24 February 2008
Oh Crap, it’s Oscar Night
Filed under Movies
I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t post my guesses at the Oscars, right?
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
Best animated feature film of the year
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
Achievement in art direction
“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
Achievement in cinematography
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
“Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
Achievement in directing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best documentary feature
“Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Best documentary short subject
“La Corona (The Crown)” A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
Achievement in film editing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
Best foreign language film of the year
“Katyn” Poland
Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Best motion picture of the year
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Best animated short film
“I Met the Walrus” A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
Best live action short film
“Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
Achievement in sound editing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
Achievement in sound mixing
“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
Achievement in visual effects
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
Adapted screenplay
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Original screenplay
“Juno” (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody
I’ll be back later with how I do.
Whew, just made it.
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:: Adam