Well here it is folks, the nominees for the 2007 Oscar Awards. Thank god they didn’t nominate Dreamgirls for Best Picture. Too bad they still nominated Babel. But oh well, no one can be perfect. So here is your list of nominees with my personal picks how who I think SHOULD win in red
Best Motion Picture Of The Year
“Babel” – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
“The Departed” – Nominees to be determined
“Letters from Iwo Jima” – Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
“Little Miss Sunshine” – Nominees to be determined
“The Queen” – Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”
Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role
Penélope Cruz in “Volver”
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”
Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
Kate Winslet in “Little Children”
Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza in “Babel”
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”
Original Screenplay
“Babel” – Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima” – Screenplay by Iris Yamashit, Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine” – Written by Michael Arndt
“Pan’s Labyrinth” – Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen” – Written by Peter Morgan
Adapted Screenplay
“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Maze, Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men” – Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & HawkOstby
“The Departed” – Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children” – Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal” – Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Best Animated Feature Film Of The Year
“Cars” John Lasseter
“Happy Feet” George Miller
“Monster House” Gil Kenan
Achievement In Art Direction
“Dreamgirls” – Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“The Good Shepherd” – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewal, Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
“Pan’s Labyrinth” – Art Direction: Eugenio Caballer, Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – Art Direction: Rick Heinrich, Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
“The Prestige” – Art Direction: Nathan Crowle, Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Achievement In Cinematography
“The Black Dahlia” Vilmos Zsigmond
“Children of Men” Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Illusionist” Dick Pope
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Navarro
“The Prestige” Wally Pfister
Achievement In Costume Design
“Curse of the Golden Flower” Yee Chung Man
“The Devil Wears Prada” Patricia Field
“Dreamgirls” Sharen Davis
“Marie Antoinette” Milena Canonero
“The Queen” Consolata Boyle
Achievement In Directing
“Babel” Alejandro González Iñárritu
“The Departed” Martin Scorsese
“Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood
“The Queen” Stephen Frears
“United 93” Paul Greengrass
Best Documentary Feature
“Deliver Us from Evil” – Amy Berg and Frank Donner
“An Inconvenient Truth” – Davis Guggenheim
“Iraq in Fragments” – James Longley and John Sinno
“Jesus Camp” – Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
“My Country, My Country” – Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Achievement In Film Editing
“Babel” – Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
“Blood Diamond” – Steven Rosenblum
“Children of Men” – Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
“The Departed” – Thelma Schoonmaker
“United 93” – Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year
“After the Wedding – Denmark
“Days of Glory ” – Algeria
“The Lives of Others” – Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth” – Mexico
“Water” – Canada
Achievement In Makeup
“Apocalypto” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
“Pan’s Labyrinth” David Marti and Montse Ribe
Achievement In Sound Editing
“Apocalypto” – Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
“Blood Diamond” – Lon Bender
“Flags of Our Fathers” – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Letters from Iwo Jima” – Alan Robert Murray
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Achievement In Sound Mixing
“Apocalypto” – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
“Blood Diamond” – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
“Dreamgirls” – Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
“Flags of Our Fathers” – John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Achievement In Visual Effects
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
“Poseidon” – Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
“Superman Returns” – Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
So there you have it. What do you think of the list? Any obvious films missing according to you? Anything that didn’t deserve to get nominated? What are your picks?
My thought on Greengrass is that his nom is more out of PC taste. I don’t think he’ll put an upset over Scorcese who really deserves the little gold man, but it would not surprise me if that were the case. Clint’s won before; they will give it to someone else. In Greengrass’ place should have been the two dir’s of Little Miss Sunshine – Departed’s only real competition.
Haven’t seen it but everyone says it’s his to lose.
Achievement in sound editing should go to APOCALYPTO. Plain and simple.
Sadly Mel’s off screen behvior puts this in jeapordy because of stigma.
