Angry the Clown Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Performance by an actor in a leading role George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent) Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal) Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Performance by an actress in a leading role Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company) Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal) Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features) Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax) Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Best animated feature film of the year “Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird “Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck Achievement in art direction “American Gangster” (Universal) Art Direction: Arthur Max Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino “Atonement” (Focus Features) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Art Direction: Jack Fisk Set Decoration: Jim Erickson Achievement in cinematography “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins “Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Path? Renn) Janusz Kaminski “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit Achievement in costume design “Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky “Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood Achievement in directing “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Path? Renn) Julian Schnabel “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson Best documentary feature “No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production Richard E. Robbins “Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara “Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production Alex Gibney and Eva Orner “War/Dance” (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine Best documentary short subject “Freeheld” A Lieutenant Films Production Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth “La Corona (The Crown)” A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega “Salim Baba” A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello “Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production James Longley Achievement in film editing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Path? Renn) Juliette Welfling “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor Best foreign language film of the year “Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production Israel “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production Austria “Katyń” An Akson Studio Production Poland “Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production Kazakhstan “12” A Three T Production Russia Achievement in makeup “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald “Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) “Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli “The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Falling Slowly” from “Once” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “Raise It Up” from “August Rush” (Warner Bros.) Nominees to be determined “So Close” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz Best motion picture of the year “Atonement” (Focus Features) A Working Title Production Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers Best animated short film “I Met the Walrus” A Kids & Explosions Production Josh Raskin “Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski “M?me Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse “My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov “Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman Best live action short film “At Night” A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth “Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production Andrea Jublin “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films) A Kar? Production Philippe Pollet-Villard “Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans “The Tonto Woman” A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown Achievement in sound editing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Skip Lievsay “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Randy Thom and Michael Silvers “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Matthew Wood “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins Achievement in sound mixing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin Achievement in visual effects “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier Adapted screenplay “Atonement” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Written by Sarah Polley “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Path? Renn) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson Original screenplay “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Diablo Cody “Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM) Written by Nancy Oliver “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Written by Tony Gilroy “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Tamara Jenkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutter Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Wow... Enchanted nominated THREE times for Best Original Song. Gotta admit that movie had some catchy tunes but DAYYUM! Also love that Jason Reitman got nominated for Best Director. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 It's a technical nomination, Dan 2 out of 3 VFX nods to ILM. Good odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Transformers so deserve to win the VFX nom. Is Juno really that good or is it a hype train? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 It's a technical nomination, Dan It’s still one more nomination than Zodiac received. I would have expected some technical nods on that front for editing and so on. I’m also a bit sad to see David Shire’s score for Zodiac go ignored… though not as frustrated as I am over Jonny Greenwood’s score for ‘There Will be Blood’ being left out because of absurd issues questioning its eligibility. It’s one of the best scores of 2007. Still, it’s probably the most satisfying list I’ve seen for the Oscars in a while in terms of there being some really good names both on and off screen getting recognition. I’m pleased there wasn’t too much gushing from the Academy for Atonement. It's great that Ratatouille got a screenplay nomination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan_E Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Goes to show you how sheltered I've become in my old age as far as movies are concerned. There was a day, those shiny days of my youth, when I saw virtually every movie nominated for the annual Academy Awards. This year? I saw 2 movies nominated, and they're not even in the Best Picture category. It's all "I'll-wait-for-the-DVD" excuses, but I know of the Best Picture noms, I'll only really seek out the Cohens' picture. Meanwhile, what do I go out to see these days? Cloverfield and The Mist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Is Juno really that good or is it a hype train? It's a bit of both, a solid movie, but in places seems just a little too clever. I enjoyed it quite a bit though. This will be the second year ever that I will have seen all the BP nominees before the Oscars. I just saw "No Country..." yesterday and was a little underwhelmed by it, but only a little. I think the attention it got had my expectations set a bit too high. Last weekend I saw "Atonement" which I thought was great, but also flawed with a few scenes that could have been lost or shortened and a bit of a stall in the middle. Still, it recovered well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Goes to show you how sheltered I've become in my old age as far as movies are concerned. There was a day, those shiny days of my youth, when I saw virtually every movie nominated for the annual Academy Awards. This year? I saw 2 movies nominated, and they're not even in the Best Picture category. It's all "I'll-wait-for-the-DVD" excuses, but I know of the Best Picture noms, I'll only really seek out the Cohens' picture. Meanwhile, what do I go out to see these days? Cloverfield and The Mist. I find myself looking at the names of those nominated more than the films they've been nominated for - partly due to the fact so many are not even out here yet, or came out - lasted a week - then vanished or came out when i just had no time free to get to the cinema. I'm seeing Sweeney Todd at the weekend, whilst Jesse James, Michael Clayton and No Country for Old Men have been on my list of discs to buy since they were announced. Meanwhile Juno and There Will Be Blood do not open here until February. So I'm left just nodding in an agreeable manner as I see names who those whose work I find interesting like Paul Thomas Anderson, Roger Deakins, Colleen Attwood, Bob Elswitt and so on... They're good people. If No Country for Old Men wins best editing will Joel Coen force himself to come on stage sporting a false beard and a hat I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutter Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Juno was great, but I don't think it was the Best Picture. I'm betting on There Will Be Blood for that title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I saw 2 movies nominated, and they're not even in the Best Picture category. Same here, well 3 actually. Bourne, Transformers, and Eastern Promises. I'm so out of touch. I actually watched the nominations live on TV this morning before work. Was that Kathy Bates looking all glammed up? Maybe she was out clubbing. I thought the title was sarcasm, but I'm shocked and saddened to see Norbit got a nomination. I'm sure the people worked hard on the movie, it's just that Eddie Murphy wearing a fat suit is getting a little old. I'm sure even Martin Lawrence thinks it's lame by now. I'm cheering for Juno mostly out of spite and blind love for anything in any way related to Arrested Development. I haven't seen the movie but it's nice to see the Academy recognizing a comedy instead of the usual pretentious subtitled artsy stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan_E Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I'm cheering for Juno mostly out of spite and blind love for anything in any way related to Arrested Development. Me, too! Whenever I see a movie with an AD alumni, I smile a bit at the memories of a fantastic TV series that should have been treated better by Joe Q. Public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I'm glad to see the technical noms for Bourne; I think those guys did amazing work with it. Like many, there are few films on the list I've been able to see, and the DC of Zodiac is burning a hole in my shelf faster than anything up there that I mean to. I wish Deakins luck just on general principle, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 I also notice "The Counterfeiters" is up for best foreign language film. I saw a trailer for it yesterday before "no country.." and it looks really good. I'm not sure when it opens, but it's definitely on my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimness Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I loved No Country For Old Men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberwoo Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I really want to see There Will Be Blood. Too bad it isn't showing at my local favorite theater yet. F'n limited releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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