OSCARS 2008 - ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES
January 22nd 2008 16:30
Exciting times again, Academy Awards 2008 are closing in and the nominees are officially out. We have some good films, which proves we had a good year. Take a look and judge by yourselves. I've had the pleasure of catching most of them, so I marked the ones I find most probable to win in blue.
What do you think of this year's list? Discuss about this in the forums.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
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”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
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”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett - “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie - “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard - “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney - “The Savages”
Ellen Page - “Juno”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
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 film of the year
“Persepolis” - Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Ratatouille” - Brad Bird
“Surf’s Up” - Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
Achievement in art direction
“American Gangster” - Arthur Max, Beth A. Rubino
“Atonement” - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
“The Golden Compass” - Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
“There Will Be Blood” - Jack Fisk, Jim Erickson
Achievement in cinematography
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” - Roger Deakins
“Atonement” - Seamus McGarvey
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Janusz Kaminski
“No Country for Old Men” - Roger Deakins
“There Will Be Blood” - Robert Elswit
Achievement in costume design
“Across the Universe” - Albert Wolsky
“Atonement” - Jacqueline Durran
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” - Alexandra Byrne
“La Vie en Rose” - Marit Allen
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” - Colleen Atwood
Achievement in directing
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Julian Schnabel
“Juno” - Jason Reitman
“Michael Clayton” - Tony Gilroy
“No Country for Old Men” - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best documentary feature
“No End in Sight” - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” - Richard E. Robbins
“Sicko” - Michael Moore, Meghan O’Hara
“Taxi to the Dark Side” - Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
“War/Dance” - Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine
Best documentary short subject
“Freeheld” Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth
“La Corona (The Crown)” - Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega
“Salim Baba” Tim Sternberg, Francisco Bello
“Sari’s Mother” - James Longley
Achievement in film editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” - Christopher Rouse
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Juliette Welfling
“Into the Wild” - Jay Cassidy
“No Country for Old Men” - Roderick Jaynes
“There Will Be Blood” - Dylan Tichenor
Best foreign language film of the year
“Beaufort” from Israel
“The Counterfeiters” from Austria
“Katyn” from Poland
“Mongol” from Kazakhstan
“12? from Russia
Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” - Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald
“Norbit” - Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - Ve Neill, Martin Samuel
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Atonement” - Dario Marianelli
“The Kite Runner” - Alberto Iglesias
“Michael Clayton” - James Newton Howard
“Ratatouille” - Michael Giacchino
“3:10 to Yuma” - Marco Beltrami
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once” - Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
“So Close” from “Enchanted” - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
Best motion picture of the year
“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”
Best animated short film
“I Met the Walrus”
“Madame Tutli-Putli”
“Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)”
“My Love (Moya Lyubov)”
“Peter & the Wolf”
Best live action short film
“At Night”
“Il Supplente (The Substitute)”
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (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”
Adapted screenplay
“Atonement” - Christopher Hampton
“Away from Her” - Sarah Polley
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Ronald Harwood
“No Country for Old Men” - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” - Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
“Juno” - Diablo Cody
“Lars and the Real Girl” - Nancy Oliver
“Michael Clayton” - Tony Gilroy
“Ratatouille” - Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
“The Savages” - by Tamara Jenkins
What do you think of this year's list? Discuss about this in the forums.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
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”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
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”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett - “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie - “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard - “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney - “The Savages”
Ellen Page - “Juno”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
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 film of the year
“Persepolis” - Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Ratatouille” - Brad Bird
“Surf’s Up” - Ash Brannon, Chris Buck
Achievement in art direction
“American Gangster” - Arthur Max, Beth A. Rubino
“Atonement” - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
“The Golden Compass” - Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
“There Will Be Blood” - Jack Fisk, Jim Erickson
Achievement in cinematography
“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” - Roger Deakins
“Atonement” - Seamus McGarvey
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Janusz Kaminski
“No Country for Old Men” - Roger Deakins
“There Will Be Blood” - Robert Elswit
Achievement in costume design
“Across the Universe” - Albert Wolsky
“Atonement” - Jacqueline Durran
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” - Alexandra Byrne
“La Vie en Rose” - Marit Allen
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” - Colleen Atwood
Achievement in directing
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Julian Schnabel
“Juno” - Jason Reitman
“Michael Clayton” - Tony Gilroy
“No Country for Old Men” - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best documentary feature
“No End in Sight” - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” - Richard E. Robbins
“Sicko” - Michael Moore, Meghan O’Hara
“Taxi to the Dark Side” - Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
“War/Dance” - Andrea Nix Fine, Sean Fine
Best documentary short subject
“Freeheld” Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth
“La Corona (The Crown)” - Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega
“Salim Baba” Tim Sternberg, Francisco Bello
“Sari’s Mother” - James Longley
Achievement in film editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” - Christopher Rouse
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Juliette Welfling
“Into the Wild” - Jay Cassidy
“No Country for Old Men” - Roderick Jaynes
“There Will Be Blood” - Dylan Tichenor
Best foreign language film of the year
“Beaufort” from Israel
“The Counterfeiters” from Austria
“Katyn” from Poland
“Mongol” from Kazakhstan
“12? from Russia
Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” - Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald
“Norbit” - Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” - Ve Neill, Martin Samuel
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Atonement” - Dario Marianelli
“The Kite Runner” - Alberto Iglesias
“Michael Clayton” - James Newton Howard
“Ratatouille” - Michael Giacchino
“3:10 to Yuma” - Marco Beltrami
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once” - Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
“So Close” from “Enchanted” - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” - Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz
Best motion picture of the year
“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
“No Country for Old Men”
“There Will Be Blood”
Best animated short film
“I Met the Walrus”
“Madame Tutli-Putli”
“Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)”
“My Love (Moya Lyubov)”
“Peter & the Wolf”
Best live action short film
“At Night”
“Il Supplente (The Substitute)”
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (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”
Adapted screenplay
“Atonement” - Christopher Hampton
“Away from Her” - Sarah Polley
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” - Ronald Harwood
“No Country for Old Men” - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” - Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
“Juno” - Diablo Cody
“Lars and the Real Girl” - Nancy Oliver
“Michael Clayton” - Tony Gilroy
“Ratatouille” - Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
“The Savages” - by Tamara Jenkins
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