Oscar Nominations Announced
Besides NOT being awake at 5:30am and not really caring who gets an Oscar, I have decided to do a quick recap about what really matters.
Here is the run down of who is nominated – my guess for winners in BOLD. This doesn’t mean I agree.
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Director
Julian Schnabel — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman — Juno
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Joel and Ethan Coen — No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
Best Leading Actor
George Clooney — Michael Clayton
Daniel Day Lewis — There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp — Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen — Eastern Promises
Best Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett — Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie — Away from Her
Marion Cotillard — La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney — The Savages
Ellen Page — Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton — Atonement
Sarah Polley — Away From Her
Ronald Harwood — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel and Ethan Coen — No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody — Juno
Nancy Oliver — Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy — Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco, Jan Pinkava — Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins — The Savages
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck — The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem — No Country for Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman — Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook — Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson — Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett — I’m Not There
Ruby Dee — American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan — Atonement
Amy Ryan — Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton — Michael Clayton
Best Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up
More boring categories after the break
Best Foreign Language Film
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
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Achievement in Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Achievement in Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Achievement in Costume Design
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best Documentary Feature
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother
Achievement in Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Achievement in Makeup
La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Achievement in Music (Original Score)
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Achievement in Music (Original Song)
Once — “Falling Slowly” — Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Enchanted — “Happy Working Song” — Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
August Rush — Nominees to be determined
Enchanted — “So Close” — Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Enchanted — “That’s How You Know” — Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Best Animated Short Film
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
My Love
Peter & the Wolf
Best Live Action Short Film
At Night
The Substitute
The Mozart of Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Achievement in Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers
