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The Nominations:
[listing | with reactions | with predictions]
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)
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Daniel Day-Lewis
Should: Daniel Day-Lewis
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.)
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Javier Bardem
Should: Casey Affleck
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)
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Julie Christie
Should: Julie Christie
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.)
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Cate Blanchett
Should: Cate Blanchett
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Ratatouille
Should: Persepolis
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Atonement
Should: Sweeney Todd
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/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: No Country for Old Men
Should: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Should: Across the Universe
Achievement in directing
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé 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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Elizabeth: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Should: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Sicko
Should: No End in Sight
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will:
Should:
[will be updated once short docs are released for viewing]
Achievement in film editing
•“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse
•“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé 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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Into the Wild
Should: There Will Be Blood
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Who knows
Should: Who knows
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: La Vie en Rose
Should: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
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 | |
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Atonement
Should: Atonement
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Falling Slowly
Should: Falling Slowly
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: No Country for Old Men
Should: There Will Be Blood
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
• “Même 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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will:
Should:
[will be updated once short docs are released for viewing]
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 Karé 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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will:
Should:
[will be updated once short docs are released for viewing]
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: The Bourne Ultimatum
Should: Transformers
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: No Country for Old Men
Should: 3:10 to Yuma
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Transformers
Should: Transformers
Adapted screenplay
• “Atonement” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
• “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Written by Sarah Polley
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé 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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Atonement
Should: Atonement
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
Predictions: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win
Will: Juno
Should: Lars and the Real Girl
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