The Nominees
Theatrical Motion Picture The Diving Bell and Butterfly, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood
Animated Bee Movie, Ratatouille and The Simpsons Movie
Documentary Body of War, Hear and Now, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Sicko and White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This changes nothing. OK, something. Diving Bell continues to look surprisingly strong. In a year with so many strong American films, can a foreign language offering really land on Oscar's shortlist? Today's snubbed: Into the Wild and the Globe winners Atonement and Sweeney Todd. What a stubbornly crowded Best Picture race this remains. I love it. How many years are there still 8 films in contention right up to the last week? Not many.
Past motion picture awards this decade (winners in red)
2006 Babel, The Departed, Dreamgirls, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen
2005 Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, Walk the Line
2004 The Aviator, Finding Neverland, The Incredibles, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways
2003 Cold Mountain, Last Samurai, LotR: Return of the King, Master and Commander, Mystic River, Seabiscuit
2002 Adaptation, Chicago, Gangs of New York, LotR: Two Towers, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Road to Perdition
2001 A Beautiful Mind, Harry Potter, LotR: Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge!, Shrek
2000 Almost Famous, Billy Elliott, Crouching Tiger..., Erin Brockovich, Gladiator
