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Surprised that James McEvoy didn't get a nomination for Atonement.
Also Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd) and Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men) have been getting rave reviews but have missed out...
BBC News
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7202652.stm
Oscars 2008: The nominees
Here is the full shortlist for the 80th Academy Awards, to be held at the Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, on 24 February:
Best picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best director
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
Best actor
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 is nominated for playing Elizabeth I and Bob Dylan
Best actress
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 supporting actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best supporting actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James...
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Best foreign language film
Beaufort, Israel
The Counterfeiters, Austria
Katyn, Poland
Mongol, Kazakhstan
12, Russia
Best animated feature film
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Best adapted screenplay
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best original screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
Best music (score)
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Best music (song)
Falling Slowly - Once (performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
Happy Working Song - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)
Raise It Up - August Rush (performed by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre)
So Close - Enchanted (performed by Jon McLaughlin)
That's How You Know - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)
Best documentary feature
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
Best documentary short subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
Best visual effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Best cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best art direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Best animated short film
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf
Best short film
At Night
Il Supplente
Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best costume design
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best make-up
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Best film editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Surprised that James McEvoy didn't get a nomination for Atonement.
Also Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd) and Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men) have been getting rave reviews but have missed out...
It's nice to see Julie Christie in the frame again. I remember when Katharine Hepburn won her second oscar at the age of sixty. She sent a telegram to the Academy saying something along the lines of 'they usually don't give awards to us old girls', and I agreed with the aged star. Now Christie is in line for her second Academy Award - and she is only sixty-six!
As a youth I remember fancying Julie like hell in the series 'A for Andromeda'.
I know I laughed in an earlier thread regarding Sacha Baron Cohen playing alongside Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd, but I popped along to our local cinema, only a quid to get in, reminds me of the 70's, and I have to say that it's a brilliant movie, no sign of Ali G anywhere.
I would love Johnny Depp to win the Oscar, but in my heart, I feel it will be Daniel Day Lewis, that guy does not get out of bed for any old rubbish and if you look at his list of movies, Oscars, Baftas all over the place. A superb actor par excellence.
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name='julian_craster']BBC News
Tuesday, 22 January 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7202652.stm
Oscars 2008: The nominees
Here is the full shortlist for the 80th Academy Awards, to be held at the Kodak Theatre, Los Angeles, on 24 February:
Best picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best director
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
Best actor
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 is nominated for playing Elizabeth I and Bob Dylan
Best actress
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 supporting actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best supporting actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James...
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Best foreign language film
Beaufort, Israel
The Counterfeiters, Austria
Katyn, Poland
Mongol, Kazakhstan
12, Russia
Best animated feature film
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Best adapted screenplay
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best original screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
Best music (score)
Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Best music (song)
Falling Slowly - Once (performed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
Happy Working Song - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)
Raise It Up - August Rush (performed by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre)
So Close - Enchanted (performed by Jon McLaughlin)
That's How You Know - Enchanted (performed by Amy Adams)
Best documentary feature
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
Best documentary short subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
Best visual effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Best cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best art direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Best animated short film
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf
Best short film
At Night
Il Supplente
Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best costume design
Across the Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie en Rose
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best make-up
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Best film editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Would members be interested in having a choice from each category and posting it in the thread and on the day checking out to see how they have done, just for fun. Some I have not heard off or seen but I will make a choice anyway.
My choices are:
Best picture
Atonement
Best director
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Best actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Best supporting actress
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Best supporting actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Best foreign language film
Mongol, Kazakhstan
Best animated feature film
Ratatouille
Best adapted screenplay
Atonement
Best original screenplay
Michael Clayton
Best music (score)
3:10 to Yuma
Best music (song)
Raise It Up - August Rush (performed by Jamia Simone Nash and Impact Repertory Theatre)
Best documentary feature
Sicko
Best documentary short subject
La Corona (The Crown)
Best visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best cinematography
No Country for Old Men
Best art direction
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Best animated short film
Peter & the Wolf
Best short film
Tanghi Argentini
Best costume design
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Best make-up
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Best sound mixing
No Country for Old Men
Sound editing
Transformers
Best film editing
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Let's see. Looking forward to the big day now.
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Best Foreign Film
The Counterfeiters
It is wide open this year, with only Julie Christie perhaps being clear favourite. I think Johnny Depp will get best actor over Daniel Day Lewis - it will be one of those times when someone is awarded for their collective body of work rather than just one single performance.
It�s been a while since I cared much about the Oscars and I wonder how many other Britmovie Forumites think the same as the 80th ceremony approaches.
I had always loved the Oscars though it was years before I saw my first ceremony, mainly because British TV never took the whole thing, preferring a cheap highlights programme the next day. My first Oscar show coincided with my first trip to the States - on 9 April 1979 I sprawled in my room of the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco and soaked up every minute of it. That was the year of the Vietnam war - between Coming Home and The Deer Hunter and Coppola presenting Best Director and the Duke presenting Best Picture.