If Babel wins best picture, then next year the academy can make some new awards catagories, example: Better things you can do with your time then watching Babel. A) get a root canal B) tax audit C) watch Lady in the Water in reverse. I am wondering which one of those three might win. Of course I do feel this year we left some great movies out of the Best Picture Race. It should have been A)Babel B)Lady in the Water C)Ultraviolet D)Little Man E)Restored version of Battlefiled Earth.
Haven’t seen it but everyone says it’s his to lose.
Also, saw last king of scotland last night and Forest Whitaker was actually breathtakingly good… one scary mofo. I haven’t seen the other films in that category but his is surely hard to beat?
what is actually the difference between sound “mixing” and sound “editing” seems silly these awards should go to different films? I might be wrong here but isnt the mixing part of the editing process?
one thing i will give brokeback is its score. an incredible piece of music
I know this doesn’t seem to be talked about here but anyone pay attention to the nominated for best original score? Its just that no one is really mentioning it so I thought I would bring it up. I am rather upset that the score to X-Men The Last Stand didn’t get nominated I thought it was best of the three and very well done by John Powell. One other thing that did bother me was that Gustavo Santaolalla got nominated again for his Babel. His other score for Brokeback Mountain shouldn’t have even been nominted and it won the Oscar and I think this is the case again the score to Babel shouldn’t have gotten a nomination.
I supposed I went on long enough with that but I just felt like I needed to air it out there. Anyways I really hope that The Departed wins it is the best film I have seen all year.
Blood Diamond shouldnt win a single dingle award. The movie is on par with The Patriot. bad bad bad bad bad bad
when the academy awards started they were set up purely as a PR exercise for studios to plug their films. and that is what they remain today…..it is just a huge PR event. But it is a hugely popular event and everyone still talks about it…….the thing is the oscars are important for studios….they want to be able to put that “Winner of 9 Academy Awards” sticker on their posters and dvd boxes because like it or not for a lot of folks who don’t follow film or care about it the way a lot fo us do that is an indication to them that the film must be good…. because it won best picture…
plus if a studio can prove it knows how to market a film/performance and campaign it to an oscar win that will be attractive to a film makers and actors –
look at scorsese and miramax for gangs of new york – the story is harvey weinstein went to scorsese and told him let me win you an oscar and they made a deal. Harveys track record at the time was pretty impressive…he had taken some pretty mediocre films and made them not only nominees but winners.
Harvey was almost single-handedly responsible for the campaigning to take the kind of nasty turn it did take…..
people have always campaigned for oscars since they started but the weinsteins took it to a new level and introduced a nasty element which I love……..thats the side of the oscars I am more interested in personally..the behind the scenes backstabbing and deal making……
I feel like I’ve gotta come to the defense of Babel here, I don’t see why everyone is picking on it. I don’t think it’s this year’s Crash. Crash was cliched and contrived and had some suspect acting… in the end I liked it, but I totally understand why some people thought it was overrated. On the other hand I thought Babel was all around brilliant. If it wins, it will be because it deserves it, especially compared to the other nominees for Best Picture. Either way, it won’t be a surprise upset on the same level that Crash was.
I still think Scorsese’s got the Best Director wrapped up, although I’d love to see Paul Greengrass win.
— Sean
FilmJunk.com
Yet another year when Thomas Newman gets an Oscar nod, but will have no chance of taking home the statue. They love to torture that poor bastard (and his fans). He should have won for his score of American Beauty and/or Shawshank, but they screwed him.
May I just re-iterate that Dreamgirls getting left out of the big one was NO snub. That movie is good, but not THAT good, truth be told. Beyonce was borderline atrocious, Hudson can sing but not act, and the rest of cast adise from Eddie Murphy is totally forgettable.
And the world doesn’t hinge on this award show like it used to. Now, it’s more about who’s wearing what and who shows up with who. I get into it for the office pools which I usually clean up in. There is no personal stake for me this year since I haven’t seen any of these movie except dreamgirls and half nelson. Now, the year return of the king won……..I honestly cried, I was so overjoyed.
I think people are underestimating Babel – which is this years crash.
I really have a feeling it is going to take director and picture.
