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SuffragetteFocus Features has two major contenders they are offering this year. This is one of them.

Suffragette

Stars: Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Romola Garai, Natalie Press, Meryl Streep, Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw
Director: Sarah Gavron
Premise: From IMDb: “The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.”
Oscar Chances: Good and Bad: The opportunities for this film were boundless, but with unspectacular reviews, the film seems to have faded from most conversations. Still, there are several categories it could compete in including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.
Campaign-Proposed Categories:

  • Best Picture (Alison Owen, Faye Ward)
  • Best Director (Sarah Gavron)
  • Best Actress (Carey Mulligan)
  • Best Supporting Actor (Brendan Gleeson, Ben Whishaw)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Romola Garai, Natalie Press, Meryl Streep)
  • Best Original Screenplay (Abi Morgan)
  • Best Cinematography (Edu Grau)
  • Best Film Editing (Barney Pilling)
  • Best Production Design (Alice Normington, Barbara Herman-Skelding)
  • Best Costume Design (Jane Petrie)
  • Best Makeup & Hairstyling (Sian Grigg)
  • Best Sound Editing (Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley)
  • Best Sound Mixing (Danny Hambrook, Paul Cotterell)
  • Best Visual Effects (Tim Caplan, Simon Hughes)
  • Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat)

Rotten Tomatoes:
72% (135 critics; as of 11/29/15)
Metacritic:
67 out of 100 (37 critics; as of 11/29/15)

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