{"id":40887,"date":"2018-01-23T10:43:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=40887"},"modified":"2018-01-23T10:43:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:43:25","slug":"oscar-nominations-2018-5-jewish-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/oscar-nominations-2018-5-jewish-takeaways\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar nominations 2018: 5 Jewish takeaways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 If one thing jumps out about the nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards, it\u2019s the lack of big Jewish headlines to be plucked from them.&nbsp;\u201cThe Shape of Water,\u201d Guillermo del Toro\u2019s latest fantasy-tinted film, about an amphibian creature housed in a government laboratory, led the pack with 13 nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, here are the Jewish nominations and storylines from another year of great cinema.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCall Me By Your Name\u201d gets four nominations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40888\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40888\" class=\"wp-image-40888 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40888\" class=\"wp-image-40888 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/chalamet.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-40888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Timothee Chalamet, the Jewish actor up for best actor this year, shown at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, Jan. 21, 2018. (Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCall Me By Your Name\u201d is the biggest Jewish triumph in this year\u2019s nomination slate. The film, an adaptation of Egyptian-born Jewish novelist Andre Aciman\u2019s book of the same name, traces a romance between two young Jewish men in 1980s Italy and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/2018\/01\/08\/life-religion\/5-jewish-things-about-call-me-by-your-name\">is full of Jewish themes<\/a>. It garnered nominations for best picture, lead actor (Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, who is Jewish), adapted screenplay and best original song (\u201cMystery of Love,\u201d written by indie rocker Sufjan Stevens).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Was James Franco snubbed after #MeToo backlash?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few months ago, the Jewish actor was considered a shoo-in for the best actor category. His comedic performance in \u201cThe Disaster Artist\u201d as Tommy Wiseau, the eccentric (that word might be generous) director of the real film \u201cThe Room\u201d \u2014 considered by some to be the worst film of all time \u2014 was almost universally hailed by critics. He won a Golden Globe for the role earlier this month. But less than two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hollywood\/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html\">published an article<\/a>&nbsp;with accounts of five women who accused Franco of sexual misconduct. While the best actor category is loaded with talent this year (from Denzel Washington to Gary Oldman), multiple headlines called Franco\u2019s exclusion a response to the misconduct reports \u2014 and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/james-franco-snubbed-by-oscars-in-2018-after-sexual-misconduct-claims-1076968\">a<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2018\/01\/james-franco-oscars-snub-accusers-interview-good-morning-america\">snub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Israel\u2019s best film didn\u2019t make the cut.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFoxtrot,\u201d an Israeli drama about the aftermath of a military tragedy, had been on the shortlist for best foreign language film after winning a prestigious prize at last year\u2019s Venice International Film Festival, stoking hopes for what could have been Israel\u2019s first Oscar win. \u201cIn the Fade,\u201d a German drama that centers on a neo-Nazi murder story and won a Golden Globe in this category, didn\u2019t make the final Oscar list either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Surprise! Two Jewish industry legends are nominated yet again.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Daniel Day-Lewis has won the best actor award three times already \u2014 but he announced last year that he is retiring, so this might be our last chance to see the Jewish actor grace us with his presence at an awards night. The iconic method actor is nominated for his performance in Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s \u201cPhantom Thread,\u201d in which he plays a famous dressmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Spielberg\u2019s latest film, \u201cThe Post\u201d \u2014 a drama about the Pentagon Papers starring perennial Spielberg collaborator Tom Hanks \u2014 is up for best picture. That seemed inevitable, but the one relative surprise here is that Spielberg didn\u2019t get another coveted best director nomination. He was passed over for talented newcomers Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele, in addition to del Toro, Anderson and Christopher Nolan (for \u201cDunkirk\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was another good year for a pair of Jewish composers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the prolific Jewish composer Hans Zimmer, 2017 was business as usual. He wrote or co-wrote scores for three films, including one for \u201cDunkirk\u201d that earned him an Oscar nod. Benj Pasek, one half of the musical duo behind the score for the Broadway hit \u201cDear Evan Hansen\u201d and the lyrics of \u201cLa La Land,\u201d added to his rapidly growing legend with a nomination for best original song for \u201cThis is Me\u201d from \u201cThe Greatest Showman\u201d \u2014 a musical about P.T. 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