Thread: 80th Academy Awards Nominations list

Originally Posted by temmy

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Its here and what are your predictions?

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
"Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
"War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Achievement in film editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
"Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Adapted screenplay
"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

My picks!!!

Guess I gotta go see NO country ehn?! I know Shimdney has snuck in several times to see am!

My picks in bolded blue

Originally Posted by temmy

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Its here and what are your predictions?

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" Chose Hal cos I cant believe he's still alive, he needs one soonest!!(Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" I cnat believe she's stilla round either,@ 83 let them give her, last chance?(Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad BirdI LOVED IT!!!
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck


Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson


Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers"Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers


Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay
"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

Originally Posted by KikisMuffin

My picks in bolded blue

You know I really, really liked "There Will Be Blood"... So I wouldn't mind if it wins over "No Country..."

Originally Posted by sidney

You know I really, really liked "There Will Be Blood"... So I wouldn't mind if it wins over "No Country..."

Yep, whichever of those 2 wins it will be coolio. i heard Denzel's name all over the place before the oscar nominations were announced..but "American gangster" didnt get many oscar nods afterall..i havent seen it though, heard it's great..but maybe not Oscar material?

Originally Posted by KikisMuffin

Yep, whichever of those 2 wins it will be coolio. i heard Denzel's name all over the place before the oscar nominations were announced..but "American gangster" didnt get many oscar nods afterall..i havent seen it though, heard it's great..but maybe not Oscar material?

Maybe this is why it didn't get too many nominations?

http://www.naijarules.com/vb/interna...tml#post575454

I wasnt expecting any nominations for American Gangster and RubyDee was suprise nomination for me.I'm glad there is no room for the big boys and girls this year though. I mean like Denzel, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Ridley Scott, Brad Pitt.
In as much as i would have loved Johnny Depp to win it this year, Daniel Day Lewis deserves it more.

Well the precursor to the Oscars, the Screen Actors Guild(SAG) awards was held last night,and most memorable wins included:

Best Supporting actress in a drama-Ruby Dee for "American Gangsta"

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem-"no country for old men"

Best Actor in a leading role(drama): Daniel Day Lewis-"There will be blood"

Best Actress in a leading role: Julie Christie- "Away from her"

Best Ensemble cast(The SAG equivalent of Best picture!)-"No country for old men"

Very possibly the eventual winners at the oscars in those categories?

BTW Soprano stars Golfodino and the actress wife won again..And why did "The office" pip "Entourage" for best ensemble comedy series???:

Originally Posted by sidney

Maybe this is why it didn't get too many nominations?

http://www.naijarules.com/vb/interna...tml#post575454

Yikes!!!!!!!!

Daniel Day Lewis dedicated his "best Actor" award to the late Heath Ledger.In his emotional speech, he recalled Heath's role in Monster's ball" and "Brokeback Mountain",and paid tribute to the actors immense talent.

RIP Ledger(I'll never forget when I first encountered him in "10 things I hate about you with Julia Stilles!!)..it was so sad when they ran through the list of those actors that passed away for the year, Heath was at the end, obviously hastily added. I'm really saddened by this young actor's death!!!

Ruby Dee (as well as her late husband Ossie Davis) are way overdue for an oscar but not for her 20 mins appearance in Gangster.

Nonetheless, she is due an oscar and i hope she wins. I mean what else is new, When did oyibos ever give blacks oscar for movies worth giving (apart from one or two e,g Denzel/Glory and Sidney Poitier/?). The ones they have to give they dont give, and the ones they dont have to give they give.

NO COUNTRY almost turns draggy for me. The only thing in the movie is the gritty brutality and how the main xters never knew each other but want to kill or escape from each other. The story almost has no moral value, no concise direction and it ends abruptly.

Originally Posted by Atlakos

Ruby Dee (as well as her late husband Ossie Davis) are way overdue for an oscar but not for her 20 mins appearance in Gangster.

Nonetheless, she is due an oscar and i hope she wins. I mean what else is new, When did oyibos ever give blacks oscar for movies worth giving (apart from one or two e,g Denzel/Glory and Sidney Poitier/Lillies Of The Field). The ones they have to give they dont give, and the ones they dont have to give they give.

Your welcome...

Although the Academy is notorious for giving people (of all colors) Oscars for performances that were not their best..

Originally Posted by KikisMuffin

Well the precursor to the Oscars, the Screen Actors Guild(SAG) awards was held last night,and most memorable wins included:

Best Supporting actress in a drama-Ruby Dee for "American Gangsta"

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem-"no country for old men"

Best Actor in a leading role(drama): Daniel Day Lewis-"There will be blood"

Best Actress in a leading role: Julie Christie- "Away from her"

Best Ensemble cast(The SAG equivalent of Best picture!)-"No country for old men"

Very possibly the eventual winners at the oscars in those categories?

BTW Soprano stars Golfodino and the actress wife won again..And why did "The office" pip "Entourage" for best ensemble comedy series???:

Don't forget Queen Latifah!!

Who won "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries" for her work in the HBO film "Life Support"....