I don’t want it to and I don’t think it deserves it but I have a bad feeling…if not director it is definitely going to take best picture just you watch…
Hopefully I am wrong especially about director…it has to be scorseses year…it has to be.
I would love to see greengrass take it to be honest. I loved United 93 – it was one of the most powerful experiances I have ever had in a theatre….I thought it was absolutely amazing and that greengrass did a incredible job telling the story.
And thanks, Alfie. Although CoP isn’t technically ‘my site”, I am just one of the underling volunteer ‘authors’ there…but hey…I dare you, double dare you, go there and click on the “Excorism Of Emily Rose” in the popular comments bar, if you dare.
:)
I’ll clarify: My thought on Greengrass is that his nom is more out of PC taste. I don’t think he’ll put an upset over Scorcese who really deserves the little gold man, but it would not surprise me if that were the case. Clint’s won before; they will give it to someone else. In Greengrass’ place should have been the two dir’s of Little Miss Sunshine – Departed’s only real competition.
Darren,
I totally agree with you about Leo, and I know that John will too.
His performance was the keystone to The Departed. If he can manage to carry a scene with Anthony Anderson in a Scorsese flick, he at least deserves a nomination!
seeley i just looked at your site and i like it. you write well.
I disagree with you completely on your views about united 93 though but its a great site and I recommend it to all.
I am not surprised about world trade centre being ignored..it was awful.
if i was scorsese i would be worried about babel. my prediction is babel will ruin scorseses night…..like dances with wolves and ordinary people.
the saddest thing is if he doesn’t win I don’t think he ever will win one outright. he will definitely get the lifetime one eventually but lets face it even eminem has an oscar…..its wrong.
I hope I am wrong but I have a feeling the “important” message film is going to rain on martys night…..
paul greengrass nom suspect? what for? for making one of the best films of the year?
as for leo thats the studios fault..they didn’t want to split his vote and they decided to push him as supporting actor for departed……fair enough….it is a definite co lead with damon.
the thing i find funny is this myth of the “academy” like its a room full of secret people who decide….
the academy has something like 5000 members at any one time. and if you are in the industry and registered with guilds (you have to be relatively successful too) you are eligible to be invited to join as long as there is space as they don’t go above 5000 members. as older members pass away more spots open up and they invite people to take that place…..these people are actors, producers, directors, editors, sound guys whoever….and they all vote privately so any talk of any kind of conspiracy is ridiculous….the outcome is the result of what 5000 people in the industry think.
the reason a lot of films which people say should have won and didn’t in the past they say is contributed to the fact that there are a lot of older members still around who don’t like a lot of what they feel are crass modern films. thats what i read anyway.
Yes, the absense of Ben Affleck is noted. But you want to know what’s more sad? The absence of Leo Decaprio–well, let me clarify. See that nomination above? WRONG MOVIE.
It should be for “Departed”.
I find Paul Greengrass’ nom very suspect. While I laugh at theidea of Supey and ‘Sidon, Pirates has a lock on FX anyway.
My more detailed thoughts:
http://www.chokingonpopcorn.com/popcorn/?p=1013
You know guys and gals,
what amuses me the most is that we speculate so much on who deserves the Oscar and yet, many times, it turns out to be a socio-political statement or a popularity contest.
I have a boatload of blatant examples.
Great post, Joe! I think almost all of us have been guilty of saying that at one point.
For me, the Oscars are mostly are mostly a reminder to go out and rent such-and-such movie that was reviewed well but I never got around to seeing. For example, I plan on seeing Iwo Jima this week and getting The Queen and Monster House from Netflix.
I must say though, I’m looking forward Oscar night this year more than I have since Return of the King’s year… so I can listen to John and Doug’s play-by-play of it.
i’ve never really been one to watch any of these award shows. i’ll save the few hours of my life doing something other than watching the oscars. it’s all subjective anyways.
And if blah blah blah beats blah blah blah, I’ll never watch the Oscars again!
Blah blah blah.
Yes you will. And we’ll see you the year after that, and the yar after that, and the year after that too.
