It has been apparent in talking to Oscar voters across many branches that the one title that keeps coming up at the top of their lists is Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front, which is the German entry for International Feature Film.
That it has strength across the board though is borne out with the Oscar shortlists in 10 categories released Wednesday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
All Quiet was named on five of them — in every category it could have been eligible (Makeup and Hairstyling, Sound, Visual Effects, Music Score, International Film), and is tied with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to lead the lists.
From director Edward Berger, the German film is the first major theatrical featureof the Erich Maria Remarque World War I classic since Lewis Milestone’s 1930 Best Picture Oscar winner.
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