F1 is the biggest surprise in best picturepublished at 14:09 GMT
14:09 GMT
Steven McIntosh
Entertainment reporter
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Brad Pitt stars as a racing driver who comes out of retirement in F1
F1, which stars Brad Pitt as a racing driver who comes out of retirement, is perhaps the biggest surprise in best picture.
It certainly wasn’t an outsider – many awards pundits expected it to pick up several below-the-line nominations for its incredible technical achievements (we highly recommend watching the film in a cinema or with surround sound if you can).
But the fact that it had enough momentum to propel it into best picture is quite something – especially without other major nominations in best director or the acting categories.
The remaining best picture nominees are much more as expected – Hamnet, Frankenstein, Sinners, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value and Train Dreams.
Perhaps the biggest miss is It Was Just An Accident, which won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival last year.
The previous film to do that, Anora, went on to win best picture, but the Academy clearly weren’t able to find room for Jafar Panahi’s film to follow in its footsteps. It did get into the international category, however.