Good picks John. Only thing I’d say is, check out Monster House, dude. Best animated pic of the year and way better than Cars.
not sure about the dreamgirls post tho, jaysmack. everybody i know who saw it said beyonce didn’t do that good of a job…
peace…
Nicholson didn’t deserve a nomination for departed.was he good yes…but really it was just jack….it was hardly a shock to see him play that role..he didn’t exactly do anything amazing with it…
He was jack..which he does very well but I am glad he didn’t get a nom as he doesn’t deserve it….
i’ve had a bad year in going to the movies, i didn’t see any of the movies nominated except little miss sunshine on dvd (great movie by the way), superman returns and pirates 2. pirates 2 should win best special
effects because of what they did with davey jones and his crew. that was amazing.
jaysmack…..i agree with everything you said. denzel shouldn’t have won for training day and halle berry doesn’t deserve an oscar ever. but hey if fuckin three 6 mafia can get one anybody can.
i think Scorsese will get best director because he deserves one and this movie is getting a lot of hype. you know how the oscars are, if they screw you over long enough you’ll get an oscar for a role just because u didn’t get one before (denzel in training day).
and chris, canada taking over the nfl…lol good one!
peace….
Koko, I totally forgot about Affleck. So did the Academy, apparently.
And for those folks who think Dreamgirls got “snubbed,” read my above post. This is the Academy we’re talking about here. Face it, Dreamgirls was never even in it. Too dignified. Too respectful of blacks.
Now if Beyonce in Dreamgirls had been a semi-literate crack-whore who let Eddie Murphy could do her doggy-stlye like Billy Bob did in Monster’s Ball THEN she’d be an Oscar contender.
ok. i agree with the picks. but there were some huge snubs this year. ESPECIALLY THE SUPPORTING ACTORS THIS YEAR!! where the hell is jack nicholson for the departed. he deserves to be nominated more than mark whalberg. and ben affleck, he did amazing in hollywoodland. AND OH, IF BABEL BEATS THE DEPARTED AGAIN, I AM NEVER WATCHING THE OSCARS, EVER ANYMORE! THAT WHOLE GOLDEN GLOBES WAS BULLSHIT!!! Babel was good, but The Departed just plainly kicked ass!!!! AND GOOD LUCK MARTY WITH BEST DIRECTOR, WE ARE ALL ROOTING FOR YOU!!!
I can say right now that Clint Eastwood will win for best director and most likely Best Picture because the Academy always gives his shit Oscars. They love sucking his balls and it makes me sick!
Forest Whittaker will win for Best Actor and Jennifer Hudson will win for Dreamgirls. Are their performances head and shoulders above everyone else? So was Denzel’s in Malcolm X and Sam Jackson in Pulp Fiction but you didn’t see them win Oscars, did you?
Whitaker and Hudson were great this year but that’s not how I know Forest and Jennifer will win. It’s how I knew Don Cheadle didn’t stand a chance of winning an Oscar last year and that he was only nominated to smokescreen the Academy’s aim of giving an award to Freeman for a portrayal they felt was more “fitting” for black actors. When you see two different black actors nominated in the same category, just look at whomever’s portrayal is more stereotypical and you can bet your life that’s who’ll win. When Cuba Gooding won an Oscar for a role blacks saw as demeaning blacks raised hell -and the Academy learned it’s lesson. Since then they nomoinate a second black, a fall guy, and everyone will be so busy talking about how amazing it is that two black actors are nominated for “Best this or that” that they won’t realize the outcome is so blatantly obvious. Classic magician’s trick; slight of hand. Mislead you with the one hand and pull the trick with the other.
