2007 Academy Awards

[tomandshell]

Nominations have been announced. Did your favorites make the list?

I'm personally excited to see Viggo up for best actor, and it's neat to see Cate Blanchett up for both best actress and best supporting actress. Also glad to see Johnny Depp up for best actor. I am still waiting to see THERE WILL BE BLOOD but I'm glad to see it get some attention as well.



BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
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

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 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 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 SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

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 - Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Beaufort (Israel)
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan) 12 (Russia)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
American Gangster
Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
Atonement
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Albert Wolsky - Across the Universe
Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marit Allen - La Vie en Rose
Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy - Into the Wild
Roderick Jaynes - No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald - La Vie en Rose
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji - Norbit
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard - Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Falling Slowly" - Once
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" - August Rush
Nominees to be determined "So Close" - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane - Ratatouille
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe - 3:10 to Yuma
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin - Transformers

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers - Ratatouille
Matthew Wood - There Will Be Blood
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins - Transformers

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier - Transformers

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

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

 

[Shai]

Depp in there...

 

[pixletwin]

I really liked that Casey Affleck was nominated for the Jesse James movie. That was my favorite of the year.

 

[IrishJedi]

I really liked that Casey Affleck was nominated for the Jesse James movie. That was my favorite of the year.

Yeah, me too. Even though he was probably better in "Gone Baby Gone", which, imho, was the best movie of 2007.

 

[tomandshell]

I really liked that Casey Affleck was nominated for the Jesse James movie. That was my favorite of the year.

I haven't seen it yet but I will be watching it in two weeks on Blu-ray. I remember when I saw the trailer and just based on those two minutes, I said to myself, "I hope this movie gets nominated for best cinematography." Looks like it did.

I am looking forward to seeing it, along with There Will Be Blood. I am hoping that the nominations for that one will generate enough interest to bring it to town. After that, Michael Clayton is coming out on video on February 19th, so I can catch that one in time for the Oscars that weekend. And if I can convince myself to go and see Atonement, I will have at least seen the five best picture nominees.

 

[IronFingaz]

Why the hell is Norbit nominated for best make-up Couldnt they have found something better or were they all done with CGI?

It sucks a bit that American Gangster didnt get more nominations:emperor

Can't wait to see There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men. It just sucks major balls that they won't premier untill AFTER the Academy Awards:emperor

 

[Entropy]

My initial predictions: (I've won the office pool two years in a row )


BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
No Country for Old Men

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Ellen Page - Juno

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
I'm torn right now between
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
and
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
but I'll give the edge to Bardem

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno

Also I'm really rooting for Persepolis!

 

[darthviper107]

I really need to see some of these movies, I've seen a lot of blockbusters, but not the more Oscar-worthy films.

 

[The Mike]

My Predictions:

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
No Country for Old Men

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George Clooney - Michael Clayton

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Ellen Page - Juno

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ruby Dee - American Gangster

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton - Atonement

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Ratatouille

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
"That's How You Know" - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier - Transformers


I think Ruby Dee will win because its one of those "Make Up" Oscars for not being awarded for previous works, while I want Depp to win I think that Clooney will get it for Clayton and I think that No Country for Old Men will take a lot of these...

 

[Darth Caedus]

No way anybody beats Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood. It was the oddeset, yet memorable movies I've seen in a long time.

 

[IronFingaz]

No way anybody beats Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood. It was the oddeset, yet memorable movies I've seen in a long time.

Yup, i think best actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and best actress in a supporting role (Cate Blanchett) are the only one's that seem like a lock, imo.

 

[Darth Loki]

Mad props to Cate Blanchett. Has anyone been nominated for both leading and supporting in the same year?

 

[tomandshell]

Daniel Day Lewis will win Best Actor.

Diablo Cody will win Best Original Screenplay.

Casey Affleck will win for Jesse James.

Cate Blanchett will win for I'm Not There.

