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The 2008 Oscar Nominations

And the winner is...?

Jan. 22, 2008 - by

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Atonement

Juno

Michael Clayton

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

George Clooney in Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood

Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah

Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Julie Christie in Away from Her

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose

Laura Linney in The Savages

Ellen Page in Juno

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War

Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild

Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There

Ruby Dee in American Gangster

Saoirse Ronan in Atonement

Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone

Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Persepolis

Ratatouille

Surf's Up

Achievement in Directing

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Julian Schnabel

Juno - Jason Reitman

Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy

No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

Adapted Screenplay

Atonement Screenplay by Christopher Hampton

Away from Her Written by Sarah Polley

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

No Country for Old Men Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

There Will Be Blood Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original Screenplay

Juno Written by Diablo Cody

Lars and the Real Girl Written by Nancy Oliver

Michael Clayton Written by Tony Gilroy

Ratatouille Screenplay by Brad Bird, Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, and Brad Bird

The Savages Written by Tamara Jenkins

Achievement in Art Direction

American Gangster

Atonement

The Golden Compass

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

There Will Be Blood

Achievement in Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Atonement

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Achievement in Costume Design

Across the Universe

Atonement

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

La Vie en Rose

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Documentary Feature

No End in Sight

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Sicko

Taxi to the Dark Side

War/Dance

Best Documentary Short Subject

Freeheld

La Corona (The Crown)

Salim Baba

Sari's Mother

Achievement in Film Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Into the Wild

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Beaufort (Israel)

The Counterfeiters (Austria)

Katyń (Poland)

Mongol (Kazakhstan)

12 (Russia)

Achievement in Makeup

La Vie en Rose

Norbit

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original score)

Atonement

The Kite Runner

Michael Clayton

Ratatouille

3:10 to Yuma

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

Falling Slowly from Once

Happy Working Song from Enchanted

Raise It Up from August Rush

So Close from Enchanted

That's How You Know from Enchanted

Best Animated Short Film

I Met the Walrus

Madame Tutli-Putli

Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)

My Love (Moya Lyubov)

Peter & the Wolf

Best Live Action Short Film

At Night

Il Supplente (The Substitute)

Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)

Tanghi Argentini

The Tonto Woman

Achievement in Sound Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country for Old Men

Ratatouille

There Will Be Blood

Transformers

Achievement in Sound Mixing

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country for Old Men

Ratatouille

3:10 to Yuma

Transformers

Achievement in Visual Effects

The Golden Compass

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Transformers

Sound Off

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Jeff Brandt says:
I need to see There Will Be Blood at Boardman's before I make final Oscar judgments.

Definitely enjoyed Juno, No Country, and Michael Clayton, but I would say No Country takes the cake among those three for Best Motion Pic and Best Direction. Didn't see Atonement yet, and I'm not sure if I will before it comes out on DVD. I really do hope the three I saw win something, though; they all had unique shining moments. Definitely Ellen Page for Leading Female, and Javier Bardem for Supporting Male.