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Grammy-nominated Story, composer Downing, and acclaimed

pianist Carothers come together foranight of contemporary

acoustic piano.

Liz Story

Lisa

Downing

Kori

Carothers

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Book,music andlyricsbyBarry Kleinbort

Based on theplay by JeffreyHatcher

MusicalDirectionbyPaulGreenwood

Directedby BarryKleinbort

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nessto rewarddarker fare —
“Sicario” and“Nightcrawl-
er”— thanthefilmacademy.
Andthen there’s the sim-
ple ari thmetic, ofcourse.
The PGA nominates10 mov-
ies.Inthefive yearssincethe
academy last revised the
category for best picture —
putting the number of nomi-
natedfilms at between five
and10, depending on the lev-
el of support — nine movies
have been nominated three
years, eight movies in the
other two.
One other key point: In
those five years, the acade-
my has always nominated at
least one movie not cited by
the PGA.
Last year, “Room” took
that spot of honor, while
PGA nominees “Straight
Outta Compton,” “Sicario”
and “ExMachina” fell by the
wayside.
“Deadpool” isobviously
the easiest titleto dismiss.
But the other nine PGA
nominees have as strong a
case as the three critically
acclaimed movies thatwere
left off, perhaps better. “Lov-
ing,” “Jackie”and “Silence”
have not done well with the
otherguildseither,with only
“Jackie” registering for
Natalie Portman’s titleturn
as Jacqueline Kennedy.
Theone argument that

could be made is thatScor-

sese’s “Silence” broke too

late for voters to see it. Pa-

ramount did mail DVD

screenersto PGAvoters, as

well as Directors Guild

members. (The DGA an-

nounces its nominees

Thursday.) Between the

movie’s critical acclaim and

Scorsese’s strong track

recordwith the academy (a

much more exclusive, fo-

cused group than the PGA

and DGA), it’s possible “Si-

lence”still lands a best -pic-

ture nomination over the

crowd-pleaser “Hidden Fig-

ures” or the sentimental

“Lion.”

The PGA also an-

nounced nominees intwo

othercate gories.For ani-

matedfilm, thegroupcited

“Finding Dory,” “Kubo and

the TwoStrings,” “Moana,”

“TheSecretLifeofPets”and

“Zootopia.”

For documentary, the

nominees are “Dancer,”

“The Eagle Huntress, ” “Life,

Animated,” “O.J.:Made in

America” and“Tower.”

The 2017 Producers Guild

Award winners will be an-

nounced Jan. 28 ata cere-

mony held at the Beverly

Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

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“HIDDEN FIGURES,”with Olek Krupa andJanelle Monáe, is among nominees.

Hopper Stone

Producers’ shortlist

[Pr oducers,fromE1]

“HELL OR HIGHWATER,”withJeff Bridges, left,

and Gil Birmingham,found favor with PGAvoters.

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