Academy Award Nominations

[Plot Device]

I'll be posting them here in the OP shortly.

While I'm working on the list, here's an article that was posted just a few minutes ago:

http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/O/OSCAR_NOMINATIONS?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT

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(I am fighting with the AW formatting codes. So I will be editing this OP all day probably.)

Here they are:

http://www.oscars.org/80academyawards/nominees/index.html


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 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 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 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 animated feature film of the year
- “Persepolis”
.......... Marjane Satrapi
.......... Vincent Paronnaud
- “Ratatouille”
.......... Brad Bird
- “Surf's Up”
.......... Ash Brannon
.......... Chris Buck

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

Achievement in costume design
- “Across the Universe”
.......... Albert Wolsky
- “Atonement”
.......... Jacqueline Durran
- “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
.......... Alexandra Byrne
- “La Vie en Rose”
.......... Marit Allen
- “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
.......... Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing
- “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
.......... Julian Schnabel
- “Juno”
.......... Jason Reitman
- “Michael Clayton”
.......... Tony Gilroy
- “No Country for Old Men”
.......... Joel Coen
.......... Ethan Coen
- “There Will Be Blood”
.......... Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
- “No End in Sight”
.......... Charles Ferguson
.......... Audrey Marrs
- “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience”
.......... Richard E. Robbins
- “Sicko”
.......... Michael Moore
.......... Meghan O’Hara
- “Taxi to the Dark Side”
.......... Alex Gibney
.......... Eva Orner
- “War/Dance”
.......... Andrea Nix Fine
.......... Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject
- “Freeheld”
.......... Cynthia Wade
.......... Vanessa Roth
- “La Corona (The Crown)”
.......... Amanda Micheli
.......... Isabel Vega
- “Salim Baba”
.......... Tim Sternberg
.......... Francisco Bello
- “Sari’s Mother”
.......... James Longley

Achievement in film editing
- “The Bourne Ultimatum”
.......... Christopher Rouse
- “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”
.......... Juliette Welfling
- “Into the Wild”
.......... Jay Cassidy
- “No Country for Old Men”
.......... Roderick Jaynes
- “There Will Be Blood”
.......... Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year
- “Beaufort” - (Israel)
- “The Counterfeiters” - (Austria)
- “Katyń” - (Poland)
- “Mongol” - (Kazakhstan)
- “12” - (Russia)

Achievement in makeup
- “La Vie en Rose”
.......... Didier Lavergne
.......... Jan Archibald
- “Norbit”
.......... Rick Baker
.......... Kazuhiro Tsuji
- “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
.......... Ve Neill
.......... Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “Atonement”
.......... Dario Marianelli
- “The Kite Runner”
.......... Alberto Iglesias
- “Michael Clayton”
.......... James Newton Howard
- “Ratatouille”
.......... Michael Giacchino
- “3:10 to Yuma”
.......... Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “August Rush”
....... Song: Raise It Up
.......... (Nominees to be determined)
- “Enchanted”
....... Song: Happy Working Song
.......... Music by Alan Menken
.......... Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
- “Enchanted”
....... Song: So Close
.......... Music by Alan Menken
.......... Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
- “Enchanted”
....... Song: That’s How You Know
.......... Music by Alan Menken
.......... Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
- “Once”
....... Song: Falling Slowly
.......... Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard
.....................................Marketa Irglova

Best motion picture of the year
- “Atonement”
.......... Tim Bevan
.......... Eric Fellner
.......... Paul Webster
- “Juno”
.......... Lianne Halfon
.......... Mason Novick
.......... Russell Smith
- “Michael Clayton”
.......... Sydney Pollack
.......... Jennifer Fox
.......... Kerry Orent
- “No Country for Old Men”
.......... Scott Rudin
.......... Ethan Coen
.......... Joel Coen
- “There Will Be Blood”
.......... JoAnne Sellar
.......... Paul Thomas Anderson
.......... Daniel Lupi

Best animated short film
- “I Met the Walrus”
.......... Josh Raskin
- “Madame Tutli-Putli”
.......... Chris Lavis
.......... Maciek Szczerbowski
- “Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)”
.......... Samuel Tourneux
.......... Simon Vanesse
- “My Love (Moya Lyubov)”
.......... Alexander Petrov
- “Peter & the Wolf”
.......... Suzie Templeton
.......... Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film
- “At Night”
.......... Christian E. Christiansen
.......... Louise Vesth
- “Il Supplente (The Substitute)”
.......... Andrea Jublin
- “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)”
.......... Philippe Pollet-Villard
- “Tanghi Argentini”
.......... Guido Thys
.......... Anja Daelemans
- “The Tonto Woman”
.......... Daniel Barber
.......... Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing
- “The Bourne Ultimatum”
.......... Karen Baker Landers
.......... Per Hallberg
- “No Country for Old Men”
.......... Skip Lievsay
- “Ratatouille”
.......... Randy Thom
.......... Michael Silvers
- “There Will Be Blood”
.......... Matthew Wood
- “Transformers”
.......... Ethan Van der Ryn
.......... Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing
- “The Bourne Ultimatum”
.......... Scott Millan
.......... David Parker
.......... Kirk Francis
- “No Country for Old Men”
.......... Skip Lievsay
.......... Craig Berkey
.......... Greg Orloff
.......... Peter Kurland
- “Ratatouille”
.......... Randy Thom
.......... Michael Semanick
.......... Doc Kane
- “3:10 to Yuma”
.......... Paul Massey
.......... David Giammarco
.......... Jim Stuebe
- “Transformers”
.......... Kevin O’Connell
.......... Greg P. Russell
.......... Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects
- “The Golden Compass”
.......... Michael Fink
.......... Bill Westenhofer
.......... Ben Morris
.......... Trevor Wood
- “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”
.......... John Knoll
.......... Hal Hickel
.......... Charles Gibson
.......... John Frazier
- “Transformers”
.......... Scott Farrar
.......... Scott Benza
.......... Russell Earl
.......... John Frazier






