ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Leads The St. Louis Film Critics Association 2019 Awards Nominations

By Tom Stockman | December 10, 2019

Quentin Tarantino’s 1969 period piece “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” earned 10 nominations, followed by Martin Scorsese’s epic gangster film “The Irishman” and Noah Baumbach’s intimate portrait of divorce “Marriage Story” with nine nominations apiece to lead the St. Louis Film Critics Association’s annual year-end recognition.

Nominations in 22 categories were announced Dec. 8. The awards results will be announced Sunday, Dec. 16.

Tarantino’s sprawling homage to a golden age of movies and television garnered nominations for picture, director, screenplay, supporting actor and actress, production design, cinematography, editing, music soundtrack and scene.

“The Irishman,” which chronicles mobster activity through four decades, garnered nominations for picture, director, two supporting actors, screenplay, cinematography, editing, production design and visual effects.

Baumbach’s realistic look at a break-up drew nominations for picture, actor, actress, supporting actress, screenplay, editing, music score and two scenes.

Both Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie received two nominations each, with Johansson singled out for “JoJo Rabbit” and “Marriage Story,” and Robbie for both “Bombshell” and “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.”

Other films garnering multiple nominations included “1917” (8), “Parasite” (5), “JoJo Rabbit” (5), “Little Women” (5), “The Two Popes” (4), “Dolemite Is My Name” (4), “Joker” (3), “Avengers: Endgame” (3), “Ad Astra” (2), “Alita: Battle Angel” (2), “Bombshell” (2), “Booksmart” (2), “Frozen 2” (2), “How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World” (2), “The Lighthouse” (2), “Waves” (2) and “Yesterday” (2).

Eligible films include those that opened in St. Louis during the 2019 calendar year. A film, slated for a January 2020 release in St. Louis, is considered eligible if a screening/screener/screening link is made available to all members.

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Here is a complete list of the nominations:

BEST FILM

1917
Dolemite Is My Name
The Irishman
JoJo Rabbit
Little Women
A Long Day’s Journey into Night
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
The Two Popes
Waves

BEST DIRECTOR

Boon Jong-Ho “Parasite”
Sam Mendes “1917”
Martin Scorsese “The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Taika Waititi “JoJo Rabbit”

BEST ACTOR

Adam Driver “Marriage Story”
Eddie Murphy “Dolemite Is My Name”
Joaquin Phoenix “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce “The Two Popes”
Adam Sandler “Uncut Gems”

BEST ACTRESS

Cynthia Erivo “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan “Little Women”
Charlize Theron “Bombshell”
Renee Zellweger “Judy”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brad Pitt “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Anthony Hopkins “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci “The Irishman”
Wesley Snipes “Dolemite Is My Name”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Annette Bening “The Report”
Laura Dern in “Marriage Story”
Scarlett Johansson “JoJo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh “Little Women”
Margot Robbie “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” and “Bombshell”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach “Marriage Story”
Boon Jong-Ho “Parasite”
Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel and Katie Silberman “Booksmart”
Quentin Tarantino “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Lena Waithe “Queen and Slim”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Anthony McCarten “The Two Popes”
Todd Phillips and Scott Silver “Joker”
Taika Waititi “JoJo Rabbit”
Greta Gerwig “Little Women”
Steven Zaillian “The Irishman”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“1917” – Roger Deakins
“The Irishman” – Rodrigo Preto
“Joker” – Lawrence Sher
“The Lighthouse” – Jarin Blaschke
“Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood” – Robert Richardson

BEST EDITING
Boon Jong-Ho “Parasite”
Jennifer Lame “Marriage Story”
Fred Raskin “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Thelma Schoonmaker “The Irishman”
Lee Smith “1917”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917
The Irishman
Little Women
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Parasite

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1917
Ad Astra
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
The Irishman

BEST MUSIC SCORE
1917 – Thomas Newman
Ad Astra – Max Richter
Avengers: Endgame – Alan Silvestri
How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World – John Powell
Marriage Story – Randy Newman

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Frozen 2
Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Rocketman
Waves
Yesterday

BEST ACTION FILM
1917
Alita: Battle Angel
Avengers: Endgame
Captain Marvel
John Wicks 3: Parabellum

ANIMATED FEATURE
How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World
Frozen 2
Klaus
The Missing Link
Toy Story 4

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Apollo 11
The Biggest Little Farm
Honeyland
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Where’s My Roy Cohn?

BEST HORROR FILM
The Lighthouse
Midsommar
Parasite
Ready or Not
Us

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE (FOREIGN FILM)
By the Grace of God
A Long Day’s Journey into Night
Non-Fiction
Pain and Glory
Parasite

BEST SCENE
Avengers Assemble in “Endgame”
Charlie and Nicole fight in apartment in “Marriage Story”
Charlie sings “Being Alive” at a bar with his theater friends in “Marriage Story”
Cliff Booth visits Spahn Ranch in “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”
Jack visits remote cottage in “Yesterday”