of

The Silent Child, nominated in the

live action Short film category,

joins us now. Many congratulations,

Rachel!

Thank you so much!

I try

never, in so many years in this job,

to say how do you feel... But I have

to ask you!

I honestly don't know

how I feel. It is surreal. I feel

very emotional. It is lovely news.

People listening to us on the BBC,

they may know you began as an

actress in Hollyoaks. You have

written a very personal story. We

are seeing clips from your film

right now, Rachel. It is the story

of a young deaf girl where you and

your partner, who worked on this,

you deliberately wanted to cast a

young girl who, is, indeed deaf

herself. For those who do not know

about your film, tell us how this

film has come to pass and how you

reach this amazing point of being an

Oscar nominee.

My gosh, it is so

bizarre, that sentence! This story

is extremely close to me. I am a

writer and an actress. I play Jalan,

in The Silent Child, about a

profoundly deaf little girl called

Libby, born into a hearing family.

This story is very close to my

heart. My dad was profoundly deaf

and lived the last dozen years of

his life being profoundly deaf. I

believe that film is a powerful

medium to portray this message and

this story has not been told before.

It needs to be told. Me and my

fiance, the director of the project,

we believe so much in authenticity

in casting. Casting a profoundly

deaf role, for our lead, that was

essential. There was no other

option. We knew that it would be

quite difficult, because the brief

is so specific. We set out to do it

and we did it. Here we are.

We are

running out of time but before we

let you go, who is on the plane with

you? Who

gets to go to the Oscars? May, the

director and our leading lady,

Maisie!

Congratulations, Rachel Shenton,

Oscar nominee! Let's also talk to

Sarah Greenwood, another successful

brick here this lunchtime. Thank you

very much for talking to us. You are

not a first timer, you have been

nominated before. Congratulations

for your work on the Darkest Hour.

Thank you. It is fantastic. Also,

Beauty and the Beast we have two

nominations.

I should point that

out, Sarah. While pointed out! That

is positively

-- positively greedy! Doubling your

chances of winning an Oscar on the

4th of March!

I'm not a betting

person but I cannot think it is

something to do with us splitting

the vote. But it is amazing to get

this far. With two such different

films, it is absolutely astonishing,

actually. I cannot quite take it in.

It doesn't get any easier the more

nominations you get. It is more

thrilling, it is fantastic.

Jason

Solomons here, congratulations.

Thank you. Thank you very much!

What

about these films in Britain, having

them recognised in Los Angeles for

our skills here? What makes it so

special about what other craftsmen

can do here?

They are two such

different films. Beauty and the

Beast amazingly, was all built and

shot on the stages at Shepperton

Studios. With the most phenomenal

crew and crew of craftsmen. It was

old school Hollywood built in

London. It was fantastic. Then you

have something like Darkest Hour.

What was incredible was you have

these incredible locations. We went

up to Yorkshire and Manchester. And

in London. It is phenomenal.

Everything that is available to us

over here, facilities and locations,

it is stunning. Long may it

continue!

Sarah, we wish you all the

best. Congratulations. I am

genuinely a huge fan of your work on

the Darkest Hour, I watched it only

the other day and the first thing we

both said was how extraordinary that

film looked. We wish you all the

best and we are crossing our

fingers. Good luck again for the 4th

of March. Sarah Greenwood, nominated

in two categories for her work on

Beauty and the Beast and the Darkest

Hour. So many more we haven't

ventured. Call Me By Your Name has

done pretty well in the list of

nominations. Get Out, it is worth

mentioning another British talent

with Daniel Kaluuya.

Most people who

are watching it do not know that he

is British. Samuel L Jackson had to

say, why are these British actors

taking our jobs? Why? Because he is

so darn good!

Fantastic, those

nominations have been unveiled. Head

to the cinema and find out who you

think should win!

We will find out on Sunday, the 4th

of March.

The full reaction to the nominations

here on BBC News, and on the BBC

News website as well.

Enjoy your cinema going and thank

you for being with us.

Goodbye.