Academy Awards 2007!!!

[Hakeem]

Nominations done today. no Dreamgirls , no Carlos , Ryan Goslin in , no Volver for best Foreign??? (:/)

Nominations for the 79th Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)

Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)

Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)


Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

Carlos*ie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)

Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)


Performance by an actress in a leading role

Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)

Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)

Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)


Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)


Best animated feature film of the year

“Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter

“Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller

“Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan


Achievement in art direction

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

“The Good Shepherd” (Universal)
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik

“The Prestige” (Buena Vista)
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti


Achievement in cinematography

“The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond

“Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki

“The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro

“The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister


Achievement in costume design

“Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man

“The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis

“Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle


Achievement in directing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears

“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass


Best documentary feature

“Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)
A Disarming Films Production
Amy Berg and Frank Donner

“An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production
Davis Guggenheim

“Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing)
A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production
James Longley and John Sinno

“Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Loki Films Production
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

“My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)
A Praxis Films Production
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer


Best documentary short subject

“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

“Recycled Life”
An Iwerks/Glad Production
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad

“Rehearsing a Dream”
A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

“Two Hands”
A Crazy Boat Pictures Production
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr


Achievement in film editing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise

“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Steven Rosenblum

“Children of Men” (Universal)
Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Thelma Schoonmaker

“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson


Best foreign language film of the year

“After the Wedding” A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production
Denmark

“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” A Tessalit Production
Algeria

“The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production
Germany

“Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production
Mexico

“Water” A Hamilton-Mehta Production
Canada


Achievement in makeup

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano

“Click” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla

“The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman

“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat


Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven

“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett

“Our Town” from “Cars”
(Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

“Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale


Best motion picture of the year

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Nominees to be determined

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers

“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production
Nominees to be determined

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
A Granada Production
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers


Best animated short film

“The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)
A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production
Torill Kove

“Lifted” (Buena Vista)
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Gary Rydstrom

“The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)
A Walt Disney Pictures Production
Roger Allers and Don Hahn

“Maestro” (Szimplafilm)
A Kedd Production
Geza M. Toth

“No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox)
A Blue Sky Studios Production
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier


Best live action short film

“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso

“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)
An Altube Filmeak Production
Borja Cobeaga

“Helmer & Son”
A Nordisk Film Production
Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson

“The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn

“West Bank Story”
An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
Ari Sandel


Achievement in sound editing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar

“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Lon Bender

“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Alan Robert Murray

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II


Achievement in sound mixing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara

“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton

“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff


Achievement in visual effects

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall

“Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier

“Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum


Adapted screenplay

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Shifty Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips

“Children of Men” (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by William Monahan

“Little Children” (New Line)
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Screenplay by Patrick Marber


Original screenplay

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Iris Yama****a
Story by Iris Yama****a & Paul Haggis

“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Michael Arndt

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Written by Guillermo del Toro

“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Written by Peter Morgan

 

[Virgo]

ABSOLUTE SHOCKER that Nicholson is not on it. That performance was just legendary.

Also Di Caprio didn't get the nod for his role in The Departed.


I'm 90% sure The Departed won't win Best Picture after these nominations.

 

[Filipower]

^^ which is just wrong, imo. what the hell have they got against scorcese?

 

[Hakeem]

for Best Pic, Little Miss Sunshine is the most loved of the bunch. And it won the Producers guild so it could happen.
Still, I think the best pic race is between Babel and The Departed. both hugely strong. and yeah, no Carlos but Marky Mark got a nom.
The Queen has no chance and Letters from Iwo Jima got in with Screenplay and Clint but no Editing nomination.
And Editing is huge, just remember Brokeback Mountain last year.

So IMO it's between Babel and The Departed just by the noms and guilds/critics awards.

All in all, Im going with Scorsese winning Best Director and then, if Best Screenplay goes to both The Departed & Babel (which means it would beat Little Miss Sunshine for it), then Babel will win Best Picture just like the Globes. The Departed will win Best Picture if Babel loses Best Screenplay IMO.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Hmm, interesting. Surprised to see Babel featuring so highly as it has recieved a lukewarm critical reception over here. I thought it was going to be largely a disappointment and disappear.

Biggest surprise is the success of Little Miss Sunshine, nice to see the Academy acknowledging a comedy, but a shame that it wasnt Borat (except in the screenplay section, which I think is rather silly as the whole idea was that most of it was unscripted).

