17 Things You Probably Didn't Know About This Year's Oscar-Nominated Films

    So you can keep up at the watch party.

    Luis Del Valle
    by Luis Del Valle

    BuzzFeed Staff, Mexico

    1. Timothée Chalamet stars in two of the Best Movie nominees this year.

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    He's in Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman (a role that also earned him a nomination as Best Actor) and also plays Kyle Scheible in Lady Bird.

    2. The actor Michael Stuhlbarg also appears in two nominated films.

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    In Call Me by Your Name, he plays Elio's father, while in The Shape of Water, he is one of the scientists who works at the laboratory.

    3. At 23, Saoirse Ronan has just received her third nomination to the Oscars.

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    She was nominated for her role in Lady Bird this year, and had previously competed in the acting categories for Atonement and Brooklyn.

    4. This year is the first time that a woman has been nominated for Best Cinematography.

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    Rachel Morrison, who was in charge of cinematography in Mudbound, is the nominee.

    5. The Disaster Artist is based on a book documenting the behind-the-scenes of one of the worst movies in history.

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    The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made is a book written by the actor Greg Sestero and tells the story of his involvement in the filming of the cult classic The Room.

    6. Thanks to the movie The Post, Meryl Streep has officially racked up her 21st Oscar nomination.

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    She's won Best Actress twice, for Sophie’s Choice (1983) and The Iron Lady (2012)

    7. Margot Robbie trained in figure skating for three months for her role in I, Tonya.

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    In total, the Australian actress learned five complete routines.

    8. Martin McDonagh, writer and director of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, got his inspiration for the film from actual billboards.

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    Almost 20 years ago, McDonagh had traveling by bus "somewhere in the Georgia, Florida, Alabama corner" when he saw a series of billboards reporting an unresolved crime. That's how he got the idea to begin writing a script for the film.

    9. With Blade Runner 2049, the cinematographer Roger Deakins has now received 14 Oscar nominations.

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    But he's never won an Academy Award.

    10. Thanks to the soundtrack for The Last Jedi, John Williams has received his 51st Oscar nomination.

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    He is the second most nominated person in the history of the Academy Awards, after Walt Disney.

    11. Christopher Plummer became the oldest person to be nominated for an Oscar in the acting category.

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    At 88 years old, the actor was nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for All the Money in the World. Before him, the record was held by Gloria Stuart, who was nominated for Titanic at 87.

    12. Phantom Thread is Daniel Day-Lewis' last film.

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    The actor had decided to retire after his role in the film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

    13. Greta Gerwig is the fifth woman to be nominated as Best Director in the history of the Academy.

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    The director of Lady Bird broke an eight-year spell of zero nominations for women in that category.

    14. Despite his extensive film career, Gary Oldman has only just received his second Oscar nomination for playing Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

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    Would like to point out here that his role as Sirius Black is severely underrated, that's all.

    15. Believe it or not, Christopher Nolan has received his first nomination ever as Best Director for Dunkirk.

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    I know. Mind. Blown/Incepted.

    16. When Edgar Wright (the director of Baby Driver) pitched the movie to Sony, he assured them that it would get a nomination for Best Sound Editing.

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    The movie is now nominated to Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Editing.

    17. And Logan is the first superhero movie to be nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

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    This post was translated from Spanish.