And The Nominees Are...

The Oscars were announced earlier this morning. Leading the pack with eight nominations each were No Country For Old Men (my personal favourite) and There Will Be Blood (which I hope to finally see this weekend). Good luck to new front-runner for best picture, Juno (proving once again to be this year's 'Little Miss Sunshine'). Also, here's hoping that Cate Blanchett's two nominations (in two different categories) don't end up canceling her out altogether, as she truly is the most gifted actress to come along since Meryl Streep.



Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Actor—Leading
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

Actor—Supporting
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

Actress—Leading
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Actress—Supporting
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up

Directing
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Documentary Feature
No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming:
Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
War/Dance

Foreign Language Film
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyń
Mongol
12

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

Costume Design
Across The Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma

Original Song
"Falling Slowly" - Once
"Happy Working Song" - Enchanted
"Raise It Up" August Rush
"So Close" - Enchanted
"That’s How You Know" - Enchanted

Documentary Short
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother

Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Makeup
La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End

Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers

Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

Screenplay—Adapted
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Screenplay—Original
Juno
Lars And The Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers

Short Film—Live Action
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart Des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Short Film—Animated
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