The 80th Annual Academy Awards - *WINNERS*

trinityMon 25/02/08 07:02

Well...I was as good as spot on with my predictions (as shown below...taken from quickfind:339346)

In just over 5 hours time this year's Oscars event will kick off.

So who's your money on?

Here are my predictions:

BEST PICTURE - A very close call between Juno and No Country For Old Men

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Two stand out as clear possibilities. The majority I feel would support Ellen Page in "Juno"...but if they want to really recognise a moving piece of talent...then they'll go for Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose". Out of the two...I think Cotillard should get it, by only by a margin.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - For a fresh alternative...the Academy are probably most likely to go for Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement". But I also have a feeling that Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" might leave with the gong.

DIRECTOR - A real toughie! I think Jason Reitman - "Juno" is likely to win..but the critics' choice could walk away with it..Paul Thomas Anderson - "There Will Be Blood". It's going to be a close finish though.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Diablo Cody - "Juno"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Paul Thomas Anderson - "There Will Be Blood"...or very possibly Ethan & Joel Coen - "No Country for Old Men"

ANIMATED FEATURE - Is there any real contest? I'd be very surprised if it's not "Ratatouille" - (Pixar; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Distribution) Brad Bird




But here is the official winners list:


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Daniel Day-Lewis for 'There Will Be Blood'

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Javier Bardem - for 'No Country for Old Men'

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Marion Cotillard for 'La Vie en Rose'

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

BEST PICTURE - 'No Country for Old Men': A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

BEST ANIMATED FILM - Ratatouille: Brad Bird

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit

BEST COSTUME DESIGN - Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Alexandra Byrne

BEST DIRECTOR - No Country for Old Men: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

BEST DOCUMENTARY - Taxi to the Dark Side (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

Best DOCUMENTARY IN A SHORT SUBJECT - Freeheld - A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

BEST EDITING IN FILM - The Bourne Ultimatum: Christopher Rouse

BEST FILM IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - The Counterfeiters: Austria

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP - La Vie en Rose: Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

BEST MUSIC - Atonement: Dario Marianelli

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - Falling Slowly from 'Once': Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM - Peter & the Wolf - A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

BEST SOUND EDITING - The Bourne Ultimatum: Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

BEST SOUND MIXING - The Bourne Ultimatum: Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - The Golden Compass: Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - No Country for Old Men: Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Juno: Written by Diablo Cody


So...any surprises?

trinityMon 25/02/08 07:03

quoting > "Performance by an actress in a supporting role"

Whoops...should have deleted this extra entry.

piddyMon 25/02/08 07:20

no, no suprises there then !