UPDATED: 2008 Academy Awards
Friday, February 22, 2008
My Oscar Picks:
The movieGOOMBA guessed 11 right!
***=Winner
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men***
There Will Be Blood
Best 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
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Cate Blanchette - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose***
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men***
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Best 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 Achievement in Directing:
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men***
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman - Juno
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Writing, Screenplay written Directly for the Screen:
Juno***
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced:
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men***
There Will Be Blood
Best Achievement in Cinematography:
The Assassination of Jesse James
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood***
Best Achievement in Editing:
The Bourne Ultimatum***
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Achievement in Art Direction:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street***
There Will Be Blood
Best 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 Achievement in Makeup:
La Vie en Rose***
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best Achievement in Music Written for the Motion Pictures, Original Score:
Atonement***
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song:
"Raise It Up" - August Rush
"Happy Working Song" - Enchanted
"So Close" - Enchanted
"That's How You Know" - Enchanted
"Falling Slowly" - Once***
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing:
The Bourne Ultimatum***
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Best Achievement in Sound Editing:
The Bourne Ultimatum***
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Best Achievement in Visual Effects:
The Golden Compass***
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:
Persepolis
Ratatouille***
Surf's Up
List of all Oscar Winners: 2008 Academy Award Winners
Wow, how exciting!
I was surprised by the best actor in a leading role selection and I'm really interested to see what happens.
From your predictions Atonement and NCFOM seem like the big winners of the evening.