Carlos not even getting nominated is a real disappointment, not least because we dont get to see that quarter screen devoted to his oh so epic grin. I'm also a bit disappointed that Pan's Labyrinth didnt do better and very surprised to see Affleck neglected.

Great year for Brits though with The Queen doing amazingly, aswell as noms for Winslet, O'Toole, Dench, Greengrass etc.

Anyway, here's my predictions:

Best Picture

Who I think will win: Letters from Iwo Jima
Who I want to win: The Departed
Who should have been nominated: Pan's Labyrinth
And who shouldnt be there: Babel

I reckon Letters from Iwo Jima will shave this one. Departed has more of a chance than I initially thought against quite weak opposition, but better Scorsese movies have been snubbed in the past and Clint is gold when it comes to the oscars. Little Miss Sunshine is a good outside bet, The Queen was a good movie but is way out of its league up here and Babel looks to be a bit of a disappointment.

Best Actor

Who I think will win: Forest Whitaker
Who I want to win: Forest Whitaker
Who should have been nominated: Tommy Lee Jones
And who shouldnt be there: Will Smith

This one has got to be Forest's, he was remarkable. O'Toole and DiCaprio both have a good chance, pariticularly the former on account of his illustrious career, but I still think this is a one horse race. Will Smith only got it out of hype for what was a poor movie, and Ryan Gosling is just happy to be here.

Best Actress

Who I think will win: Helen Mirren
Who I want to win: Helen Mirren
Who should have been nominated: I dont know
And who shouldnt be there: Judi Dench

The bookies say Helen is the surest bet in the history of the oscars, and I'm inclined to agree. Hottest competition is likely to be Cruz or Winslet, with Streep and Dench just getting noms for being Streep and Dench, but Mirren has this one already, and deservedly so.

Best Director

Who I think will win: Paul Greengrass
Who I want to win: Paul Greengrass
Who should have been nominated: Guillemo Del Toro
And who shouldnt be there: Alejandro González Iñárritu

This one could be a very tight race. Clint has great oscar pedigree, but this hasnt quite generated the critical response of his previous works, and he has won rather a lot lately. I really hope Greengrass takes it for his remarkable work, and think he probably will, but Frears and Scorsese also have a good chance. Even Iñárritu seems to be a genuine contender so this could really go to anyone.

Best Supporting Actor

Who I think will win: Eddie Murphy
Who I want to win: Mark Wahlberg
Who should have been nominated: Carlos!!!!
And who shouldnt be there: Carlos*ie Earle Haley

Best Supporting Actress

Who I think will win: Abigail Breslin
Who I want to win: Abigail Breslin

I hope to see Pan's Labyrinth and Borat take the writing awards, but think it's more likely to be Iwo Jima and Little Children.

Hoping to see Pan's Labyrith taking the foreign language award and An Inconvenient Truth winning the docs. Dont care too much about the rest.

 

[Hakeem]

Pan's Labyrinth did much better than expect Sir_Didier_Drogba, it got 6 noms total including best screenplay. that way more than expected. I was hoping for a Del Toro nom but even Cuaron deserved it more IMO and he didnt get in

 

[d3adly]

Best Actor

Who I think will win: Forest Whitaker
Who I want to win: Forest Whitaker
Who should have been nominated: Tommy Lee Jones
And who shouldnt be there: Will Smith

This one has got to be Forest's, he was remarkable. O'Toole and DiCaprio both have a good chance, pariticularly the former on account of his illustrious career, but I still think this is a one horse race. Will Smith only got it out of hype for what was a poor movie, and Ryan Gosling is just happy to be here.

Sir_Didier_Drogba, i agree this one should go to forest whitaker as his acting in the last king of scotland was truly amazing, but aren't you being harsh on will?

 

[Hakeem]

yeah really, plus in the bits I saw from The Persuit Of Happyness he did a great job and the movie is all about him. I did hear that the movie is mediocre but his performance has been talked about for a while as being really great.

 

[yoyo913]

Apocalypto was by far the best movie of the year for me.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Sir_Didier_Drogba, i agree this one should go to forest whitaker as his acting in the last king of scotland was truly amazing, but aren't you being harsh on will?

Perhaps I am, it was probably not a bad performance, but I feel his nomination was decided as soon as people heard he was "greying up" for a high profile, prestige straight role, before anyone even saw the film. Just like Charleze Theron and North County last year, I dont think actors/actresses should get nominations for poor films, even if they are good in them. An oscar worthy performance should be able to lift a film, no matter how bad it is. You must agree that, out of the five, he is the one that least deserves to be there, and I really wanted to see a nod for TLJ after his career re-defining year.

