February 26, 200718 yr Author Scorsese finally won Peter O'Toole deserved to win I watched Half Nelson and I was rooting for Ryan too, he did a good job but I love Peter. And I read today that the Queen of England invited Helen to drink a tea with her, that's so cool.
February 27, 200718 yr And I read today that the Queen of England invited Helen to drink a tea with her, that's so cool. she did? now that's interesting! I just saw the movie today, it wasn't as good as I expected it to be, but Helen Mirren was amazing, no doubt about that!
February 28, 200718 yr I glad that Forest Whitaker won for "Last King of Scotland". He is one of the greatest and underrated actors OF ALL TIME!!! Bout time he got his PROPS!!!
February 22, 200817 yr What are your favorites for the Oscars this year?Please pick your favorite for Best Directing too:The Diving Bell And The ButterflyAtonementElizabeth: The Golden AgeLa Vie En RoseSweeney ToddFull list of nominees: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/
February 22, 200817 yr Cate and Johnny for me and cant wait to see Jennifer and Angelina FACE TO FACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
February 22, 200817 yr I haven't seen every film nominated, but here's how I expect it will go: Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor, Cate Blanchett -- Angeline Jolie wasn't nominated for "A Mighty Heart"? Ouch! That's a snub! -- for Best Actress; I'd say No Country for Old Men for Best Picture, but since it didn't get the Best Directing nod, I'll give it to Atonement, considering it won Best Drama at the Globes. <_< Javier Bardem is definitely going to win the Best Supporting Actor award for No Country.Directors are overrated, but I'll give it to La Vie En Rose just because foreign films have to be amazing to get big nominations at the Oscars, and the Academy might just want to give the film something. Not to mention, the directing category is so skewed from the best picture category that you couldn't call it an upset.
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February 23, 200817 yr ^ I graduated at the top of my class in the film major with the university festival award for Best Directing, so yes, I would go so far to say I'm an "expert" on film compared to the people on this forum who would vote for Johnny Depp here just because they think he's hot.
February 23, 200817 yr So does anyone but me have an actual, useful opinion on this year's potential winners?
February 23, 200817 yr My Votes:Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)Best Actress - Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) or Marion Cottilard (La Vie en Rose)Best Picture - No Country For Old Men
February 23, 200817 yr So does anyone but me have an actual, useful opinion on this year's potential winners?
February 23, 200817 yr I think John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively for their performances in Hairspray!!And it is actually ridiculous that Hairspray was nominated in the Best Song category!!
February 24, 200817 yr 80th Annual Academy Awards, February 24, 2008 - Nominees Performance by an actor in a leading role George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent) Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features) Performance by an actor in a supporting role Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal) Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Performance by an actress in a leading role Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an actress in a supporting role Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company) Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal) Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features) Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax) Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Best animated feature film of the year “Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird “Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck Achievement in art direction “American Gangster” (Universal) Art Direction: Arthur Max Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino “Atonement” (Focus Features) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Art Direction: Jack Fisk Set Decoration: Jim Erickson Achievement in cinematography “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins “Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit Achievement in costume design “Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky “Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood Achievement in directing “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson Best documentary feature “No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production Richard E. Robbins “Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara “Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production Alex Gibney and Eva Orner “War/Dance” (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine Best documentary short subject “Freeheld” A Lieutenant Films Production Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth “La Corona (The Crown)” A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega “Salim Baba” A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello “Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production James Longley Achievement in film editing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor Best foreign language film of the year “Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production Israel “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production Austria “Katyń” An Akson Studio Production Poland “Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production Kazakhstan “12” A Three T Production Russia Achievement in makeup “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald “Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) “Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli “The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Falling Slowly” from “Once” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “Raise It Up” from “August Rush” (Warner Bros.) Music and lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas “So Close” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz Best motion picture of the year “Atonement” (Focus Features) A Working Title Production Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers Best animated short film “I Met the Walrus” A Kids & Explosions Production Josh Raskin “Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski “Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse “My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov “Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman Best live action short film “At Night” A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth “Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production Andrea Jublin “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films) A Karé Production Philippe Pollet-Villard “Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans “The Tonto Woman” A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown Achievement in sound editing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Skip Lievsay “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Randy Thom and Michael Silvers “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins Achievement in sound mixing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin Achievement in visual effects “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier Adapted screenplay “Atonement” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Christopher Hampton “Away from Her” (Lionsgate) Written by Sarah Polley “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson Original screenplay “Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Diablo Cody “Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM) Written by Nancy Oliver “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Written by Tony Gilroy “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Brad Bird Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) Written by Tamara Jenkins
February 24, 200817 yr Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “So Close” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted” (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Stephen Schwartz soooo unfair Achievement in sound editing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins Achievement in sound mixing “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
February 24, 200817 yr I have a problem because every year the ceremony would be broadcasted by public television channel TVP1 (Polish Television 1). This year, however, the only company who has the rights to live broadcast is a paid commercial channel Canal+ (transmitted via sattelite). Now, the only way I can watch the show is the Internet. I have downloaded 3 programs that enable streaming broadcast (SopCast, TVU-Channel and CoolStreaming). Live broadcast will be available on ABC and Sky Movies, I hope I'll be able to connect to either of those. I have no guarantee, though Anybody with the same problem?
February 25, 200817 yr Hey - I got all 3 right and I didn't even graduate at the top of my class in the film major with the university festival award for Best Directing... Do I get a prize???
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