The 2008 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning. Here is your list of nominees. My pics are noted with an “*”
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Atonement
*Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
*Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
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 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 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 SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
*Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Sarah Polley - Away From Her
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
*Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
*Diablo Cody - Juno
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Brad Bird - Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Beaufort (Israel)
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
*Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan) 12 (Russia)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Persepolis
*Ratatouille
Surf’s Up
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
Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
*Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Albert Wolsky - Across the Universe
Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
*Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marit Allen - La Vie en Rose
Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
*Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
*Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy - Into the Wild
Roderick Jaynes - No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald - La Vie en Rose
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji - Norbit
*Ve Neill and Martin Samuel - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard - Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille
*Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Falling Slowly” - Once
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
“Happy Working Song” - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
*”Raise It Up” - August Rush
Nominees to be determined “So Close” - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“That’s How You Know” - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane - Ratatouille
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe - 3:10 to Yuma
*Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin - Transformers
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers - Ratatouille
Matthew Wood - There Will Be Blood
*Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins - Transformers
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
*Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier - Transformers
There are a couple of small surprises, but no major outrages on the this this year. Despite a very disapointing summer, this has actually been a pretty damn fine year for film, and it’s great to see Juno getting the attention it deserves. Having said that, 3:10 to Yuma not being nominated for best film is a bit of a let down (I would remove Michael Clayton), and I still say Ratatouille is being robbed of its rightful place on the “Best Film” list just because of its genre. Other than that, a very solid line up this year, and I can’t wait for the results! Let the discussion and wagering begin!
first of all, i think the simpsons movie was a complete waste of time. It was unoriginal and solely driven to appease the fans of the show. Atonement was decent, but undeserving of a nomination over 3:10 to Yuma. If Atonement were to win anything, I would like it to win original score solely because marianelli was robbed from the pride and prejudice nomination (even though the harmonica was slightly annoying for me).
No country: best picture
DDL: best actor
bardem: best sup. actor
Coen Brothers or PTA: best director, i dont care whom of the two.
the rest i just dont care about
Marion Cotillard.
Seriously, see La Vie en Rose. It is the best performance I have ever seen. I have never seen a performance (for a biopic) where I felt like I’d seen the real person. Just…astounding. I knew nothing about Edith Piaf before, so I youtubed video’s of her after. Exact.
I really can’t say enough about Cotillard. She should win, but if she doesn’t, I’ll understand. Her performance is too large and grand for Oscar.
@Mark
While I don’t agree that Christie’s performance is poor, I do agree that Cotillard is the performance that should win. It is stunning.
I just saw Away From Her.. And I really do not see what the big deal is with Julie Christie.. First off, she is only in about 40% of the movie. And when she is there, no too much said or done.. There are no real touching hard to act moments, and knowing someone with Alzheimer’s her portrayal is not authentic at all. Really not a good moive and nothing noteworthy about her acting either.
I also saw Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose, and you cannot even compare the level of acting. Ms. Cotillard took me to a different place, and her portrayal of over thirty years of the life, heart, soul and pain of Ms. Piaf’s was one of the best ever in movie history. In my opinion it is in a whole other class. I would like to hear from anyone who saw both movies and can honestly say Juile acting was even close to that of Marion’s.. and tell me why.. thanks
In terms of Sound Editing I don’t know why there is even any other nominees aside from Transformers. I know many are saying that There will be Blood should take the award however I disagree as there was barely any sound to edit in that film!!! Transformers on the other hand takes the cake as not only a great film but a great example of how a movie can be transformed( haha) with a exceptional sound editor.
Just saw Persepolis. Wow. Hope it beats out Ratatouille for best animated. Maybe not technically better, but all the other aspects kick Ratatouille’s @ss.
norbit got an oscar nomination??
didnt see that one coming!
People are complaining about who’s been nominated, who hasn’t… At the risk of re-stating something noted elsewhere:
Q:Who votes? Actors for actors? Writers for writers? Who votes for best picture?
A: The academy is broken up into 16 branches. The largest group is actors, with 1,251 voting members. When voting to determine the nominees, each branch nominates in its own category: Actors for actors, writers for writers, etc. Special voting groups within the academy pick the nominees in other categories (documentary, foreign-lingo film, makeup, short films, sound editing, visual effects), with all the voting members nominating best picture. For the actual winners after the nominees have been determined, all members of the academy vote for all the awards (except for three smaller awards).
So it’s kindasorta like ‘American Idol’ or any other phone-in show: the qualifications of the final judges can vary wildly.
It might not be the BEST Doc, but H-wood is pretty liberal, so anything anti-Bush will win. It’ll be Sicko or No End In Sight. I’d vote for Sicko because, as interesting as the subject matter of No End In Sight is(the clusterfuck that is the Iraq war), the presentation is incredibly boring. Just a bunch of talking heads yapping on. I bought it for 5 bucks at Blockbuster after I heard rave reviews, and it almost put me to sleep.