Check out what New York City films nabbed Oscar nods. Spoilers: one of them is "Coming 2 America."

Matt Troutman,   Posted Tue, Feb 8, 2022   Reprinted from PATCH

NEW YORK CITY — A classic New York City story. A biopic of a Broadway legend. A documentary about a legendary Harlem music festival. And "Coming 2 America."

Those are the New York City-based films that nabbed 2022 Oscar nominations.

The remake of "West Side Story" nabbed a best picture nod along with a best supporting actress nod for its star Ariana DeBose. It also secured a best director nomination for Steven Spielberg.

Few films boast a New York pedigree quite like "West Side Story." The musical with music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim tells a story of love and war in a largely Puerto Rican neighborhood on the West Side in the 1950s. It started life on Broadway before being adapted into a classic 1961 film.

And other music-themed New York City films fared well in this batch of Oscar nods.

“Tick, Tick … Boom!” garnered a best actor nomination for Andrew Garfield, who portrayed Jonathan Larson, the legendary Broadway musician wrote "Rent" and the selfsame musical "Tick, Tick... Boom!"

A documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival — “Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” — scored a nod for best documentary.

The Big Apple nominations weren't all music-focused inclined. "Coming 2 America" — the sequel to the classic 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy — grabbed a nod for best makeup and hair styling.

Take a look through the Oscar nominations -

The nominees for best picture are: “Belfast”; “The Power of the Dog”; “Dune”; “Drive My Car”; “West Side Story”; “Don’t Look Up”; “Licorice Pizza”; “CODA”; “King Richard”; “Nightmare Alley.”

Nominees for best director are: Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”; Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”; Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”; Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story” and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car.”

Nominees for best actress are: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”; Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”; Penélope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”; Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”; and Kristen Stewart for “Spencer"

The nominees for best actor are: Will Smith, “King Richard”; Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”; Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”; Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth.”

The nominees for best supporting actress are: Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”; Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”; Judi Dench, “Belfast”; Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog” and Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard.”

The nominees for best supporting actor are: Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast”; Troy Kotsur, “CODA”; Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”; Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog” and J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos.”

The nominees for original song are: “Be Alive” from “King Richard”; “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”; “Down To Joy” from “Belfast”; “No Time To Die” from “No Time to Die”; “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days.”

The nominees for best animated feature are: “Encanto”; “Flee”; "Luca”; “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” and “Raya and the Last Dragon.”

The nominees for documentary feature are: “Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”; “Flee”; “Attica”; “Ascension” and “Writing With Fire.”