How do I know they’ll do this? Because it’s a long-standing fact that if the Academy has a choice between giving a black actor an award for an outstanding dignified portrayal (see Denzel in Malcolm X or Courage Under Fire or Morgan Freeman in SE7EN or Shawshank Redemption) and giving an award for something stereotypical (black as immoral as in Training Day) or addle-brained and demeaning (Halle Berry as a retarded oversexed “mammy” in Monster’s Ball who bent over and hiked up her skirt for every guy who came on screen; Morgan Freeman as a near-illiterate “sidekick” who doesn’t mind being called nigger as in Million Dollar Baby) or a loud, smiling, dancing fool (Cuba Gooding Jr in Jerry Maguire) they’ll vote their preference. If you hand them Will Smith’s performance in Happyness, they’ll nominate him, but strictly as a pro forma matter in order to deflect the storm of criticism that would surely come if they hadn’t. But it’s only for show and we all know it. They already know they’re going to go with what lets them uphold a degrading stereotype. A black dictator can win, but a black civil rights leader, businessman, military officer or inspirational story of a man who takes Wall street by storm -no way these will EVER win Oscars. Too wrong for the Academy. Not deep enough. A slave, a mamie,a sports buffoon or a crooked cop -these are more “artisitically pleasing.”
You don’t have to like it, but them’s the facts kids.
Mark my words, these will be your winners. And it will be for the reasons I’ve given and ONLY those reasons.
WHAT THE FUCK ….. WHERE IS AFFLECK!!!???
hey john! i haven’t seen babel or letters from iwo jima but i didn’t hear great things about babel. they should be out on dvd soon i would imagine. i really would like scorsese to get an oscar and also think hellen mirren should get one for the queen.
I can’t believe The Prestige got nominated for just art direction and cinematography. granted people did great jobs in those departments on that film but those weren’t that categories that came to mind when i thought of what should be nominated. It should of definetly been nominated for best adaptation.
Kristina, Abigail Breslin got a nom because she was brilliant in that movie, that’s why. I’m not sure she should win, but she definitely deserves the nomination.
I also completely agree with the call on Pirates 2 for visuals. It may have been a terrible movie with an awful script, but the visual effects were incredible.
And how did Borat get best Adapted script? Adapted from what? Was there even a script at all? WTF?
Ummm…Leo got nominated for the wrong movie, didn’t he? What happened to the Departed? What happened to Nicholson? Why the hell nominate the little miss sunshine kid? Don’t waste a nom on a little kid. That kid will cry backstage when Hudson wins.
And Campea, I know you hate musicians who try to act, but how bout Marky Mark getting a nod!
I hope Babel wins nothing. I hated that fucking movie. What a pointless dragged out overrated film. If I wanted to see someone make out with his wife while she pisses I would have check out some piss fetish sites. Some slutting asian wonders all over the place, wtf I don’t care. Some kid jerking off in the mountains…again I don’t care. Then some Mexcian lady looking after two kids….yawn. All just lead to nothing.
I have a feeling that Kate Winslet might get a sympathy win this year.
Definitely looks like this will finally be the fucking year Scorsese wins an Oscar. At least I hope so. I really loved The Departed and even though it’s not close to Scorsese’s Best films, its definitely up there.
But like as you guys said on your 200th audio edition, it wasnt a great year in movies. And I don’t think the freshman directors or Eastwood will win it over him.
Dan,
Of course Meryl Streep wins because of her performances. Like Alfie said she is one of the greatest actress’ we have.
I’d say that she doesn’t have the total package though. I’ve never thought she was attractive in any way shape or form. And nowadays, looks are more important than ever.
You’ve got to have that MILF look when actress’ get older. For example, look at Michelle Phieffer, Monica Bellucci, and Cate Blanchett. But their talent is dwarfed compared to Streep. Hmm, so maybe Kate Winslet when gets to that age?
Most of the nominations were unsurprising but a few did creep in that gave me some hope: Ryan Gosling for “Half Nelson”, Paul Greengrass for “United 93” and I’m happy to see “Letters from Iwo Jima” made a few categories – it’s a brilliant film.
“Dreamgirls” is over rated and the only nomination it truly deserves is for Jennifer Hudson who was outstanding. I’m still not sure how Eddie Murphy made the cut.
