The Shape Of Water Oscar Nominations
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The shape of water oscar nominations. The shape of water is nominated for best picture for oscars 2018. Guillermo del toro s fantasy. The shape of water earned a leading 13 nominations including nods for best picture screenplay director guillermo del toro and actors sally hawkins richard jenkins and octavia spencer. Guillermo del toro s fantasy romance received 13 nominations including best picture.
Media caption find out the key oscar nominees for 2018. The 13 oscar nominations accrued by guillermo del toro s the shape of water makes it the likely favorite to win the best picture award though it would be rash to assume it s a done deal the fable about a girl who falls in love with an aquatic monster faces stiff competition from dunkirk eight nominations three billboards outside ebbing montana seven darkest hour and phantom thread. The film itself spans different genres focusing on a mute woman. Oscar voters put forward nine best picture nominees.
The shape of water guillermo del toro s romantic ode to the horror films of his youth dominated the 90th academy awards nominations on tuesday picking up a leading 13 nominations. The nominations for the 90th academy awards have been announced with the shape of water leading the field. The nominations for the 90th academy awards have been announced with the shape of water leading the field. The shape of water martin mcdonaugh s rage fueled comic drama three billboards outside ebbing missouri gerwig s nuanced coming of age tale lady bird jordan peele s horror sensation get out joe wright s winston churchill drama darkest hour steven spielberg s timely newspaper drama the post christopher nolan s world.
Guillermo del toro marshals memories of american film from silent classics to 1930s musicals to 1950s horror films to create a visually stunning phantasmagorical romance that is both astonishingly new and echoes as a tale as old as time. The shape of water bursts with humanity at its best in a story awash in the inhuman treatment of those who are different.