With the writer’s strike going on, just how the AMPAS will
present the Oscars is still unknown. For now, though, we got the who and the
what.
Awards heavyweights
No Country for
Old Men and
There Will Be
Blood lead the way
with eight nominations each, including Best Picture. Other contenders in the
category include the Big Sweeping Romance (Atonement), the Annual Beloved Fox
Searchlight Indie (Juno), and the Dark Horse (Michael
Clayton). Zodiac
continues on its snuberiffic journey, and the supporting actor and actress
categories see an incredible range of nominated performances and ages.
Also, we never thought it’d be possible, but we may now
introduce Norbit as "the Oscar-nominated
Norbit."
Best motion picture of the year
Atonement: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
and Paul Webster, Producers
Juno: Lianne Halfon,
Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
Michael Clayton: Sydney
Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
No Country
for Old Men: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
There Will Be
Blood: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi,
Producers
Achievement in directing
Julian
Schnabel,
The
Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Ethan Coen and
Joel Coen,
No Country
for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be
Blood
Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in
Michael Clayton
Daniel
Day-Lewis in
There Will Be
Blood
Johnny Depp in
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones in
In the Valley of Elah
Viggo
Mortensen in
Eastern Promises
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem in
No Country
for Old Men
Philip
Seymour Hoffman in
Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook in
Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie in
Away from Her
Marion
Cotillard in
La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney in
The Savages
Ellen Page in Juno
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There
Ruby Dee in
American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan in
Atonement
Amy Ryan in
Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Original screenplay
Juno, Written by
Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl, Written by
Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton,
Written by
Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille,
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by
Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages,
Written by Tamara Jenkins
Adapted screenplay
Atonement,
Screenplay by
Christopher Hampton
Away From Her,
Written by Sarah Polley
The
Diving Bell And The Butterfly, Screenplay by
Ronald Harwood
No Country
for Old Men, Written for the screen by
Ethan Coen and
Joel Coen
There Will Be
Blood, Written for the screen by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Best animated feature film of the year
Persepolis:
Marjane Satrapi
and
Vincent Paronnaud
Ratatouille:
Brad Bird
Surf’s Up:
Ash Brannon and
Chris Buck
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
Best documentary feature
No End in Sight:
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience: Richard E. Robbins
Sicko:
Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara
Taxi to the Dark Side: Alex Gibney and Eva
Orner
War/Dance: Andrea Nix
Fine and Sean Fine
Best foreign language film of the year
Beaufort, Israel
The Counterfeiters, Austria
Katyn, Poland
Mongol, Kazakhstan
12, Russia
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 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
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 makeup
La Vie en Rose: Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Norbit: Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: Ve Neill and 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)
Falling Slowly from Once Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard
and: Marketa Irglova
Happy Working Song from Enchanted: Music by Alan Menken; Lyric
by Stephen Schwartz
Raise It Up from August Rush: Nominees to be determined
So Close from Enchanted: Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by
Stephen Schwartz
That’s How You Know from Enchanted: Music by Alan Menken;
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Achievement in sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum: Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
No Country for Old Men: Skip Lievsay
Ratatouille: Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
There Will Be Blood: Matthew Wood
Transformers: Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
Achievement in sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
No Country for Old Men: Skip Lievsay, Craig
Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
Ratatouille: Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
3:10 to Yuma: Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
Transformers: Kevin
O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
Achievement in visual effects
The Golden Compass:
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End: John Knoll, Hal Hickel,
Charles Gibson and John Frazier
Transformers: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
Best documentary short subject
Freeheld: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
La Corona: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
Salim Baba: Tim Sternberg and
Francisco Bello
Sari’s Mother: James Longley
Best animated short film
I Met the Walrus: Josh Raskin
Madame Tutli-Putli: Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Même Les Pigeons Vont au
Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven):
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
My Love (Moya Lyubov): Alexander Petrov
Peter & the Wolf: Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Best live action short film
At Night: Christian E. Christiansen
and Louise Vesth
Il Supplente (The Substitute): Andrea Jublin
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets): Philippe Pollet-Villard
Tanghi Argentin: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
The Tonto Woman: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
Before you start
laying down your numbers for the office Oscar pool, for further (and fun!)
research, check out
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