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The 80th Annual Academy Awards Nominations!
Posted by Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 22, 2008
It should come as no surprise that there are almost twenty films represented in major category contention for an Academy Award. After all, it was a diverse year, there were a ton of great movies, and most of the nominees spent unreasonable amounts of money bribing Academy judges.
Of course, the biggest winner this year is Norbit, which got nominated for Achievement in Make Up. You don’t need to know anything more than that, but if you’d like to, The 80th Annual Academy Awards website has the complete list.
I know we’re all surprised and outraged that Good Luck Chuck didn’t get a single nod, but try to calm down before posting.
Take a look at the full nominees list below:
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Sarah Polley - Away From Her
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Brad Bird - Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Beaufort (Israel)
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan) 12 (Russia)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf’s Up
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
American Gangster
Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
Atonement
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Albert Wolsky - Across the Universe
Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marit Allen - La Vie en Rose
Colleen Atwood - 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
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy - Into the Wild
Roderick Jaynes - No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald - La Vie en Rose
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji - Norbit
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard - Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
“Falling Slowly” - Once
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
“Happy Working Song” - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“Raise It Up” - August Rush
Nominees to be determined “So Close” - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“That’s How You Know” - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane - Ratatouille
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe - 3:10 to Yuma
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin - Transformers
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers - Ratatouille
Matthew Wood - There Will Be Blood
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins - Transformers
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier - Transformers
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother
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
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12 Comments
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:51 am
This is AWESOME! Juno got nominated for Best Picture, Jason Reitman for Best Director and Ellen Page for best actress. I now officially retract my previously announced boycott of the Academy Awards.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Agreed.
Big props for the Academy recognizing Brad Bird’s script for “Ratatouille” as well.
January 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Emile Hirsch got snubbed in the best actor category. He got nominated for the SAG awards in a best actor spot but not in the Academy? That’s the biggest snub of the year IMO
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Hirsch getting snubbed is pretty major, but so is everyone forgetting that Black Snake Moan was made last year, too.
Or Jessica Alba being snubbed for Awake. Am I right or am I right??
Plus, Enchanted has three of its songs nominated for Original Song - were there no other movies out there with good tunes? And we’re back to them snubbing Into the Wild. Vedder lives.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
im very happy about there will be blood/no country for old men and there complete dominance
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
“Into the Wild” sucked, so I’m not surprised it got snubbed.
Also, I believe Vedder was disqualified for some reason.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Surprised Michael Clayton snuck in there and Tommy Lee Jones. No love for American Gangster and Denzel. Still can’t believe the crappy list of foreign language films. Not judging the quality of films but none of those have been seen by many critics and haven’t got an official release. What about the critically acclaimed “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days,” “The Orphanage,” and “The Band’s Visit”?
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
For best picture, I think it’s a toss up between “No Country” and “Blood.” “Atonement” has an outside chance. The Coens should be favorited for director with Schnabel and PTA with an outside chance. The locks are D-Day for best actor and Cody for “Juno” screenplay. Best Actress is more open but the favorite should be Christie. Bardem should win supporting but Affleck also has a good chance. Supporting actress will probably be Blanchett with Amy Ryan as a close second. Adapted screenplay could go to anyone but probably to the winner of best picture.
January 22nd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
I second the kudos for Brad Bird’s Ratatouille script.
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Most surprising of all was Bill O’Reilly’s announcement that Juno should win Best Picture. He loved it.
January 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Great, now Norbit, one of the very worst movies of 2007, will be able to say it’s an Academy Award Nominated film. Way to go Academy. What a bunch of dumbasses.
February 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Hey, the Grammy’s awarded Who Let The Dog’s Out so go figure.