The Oscar Nominations

if you click on any of the links it will take you to a separate page detailing that category --expect more juicy details to emerge in each category over the next two weeks.

BEST PICTURE
Atonement (7 nominations)
Juno (4 nominations)
Michael Clayton (7 nominations)
No Country For Old Men (8 nominations)
There Will Be Blood (8 nominations)

previous writings on Atonement, Juno and the other three (on my top ten list)

BEST DIRECTOR
Anderson -There Will Be Blood
Coen Bros -No Country For Old Men
Gilroy -Michael Clayton
Reitman -Juno
Schnabel -Diving Bell and Butterfly

related posts: Anderson at the DGA event in NY and Schnabel at NYFF

BEST ACTOR
Clooney -Michael Clayton
Day-Lewis -There Will Be Blood
Depp -Sweeney Todd
Jones -In the Valley of Elah
Mortensen -Eastern Promises

previous posts on Clooney, Depp, and Mortensen

BEST ACTRESS
Blanchett -Elizabeth the Golden Age
Christie -Away From Her
Cotillard -La Vie En Rose
Linney -The Savages
Page -Juno

previous posts on Blanchett, Christie, and The Lovely Laura Linney

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Affleck -Assasssination of Jesse James
Bardem -No Country For Old Men
Hoffman -Charlie Wilsons War
Holbrook -Into the Wild
Wilkinson -Michael Clayton

previous posts on Affleck and Hoffman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Blanchett -I'm Not There
Dee -American Gangster
Ronan -Atonement
Ryan -Gone Baby Gone
Swinton -Michael Clayton

prev posts on TILDA SWINTON

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
Away From Her
Diving Bell and Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Beaufort -Israel
The Counterfeiters -Austria
Katyn -Poland
Mongol -Kazakshtan
"12" -Russia

previous foreign film postings

ANIMATED FILM
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Assassination of Jesse James -Deakins
Atonement -Garvey
Diving Bell and Butterfly -Kaminski
No Country For Old Men -Deakins
There Will Be Blood -Elswit

ART DIRECTION
American Gangster -Max
Atonement -Greenwood
The Golden Compass -Gassner
Sweeney Todd -Ferretti
There Will Be Blood -Fisk

COSTUME DESIGN
Across the Universe -Wolsky
Atonement -Durran
Elizabeth the Golden Age -Byrne
Sweeney Todd -Atwood
La Vie En Rose -Marit Allen (finally gets her first nomination posthumously)

costume design tribute pages

FILM EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum -Rouse
The Diving Bell and Butterfly -Welfling
Into the Wild -Cassidy
No Country For Old Men -"Roderick Jaynes" (i.e. The Coen Bros)
There Will Be Blood -Riegel & Tichenor

ORIGINAL SCORE
3:10 To Yuma -Beltrami
Atonement -Marianelli
The Kite Runner -Iglesias
Michael Clayton -Howard
Ratatouille -Giacchino

SOUND MIXING
Bourne Ultimatum
3:10 to Yuma
Ratatouille
No Country For Old Men
Transformers

SOUND EDITING
Bourne Ultimatum
Ratatouille
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

SONG
"Falling Slowly" Once
"Happy Working Song" Enchanted
"So Close" Enchanted
"That's How You Know" Enchanted
"Raise It Up" August Rush

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Operation: Homecoming
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Freeheld
La Corona
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

LIVE ACTION SHORT
At Night
The Substitute
(omg. i've actually seen one of the nominees prior to nominations. How fresh)
The Mozart of Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

ANIMATED SHORT
I met the Walrus
Madame Tutli Putli
Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
My Love
Peter & The Wolf

top ten talking points here
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