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
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.