Jan 22 2008It's Oscar Nomination Time!
Like Grandma's birthday, some 80-year-old traditions seemingly must continue despite that absolutely no one is deriving any enjoyment anymore. Thus, the Academy Awards nominations have been released, for whatever joyless ceremony/reading by Access Hollywood staff they're planning. And the nominations are...
(Warning: Norbit is nominated. Seriously.)
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
Reader Comments
1. Scooby - January 22, 2008 11:55 AM
JUNO for best picture. Give me a break.
Thankfully, either THERE WILL BE BLOOD or NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN will win it. I can't decide which I like better.
2. Celebrity Pictures - January 22, 2008 1:13 PM
As long as George clooney doesn't give a speech
3. JohnnyBravo - January 22, 2008 1:43 PM
Yay !! Its a great year for Canadians !!! We got more Canadians getting nominated than last year ! GO CANADA !!
4. silverdollar - January 22, 2008 2:38 PM
seriously.
i agree with #1. juno was an alright movie, ignoring the horrible soundtrack.... [the moldy peaches? REALLY?]......definitely not worth all the noms.
it's a mediocre 'indie' flick with a script that tries entirely too hard.
5. JustBuzzed - January 22, 2008 2:40 PM
I was starting to get used to award shows being cancelled and having the results read in a press conference, followed by crazy partying by the winners like they should be.
http://theunsoberlife.com
6. Digdug - January 22, 2008 3:09 PM
They lost all credibility when they left out Tommy Boy.
Rigged!!!!
7. E-ran - January 22, 2008 3:12 PM
Seriously...Juno is an awesome/amazing film. I loved it! Lighten up a little people. ITS OKAY TO LAUGH!
8. LL - January 22, 2008 3:41 PM
I agree, the work it took to make Eddie Murphy - a somewhat slender black man - look like a fat black woman, is impressive. If that doesn't win the Oscar, I'll never watch again (although I recognize the name Rick Baker, I think he's a pretty well-respected makeup/effects dude).
They'd get more people to watch the Oscars if it was like the WWE or American Gladiators. They don't have any pussy-assed voting, they just throw the nominees in a cage and let them fight it out. Last man/woman standing wins. Who doesn't want to see all the best actor nominees, for instance, wrestling? I would PAY to see that shit.
9. Sarai - January 22, 2008 3:48 PM
Dude, holy balls! How can Ryan Gosling not be nominated for Lars and the Real Girl, errrr!?
10. Rmc - January 22, 2008 3:53 PM
JUNO?????????? WTF...as usual the Academy honors shite.
NCFOM or TWBB better win...I just watched atonement and had to check the video file to see if I illigally downloaded the right movie...cuz it was not oscar quality...Michael Clayton I did like but it does not hold a candle to NCFOM or TWBB
Javier Bardem also better win...best villan I think in the histroy of cinema
11. Anexio - January 22, 2008 4:12 PM
If Juno wins best picture then that's solid proof that The Stooges got robbed for their seminal performance in "Healthy, Wealthy, and Dumb" (1938)
Look up suckers, you know I'm right.
12. c45j - January 22, 2008 4:46 PM
norbit....
13. D-Town - January 22, 2008 4:52 PM
Drudge reports Heath Ledger is dead.
14. Rat - January 22, 2008 4:58 PM
D'oh!!
What happened to the Simpson"s Movie!
15. Sarconoclast - January 22, 2008 5:03 PM
No Country has to win everything or I will light myself on fire.
Also, Juno was fantastic, you guys are obnoxiously pretentious, etc.
16. my opinion is the only opinion that matters - January 22, 2008 5:13 PM
It's interesting that anyone finds Juno to be a worthwhile cinema experience. But replace "interesting" with "Fuckin' Retarded" and you'll be closer to the truth. I'm sure that studio execs at Fox said, "Hey guys let's make an 'Indie' movie. I hear they're quirky, and make people with no sense of humor believe that they're funny."
