Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Books at the Oscars


 Movie: The Revenant
Based on the Book: The Revenant

"The year is 1823, and the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is among the company’s finest men, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker. But when a scouting mission puts him face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive. Two company men are dispatched to stay behind and tend to Glass before he dies. When the men abandon him instead, Glass is driven to survive by one desire: revenge. With shocking grit and determination, Glass sets out, crawling at first, across hundreds of miles of uncharted American frontier. Based on a true story, The Revenant is a remarkable tale of obsession, the human will stretched to its limits, and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution."
-Amazon
 
Nominated For:
Best Picture
Actor in a Leading Role
Actor in a Supporting Role
Cinematography
Costume Design
Directing
Film Editing
Makeup and Hairstyling
Production Design
Sound Editing
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects



Movie: The Martian
Based on the Book: The Martian

"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?"
-Amazon
 
Nominated For: 
Best Picture
Actor in a Leading Role
Production Design
Sound Editing 
Sound Mixing
Visual Effects
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Movie: Brooklyn
Based on the Book: Brooklyn

"Eilis finds work in a department store on Fulton Street, and when she least expects it, finds love. Tony, who loves the Dodgers and his big Italian family, slowly wins her over with patient charm. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, devastating news from Ireland threatens the promise of her future."
-Amazon
 
Nominated For:
Best Picture
Actress in a Leading Role
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)


Movie: Room
Based on the Book: Room

"To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world. . . . It's where he was born, it's where he and his Ma eat and sleep and play and learn. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.

Room is home to Jack, but to Ma it's the prison where she has been held for seven years. Through her fierce love for her son, she has created a life for him in this eleven-by-eleven-foot space. But with Jack's curiosity building alongside her own desperation, she knows that Room cannot contain either much longer.

Room is a tale at once shocking, riveting, exhilarating--a story of unconquerable love in harrowing circumstances, and of the diamond-hard bond between a mother and her child."
-Amazon
 
Nominated For:
Best Picture
Actress in a Leading Role
Directing
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)


Movie: The Big Short
Based on the Book: The Big Short

"The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower--and middle--class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking."
-Amazon
Nominated For:
Best Picture
Actor in a Supporting Role
Directing
Film Editing
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)


Movie: Carol
Based on the Book: The Price of Salt

"A chance encounter between two lonely women leads to a passionate romance in this lesbian cult classic. Therese, a struggling young sales clerk, and Carol, a homemaker in the midst of a bitter divorce, abandon their oppressive daily routines for the freedom of the open road, where their love can blossom. But their newly discovered bliss is shattered when Carol is forced to choose between her child and her lover."
-Amazon

Nominated For:
Actress in a Leading Role
Actress in a Supporting Role
Cinematography
Costume Design
Music (Original Score)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

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