Los Angeles: The Revenant, the brutal survival drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is the frontrunner at the 88th Oscars by bagging 12 nominations in major categories of Best Picture, Best Actor and Director while action thriller Mad Max: Fury Road follows closely with 10 nods.
Both the films have been recognised in the best picture category besides cold war-set Bridge of Spies, period romance Brooklyn, action-thriller Mad Max, space adventure The Martian, captivity drama Room, recession drama Big Short and news drama Spotlight.
The Martian has bagged seven nominations while Carol and Spotlight got six each. The nominations were announced Thursday.
Based on the true story of 19th century fur trapper Hugh Glass, The Revenant has brought DiCaprio closer to Oscars glory while director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is back in the game after winning big last year for
The Birdman.
Apart from Best Picture, Best Actor for DiCaprio and Best Director for Inarritu, the movie has bagged nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Tom Hardy), Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Costume Design, Sound Mixing, and Film Editing, production design, visual effects and make up and styling.
DiCaprio will fight it out with last year’s best actor winner Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl), Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs, fellow Golden Globe winner Matt Damon The Martian and Bryan Cranston for Trumbo.
The best actress category is being led by double Oscar winner Cate Blanchett for Carol, actress Brie Larson for Room, Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence for biopic Joy, Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years and Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn. Agencies