I think Ellen Page has a chance at winning for Juno--the Academy likes to support youngers actresses. She would set a new record for the youngest woman to win. But I wouldn't be surprised to see Laura Linney win, as she deserves it by now, but how many people saw her performance? And Julie Christie could get one of those de facto lifetime achievement awards--although it didn't work for Peter O'Toole recently, and sometimes the nomination is enough for older actors.

If Cate Blanchett wins, it will be for playing Bob Dylan, not Queen Elizabeth--but who else could get nominated twice in the same year for playing two famous people of different genders?

In the end, I would say that it's really between Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard.

For director, it will most likely go to whoever wins with the DGA this Sunday. I am going to tentatively guess PT Anderson could win the DGS and the Coens will get the Oscar.

Best Picture could go anywhere...

 

[Bannister]

Mad props to Cate Blanchett. Has anyone been nominated for both leading and supporting in the same year?

I think Pacino was in '92 for Glengarry Glen Ross and Scent of a Woman.

 

[Bannister]

Best Picture could go anywhere...

I agree. I think it is between No Country and There Will Be Blood myself, though.

 

[Blake]

I don't think there is absolutely any way that Ellen Page wins for Juno. She's the flavor of the month and will not get the win, although it is nice to see her recognized with the nomination.

The real travesty is that the most well-acted, perfectly-directed and wonderfully written picture of the year was not even recognized, and that is Zodiac. Noms should have been given to the movie, David Fincher, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo at least. Zodiac was released way back in the beginning of 2007 and did not make a boatload of cash because people can not deal with the lack of a perfectly tied ending.

Juno was a very good movie, but not even close to the same league as Zodiac.

 

[Bannister]

I don't think there is absolutely any way that Ellen Page wins for Juno. She's the flavor of the month and will not get the win, although it is nice to see her recognized with the nomination.

The real travesty is that the most well-acted, perfectly-directed and wonderfully written picture of the year was not even recognized, and that is Zodiac. Noms should have been given to the movie, David Fincher, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo at least. Zodiac was released way back in the beginning of 2007 and did not make a boatload of cash because people can not deal with the lack of a perfectly tied ending.

Juno was a very good movie, but not even close to the same league as Zodiac.

Zodiac was a great movie. At worst Robert Downey Jr. should have gotten a nomination.

 

[Jen]

I think Julie Christie might win for Best Actress....she's gotten a few nominations for this role already. For the young Juno actress, I think it's more of an aknowledgement than anything...if it was a supporting actress category, perhaps...but best actress, I don't see her getting it.
If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Cate Blanchett nominated for a best and supporting actress Oscar before?

I too was glad to see Viggo nominated....but no Russell Crowe anywhere...or Christian Bale.... There were just so many good actor roles this year....hard to pick just a few.
Anyway, my big disappointment was no nominations for Eddie Vedder for his music on Into the Wild...I mean Enchanted got 3 of the song nominations....that's a little much I think. Also no props to 300...not even technical ones.

 

[Bannister]

I think Julie Christie might win for Best Actress....she's gotten a few nominations for this role already. For the young Juno actress, I think it's more of an aknowledgement than anything...if it was a supporting actress category, perhaps...but best actress, I don't see her getting it.
If I'm not mistaken, wasn't Cate Blanchett nominated for a best and supporting actress Oscar before?

I too was glad to see Viggo nominated....but no Russell Crowe anywhere...or Christian Bale.... There were just so many good actor roles this year....hard to pick just a few.
Anyway, my big disappointment was no nominations for Eddie Vedder for his music on Into the Wild...I mean Enchanted got 3 of the song nominations....that's a little much I think. Also no props to 300...not even technical ones.

I think I read that the score for Into The Wild and There Will be Blood were not eligible because of some bs rules.

 

[Bannister]

I think I read that the score for Into The Wild and There Will be Blood were not eligible because of some bs rules.

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