Oscar nominations

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Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

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."

Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; Julie Christie, "Away From Her"; Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose";

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

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement";
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

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."

Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood,
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird,
Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."

Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."

Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,"
"There Will Be Blood."

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."

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

Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "There Will Be Blood," "Transformers."

Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli; "The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias; "Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard;
"Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino; "3:10 to Yuma," Marco Beltrami.

Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted," Alan
Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up" from "August Rush," Nominees to be determined; "So Close" from "Enchanted,"
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

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

Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight," "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience," "Sicko," "Taxi to the Dark Side,"
"War/Dance."

Documentary (short subject): "Freeheld," "La Corona (The Crown)," "Salim Baba," "Sari's Mother."

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

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

Animated Short Film: "I Met the Walrus," "Madame Tutli-Putli," "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven),"
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)," "Peter & the Wolf."

Live Action Short Film: "At Night," "Il Supplente (The Substitute)," "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets),"
"Tanghi Argentini," "The Tonto Woman."

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



Not bad, really.

Can't get behind Juno, but it was well acted.

Zodiac got completely shut out.

No Steve Zahn nomination for Rescue Dawn.

[The Notorious LOL]

I assumed the first week of press about Juno was just kind of a local thing because "hay guyz Diablo Cody lived in Minnesota and the movie takes place in Minnesota" but nope. Dont know why it was so hyped. Its a cute movie and I enjoyed it a lot but its not oscar worthy.


If Javier Bardem doesnt win, Im blowing up Hollywood.

[jabumbo]

i'm back to my old ways....


the only movie i saw that was nominated for anything was the golden compass :(


i need to get to the theater more often...

[abcdefz]

Bardem's a lock, don't worry.

[MC Moot]

And the winners are:

Best Picture: "Atonement"

Actor: George Clooney "Michael Clayton"

Actress: Can't say...

Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"

Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

Foreign Film: Can't say...

Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"

Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"

Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"

Art Direction: "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street,"


Cinematography: "No Country for Old Men"

Sound Mixing: Can't say...

Sound Editing: Can't say...

Original Score: Can't say...

Original Song: Can't say...

Costume: ""Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight"

Documentary (short subject): Can't say...

Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum,"

Makeup: "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

Animated Short Film: Can't say...

Live Action Short Film: "Can't say...

Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass,"

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Amy Ryan's going to get supporting actress unless she fucks up some interview or something.

[adam_f]

And the winner is...HOV!

[NoFenders]

The only movie I've seen out of the whole mess is Ratatouille. :cool:

[DandyFop]

all the people in my office are talking about it but I guess only two of their films got nominated

p.s. I saved a seat for harvey weinstein at a film last night

p.p.s. and I am drinking tequila that was intended for bob weinstein

p.p.p.s. well I'm not drinking it right now because I'm working but YEAH look at me being all hollywood

[roosta]

i thought Tommy Lee Jones gave the outstanding performance of "No Country For Old Men", for my money.

Id like to see Hal Holbrook get it for "Into The Wild", but yeah, its gonna be Bardem.

I havn't seen "There Will Be Blood" yet, so im backing "No Country.." in the big categorys.

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I haven't seen Assassination of Jesse James... or Lake of Fire. I imagine those are the movies that might be real contenders that I missed.

I think that's it. Haven't seen Atonement, either, but... something tells me "no."

[roosta]

I have it on good authority that Atonement is shit.

[abcdefz]

I kind of imagine so. But every now and again, something turns out to be as good as, say, Sense and Sensibility, and I really like it a lot.

But, for instance, I stayed away from the Kiera version of Pride and Prejudice. It just smelled wrong.

[MC Moot]

"Atonement" is gonna win,mark those words...the academy loves the grandious,epic spectacular...not to say it should win but I bet it will...and Bardem is a real craps shoot as he failed to nail it for "Before Night Falls" so the academy may recognize...I really think Casey Affleck will/should be the sleeper victor,a wickedly subtle performance,robbed the film from Pitt...(y)

[Guy Incognito]

i reckon "no country for old men" will take a lot of those. I havent even seen the bloody thing - its just a feeling i get from seeing trailer a million times.

