80th Annual Academy Awards

[o8jedi]

Okay, everyone, it's that time again. Oscar Season. The Golden Globes have been unceremoniously announced; The SAG Awards, BAFTAs, and other ceremonies have taken place. And the Oscars themselves have been awarded. Winners in each category are bolded.

80th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS OF MERIT[/u]
Hosted by Jon Stewart
Live from the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, California
February 24, 2008
5 pm PST/8 pm EST on ABC

Best Picture of the Year -- awarded to the producers
Atonement -- Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster
Juno -- Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, and Russell Smith
Michael Clayton -- Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, and Kerry Orent
No Country for Old Men -- Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen
There Will Be Blood -- JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Daniel Lupi

Best Actor in a Leading Role
George Clooney -- Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis -- There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp -- Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones -- In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen -- Eastern Promises

Best Actor in a Supporting Role[/b]
Casey Affleck -- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem -- No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook -- Into the Wild
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- Charlie Wilson's War
Tom Wilkinson -- Michael Clayton

Best Actress in a Leading Role[/b]
Cate Blanchett -- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie -- Away from Her
Marion Cotillard -- La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney -- The Savages
Ellen Page -- Juno

Best Actress in a Supporting Role[/b]
Cate Blanchett -- I'm Not There
Ruby Dee -- American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan -- Atonement
Amy Ryan -- Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton -- Michael Clayton

Best Director[/b]
Paul Thomas Anderson -- There Will Be Blood
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen -- No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy -- Michael Clayton
Jason Rietman -- Juno
Jason Schnabel -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Original Screenplay[/b]
Brad Bird -- Ratatouille
Diablo Cody -- Juno
Tony Gilroy -- Michael Clayton
Tamara Jenkins -- The Savages
Nancy Oliver -- Lars and the Real Girl

Best Adapted Screenplay[/b]
Paul Thomas Anderson -- There Will Be Blood
Ethan & Joel Coen -- No Country for Old Men
Christopher Hampton -- Atonement
Ronald Harwood -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Sarah Polley -- Away from Her

Best Animated Feature[/b]
Persepolis -- Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Ratatouille -- Brad Bird
Surf's Up -- Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Best Foreign Language Film[/b] -- awarded to the country of origin
Beaufort -- Israel
Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) -- Austria
Katyn -- Poland
Mongol -- Kazakhstan
12 -- Russia

Best Art Direction[/b]
American Gangster -- Arthur Max, Set decoration by Beth A. Rubino
Atonement -- Sarah Greenwood, Set decoration by Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass -- Dennis Gassner, Set decoration by Anna Pinnock
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -- Dante Ferretti, Set decoration by Francesca Lo Schiavo
There Will Be Blood -- Jack Fisck, Set decoration by Jim Erickson

Best Cinematography[/b]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford -- Roger Deakins
Atonement -- Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly -- Janusz Kaminsky
No Country for Old Men -- Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood -- Robert Elswit

Best Documentary Feature[/b]
No End in Sight -- Charles Ferguson and Audry Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience -- Richard E. Robbins
Sicko -- Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
Taxi to the Dark Side -- Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
War/Dance -- Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best Animated Short[/b]
I Met The Walrus -- Josh Raskin
Madame Tutli-Putli -- Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven) -- Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
Moya Lyubov (My Love) -- Alexander Petrov
Peter & The Wolf -- Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best Live-Action Short[/b]
At Night -- Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
Il Supplente (The Substitute) -- Andrea Jublin
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) -- Philippe Pollet-Villard
Tanghi Argentini -- Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
The Tonto Woman -- Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Best Visual Effects[/b]
The Golden Compass -- Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End -- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and John Frazier
Transformers -- Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Best Costume Design[/b]
Across the Universe -- Albert Wolsky
Atonement -- Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age -- Alexandra Byrne
La Vie en Rose -- Marit Allen
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street -- Colleen Atwood

Best Documentary Short[/b]
Freeheld -- Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
La Corona (The Crown) -- Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
Salim Baba -- Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
Sari's Mother -- James Longley

Best Film Editing[/b]
The Bourne Ultimatum -- Christopher Rouse
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly -- Juliette Welfing
Into the Wild -- Jay Cassidy
No Country for Old Men -- Roderick Jaynes
There Will Be Blood -- Dylan Tichenor

Best Sound Mixing[/b]
The Bourne Ultimatum -- Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
No Country for Old Men -- Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
Ratatouille -- Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
3:10 to Yuma -- Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
Transformers -- Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Best Sound Editing[/b]
The Bourne Ultimatum -- Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
No Country for Old Men -- Skip Lievsay
Ratatouille -- Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
There Will Be Blood -- Matthew Wood
Transformers -- Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Best Original Score
Atonement -- Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner -- Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton -- James Newton Howard
Ratatouille -- Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma -- Marco Beltrami

Best Original Song[/b]
"Falling Slowly" from Once -- Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from Enchanted -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from August Rush -- Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
"So Close" from Enchanted -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted -- Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best Makeup
La Vie en Rose -- Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Norbit -- Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End -- Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Non-nominated awards[/u]
Academy Honorary Award -- Robert F. Boyle, art director

Comment on Hollywood, who you think will win, etc., etc.