John and I are in disagreement for most of the picks. I really enjoyed “The Departed” but it was a great year and that one didn’t even crack my top 10. At the same time, I also agree that “Babel” is a little overrated.
I’m going to jump away before the ketchup starts to fly…
Anyone else notice that somehow Superman Returns got niminated for best visual effects over X-Men III. Sure neither movie was perfect, but from a purely visceral and visual standpoint X-Men II looks way. I didn’t know you get nominations for shrinking downa guys package. =/
Fun note, Ryan Gosling grew up just outside of my hometown London. Nice to see him get nominated. Soon Canada will rule all mediums. The NFL is next.
Babel is incredibly over rated. I am shocked at the love it is receiving….for me it really is this years crash…and over rated heavy handed message film which the academy always seem to love and I won’t be surprised at all to see it go home with best picture…..
I would love greengrass to win for united 93 but I really do want scorsese to win…I don’t want him only ever receiving a lifetime award when he is 80 (although for all intents and purposes thats what this one will be if he wins)…I want him to finally win one outright and if he doesn’t win for this – his best film in years – then I don’t think he ever will….But I have this horrible feeling about Babel being the spoiler – the oscars always love giving prizes to films they feel are important…I see Babel potentially ruining a few films night….we will see…..
what do you mean by that dan?
do you really question how good an actress she is??
because if so that is ridiculous….she is fucking incredible – she is so good that it is taken for granted how good she is and she will long be remembered in history as one of the greatets actress’ to have walked the earth….
THE ONES WITH ***’S NEXT TO THEM ARE THE ONES I’D BE HAPPY WITH WINNING
Best Motion Picture Of The Year
“Babel” – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
***”The Departed” – Nominees to be determined
“Letters from Iwo Jima” – Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
“Little Miss Sunshine” – Nominees to be determined
“The Queen” – Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role
***Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”
Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
***Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role
Penélope Cruz in “Volver”
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”
***Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
***Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
***Kate Winslet in “Little Children”
Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza in “Babel”
***Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
***Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”
Original Screenplay
“Babel” – Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima” – Screenplay by Iris Yamashit, Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine” – Written by Michael Arndt
***”Pan’s Labyrinth” – Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen” – Written by Peter Morgan
Adapted Screenplay
“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Maze, Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men” – Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & HawkOstby
***”The Departed” – Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children” – Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal” – Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Best Animated Feature Film Of The Year
“Cars” John Lasseter
“Happy Feet” George Miller
***”Monster House” Gil Kenan
Achievement In Art Direction
“Dreamgirls” – Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“The Good Shepherd” – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewal, Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
***”Pan’s Labyrinth” – Art Direction: Eugenio Caballer, Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – Art Direction: Rick Heinrich, Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
“The Prestige” – Art Direction: Nathan Crowle, Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Achievement In Cinematography
“The Black Dahlia” Vilmos Zsigmond
***”Children of Men” Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Illusionist” Dick Pope
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Navarro
***”The Prestige” Wally Pfister
Achievement In Costume Design
“Curse of the Golden Flower” Yee Chung Man
“The Devil Wears Prada” Patricia Field
“Dreamgirls” Sharen Davis
***”Marie Antoinette” Milena Canonero
“The Queen” Consolata Boyle
Achievement In Directing
“Babel” Alejandro González Iñárritu
***”The Departed” Martin Scorsese
“Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood
“The Queen” Stephen Frears
“United 93” Paul Greengrass
Best Documentary Feature
“Deliver Us from Evil” – Amy Berg and Frank Donner
***”An Inconvenient Truth” – Davis Guggenheim
“Iraq in Fragments” – James Longley and John Sinno
“Jesus Camp” – Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
“My Country, My Country” – Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Achievement In Film Editing
“Babel” – Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
“Blood Diamond” – Steven Rosenblum
***”Children of Men” – Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
“The Departed” – Thelma Schoonmaker
“United 93” – Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year
“After the Wedding – Denmark
“Days of Glory ” – Algeria
“The Lives of Others” – Germany
***”Pan’s Labyrinth” – Mexico
“Water” – Canada
Achievement In Makeup
“Apocalypto” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
***”Pan’s Labyrinth” David Marti and Montse Ribe
Achievement In Sound Editing
“Apocalypto” – Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
“Blood Diamond” – Lon Bender
“Flags of Our Fathers” – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
***”Letters from Iwo Jima” – Alan Robert Murray
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Achievement In Sound Mixing
***”Apocalypto” – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
“Blood Diamond” – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
“Dreamgirls” – Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
“Flags of Our Fathers” – John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Achievement In Visual Effects
***”Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
“Poseidon” – Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
“Superman Returns” – Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
A lot of weird twists this time fore the oscars. There where movies in some categories but not others. Cinematography, normally nominees are also in best picture as well but these movies came out of nowhere like, the prestige and black dahlia… and then “Click” for best make-up???? weird. and ryan gosling out of nowhere his name come up in the best actor category. very interesting. and yes, to see mark wahlberg up the in the supporting category and not Jack-o but o well. Oh and no noms for “Bobby”??? well, here’s to hoping that this years oscars will be justifiable and fair and that crap BABEL will be ignored.