Whats with all the tunes from "enchanted" as well? Thats a poor selection.

[DandyFop]

:( Nobody cares about my bragging. ugh i'm lame

I'm sad Into The Wild didn't get a best picture nod.

Wow I didn't expect Juno to get all those. Guess I really should see it.

[roosta]

I'm sad Into The Wild didn't get a best picture nod.



Yeah, would have been nice

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Oh shit! That's one I keep forgetting about (that I didn't see).

Assassination/Jesse James comes out on DVD Feb. 5, so that's in my queue already.

[MC Moot]

I'm sad Into The Wild didn't get a best picture nod.



Must that remember Penn has a tumultous relation with the Academy,no shows,political grandstanding and all....I don't know he'll ever get a nod for director...it was in my top 3 films of the year though...and Vedders soundtrack was superb...(y)

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...actually, I think he did do some parties for Mystic River.

And I don't know what I Am Sam was except Oscar bait. I don't know if it's justifiable in any other way.

[MC Moot]

And I don't know what I Am Sam was except Oscar bait. I don't know if it's justifiable in any other way.

That performance is horrible...then again I maintain playing the part of someone with a mental handicap is a tough go...to nail it without causing insult or overacting...DiCaprio pulled it off in "What's eating Gilbert Grape" and Malkovich did it in “Of Mice and Men”…but Penn was brutal…(n)

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I haven't seen Of Mice and Men, but yes yes yes on the DiCaprio. I was amazed to find out he wasn't handicapped.

[TAL]

I haven't seen any of those movies. Go Oscars (y)

[Lex Diamonds]

I think it sums up the snooty elitism of the Oscars that Cate Blanchett is nominated for Best Actress for her wooden melodrama in Elizabeth whereas American Gangster isn't nominated for a single award. It's the same thing as Scorsese not getting a Best Director gong for about 40 years and Goodfellas losing Best Picture to Dances With Wolves. My respect for the Oscars seems to diminish every year.

[roosta]

I think it sums up the snooty elitism of the Oscars that Cate Blanchett is nominated for Best Actress for her wooden melodrama in Elizabeth whereas American Gangster isn't nominated for a single award. It's the same thing as Scorsese not getting a Best Director gong for about 40 years and Goodfellas losing Best Picture to Dances With Wolves. My respect for the Oscars seems to diminish every year.

American Gangster was nominated. for best actress in a supporting role.

Russell Crowe might have been worth a nod, but its a good movie, isnt that enough?

[Lex Diamonds]

American Gangster was nominated. for best actress in a supporting role.
Yeah, but no one cares about that anyway.

I'm just annoyed that while the Oscars is seen as the ultimate accolade in film-making they are still quite biased and unrepresentative in their choices of nominee.

[roosta]

Although I disagree with alot of oscar choices (Gladiator? Best Actor?) I wouldn't say American Gangster was good enough to be up there. It was good. thats all.

Anyway, No Country For Old men shits on American Gangster from a great height.

[Auton]

you left out laura linney and ellen page on your list of nominees for best actress.

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Fuck. Too late to edit.

Good eye, Auton.

[Auton]

no prob bob

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no prob bob




No -- Bob's the one with hair.

[MC Moot]

Whatever.

I think that there should be more outrage that Gary Oldman has never been nominated...

Actually he should/could have considered for best supporting male in "State of Grace"...besides I thought you would be more upset that Chuck Norris has relinquished his thespian endeavors to pursue political aspirations...look for him to lead the republican ticket in 2012...a sure way to get Cmute to the polls...(y)

[saz]

padster raised a good point.

american gangster deserved many more nominations. it's an excellent movie, and ridley scott is very consistent for directing good movies. anyways it's perplexing that gangster was barely recognized, but meanwhile juno and its overblown hype was.

[Randetica]

sometimes when i see a movie that got showered with oscars i think how bad must other movies be..

here it makes no sense to watch the oscars cause they didnt show most nominated movies yet by that time