The nominees for the 2015 Golden Globe Awards has been announced, and four out of the five films vying for Best Picture, Drama, are based on true stories. These include "Foxcatcher," "Selma," "The Imitation Game," and "The Theory of Everything." The fifth film nominated for this category is "Boyhood."
"Foxcatcher" centers on the story of Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum), an Olympic gold-medalist wrestler, and John du Pont (Steve Carrell), a paranoid-schizophrenic millionaire who murders Schultz's older brother, Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo), also an Olympic gold-medalist wrestler.
Carrell is nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) and Ruffalo is nominated for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
"Selma" is a film about the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, which led to the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Among its numerous cast members are David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr., Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Common as James Bevel, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton Robinson, Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Fred Gray.
The film is also garnered other nominations, including Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) – David Oyelowo, Best Director for Motion Picture – Ava DuVerney, and Best Original Song for Motion Picture – "Glory."
"The Imitation Game" is about computer scientist Alan Turing who cracked the Nazi's Enigma code during World War II. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, Keira Knightley as Joan Clarke, Matthew Goode as Hugh Alexander, Mark Strong as Maj. Gen. Stewart Menzies, Charles Dance as Cdr. Alastair Denniston, Allen Leech as John Cairncross, Matthew Beard as Peter Hilton, and Rory Kinnear as Detective Nock.
Other than Best Picture, the film also has four other nominations, including: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) – Benedict Cumberbatch; Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Keira Knightley; Best Screenplay – Graham Moore; and Best Original Score – Alexandre Desplat.
"The Theory of Everything" is about renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. The film is based on the memoir of Hawking's ex-wife, Jane Wilde Hawking titled "Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen." It stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as Jane Wilde Hawking, along with Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, and David Thewlis.
The film garnered three other nominations, including Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama) – Felicity Jones, Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) – Eddie Redmayne, and Best Music Score for Motion Picture - Jóhann Jóhannsson.
The fifth film nominated for the Best Picture category is "Boyhood," the only one that is not based on a true story. The film spans 12 years and follows the life of a 6-year-old boy and his sister as they grow up in Texas with their single mother. It stars Ellar Coltrane as Mason Evans Jr., Patricia Arquette as Olivia Evans, Lorelei Linklater as Samantha Evans, Ethan Hawke as Mason Evans Sr., Libby Villari as Catherine (Olivia's mother), Marco Perella as Bill Welbrock (Olivia's second husband).
"Boyhood" has a total of five nominations. Aside from Best Picture, it is also nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Patricia Arquette, Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Ethan Hawke, Best Director for Motion Picture – Richard Linklater, and Best Screenplay for Motion Picture – Richard Linklater.
Other notable films in the 2015 Golden Globes are "Birdman" with seven nominations, "Gone Girl" with four, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" with four, "Big Eyes" with three, "Into the Woods" with three, "Annie" with two, and "St. Vincent" with two. Getting one nomination each are: "The Most Violent Year," "Big Hero 6," "The Book of Life," "The Boxtrolls," "Cake," "Force Majeure Turist," "Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem," "How To Train Your Dragon 2," "The Hundred-Foot Journey," "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1," "Ida," "Inherent Vice, "Interstellar," "The Judge," "The Lego Movie," "Leviathan," "Maps To The Stars," "Nightcrawler," "Noah," "Pride," "Still Alice," "Tangerines Mandariinid," "Whiplash," and "Wild."
The complete list of nominees is posted in the Golden Globes Awards website.
