GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS: ‘BIRDMAN’, ‘IMITATION GAME’ & ‘BOYHOOD’ LEAD FILM, MORE SURPRISES ON TV SIDE

By Patrick Hipes Managing Editor December 11, 2014

The Golden Globes spread the wealth among this year’s films and TV series when nominations were announced this morning. The group that picked last year’s Best Picture Oscar winner 12 Years A Slave has tapped IFC Films’ Boyhood, Sony Classics’ Foxcatcher, the Weinsteins’ The Imitation Game, Paramount’s Selma and Focus Features’ The Theory Of Everything in its top drama race, with most everything going to form in the major acting categories.

The Best Motion Picture Comedy race includes Fox Searchlight’s Birdman, the Alexander Gonzales Inarritu-directed pic that led the way yesterday at the SAG Awards. It did so this morning, too, with seven nominations followed by five apiece from Boyhood and Imitation Game. That helped give Searchlight a leading 12 noms total — it also had Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which also scored a Best Comedy/Musical nom as did Disney’s Into The Woods, the UK pic Pride and the Weinsteins’ St Vincent.

On the TV side, broadcast comedies were among those that took a hit, with only the CW’s Jane The Virgin and its star Gina Rodriguez making the cut, otherwise overtaken by basic and premium cable and streaming services including Amazon’s first awards play Transparent, which is up for Best TV Series – Comedy or Musical.

Here is the full list of noms:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

BOYHOOD IFC Productions and Detour Filmproduction; IFC Films

FOXCATCHER Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Classics

THE IMITATION GAME Black Bear Pictures; The Weinstein Company

SELMA Paramount Pictures and Pathé; Paramount Pictures

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Working Title Films; Focus Features

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

JENNIFER ANISTON CAKE

FELICITY JONES THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

JULIANNE MOORE STILL ALICE

ROSAMUND PIKE
GONE GIRL

REESE WITHERSPOON WILD

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

STEVE CARELL FOXCATCHER

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH THE IMITATION GAME

JAKE GYLLENHAAL NIGHTCRAWLER

DAVID OYELOWO SELMA

EDDIE REDMAYNE THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BIRDMAN Regency Enterprises and M Productions and Le Grisbi Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL American Empirical Picture; Fox Searchlight Pictures

INTO THE WOODS Disney; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

PRIDE Pathé Productions Limited, British Broadcasting Corporation, The British Film Institute and Calamity Films; CBS Films Inc.

ST. VINCENT Chernin Entertainment; The Weinstein Company

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

AMY ADAMS BIG EYES

EMILY BLUNT INTO THE WOODS

HELEN MIRREN THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY

JULIANNE MOORE MAPS TO THE STARS

QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS ANNIE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

RALPH FIENNES THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

MICHAEL KEATON BIRDMAN

BILL MURRAY ST. VINCENT

JOAQUIN PHOENIX INHERENT VICE

CHRISTOPH WALTZ BIG EYES

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BIG HERO 6 Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

THE BOOK OF LIFE Twentieth Century Fox and Reel FX Animation Studios; Twentieth Century Fox

THE BOXTROLLS Laika; Focus Features

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 DreamWorks Animation LLC; Twentieth Century Fox

THE LEGO MOVIE Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / RatPac-Dune Entertainment / Lego System A/S / Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

FORCE MAJEURE (SWEDEN) Coproduction Office; Magnolia Pictures

GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM (ISRAEL) Arte France Cinéma; Music Box Films

IDA (POLAND/DENMARK) Phoenix film investments; Music Box Films

LEVIATHAN (RUSSIA) (Левиафан) Non-Stop Production, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation of the Cinema Funds, RuArts Foundation; Sony Pictures Classics

TANGERINES (ESTONIA) Allfilm

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

PATRICIA ARQUETTE BOYHOOD

JESSICA CHASTAIN A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY THE IMITATION GAME

