2008 Oscar Nominations!
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled some major surprises when they listed the nominees for this year's Academy Awards.
The biggest surprise for me was the omission of Persepolis from the Best Foreign Picture category. France had submitted the animated film for nomination over The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, leaving the country entirely shut out of an award they could have easily won.
Johnny Depp managed to duplicate his Golden Globe award for Sweeney Todd into a nomination, however, he stands no choice of winning. Hal Holbrook got a nod for the major Golden Globes snub, Into the Wild and Cate Blanchett scored a double nomination for I'm Not There for Best Supporting, and Elizabeth 2 for best actress.
Juno managed a nod for Best Picture, splitting the 'chick vote' with Atonement in an otherwise male-dominated category -- No Country for Old Men, Michael Clayton, and There Will Be Blood made up the other three nominees and none of them have female characters in non-supporting roles.
One thing that seemed strange to me was how the Best Adapted & Original Screenplay categories were the last ones to be mentioned. Was this an intentional slight due to the WGA strike?
Anyway, here are the nominees:
Best Actor
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
Best Supporting Actor
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
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Rudy Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Best Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
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
Best Director
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Best Documentary Feature
No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
War/Dance
Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
Best Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign Language Film
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12
Best Makeup
La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best Music Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Best Music - Original Song
Once
Enchanted
August Rush
Enchanted
Enchanted
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
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 Pickpokets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Best Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers
Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Original Screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
The biggest surprise for me was the omission of Persepolis from the Best Foreign Picture category. France had submitted the animated film for nomination over The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, leaving the country entirely shut out of an award they could have easily won.
Johnny Depp managed to duplicate his Golden Globe award for Sweeney Todd into a nomination, however, he stands no choice of winning. Hal Holbrook got a nod for the major Golden Globes snub, Into the Wild and Cate Blanchett scored a double nomination for I'm Not There for Best Supporting, and Elizabeth 2 for best actress.
Juno managed a nod for Best Picture, splitting the 'chick vote' with Atonement in an otherwise male-dominated category -- No Country for Old Men, Michael Clayton, and There Will Be Blood made up the other three nominees and none of them have female characters in non-supporting roles.
One thing that seemed strange to me was how the Best Adapted & Original Screenplay categories were the last ones to be mentioned. Was this an intentional slight due to the WGA strike?
Anyway, here are the nominees:
Best Actor
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
Best Supporting Actor
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
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Rudy Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Best Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Art Direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd
There Will Be Blood
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
Best Director
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Best Documentary Feature
No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi To The Dark Side
War/Dance
Best Documentary Short Subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
Best Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Foreign Language Film
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12
Best Makeup
La Vie En Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best Music Original Score
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Best Music - Original Song
Once
Enchanted
August Rush
Enchanted
Enchanted
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
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 Pickpokets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Best Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers
Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Adapted Screenplay
Atonement
Away From Her
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Original Screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
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