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holy shit
in my bad mood frenzy i missed that paul greengrass got nominated for united 93!!!
that is fucking awesome and if I had my way he would be walking home with the prize….
does meryl streep ever win based on her performances? or just cause her name is meryl streep?
sorry BlackPowerGandalf..very very grumpy today…….
the 2 noms I am happy about the most are ryan gosling and jackie earle haley…gosling is one of the best actors around and has a huge huge career ahead of him..
Good picks John.
I think Little Miss Sunshine and Paul Greengrass will be the only differences.
well, reviews have been slightly rare the last half year, so i couldnt know youve seen all those films john. and again, i think one should have seen at least to two films in each category he wants to comment on, to compare them.
I finally saw Pan’s Labyrinth. It’s a very good movie (and I agree with whoever said at the F4FF that this film achieved what Narnia failed to), but it’s not a great movie.
The fantasy stuff was interesting, but the civil-war scenes seemed rather paint-by-numbers, though it was ‘ok’.The final words of the housekeeper to the girl’s father were priceless, though.
I hope Guillermo wins at the Oscars, not because this is a great/fantastic film, but because I am a fan of his work. His worst stuff, is still better than most fantasy/horror crap out there, and at least he tries to offer something that makes you think, as opposed to the pornographic feel that a lot of horror films have when they portray violence.
I’m also fascinated by the fact that a former child-actor who hasn’t done films in over a decade is nominated for an award, Jackie Earle Haley. That’s awesome!
I’m kinda dissapointed that Little Children didn’t get nominated for Best Score. Of all the scores I’ve heard (I haven’t heard all of them), that’s my favourite.
oh and nicholson gor snubbed because he didn’t do anything that great in the film…it was hardly a stretch for him.
He was great but he was jack you know what I mean…..
alfie, you may want to read again, but i said you should have at least seen two films in each category, so you’ve at least got one film to compare.
The only films I haven’t seen are:
Venus
Days of Glory
After the Wedding
Monster House.
I’ve seen the rest. But Black Gandalf, I think it’s pretty silly to say a person isn’t allowed to pick who you think should win unless you’ve seen them all. That’s just… well… silly. Everyone is allowed to pick, even if you’ve just seen one.
..and i also think that you overrate the script of the departed. the departed was by all means a great movie, but it hasnt got an oscarworthy screenplay. it might have some great laughs, but there’s too much stuff copied 1:1 from the original and the ending is also weaker.
so he can’t pick who he thinsk should win because he hasn;t seen everything?? he can;t pick out the films he has seen unless he sees all of them?
That is ridiculous…
O.k. everyone new rule unless you have seen every single film nominated for something you cannot have an opinion…..
very silly
so you’ve seen all of these films john? or how could you possibly say one film should win an oscar when you haven’t seen at least two films in every category.
I think you missed an excellent opportunity to somehow post yet another picture of you and Doug. That’s what I think.
how did Jack Nicholson get snubbed for The Departed?