EMMA STONE BIRDMAN

MERYL STREEP INTO THE WOODS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

ROBERT DUVALL THE JUDGE

ETHAN HAWKE BOYHOOD

EDWARD NORTON BIRDMAN

MARK RUFFALO FOXCATCHER

J.K. SIMMONS WHIPLASH

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

AVA DUVERNAY SELMA

DAVID FINCHER GONE GIRL

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU BIRDMAN

RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

WES ANDERSON THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

GILLIAN FLYNN GONE GIRL

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU, NICOLÁS GIACOBONE, ALEXANDER DINELARIS, ARMANDO BO BIRDMAN

RICHARD LINKLATER BOYHOOD

GRAHAM MOORE THE IMITATION GAME

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT THE IMITATION GAME

JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS GONE GIRL

ANTONIO SANCHEZ BIRDMAN

HANS ZIMMER INTERSTELLAR

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“BIG EYES” — BIG EYES
Music by: Lana Del Rey
Lyrics by: Lana Del Rey

“GLORY” — SELMA
Music by: John Legend, Common
Lyrics by: John Legend, Common

“MERCY IS” — NOAH
Music by: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye
Lyrics by: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye

“OPPORTUNITY” — ANNIE
Music by: Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
Lyrics by: Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck

“YELLOW FLICKER BEAT” — THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1
Music by: Lorde
Lyrics by: Lorde

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

THE AFFAIR
SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME Presents, SHELEG, HIGLEWATER

DOWNTON ABBEY
PBS
A Carnival Films/Masterpiece Co-Production in association with NBCUniversal

GAME OF THRONES
HBO
HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions

THE GOOD WIFE
CBS
CBS Television Studios with Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions

HOUSE OF CARDS
NETFLIX
Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

CLAIRE DANES HOMELAND

VIOLA DAVIS HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

JULIANNA MARGULIES THE GOOD WIFE

RUTH WILSON THE AFFAIR

ROBIN WRIGHT HOUSE OF CARDS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

CLIVE OWEN THE KNICK

LIEV SCHREIBER RAY DONOVAN

KEVIN SPACEY HOUSE OF CARDS

JAMES SPADER THE BLACKLIST

DOMINIC WEST THE AFFAIR

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

GIRLS
HBO
HBO Entertainment in association with Apatow Productions and I Am Jenni Konner Productions

JANE THE VIRGIN
THE CW
CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television in association with Electus

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
NETFLIX
Lionsgate Television for Netflix

SILICON VALLEY
HBO
HBO Entertainment in association with Judgemental Films, Alec Berg, Altschuler Krinsky works, and 3 Arts Entertainment

TRANSPARENT
AMAZON
Amazon Studios INSTANT VIDEO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

LENA DUNHAM GIRLS

EDIE FALCO NURSE JACKIE

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS VEEP

GINA RODRIGUEZ JANE THE VIRGIN

TAYLOR SCHILLING ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

LOUIS C. K. LOUIE

DON CHEADLE HOUSE OF LIES

RICKY GERVAIS DEREK

WILLIAM H. MACY SHAMELESS

JEFFREY TAMBOR TRANSPARENT

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

FARGO
FX
FX Productions & MGM Television

THE MISSING
STARZ
New Pictures, Company Pictures, Two Brothers Pictures, Playground Entertainment, BBC

THE NORMAL HEART
HBO
HBO Films in association with Plan B Entertainment, Blumhouse and Ryan Murphy Productions

OLIVE KITTERIDGE
HBO
HBO Miniseries in association with Playtone

TRUE DETECTIVE
HBO
HBO Entertainment in association with Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL THE HONORABLE WOMAN

JESSICA LANGE AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW

FRANCES MCDORMAND OLIVE KITTERIDGE

FRANCES O’CONNOR THE MISSING

ALLISON TOLMAN FARGO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

MARTIN FREEMAN FARGO

WOODY HARRELSON TRUE DETECTIVE

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY TRUE DETECTIVE

MARK RUFFALO THE NORMAL HEART

BILLY BOB THORNTON FARGO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

UZO ADUBA ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

KATHY BATES AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW

JOANNE FROGGATT DOWNTON ABBEY

ALLISON JANNEY MOM

MICHELLE MONAGHAN TRUE DETECTIVE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

MATT BOMER THE NORMAL HEART

ALAN CUMMING THE GOOD WIFE

COLIN HANKS FARGO

BILL MURRAY OLIVE KITTERIDGE

JON VOIGHT RAY DONOVAN