[Brightfire18]

Haha, I remember watching "Best Week Ever" and them mentioning that Norbit got nominated for an Academy award. Norbit. Lawl.

I hope "That's How You Know" wins for best song. ^^;

[admirality]

I hav not seen any of those films..... But I don;t think Ratuille should win anything it looks really bad I'm against pixar like films they killed classic disney... I prefer the BAFTAS to the the oscars the oscars go on for too long..

[o8jedi]

Ratatouille wasn't that bad. Not a terribly great film, but it was enjoyable.

As for Pixar killing Classic Disney, I contend that the Board of Directors killed Classic Disney because they saw that computer-animated films are less-expensive than 2-D animated film. On the plus side, they are returning to a (partial) 2-D mindset with Enchanted and The Princess and the Frog.

As for the length of Oscar season, can't argue with you there. Alas, such is the American Entertainment News industry.

As for BAFTAs, yay British. Every opinion matters, IMHO.

[Chibi Chan-o]

I don't even know half these people or movies.....

[o8jedi]

Okay, the nominee list is now complete. I've also included a header which states where the event is, at what time, and who's hosting.

[o8jedi]

20 minutes until the Oscars on ABC. I'll update the winners at the end of the program.

[Azula's Flames]

woo im crazy its on the whole way through the night here and i crazily decided to stay up and watch even though i have school to morro and more homework. Its not even like its 2005 with LOTR
Anyyway i hope Ratatouillle wins best animation and i love pixar and brad bird. Its awesome hes up for best screenplay (although he didnt make up the story) its a big achievement for animation.
I havnt seen alot of the big movies but im definatly going to see them some time.


edit!-did every one see a flash of dante basco during the memorial video (no hes not dead) i totally squeed. They had a pic of him in hook because the writer or something from it died.

[o8jedi]

And the results are in. Discuss any ones you're happy for or any ones that you think were robbed.

[Azula's Flames]

Well im just happy Ratatouille won best animation. Knew it wouldnt win best screenplay and i dont really have much of an opinion on sound editing and mixing.
I hant seen most fo the others yet so i dont have much to comment on them.
But woo a tiny irish film won best original song and the dude spoke irish when he accepted which was cool (in case you were wondering he just said thatnk you)
I would haveliked transformers to win for visual effects. I havnt seen The Golden Compess and i have a grudge against it because its different from the book.

Best part tho was dante basco!

woo im really hyper for a person at 5am and school in 4 hrs

[o8jedi]

There were only two films that made me do a double take and ask "Really?" The first one was Ratatouille. Don't get me wrong, the film was well made and it had a good message and all (as per Disney Secondary Directive), but it just didn't seem as strong as, say, The Incredibles or even Toy Story. It just had something lacking, IMHO. Evidently, so did the other two, although I thought Persepolis was a shoo-in.

The second was The Bourne Ultimatum. It swept?! For Sound and Editing?! It was just textbook plays. Nothing original whatsoever. You might as well as given it to Spider-Man 3. There was nothing that it has that Bourne doesn't. For shame, AMPAS, for shame.

And I gotta admit that "Falling Slowly" is very deserving of its Oscar. I nearly cried when I heard it. Very beautiful.

Yay Austria for getting their first Foreign Language Oscar.

And hats off to the Coen Bros. They certainly have fuller mantlepieces now.

[Kohana]

Seems like "No Country for Old Men" is the big winner of the Oscars. I still have to see that movie but I've read very great critique about it so I'm sure the movie deserved those Oscars.

I'm glad Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor, he has proven many times he's an outstanding actor so he deserves it. Although Johnny Depp was worthy of the title too.

Yes, I'm content Ratatouille won, too. That movie was excellent; the storyline, the jokes, the animation,... everything was so great that it would have surprised me if it wouldn't have won Best Animation.