“The Shape of Water” won Best Picture at the PGA Awards on Jan. 20. We know that the Producers Guild of America has previewed a whopping 19 of the last 28 Best Picture Oscar winners including six of the eight since the academy expanded the category in 2010. So, that must mean “The Shape of Water” is the new Academy Awards frontrunner, ahead of “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” which had been predicted to win this precursor prize, right? Not so fast.
Remember, the guild has gotten it wrong for two years running. In 2016 “The Big Short” took the PGA award while “Spotlight” went home with the top Oscar. And last year, “La La Land” won over the members of the guild while “Moonlight” was the academy favorite.
Were those two years the exception or the new rule?
After all, the guild adopted the same way of voting by preferential ballot as the academy...
Remember, the guild has gotten it wrong for two years running. In 2016 “The Big Short” took the PGA award while “Spotlight” went home with the top Oscar. And last year, “La La Land” won over the members of the guild while “Moonlight” was the academy favorite.
Were those two years the exception or the new rule?
After all, the guild adopted the same way of voting by preferential ballot as the academy...
- 1/21/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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