And .... the ones we've all been waiting for ....




Best 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

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

[Plot Device]

And here's another article that is pretty much echoing most of the articles I am finding this morning all over the web. They almost all unanimously present the one-two punch of:

A) "Here are the nominations."
and
B) "But don't forget about that writer's strike."

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=bff7f7be-922a-4586-9183-58d2e63a234c&p=1

[NikeeGoddess]

dp - can you take these and set up an Oscar pool and put it down in the "movies" section? i have an oscar party (where people must put money on their votes) every year so i know this would be fun. make the voter visible so we can see who gets the most right answers of the 24 categories... for bragging rights.

btw, i never win. always torn with what i want to win as opposed to what i think is most likely to win.

[MelodyO]

Thanks for posting this! I love the Oscars, warts and all, and I'll be sorely disappointed if they're cancelled or turned into a press conference or announced on Ellen or something.

Go Juno!!!! ::waves pom poms::

[Plot Device]

As much as I enjoyed Borat, I can't help but think it will be sweet revenge (or at least consolation/affirmation/validation) for the much maligned citizens of Kazakhstan if the movie Mongol (which I never saw, BTW) wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

[donroc]

Irrelevant unless I am nominated.

;)

[dpaterso]

dp - can you take these and set up an Oscar pool and put it down in the "movies" section?
Thanks for the offer, but too darn complicated, and I'm not sure if polls have limits.

PD, the link on its own would have been enough... but as long as you had fun with the editing, I s'ppose...

-Derek

[Plot Device]

Thanks for the offer, but too darn complicated, and I'm not sure if polls have limits.

PD, the link on its own would have been enough... but as long as you had fun with the editing, I s'ppose...

-Derek

I'm an editing/formatting maniac. ;)

[Madbandit]

I wish "The Simpsons Movie" got nom for best animated film and best adapted screenplay. Gorde channce, I guess.

[preyer]

i could not be more bored with this year's nominations. i'm sure they're great movies, and i'll likely see most of them in due time, but, man, i can't hardly remember seeing the advertising for most of these movies to want to see any one of them in particular win. (is it just me, or does that last sentence make little sense?)

thanks for posting that, though: i hadn't seen that list yet.

[Danger Jane]

Of course I'm pulling for Atonement and Juno in every category they're nominated for.

(Predictable fan of James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Ellen Page speaking)

[Shady Lane]

I'm thinking Juno better win EVERYTHING.

I'm also thinking--Sean Penn got screwed for Into the Wild.

[KTC]

I want Canada's Juno to take it all too. Great movie! And Depp for best actor.

[John Paton]

Daniel Day-Lewis for "There will be blood"

Marion Cottilard for "La Vie En Rose"

Magnificent inspiring majestic and searing performances. Neither were safe but both were brilliant.

Atonemen and Jonu for the scriptwriters.

Well done PD - that woulda taken me ages but I'm guessing it took you a while as well. ;)

[Enzo]

I saw Michael Clayton and I liked it, but I don't believe it's Oscar-winning material. I think the main fight will be between No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, with Juno as a possible dark horse (didn't see any of those yet).
The fact that Ang Lee's Lust Caution wasn't nominated for the foreign-language awards will surprise many here in Asia.

[Daydreamer]

I'm rooting for Atonement. I thought it was the best movie all year (though the war scenes were a bit too long).
Keira Knightley should have been nominated for an Academy Award, too. I was quite a bit disappointed that she didn't appear on that list.
Anyway, thanks for putting it up, Plot. Appreciate it.

[Scrawler]

I saw Michael Clayton and I liked it, but I don't believe it's Oscar-winning material. I think the main fight will be between No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, with Juno as a possible dark horse (didn't see any of those yet).
I agree. I liked Michael Clayton but when I heard it was up for an Oscar, I wondered if I had missed something.
Same for Juno-- cute but...?? What did I miss?
I'm going to see No Country for Old Men tonight so maybe that one will be more impressive.

I cast my vote for Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson’s War-- he's outstanding.