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THE BULLETIN • APRIL 22 - 28, 2021
‘Mank’ leads the nominees
in the 93rd Oscars
BY JAY BOBBIN
Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman star in “Mank,”
the most-nominated film in the 93rd Oscar ceremony,
which ABC televises Sunday.
Ben Mankiewicz would be interested in
the Oscars anyway, but this year, the film
industry’s top event also is very much a
family matter for him.
The longtime Turner Classic Movies host
is the grandson of Herman J. Mankiewicz,
the co-writer (with director and title star
Orson Welles) of 1941’s legendary “Citizen
Kane” – and the subject of “Mank,” the
most-nominated picture in the 93rd
Academy Awards ceremony, to be staged in
the coronavirus-pandemic era for the first
time as ABC televises it Sunday, April 25.
The show will be broadcast principally from
Los Angeles’ Union Station, permitting social
distancing for attendees, while the traditional
Oscar setting of Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre
still will be used for certain elements of the
special.
Nominated for best picture, “Mank”
is in the running for a total of 10 Oscars
also including best actor (Gary Oldman),
supporting actress (Amanda Seyfried)
and director (David Fincher). “It’s a very
particular movie about the struggles of an
artist who sort of hated himself and hated
the business and couldn’t get out of his own
way,” Ben Mankiewicz reflects, “but he was
the guy everybody wanted to be around. He
was the smartest, funniest guy in the room.”
While he normally is analytical when it
comes to movies, Mankiewicz notes that
“what makes me emotional” about “Mank”
is that his late father, veteran political insider
Frank Mankiewicz, “didn’t get to see this
movie about his father. He would have loved
it. And to me, it is precisely how he talked
about his dad. Gary Oldman captured what
my image was of my grandfather perfectly,
and I imagine it is locked into Gary Oldman
for the rest of my life.”
Following are the nominees in several
categories in the 93rd Oscars.
Best picture: “The Father”; “Judas and
the Black Messiah”; “Mank”; “Minari”;
“Nomadland”; “Promising Young Woman”;
“Sound of Metal”; “The Trial of the Chicago
7”
Best director: Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”;
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young
Woman”; David Fincher, “Mank”; Thomas
Vinterberg, “Another Round”; Chloé Zhao,
“Nomadland”
Best actor: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”;
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black
Bottom”; Anthony Hopkins, “The Father”;
Gary Oldman, “Mank”; Steven Yeun,
“Minari”
Best actress: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s
Black Bottom”; Andra Day, “The United
States vs. Billie Holiday”; Vanessa Kirby,
“Pieces of a Woman”; Frances McDormand,
“Nomadland”; Carey Mulligan, “Promising
Young Woman”
Best supporting actor: Sacha Baron
Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7”; Daniel
Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”;
Leslie Odom Jr., “One Night in Miami
...”; Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”; Lakeith
Stanfield, “Judas and the Black Messiah”
Best supporting actress: Maria Bakalova,
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”; Glenn Close,
“Hillbilly Elegy”; Olivia Colman, “The
Father”; Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”; Yuh-Jung
Youn, “Minari”
Guide to the TV grids
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‘Y’: Young children
‘7’: Children over 7
‘14’: Children over 14
‘PG’: Parental guidance
‘M’: Mature audience only
PA: Parental advisory
DVS: Descriptive video service
EI: Educational/instructional
D: Dialogue
L: Language
S: Sexual situations
V: Violence
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Å: Closed captioning
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N: Program is new
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