80th Annual Academy Awards

[Masa]

Oscars 2008: Full Nominees List

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 Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

Best 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 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 Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Philip 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 Foreign Film
Beaufort (Israel)
Counterfeiters (Austria)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan)
12 (Russia)

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody (Juno)
Nancy Oliver (Lars and the Real Girl)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)
Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)
Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

Best Animated Feature Film
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Best Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Best 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

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
Ochberg's Orphans
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

Best Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma

Best Original Song
Falling Slowly from Once
Happy Working Song from Enchanted
Raise It Up from August Rush
So Close from Enchanted
That's How You Know from Enchanted

Best Makeup
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Animated Short Film
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
My Love
Peter & the Wolf

Best Live Action Short Film
At Night
Il Supplente
Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Best Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Best Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers

Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Best Costume Design
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

http://oscar.com/nominees/

[Guchi_Jnr]

Kinda feel sorry for some of these nominees, cause "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men", will blitz the awards..

[Tuffty]

^ Certainly seems like it. Wonder if the award ceremony will end up like the Golden Globes. Don't see it happening.

[tamatron]

Cate better win some!

[ctz]

Yay! This year there's ONE nominee that I've seen. Transformers. I hope it'll get all the prizes!

Again all the nominees have premiered autumn/winter

[tenkei]

Daniel Day Lewis and Javier Bardem will snag the actor statues, I'm unsure about the actress awards but i'd totally love to see Ellen Page and Saoirse Ronan win (though unlikely since Page is nominated for a comedy, and Ronan is so young). Best director will go to either Julian Schnabel or Paul Thomas Anderson. Best pic goes to either No Country or There Will be Blood, No Country wins for me, but Blood has the edge.

what else...

oh, hope Diablo Cody wins for original screenplay, Juno's script was so fucking awesome. and Sicko should win best Docu. And obviously Ratatouille will get animated film o_o I don't really know about the more artistic awards though lol...

I really don't think they'll cancel the show like the Globes. The Oscars are so much bigger than the Globes and held in such high esteem. Most of the actors are even saying that there NEEDS to be a ceremony and are rallying for it. If they have to cancel the show due to the strike, the writers will lose just about all sympathy they had.

[mode107]

Ratatouille definitely has won the animated flim award. It was good, and I heard a lot of talk about it. I've never heard of Persepolis, and surf's up was borning.

[tenkei]

i've not seen persepolis, but i've seen some stuff on it and i quite want to see it (maybe ill see if there's a screener of it up). surf's up was okay, ratatouille was better (but not as great as everyone says, imo)

EDIT
found a dvdrip of persepolis, gonna watch it tonight.

[Guchi_Jnr]

^ Persepolis kicks some serious ass, and would definitely get my vote..
Now it isn't a Disney kids flick (not even bloody close), which might hinder it's chances of getting the award, but it's the best animation story I think I've ever seen..

[Guchi_Jnr]

:bump:

Thought it's about time to do some predictions, since I've now watched a bunch of the main nominated movies..

Best Picture
Prediction: There Will Be Blood
Hopes will: No Country for Old Men

Best Director
Prediction: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Hopes will: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

Best Actor
Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Hopes will: Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
(Would be happy if Johnny Depp or Tommy Lee Jones won (think the final scene killed Tommy's chances), but definitely not Clooney)

Best Supporting Actor
Prediction: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Hopes will: Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
(Thought all the nominees were excellent, so any of them would be fine..)

Best Animated Feature Film
Prediction: Ratatouille or Surf's Up
Hopes will: Persepolis
("Best Animated Feature Film" = "Best Kids Feature Film", and Persepolis therefore won't stand a chance)

Gotta go and download some girlie films... Go Cate!!

[shirenuファクトリー]

I heard that the writers' strike is over, is that true? If so, we're gonna get our Oscars for sure, right? Kekek.

[tenkei]

yeah, theyre already running promo spots for the oscar's broadcast, so its a pretty safe bet that the ceremony will take place. supposedly they settled on an interim agreement the other day.

I'll turn in my official predictions in a day or two, gotta watch diving bell still

[Sayange]

Cate Blanchett x 2  She deserves at least 1 

[tenkei]

shit, keep forgetting to post my final picks! just before the show, lets go!!



Best Picture
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

Best Actor
Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

Best Supporting Actress
Soairse Ronan (Atonement)  [but I don't think she'll actually win. If Amy Ryan wins for Gone Baby Gone, I won't be upset]

Best Animated Picture
Perspolis

Best Documentary Feature
Sicko

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody (Juno)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

Best Original Score
I'm boycotting this category since they banned There Will Be Blood's score from contention.