 

[Virgo]

Not really, I have watched the Pursuit of Happyness and Will Smith is definitely up a notch from everything he has previously done but definitely neither his acting or the film itself are award worthy.


I just noticed Borat is up for best adapted Screenplay. Has to be a joke surely, it's obviously the weakest part of the film. I wouldn't even call that a screenplay.

Same with Children of Men, who has a pretty basic screenplay.


I really have to wonder if these guys saw The Prestige.

 

[Sir Calumn]

I was very surpised to see no nods for The Prestige, but then again, in didnt single handedly tackle a major global issue, so I suppose it was to be expected.

I agree about Borat, the whole idea was that it was improvised and unscripted.

 

[Shiryu]

Alright, I'll say which one I think shouldn't even be there, but will win it anyway just because Hollywood loves to do this sort of thing.

Babel.



You guys think I'm not serious?
Should I mention Crash from last year?

Letters From Iwo Jima, and The Queen don't have a chance.
Little Miss Sunshine? No. Not possible.
The Departed or Babel? A "Thriller" hasn't won an Oscar for Best Picture in 16 years. That will be a great achievemen in my opinion, and I think that the edge is completely on Babel. It just has Oscar written all over it.

 

[Sir Calumn]

Right, time to think about who to bet on.

DEFINATELY going to have a flutter on Paul Greengrass at 10-1 for best director.

The actor and actress categories arent really worth bothering with, but O'Toole at 5-1 might be worth a small bet.

As for best picture, 13-1 on Iwo Jima seems very good to me, but I'm not entirely confident. Odds on Little Miss Sunshine arent great though, so may be forced into this one. Departed is the favourite by a long way, which surprised me.

 

[Hakeem]

Paul Greengrass doesnt have a chance. Best Director is between Scorsese and Clint right now, though Inarritu could get in if Babel gets stronger, though Im thinking the only one capable of getting more buzz right now is Clint cause Letters opened a few weeks ago.

the SAG awards are this Saturday and those will decide the supporting, we'll see if Murphy and Hudson are sure bets. There's no way Mirren is losing best actress. and we'll see if OToole can fight Whitaker for best actor at the Oscars. Whitaker is possibly the best performance of the two, but OToole is much more respected in the industry, has lost a few times before and never won, and Whitaker's speech at the Golden Globes kind of sucked so he'll need to work some interviews if he wants to win.

and Little Miss Sunshine is in the race Im telling you. specially if it wins Best Ensemble at the SAG. add that to the producer's guild and its almost the favorite. LMS is the most loved movie of the 5.

on the screenplays, LMS is the favorite for Original right now (its been all year), and The Departed & Children of Men for Adapted. Children of Men won he Scripter a few weeks ago which is a pretty great prognosticator

 

[Tom]

Where the **** is Brick?

Infact, how the **** is Innocent Voices not nominated for best foreign language film?

I swear, as I learn more about the film industry I learn more about how wank the Oscars are.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one who liked Blood Diamond. A lot of the reviews I read weren't great, but I thought it took on an extremely broad subject and covered just about every aspect of it well.

 

[Phillip1]

I'm just glad I wasn't the only one who liked Blood Diamond. A lot of the reviews I read weren't great, but I thought it took on an extremely broad subject and covered just about every aspect of it well.

I agree, mate. You talk so sweet...

 

[Shiryu]

Where the **** is Brick?

Infact, how the **** is Innocent Voices not nominated for best foreign language film?

I swear, as I learn more about the film industry I learn more about how wank the Oscars are.

Hollywood is the epicenter of "insane".
Does it really surprise you?

Ok, "Officially" Brick was released in 2005.
Voces Inocentes in 2004.

Altough, there really were alot of other movies I would had loved to see nominated, but there can only be so many.

 

[Hakeem]

yeah, but it counts the date they were released in the US. Brick was a 2006 US release, so it was eligible, maybe for the screenplay but its from a first timer and the movie, though excellent IMO, didnt get great reviews and nobody saw it.

Innocent Voices was also a 2006 release in the US. what country is it from? cause there can only be one movie per country so if its Mexican then Pans Labyrinth took that place. and Im not sure how they decide the final list of 15 or so that are eligible (:/)

Edit: yep, Mexican.