Oscar Nominations (Post 2) and Empy's Predictions

[Emperor]

And here are my final predictions:

 

Best Picture: Juno, No Country for Old Men, Into the Wild, There Will Be Blood, Michael Clayton or Atonement

 

Second Tier: American Gangster, The Diving Bell & The Butterfly, Sweeney Todd, 3:10 to Yuma

 

Best Actor:  Daniel Day Lewis (TWBB), George Clooney (MC), Viggo Mortenson (EP), Johnny Depp (ST), Emile Hirsch (ITW)

 

Second Tier: Ryan Gosling(Lars and the Real Girl), Denzel Washington (AG)

 

Best Actress: Ellen Page (Juno), Angelina Jolie (AMH), Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), Laura Linney(The Savages), Julie Chrstie (Away from her)

 

Second Tier:  Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth), Jodie Foster (the Brave One), Keira Knightley (Atonement), Amy Adams (Enchanted)

 

Director: Coen Brothers (NCFOM), Julian Schnabel(TDB&TB), Paul T. Anderson (TWBB), Sean Penn (ITW), Tony Gilroy (MC)

 

Second Tier: Ridley Scott (AG), Tim Burton (ST)

 

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (NCFOM), Paul Dano (TWBB), Tom Wilkinson (MC), Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James, etc), Hal Holbrook (ITW)

 

Second Tier: Phillip S. Hoffman (CWW), Max von Sydow (TDB&TB)

 

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There), Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone), Tilda Swinton  (Michael Clayton), Catherine Keener (Into the Wild), Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)

 

Second Tier: Ruby Dee (American Gangster), Kelly Macdonald (NCFOM)

 

Original Screenplay: Juno, Michael Clayton, The Savages, Lars and the Real Girl, Ratatouille

 

Second Tier:  Knocked Up, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

 

Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Diving Bell & The Butterfly, Atonement, Into the Wild

 

Second Tier: Away From Her, Zodiac, The Kite Runner, Charlie Wilson's War

 

 

 

 

[Emperor]

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 art direction

"American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino

"Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

 

Achievement in cinematography

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins

"Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey

"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski

"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins

"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

 

Achievement in costume design

"Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky

"Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran

"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne

"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen

"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

 

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

 

Best documentary short subject

"Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

"La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega

"Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello

"Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley

 

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 foreign language film of the year

"Beaufort" Israel

"The Counterfeiters" Austria

"Katyn" Poland

"Mongol" Kazakhstan

"12" Russia

 

Achievement in makeup

"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

"Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

"Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

"The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias

"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard

"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova

"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Nominees to be determined

"So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

 

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

 

Best animated short film

"I Met the Walrus" A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin

"Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski "Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse

"My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov

"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

 

Best live action short film

"At Night" A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth

"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin

"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard

"Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans

"The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

 

Achievement in sound editing

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay

"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers

"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Matthew Wood

"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

 

Achievement in sound mixing

"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland

"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane

"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe

"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

 

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

[Emperor]

And my early predictions for winners:

 

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men

Directing: Paul Thomas Anderson

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis

Actor Supporting: Javier Bardem

Actress: Julie Christie

Actress Supporting: Cate Blanchett

Animated: Ratatouille

Art direction: Sweeney Todd

Cinematography: Atonement

Costume design: Sweeney Todd

Original song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once"

Adapted screenplay: No Country For Old Men

Original screenplay: Juno

 

 

[Majsju]

Not so much predictions as hopes...

 

Best picture: Atonement

 

Best director: Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

 

Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

 

Best actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

 

Best supporting actress: Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

 

Best animated feature film: Persepolis/Ratatouille

 

Best adapted screenplay: Atonement

 

Best original screenplay: Ratatouille

 

Best music (score): Atonement

 

Best music (song): Falling Slowly - Once (performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)

 

Best visual effects: Transformers

 

Best cinematography: Atonement

 

Best costume design: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

 

Best make-up: La Vie en Rose

 

 

[Kadere]

Picture: No Country for Old Men

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis "There Will be Blood"

Actress: Julie Christie "Away from Her"

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem "No Country for Old Men"

Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan "Gone Baby Gone"

Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen "No Country for Old Men"

Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen "No Country for Old Men"

Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody "Juno"

Animated Film: Ratatouille

Foreign Film: Beaufort

Art Direction: Sweeny Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cinematography: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Costume Design: Atonement

Original Score: Atonement

Original Song: "Falling Slowly" "Once"

Sound Mixing: Transformers

Sound Editing: Transformers

Makeup: La Vie En Rose

Documentary: Sicko

Documentary Short: Freeheld

Animated Short: Meme les pigeons vont au paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)

Live Action Short: Tanghi argentini

Film Editing: No Country for Old Men

Visual Effects: Transformers

[Emperor]

And... yes... here are the betting odds for best picture. 

 

Atonement 5 - 1

Juno 8 - 1

Michael Clayton 15 - 1

No Country for Old Men 1 - 3

There Will be Blood 7 - 4