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Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards 2014 nominations

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

  • American Hustle (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
  • Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics) Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
  • Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures) Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
  • Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features) Producers: Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter
  • Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures) Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
  • Her (Warner Bros. Pictures) Producers: Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay
  • Nebraska (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
  • Saving Mr. Banks (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producers: Ian Collie, Alison Owen, Philip Steuer
  • 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Producers:  Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures) Producers: Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, Joey McFarland


The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

  • The Croods (DreamWorks Animation) Producers: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell
  • Despicable Me 2 (Universal Pictures) Producers: Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri
  • Epic (Twentieth Century Fox) Producers: Jerry Davis, Lori Forte
  • Frozen (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) Producer: Peter Del Vecho
  • Monsters University (Pixar Animation) Producer: Kori Rae

COMMENT: Few were the Best Picture nominees that didn't score a PGA nod before. In fact, since the AMPAS expanded its possible number of Best Picture nominees, only The Blind Side, A Serious Man, Winter's Bone, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Tree of Life and Amour didn't score a PGA award nomination before. This way, I see Saving Mr. Banks and Blue Jasmine as the weakest contenders here (and I can see Inside Llewyn Davis taking one of these's spot in the Oscars) and given the huge SAG support to Dallas Buyers Club and its Critics' Choice Award for Best Film nod, I truly believe the AIDS drama will be part of the final cut of Best Picture nominees. Her and The Wolf of Wall Street scored an important nod, proving the most sceptical Oscar folks that they really are between the 10 frontrunners for the top prize. In the Animated Theatrical Motion Picture field, Frozen, Monsters University and Despicable Me 2 are closer to an Oscar nomination than ever, but I still believe the Academy members will also go for more traditional and less mainstream choice for the the other remaining spots (like Ernest & Celestine and The Wind Rises), not because The Croods or Epic aren't good, but because this field always brings more "alternative" competitors besides the obvious and extremely popular contenders.

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