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80th Academy Awards Nominations Tue 22.Jan.08 Awards Sun 24.Feb.08
Rich's comments: After a bad CGI movie montage - like some sort of fanboy YouTube mash-up, Jon Stewart beams onto the stage though some sort of pipeline. He sounds off-the-cuff, which is very nice, joking that after three months of strike, welcome to the make-up sex. He makes fun of the atmosphere of self-congratulation, and the plethora of psychopath movies - "Thank god for teen pregnancy". And he works his way through the audience, joking about the films and taking small political jabs everywhere...
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| A L L T H E N O M I N E E S & W I N N E R S | |
| P I C T U R E | D I R E C T O R |
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Atonement Juno Michael Clayton No Country for Old MenThere Will Be Blood |
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) |
| A C T O R | A C T R E S S |
George Clooney (Michael Clayton) Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd) Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah) Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) |
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) Julie Christie (Away from Her) Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) Laura Linney (The Savages) Ellen Page (Juno) |
| S U P P O R T I N G A C T O R | S U P P O R T I N G A C T R E S S |
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) |
Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There) Ruby Dee (American Gangster) Saoirse Ronan (Atonement) Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton) |
| O R I G I N A L S C R E E N P L A Y | A D A P T E D S C R E E N P L A Y |
Diablo Cody (Juno)Nancy Oliver (Lars and the Real Girl) Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) Brad Bird (Ratatouille) Tamara Jenkins (The Savages) |
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) |
| F O R E I G N F I L M | A N I M A T E D F E A T U R E |
Beaufort (Israel) The Counterfeiters (Austria)Katyn (Poland) Mongol (Kazakhstan) 12 (Russia) |
Persepolis RatatouilleSurf's Up |
| O R I G I N A L S C O R E | O R I G I N A L S O N G |
Atonement (Dario Marianelli)The Kite Runner (Alberto Iglesias) Michael Clayton (James Newton Howard) Ratatouille (Michael Giacchino) 3:10 to Yuma (Marco Beltrami) |
Falling Slowly (Once)Happy Working Song (Enchanted) Raise It Up (August Rush) So Close (Enchanted) That's How You Know (Enchanted) |
| C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y | A R T D I R E C T I O N |
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The Assassination of Jesse James (Roger Deakins) Atonement (Seamus McGarvey) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Janusz Kaminski) No Country for Old Men (Roger Deakins) There Will Be Blood (Robert Elswit) |
American Gangster (Arthur Max, Beth A Rubino) Atonement (Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer) The Golden Compass (Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock) Sweeney Todd (Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo)There Will Be Blood (Jack Fisk, Jim Erickson) |
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C O S T U M E D E S I G N |
M A K E - U P |
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Across the Universe (Albert Wolsky) Atonement (Jacqueline Durran) Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Alexandra Byrne)La Vie en Rose (Marit Allen) Sweeney Todd (Colleen Atwood) |
La Vie en Rose (Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald)Norbit (Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Ve Neill, Martin Samuel) |
| F I L M E D I T I N G | V I S U A L E F F E C T S |
The Bourne Ultimatum (Christopher Rouse)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Juliette Welfling) Into the Wild (Jay Cassidy) No Country for Old Men (Roderick Jaynes) There Will Be Blood (Dylan Tichenor) |
The Golden CompassPirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Transformers |
| S O U N D M I X I N G | S O U N D E D I T I N G |
The Bourne UltimatumNo Country for Old Men Ratatouillee 3:10 to Yuma Transformers |
The Bourne UltimatumNo Country for Old Men Ratatouille There Will Be Blood Transformers |
| D O C U M E N T A R Y F E A T U R E | D O C U M E N T A R Y S H O R T |
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No End in Sight Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Sicko Taxi to the Dark SideWar/Dance |
FreeheldThe Crown Salim Baba Sari's Mother |
| A N I M A T E D S H O R T | L I V E - A C T I O N S H O R T |
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I Met the Walrus Madame Tutli-Putli My Love Peter & the Wolf |
At Night The Substitute The Mozart of PickpocketsTanghi Argentini The Tonto Woman |
| S P E C I A L A W A R D S | |
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Honorary Oscar: Robert Boyle Gordon E Sawyer Award: David Grafton John A Bonner Medal: David Inglish Award of Merit: Eastman Kodak Scientific & Engineering Awards: Digital Domain, Industrial Light & Magic Technical Achievement Awards: Tinsley Transfers, TinyFoggers, Skater Dolly, RealFlow, Rhythm & Hues, Maya Fluid Efects, Flowline.
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