Of the films that needed a PGA nomination to cement their chances for Best Picture consideration, both Dallas Buyers Club and Saving Mr. Banks received them. The Wind Rises did not, but you cannot blame the producers who haven’t been able to see the financial returns the film has made. This is Frozen‘s to lose. This also pretty much confirms all of the discussions we’ve had about this year’s contenders and if the Academy went with ten nominations, I would not be surprised to see this very list there. Except for one thing…
Where’s the Coens’ Inside Llewyn Davis. It had a strong precursor run, but was left off. I guess they had too many indies to consider and wanted to spread some love to populist entertainments. A Serious Man didn’t score with the PGA, but did with the Oscars. So Joel & Ethan don’t have to take this as much of a slight. Still, which film would get dumped for it? No one knows for certain.
The Nominations
Best Picture
American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks
12 Years a Slave
The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Animated Feature
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Epic
Frozen
Monsters University
Producers Guild of America Data
Year Founded: 1950 Film; 1957 TV; 1962 Unified First Awards: 1989 (24)
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I can see Blue Jasmine being left out, but Dallas Buyers Club being the surprise one left out. Inside Llewyn Davis could replace either of them, but don’t count out the Harvey Weinstein machine, which has had two years of winners and a strong showing last year. His two prestige films this year, Philomena and August: Osage County, will have their strength determined over the next couple weeks. August: Osage County seems to be disappointing and Philomena will have to have a LOT of support if it will sneak into the 5-10 race, which is quickly getting crowded. This may turn out to be the year that The Weinstein Company DOESN’T factor into the Best Picture race.
No one should forget the likes of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, which managed to overcome terrible reviews and nab a nomination. Perhaps it was because it was a weaker year, but Scott Rudin pulled it out. This year, he has both Inside Llewyn Davis and Captain Phillips. I think he’ll land both in the Best Picture race.
At this juncture, Harvey’s not looking too hot and I doubt he’s going to let that slide. Philomena is a definite crowd-pleaser, but apparently so is August: Osage County. My mother, who barely watches anything at the theater, saw the trailer and thinks it looks like great fun. Harvey still has a chance and considering all he’s done to shovel mediocre movies into the Academy tastes, I have a suspicion he’s still going to make it. I’m not really sure which film, but Philomena is the one I’m leaning towards.
The PGA has an 89% match-up rate with Oscar. My prediction: one for the Coens and one for Harvey with Inside Llewyn Davis and Philomena replacing Blue Jasmine and Wolf of Wall Street. If only nine, anything could happen, but Captain Phillips, a film that just about everyone likes but no one makes their number one or two pick, would be my guess to be dropped.
Of the films that needed a PGA nomination to cement their chances for Best Picture consideration, both Dallas Buyers Club and 
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