The Imitation Game—a movie about the life of the late gay British codebreaker Alan Turing—received eight Academy Award nominations when they were announced Jan. 15.
The film was nominated for actor ( Benedict Cumberbatch ), supporting actress ( Keira Knightley ), director, film editing, original score, production design, adapted screenplay and picture.
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel led the Oscar pack with nine nods each.
Boyhood, Birdman, Selma, Whiplash, American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel,The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything were nominated for best picture. Among the omissions were Foxcatcher, Gone Girl and Angelina Jolie's Unbroken.
Best actor nods went to Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne ( The Theory of Everything ), Michael Keaton ( Birdman ), Steve Carell ( Foxcatcher ) and Bradley Cooper ( American Sniper ). One omission was Selma's David Oyelowo, who portrayed Martin Luther King Jr.
Julianne Moore ( Still Alice ), Reese Witherspoon ( Wild ), Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl ), Felicity Jones ( The Theory of Everything ) and Marion Cotillard ( Two Days, One Night ) received best actress nominations. Amy Adams ( who won the Golden Globe Jan. 11 for her role in Big Eyes ) and Jennifer Aniston ( Cake ) were snubbed.
Robert Duvall ( The Judge ), J.K. Simmons ( Whiplash ), Edward Norton ( Birdman ), Mark Ruffalo ( Foxcatcher ) and Ethan Hawke ( Boyhood ) were nominated for best supporting actor.
Best supporting actress nods went to Meryl Streep ( her 19th Oscar nod, for Into the Woods ), Laura Dern ( Wild ), Emma Stone ( Birdman ), Patricia Arquette ( Boyhood ) and Knightley.
Richard Linklater ( Boyhood ), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ( Birdman ) Bennett Miller ( Foxcatcher ), Wes Anderson ( The Grand Budapest Hotel ) and Morten Tyldum ( The Imitation Game ) received nods for best director. Among those snubbed were Jolie, Ava DuVernay for Selma and David Fincher for Gone Girl.
Earning nods in the best animated feature category: Big Hero 6, Box Trolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Tale of Princess Kaguya and Song of the Sea. The LEGO Movie was left out this year.
In the music category, however, The LEGO Movie's "Everything Is Awesome" ( which lesbian duo Tegan & Sara performed ) is up for best original song. Competitors include "Glory" ( from Selma ), "Grateful" ( from Beyond the Lights ), "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" ( from Glen Campbell ... I'll Be Me ) and "Lost Stars" ( from Begin Again ).
The 87th Academy Awards take place Sunday, Feb. 22. Neil Patrick Harris will host.
