Oscars 2017: Complete List of Nominations
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Best Picture: Hacksaw Ridge
Hacksaw Ridge is the true story of WWII hero Corporal Desmond Doss, played by Lead Actor nominee Andrew Garfield. Army medic Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun during what is regarded as the bloodiest battle of WWII in Okinawa. Later, Doss as the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The film, starring Garfield, Sam Worthington and Luke Bracey, was directed by Mel Gibson and written by Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight. It earned a score of 86 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and, according to the site, earned $66,723,703 in the box office.
Hacksaw Ridge has already won a whopping 17 awards this season:
- Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Action Movie
- AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor
- Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in an Action Movie
- AACTA Award for Best Direction
- AACTA Award for Best Film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
- AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
- AACTA International Award for Best Direction
- BAFTA Award for Best Editing
- AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
- AACTA Award for Best Production Design
- AACTA Award for Best Production Design
- AACTA Award for Best Editing
- AACTA Award for Best Sound
- Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture
- Satellite Award for Best Editing
- Satellite Award for Best Sound
In addition to Best Picture, Hacksaw Ridge is nominated for five more Academy Awards – Andrew Garfield for Lead Actor, Best Director, Film Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing.