2008 Oscar Nominations Announced  1/22/08

No Country for Old Men is leading the nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards with nods in eight categories.

The Cohen brothers-directed thriller is nominated for a stack of awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem.

British film Atonement missed out on nods for its stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, but still picked up a total of seven nominations including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The spotlight was also shining on Cate Blanchett, who picked up two nominations - Best Actress for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, as well as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Bob Dylan in I'm Not There. The Australian actress won the Best Supporting Actress gong for her role in The Aviator in 2005.

Other nominees in the Best Actress category include 20-year-old Ellen Juno for her role in Juno; Julie Christie, Away From Her; Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose; and Laura Linney, The Savages. The other nominees for Best Supporting Actress are Ruby Dee, American Gangster; Saoirse Ronan, Atonement; Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone; and Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton.

The Best Actor award will be a closely fought affair with George Clooney topping the list for his role in Michael Clayton. The other nominees are Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street; Tommy Lee Jones, The Valley Of Elah; and Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises. Best Supporting Actor nominees include Ben Affleck's brother Casey for his role in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as well as Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War; Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild; and Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton.

The contenders for the coveted Best Director award are Julian Schnabel, for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly; Jason Reitman, for Juno; Tony Gilroy, for Michael Clayton; Joel and Ethan Cohen, for No Country For Old Men; and Paul Thomas Anderson, for There Will Be Blood

Organisers are currently making plans as usual for the ceremony, which is due to take place on Sunday 24 February (08) at the legendary Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, but there are fears the glittering event will fall victim to the current Hollywood writers strike.

The 2008 Golden Globes ceremony was cancelled earlier this month (Jan08) and reduced to a TV press conference after striking writers threatened to protest at the red carpet event, forcing many A-list stars to vow not to cross picket lines.

And fears are growing that the 80th Academy Awards will suffer the same fate if the Writers Guild of America (WGA) refuses to grant the ceremony a waiver.

Members of the WGA have been on strike since November (07), crippling the U.S. film and TV industry, with many projects being put on hold or scrapped altogether.

The full list of nominations is as follows:

 

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 Actor:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Tommy Lee Jones, The Valley Of Elah Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Best Picture:

Atonement

Juno

Michael Clayton

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

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 By The Coward Robert Ford Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Director:

Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jason Wrightman, Juno Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton Joel and Ethan Cohen, No Country For Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Best Original Screenplay:

Diablo Cody, Juno

Nancy Oliver, Lars And The Real Girl

Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton

Brad Bird, Ratatouille

Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Atonement, Christopher Hampton

Away From Her, Sarah Polley

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, Ronald Harwood No Country For Old Men, Joel and Ethan Cohen There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Foreign Language Film:

Beaufort, Israel

The Counterfeiters, Austria

Katyn, Poland

Mongol, Kazakhstan

12, Russia

Best Animated Feature Film:

Ratatouille

Persepolis

Surf's Up

Best Art Direction:

American Gangster

Atonement

The Golden Compass

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street There Will Be Blood

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 Costume Design:

Across The Universe

Atonement

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

La Vie En Rose

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Documentary:

No End In Sight

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Sicko Taxi To The Dark Side War/Dance

Best Documentary Short:

Freeheld

La Corona (The Crown)

Salim Baba

Sari's Mother

Achievement In Film Editing:

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Into The Wild

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Achievement In Make-up:

La Vie En Rose

Norbit

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Best Original Musical Score:

Atonement

The Kite Runner

Michael Clayton

Ratatouille

3:10 To Yuma

Best Original Song:

Falling Slowly, Once, music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Happy Working Song, Enchanted, music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Raise It Up, August Rush, nominees to be determined So Close, Enchanted, music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Stephen Schwartz That's How You Know, Enchanted, music by Alan Menken; lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

Best Animated Short Film:

I Met the Walrus

Madame Tutli-Putli

Mjme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven) My Love (Moya Lyubov) Peter & the Wolf

Best Live Action Short Film:

At Night

Il Supplente (The Substitute)

Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) Tanghi Argentini The Tonto Woman

Achievement In Sound Editing:

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country for Old Men

Ratatouille

There Will Be Blood

Transformers

Achievement In Sound Mixing:

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country for Old Men

Ratatouille

3:10 to Yuma

Transformers

Achievement In Visual Effects:

The Golden Compass

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Transformers.

 

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