I caught many Oscar shows in the States after that, and then Rupert Murdoch appeared on the scene and suddenly the Oscars were available in the UK. But not for me. No dish ever sullied my pristine Victorian brickwork. So I booked rooms at hotels and saw the show there. Then the BBC took over for a year or two and then it went to Sky for keeps. The last time I saw an Oscarcast was in Florida in 1999. It was hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and was unspeakably awful. I vowed then I�d never watch another.
I think the reason was Billy Crystal. I was turning up, so to speak, to see his unfailingly brilliant breeze through the show. And then you also had people like Beatty, Nicholson, Billy Wilder, Audrey Hepburn and Fellini show up and give the proceedings a touch of class. And there was also Chuck Workman�s annual workout at the Moviola, a dependably stunning compilation on some theme or other. Then Crystal bowed out - he never lost his sparkle - and the show went downhill. It also meant less and less to me. I stopped going out to the movies, I stopped going to Hollywood, my heroes and heroines died.
So here I am, wondering if I can be bothered next Sunday. I will actually be in Guatemala, so I looked up an Oscar website to see which channel is running it. It�s on Channel Hey Gringo at 6pm. Perfect. And then I scanned down the other countries and saw that the UK appears to be the only country in the entire world that the Oscars is on a pay-per-view subscription basis. Everywhere else it�s on a free-to-air sort of state or national network. Is this true? Is Murdoch actually demanding extra money on top of the annual subscription? Is this yet another British rip-off? And how many of you are wondering if you�ll wake up to see how jittery Julie Christie is and to see if Daniel Day Lewis has combed his hair.
I'm hoping Atonement does well, I've yet to see There Will be Blood, so can't comment. IIRC the BBC will be running an edited repeat the next day, so I won't have the pleasure of trying to stay awake until 4.00am throughout the interminable ad breaks......
haven't seen atonement yet, but am pretty sure Daniel Day-Lewis will get the award.
There will be blood is worth watching so enjoy.
I'm not really bothered although I do like to see the Brits and the Aussies doing well.
The whole awards thing is too political for my liking.
Dave.
I haven't been interested in the Oscars in a long while--they are politically motivated
and reek of the whole 'A list/big box office' thing.
name='AdrianTurner']It�s been a while since I cared much about the Oscars and I wonder how many other Britmovie Forumites think the same as the 80th ceremony approaches.
They would be more valid if they suspended the ceremony indefinitely until someone made a decent film!
British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, as expected. has won this years Academy Award for best actor. He won it for his performance in the film 'There Will Be No Blood'.
Brit actress Tilda Swinton won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 'Michael Clayton'.
A good night for the Brits.
It was also a good night for Europe. Spain's Javier Bardem won best supporting actor for his part in 'No Country For Old Men' and French actress Marion Cotillard won best actress for her role as Edith Piaf in the film 'La Vie En Rose'.
The Coen brothers film 'No Country For Old Men' won the best film Academy Award.
Dave.
name='David Brent']British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, as expected. has won this years Academy Award for best actor. He won it for his performance in the film 'There Will Be No Blood'.
At least the BBC news reports have the grace to say "British born actor Daniel Day-Lewis". He moved to Ireland and took Irish citizenship in 1993. I think he now has joint Irish-British citizenship.
Nice of him to dedicate it to his grandfather, Michael Balcon and to his dad, Cecil Day-Lewis. Although I expect that most of the audience were saying "Who?" to both names
There was also a British win for Peter and the Wolf as the Best Animated Short Film. That was made by Brits Suzie Templeton & Hugh Welchman
Steve
BBC News has a full list:
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Oscars 2008: Winners in full
name='Frank63']Best Foreign Film
The Counterfeiters
Spot on with this one, but I guess I got it wrong with most of my choices. But I was spot on with Daniel Day-Lewis as the best actor, should have a slight wager on this. This guy is brilliant and I look forward to catching as many of the best films as possible. Looking forward to watching The Counterfeiters very much, but most companies here don't follow the Oscar or media trends. It's more like what sells, Superman, Spiderman, action movies and so on. Shame. But there you go.
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The SNL parody:
Milkshakes
Just a small input, I do not care vary much for most of Hollywood's modern film output or ours for that matter, but I did enjoy watching the Oscars on television.
I do find it totally patronizing and annoying that the BBC should send a very expensive expedition to Hollywood to attend this annual festivity of grandeur and mutual admiration and then bore us each morning over last week
telling us about it all and 'what we are missing' because they will not show the event any more.
Some of the programming each morning has been trite to the extreme - a parade of dresses worn in past films being one subject - 'but we only have time to show you these two' although that particular broadcast went on for five minutes (TV people can not stop talking nonsense!) but the lead story of the day was given just two minutes!
I would suggest that the total and expensive time spend by the BBC covering these pre-Oscar mornings would have bought the real programme for us to see last evening! But that just might please us stupid license payers and this is not a thought of the BBC.
I might add that the same applies to the Skating Gala when the best of skaters would perform fantastic entertainment 'doing their own thing' - this has also been dropped, no-doubt because it found popularity!
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