Oscar Ballots Have Been Mailed
It’s that time of year again! Yesterday, thousands of nominations were mailed to the Academy members, which let’s us know that in just a few weeks, people will be gathered around the water cooler at their work, discussing this year’s…(oops, I should still say ‘next year’s) Oscar Nominees.
Yahoo!News gives us this:
Accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers counted, sorted and numbered the ballots before the massive mail-out. Voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have until Jan. 12, 2008, to return the forms.
Nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards will be announced Jan. 22. The awards will be presented Feb. 24 at the Kodak Theatre.
Despite the writer’s strike, it seems that the biggest award ceremony will still go on. This will definitely be a show I will be watching, because it will either be fantastic or it will be a total and utter mess. (I don’t want to miss that!)
So, let’s pretend you readers are members of the Academy. Who would YOU nominate and what are your predictions?
5 Comments, Comment or Ping
Ross
Okay here are my predictions (#= winner,*= MY choice)
Best Picture
- No Country for Old Med
- Atonement#
- There Will Be Blood
- Gone Baby Gone
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford*
Best Director
- The Coen Brothers (No Country for Old Men)
- Ben Affleck (Gone Baby Gone)
- Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
- Joe Wright (Atonement)#
- Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)
Best Actor
- Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)#
- Emil Hirsch (Into The Wild)
- Christian Bale (Rescue Dawn)
- Brad Pitt (The Assassination of Jesse James)*
- George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Best Actress
- Keira Knightley (Atonement)
- Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)*
- Ellen Page (Juno)#
- Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
- Keri Russell (Waitress)
Best Supporting Actor
- Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
- Steve Zahn (Rescue Dawn)
- Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James)*
- Ed Harris (Gone Baby Gone)
- Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)#
Best Supporting Actress
- Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone)
- Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)#
- Naomi Watts (Eastern Promises)
- Meryl Streep (Lions for Lambs)
- Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)*
Best Original Screenplay
- Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)*
- Ridley Scott (American Gangster)
- Steve Knight (Eastern Promises)
- Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman (The Darjeeling Limited)
- Diablo Cody (Juno)#
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Coen Brothers (No Country For Old Men)#
- John Logan (Sweeney Todd)
- James Vanderbilt (Zodiac)
- Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James)*
- Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Best Animated Film
- The Simpsons Movie
- Ratatouille#*
- Shrek the Third
- Bee Movie
- Beowulf
Best Cinematography
- Roger Deakins (The Assassination of Jesse James)#*
- Seamus McGarvey (Atonement)
- Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men)
- Eric Gautier (Into The Wild)
- Peter Zeitlinger (Rescue Dawn)
Best Score
- Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James)*
- Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood)#
- Alexandre Desplat (Lust, Caution)
- Klaus Badelt (Rescue Dawn)
- Dario Marianelli (Atonement)
Best Sound
- There Will Be Blood
- The Assassination of Jesse James*
- Easter Promises
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street#
- I’m Not There
Best Visual Effects
- Transformers#*
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
- Spider-Man 3
- Sunshine
- 300
Dec 27th, 2007
Max McCormick
Well, as far as actor goes, Daniel Day Lewis most definitely. He is one of my favoitre actors. And I think that this is going to really be his next oscar after the mindblowing “My Left Foot” in 1988.
Dec 27th, 2007
Kristina
FUCK Atonement. FUCK it. Fuck it right up the ass. I’m so sick of people heaping praise on that thing while ignoring and underrating good shit like 3:10 to Yuma, Eastern Promises…hell, I’d put The Lookout on the list before Atonement. I haven’t seen There Will Be Blood yet(not playing here until early next year) and Juno finally opens here tomorow. Of all the films I’ve seen this year, I’d give the big prize to No Country For Old Men.
If Javier Bardem does not win best supporting actor, I’ll riot. I don’t have a strong personal favorite in any other category, but he just HAS to win. He has to.
Dec 27th, 2007
Kristina
And Serena, no writers=no monologues=no overlong segments=shorter show=a MUCH BETTER, much shorter show. I hope the strike continues just long enough for me to see an hourlong Oscar show. That shit would rule.
Dec 27th, 2007
vargas
I’m too damned lazy to care about writing out anything other than my faves for Best Picture and Best Screenplay:
Best Picture
Eastern Promises
The Assassination of Jesse James (by the Coward Robert Ford)
Breach
Once
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Best Screenplay
Lust/Caution
Sunshine
Rescue Dawn
There Will Be Blood
3:10 To Yuma
Dec 28th, 2007
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