Gimme a break
17. sc - January 22, 2008 5:51 PM
i think james mcavoy deserved a nomination. his performance was really heartfelt
18. nikki - January 22, 2008 6:06 PM
who cares about the oscars, its all trivial when theres more impt things, like Heath Ledger dying, such a waste of talent! condolences to his family and wee daughter.rip.
19. blinkblink - January 22, 2008 6:10 PM
norbit... thats a joke right? come on.. the academy's not aloud to try to be funny.. they are kidding, right?
20. Peppermintfatty - January 22, 2008 6:16 PM
Overall I would say some pretty solid nominations. Daniel Day-Lewis has to win best actor, Javier Bardem for supporting, and No country for adapted screenplay, director, and film. Check out my blog for a more in depth rundown.
21. Oprah's Gorilla Butthole - January 22, 2008 6:59 PM
Too bad Amy isn't using what Heath used.
RIP
22. anjhest - January 22, 2008 7:13 PM
JUNO was entertaining, but I'm as baffled as everyone else that it's nominated for an Oscar. It was "cute" at best. Marion Cotillard for Best Actress, hands down.
23. emily - January 22, 2008 7:37 PM
If Atonement wins best picture, I'll puke on Keira Knightley's skeleton head. Don't stiff the Coens, muthafuckers!
24. kathy - January 22, 2008 8:27 PM
Michael Clayton? Seriously? That movie was awful. My sisters discussed several times during it whether or not we should just walk out. Sad to be reminded that the Oscars are just a popularity contest.
25. gretchen - January 22, 2008 9:06 PM
ugh, so sick of that ellen page chick, she plays the same irritating unrealistic character in everything she's in
26. KellyGirl57 - January 22, 2008 9:22 PM
What the fuck superfish?? Where's the breaking coverage about Heath Ledger?? Get your shit together!
27. rusty - January 22, 2008 9:37 PM
How is Roderick Jaynes nominated for editing? That's not even a real person. It's a pseudonym that Joel and Ethan Coen use. If you can nominate fake people, why doesn't Mr. Bean have a nod? He's HILARIOUS and he doesn't even have to say a WORD! Oh, British comedy! Yuk yuk!
28. Klarenka - January 22, 2008 9:47 PM
How the hell did Juno get in there for Best Picture? Did the voters even watch the movie? It was awful!
29. Liz - January 22, 2008 10:03 PM
You people dissing on Juno sound incredibly pretentious, you know.
30. Oscar - January 22, 2008 10:35 PM
No Country for Old Men FTW.
Also, I really liked Juno but it is not one of the top 5 best of the year! Knocked Up delivered their story (pun intended) and had more laughs. And they way they talk is sooooo pretentious. "Wizard" or "No, it's Morgan Freeman, do you have any bones I can collect?" That joke would have been funny, albeit slightly, in 1999.
31. Narcissist Loves Christina Milian Even More Than Himself - January 22, 2008 11:26 PM
Norbit was the best motion picture in FOREVER. That's real life, people.
Thandie Newton should win "most disturbingly anorexic", but that's probably an MTV category.
@14 I dozed off during that. Maybe you just can't make it work in a movie.
I haven't got to "Juno" or "There Will Be Blood" yet, but I don't see how they could be more affecting than "Norbit".
I had trouble sitting through the trailer for "Michael Clayton". That looked like crap.
32. Narcissist Wishes He Knew How To Quit Christina Milian. - January 22, 2008 11:30 PM
@18 Is that ad real? That ones pretty funny!
33. Jenny - January 23, 2008 3:34 AM
like imdb's top 250, the oscar nominations are slowly becoming tainted by idiot movies.
34. Jenny - January 23, 2008 3:35 AM
by the way, marion cotillard deserves best actress.
35. kelly - January 23, 2008 11:04 AM
No country - best movie hands down. Juno, however, was an excellent movie and should take home a couple Oscars. I'm surprised at all the Juno haters, then again this forums full of fat ass nerds who can't respect talented female actors because they are still scared from their dateless prom night. Peace...