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cant fuckin wait!

[shirenuファクトリー]

I've been watching the Oscars live every year (even if it's in the middle of the night ) and I'll do it again tonight This time I've actually seen one of the nominated movies! lol I haven't been to movies in years!

[Masa]

My Oscar picks:

Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

I think this is the first time I actually enjoyed all five movies. However none of the movies blew me away and my favorite movie of 2007 is still American Gangster. No Country for Old Men seems to be the favorite but personally I prefer There Will Be Blood.

Best Director
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Jason Reitman (Juno)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

'No Country for Old Men' vs. 'There Will Be Blood' Part 2. PTA managed to make a 3 hour long movie about a boring subject interesting so he deserves to win.

Best 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)

Are there even any other notable nominees besides DDL? I think not. Mortensen's performance would have been Oscar worthy some other year but 2007 belongs to Daniel Day-Lewis. The Oscars are rigged if DDL doesn't win 

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Julie Christie (Away From Her)
Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Laura Linney (The Savages) (haven't seen)
Ellen Page (Juno)

Marion Cotillard had the best performance of the year but I still want Page to win because she's totally boss 

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

Affleck, Hoffman and Wilkinson all delivered amazing performances but I chose Bardem because he's the ultimate badass in 'No Country for Old Men'.

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)

Blanchett better win. She was already amazing in 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' but she absolutely owns 'I'm Not There'. My all-time favorite performance by Blanchett and overall one of the most amazing performances of the year. Ruby Dee and Tilda Swinton don't even deserve to be nominated but I wouldn't mind seeing Amy Ryan win. 

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody (Juno)
Nancy Oliver (Lars and the Real Girl)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)
Tamara Jenkins (The Savages) (haven't see)

Diablo Cody got this shit on lock 

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)
Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

Best Animated Feature Film
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Easily the weakest category this year. 'Ratatouille' was average and I absolutely hated 'Persepolis'. 'Surf's Up' is the only movie I enjoyed but it doesn't even deserve to be nominated. I guess the academy forgot that The Simpsons Movie came out in 2007 

Best Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

My favorite movie of the year needs to win something 

Best 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

'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' might be boring as hell but it's still one of the most visually stunning movies I have ever seen.

Best Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma

I'm a sucker for epic movie music so Atonement is my favorite.

Best Makeup
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Best Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers

3:10 to Yuma has the greatest gunshot sounds ever 

Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

[daigong]

YEAH!! OSCAR CENTRAL HERE!

uh...JALBAYEAH!!!



Anne Hathaway 


My predictions:

Best Picture
Juno

Best Director
Jason Reitman (Juno)

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)

Best Actress
Ellen Page (Juno)

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)


Best Foreign Film
Katyn (Poland)

Best Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody (Juno)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley (Away From Her)

Best Animated Picture
Persepolis ?? (just saw the ads in the paper)

Best Art Direction
American Gangster

Best Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (it was filmed in E-Town lol)

Best Documentary Feature
Sicko

Best Documentary Short Subject
Ochberg's Orphans

Best Original Score
3:10 to Yuma

Best Original Song
Happy Working Song from Enchanted

Best Makeup
Norbit (CHARLIEEE MURPPHYYYY!!)

Best Animated Short Film
My Love

Best Live Action Short Film
The Tonto Woman

Best Film Editing
There Will Be Blood

Best Sound Editing
Transformers

Best Sound Mixing
Transformers

Best Visual Effects
Transformers

Best Costume Design
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

[Pinkosa]

FUCK YES!!!!!! YAY for NCFOM and I'm glad DDL won Best Actor, he deserves it~
omg denzel ilu

[Masa]

80th Annual Academy Award Winners

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: No Country for Old Men (2007) - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Juno (2007) - Diablo Cody

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) - Alex Gibney, Eva Orner

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Freeheld (2007) - Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Atonement (2007) - Dario Marianelli

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: There Will Be Blood (2007) - Robert Elswit

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Once (2006) - Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová(“Falling Slowly” )

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Fälscher, Die (2007)(Austria)

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Christopher Rouse

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Marion Cotillard for Môme, La (2007)

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Peter & the Wolf (2006) - Suzie Templeton, Hugh Welchman

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Mozart des pickpockets, Le (2006) - Philippe Pollet-Villard

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: The Golden Compass (2007) - Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Môme, La (2007) - Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Alexandra Byrne

[Masa]

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: No Country for Old Men (2007) - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007)

There Will Be Blood was my favorite but I have no problem with NCFOM winning.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)

 

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Juno (2007) - Diablo Cody

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Marion Cotillard for Môme, La (2007)

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)

WTF?! 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)