Boyhood, Gone Girl and The Imitation Game up for ACE Eddie Awards
Director Richard Linklater's critically-acclaimed drama Boyhood will do battle with Gone Girl, The Imitation Game and American Sniper for the top prize at the American Cinema Editors' Eddie Awards.
Nightcrawler and Whiplash are also shortlisted for the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) title, which has six contenders instead of the usual five this year (15) due to a tie.
Meanwhile, the feature editing, comedy or musical nominees are
Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods, Inherent Vice
and Guardians of the Galaxy.
The ACE picks generally serve as good indicators for the Academy
Awards - the winner of the dramatic feature editing prize has gone
on to strike gold for editing at the Oscars in the past nine out of
12 years, while the victor in either the dramatic or comedy/musical
categories has claimed the Best Picture Oscar seven times in the
same period, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Other nominations for the Eddie Awards include Big Hero 6, The
Boxtrolls and The Lego Movie for Best Edited Animated Feature Film,
episodes of 24, Mad Men and Sherlock for Best Edited One-Hour
Series for Commercial Television, and instalments of True Detective
and House of Cards for the Non-Commercial Television category.
The winners will be unveiled on 30 January (15) during a ceremony
at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California.