Oscar Nominations!

Okay, the Oscar nominations are out, and here is the list. Highlighted are the ones I want to win/think might win.. that is, in the categories I know what is! ;) But don't go betting on anything because of what I've highlighted.. these are just my opinions! Do let me know if you should cash in on my recommendations, though. ;)


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"


Actor In A Supporting Role

Casey Affleck - "The Assassination of Jesse James"

Javier Bardem - "No Country for Old Men"

Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Charlie Wilson's War"

Hal Holbrook - "Into the Wild"

Tom Wilkinson - "Michael Clayton"


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"


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"


Best Picture

"Atonement"

"Juno"

"Michael Clayton"

"No Country For Old Men"

"There Will Be Blood"

Directing

Joel and Ethan Coen - "No Country for Old Men"

Paul Thomas Anderson - "There Will Be Blood"

Jason Reitman - "Juno"

Tony Gilroy - "Michael Clayton"

Julian Schnabel - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"Atonement" - Christopher Hampton

"Away From Her" - Sarah Polley

"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Ronald harwood

"No Country for Old Men" - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

"There Will Be Blood" - Paul Thomas Anderson


Writing (Original Screenplay)

"Juno" - Diablo Cody

"Lars and the Real Girl" - Nancy Oliver

"Michael Clayton" - Tony Gilroy

"Ratatouille" - Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

"The Savages" - Tamara Jenkin


Animated Feature Film

"Persepolis"

"Ratatouille"

"Surf's Up"


Documentary Feature

"No End In Sight"

"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"

"Sicko"

"Taxi to the Dark Side"

"War/Dance"


Foreign Language Film

"Beaufort" - Israel

"The Counterfeiters" - Austria

"Katyñ" -Poland

"Mongol" - Kazakhstan

"12" - Russia


Cinematography

«The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford» - Roger Deakins

«Atonement» - Seamus McGarvey

«The Diving Bell and the Butterfly» - Janusz Kaminsk

«No Country for Old Men» - Roger Deakins

«There Will Be Blood» - Robert Elswit


Music (Score)

"Atonement" - Dario Marianelli

"The Kite Runner" - Alberto Iglesias

"Michael Clayton" - James Newton Howard

"Ratatouille" - Michael Giacchino

"3:10 to Yuma" - Marco Beltrami


Music (Song)

«Falling Slowly» from «Once» - Music and lyrics by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

«Happy Working Song» from «Enchanted» - Music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

«Raise It Up» from «August Rush» - nominees are decided later.

«So Close» from «Enchanted» - Music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

«That’s How You Know» from «Enchanted» - Music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz


Film Editing

"The Bourne Ultimatum" - Christopher Rose

"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" - Juliette Welfling

"Into the Wild" - Jay Cassidy

"No Country for Old Men" - Roderick Jaynes

"There Will Be Blood" - Dylan Tichenor


Art Direction

"American Gangster"

"Atonement"

"The Golden Compass"

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

"There Will Be Blood"


Costume Design

"Across the Universe" - Albert Wolsky

"Atonement" - Jacqueline Durran

"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" - Alexandra Byrne

"La Vie En Rose" - Marit Allen

"Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" - Colleen Atwood


Makeup

"La Vie En Rose" - Didier Lavergne & Jan Archibald

"Norbit" - Rick Baker & Kazuhiro Tsuji

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - Ve Neill & Martin Samuel


Sound Mixing

"The Bourne Ultimatum" - Scott Millan, David Parker & Kirk Francis

"No Country for Old Men" - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff & Peter Kurland

"Ratatouille" - Randy Thom, Michael Semanick & Doc Kane

"3:10 to Yuma" - Paul Massey, David Giammarco & Jim Stuebe

"Transformers" - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell & Peter J. Devlin


Sound Editing

«The Bourne Ultimatum» - Karen Baker Landers & Per Hallberg

«No Country for Old Men» - Skip Lievsay

«Ratatouille» - Randy Thom & Michael Silvers

«There Will Be Blood» - Matthew Wood

«Transformers» - Ethan Van der Ryn & Mike Hopkins


Visual Effects

"The Golden Compass" - Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris & Trevor Wood

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson & John Frazier

"Transformers" - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl & John Frazier


Short Film (Live Action)

"At Night" - Christian E. Christiansen & Louise Vesth

"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" - Andrea Jublin

"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" - Philippe Pollet-Villard

"Tanghi Argentini" - Guido Thys & Anja Daelemans

"The Tonto Woman" - Daniel Barber & Matthew Brown


Short Film (Animated)

"I Met the Walrus" - Josh Raskin

"Madame Tutli-Putli" - Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski

"Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" - Samuel Tourneux & Simon Vanesse

"My Love (Moya Lyubov)" - Alexander Petrov

"Peter og Ulven" - Suzie Templeton & Hugh Welchman


Documentary Short

"Freeheld" - Cynthia Wade & Vanessa Roth

"La Corona (The Crown)" - Amanda Micheli & Isabel Vega

"Salim Baba" - Tim Sternberg & Francisco Bello

"Sari's Mother" - James Longley