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2007 Oscar Nominations Opinions by Shawn McKenzie 02/25/2007 The nominations for the 79th Academy Awards are back, and they look to be fairly predictable...except for Best Picture. The show airs Sunday, February 25, on ABC. It is being hosted for the first time by Ellen DeGeneres this year. Below are all the nominations in every category. My predictions of who I think will win will have a “+” by it (my averages on the Oscars tend to be much better than on the Golden Globes; all predictions are based on expert analysis and the winners of previous awards shows.) My choices of what I think should win (if the world were run by me) will have a “*” by it (not every category has my choice, since I haven’t seen all the nominees, and I don’t feel qualified to pick a choice in the technical categories. I have seen all of the movies in the top eight main categories though.) Check back later when the actual winners are announced. Update: The winners are in the larger font. I got 14 out 24 predictions correct...my second worst average ever. I will save my comments about the show itself for the free weekly newsletter (see the left side of any page to learn how to subscribe.)
Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees: Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik The Departed - Graham King Letters from Iwo Jima - Clint Eastwood; Steven Spielberg; Robert Lorenz +*Little Miss Sunshine - David T. Friendly; Peter Saraf; Marc Turtletaub The Queen - Andy Harries; Christine Langan; Tracey Seaward Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees: Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson +Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland *Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness Peter O’Toole - Venus Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees: *Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet - Little Children Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal +Helen Mirren - The Queen Penélope Cruz - Volver Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees: Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond Mark Wahlberg - The Departed Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls +Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children *Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees: Adriana Barraza - Babel Rinko Kikuchi - Babel +*Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal Best Achievement in Directing Nominees: Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel +*Martin Scorsese - The Departed Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears - The Queen Paul Greengrass - United 93 Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees: Babel - Guillermo Arriaga Pan’s Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro Letters from Iwo Jima - Iris Yamashita (screenplay/story); Paul Haggis (story) +*Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt The Queen - Peter Morgan Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay/story); Anthony Hines (screenplay/story); Peter Baynham (screenplay/story); Dan Mazer (screenplay); Todd Phillips (story) Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón; Timothy J. Sexton; David Arata; Mark Fergus; Hawk Ostby +*The Departed - William Monahan Little Children - Todd Field; Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal - Patrick Marber Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees: The Black Dahlia - Vilmos Zsigmond +Children of Men - Emmanuel Lubezki The Illusionist - Dick Pope Pan’s Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro The Prestige - Wally Pfister Best Achievement in Editing Nominees: +Babel - Douglas Crise; Stephen Mirrione Blood Diamond - Steven Rosenblum Children of Men - Alfonso Cuarón; Alex Rodríguez The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker United 93 - Clare Douglas; Richard Pearson; Christopher Rouse Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominees: Dreamgirls - John Myhre (art director); Nancy Haigh (set decorator) The Good Shepherd - Jeannine Claudia Oppewall (art director); Gretchen Rau (set decorator); Leslie E. Rollins (set decorator) +Pan’s Labyrinth - Eugenio Caballero (art director); Pilar Revuelta (set decorator) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest - Rick Heinrichs (art director); Cheryl Carasik (set decorator) The Prestige - Nathan Crowley (art director); Julie Ochipinti (set decorator) Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees: The Devil Wears Prada - Patricia Field +Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis Curse of the Golden Flower - Chung Man Yee Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero The Queen - Consolata Boyle Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees: Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla The Good German - Thomas Newman Pan’s Labyrinth - Javier Navarrete Notes on a Scandal - Philip Glass +The Queen - Alexandre Desplat Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees: Cars - Randy Newman - For the song "Our Town" (performed by James Taylor) +*Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger (music); Scott Cutler (music); Anne Preven (lyrics) - For the song "Listen" (performed by Beyoncé Knowles) Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger (music); Siedah Garrett (lyrics) - For the song "Love You I Do" (performed by Jennifer Hudson) Dreamgirls - Henry Krieger (music); Willie Reale (lyrics) - For the song "Patience" (performed by Eddie Murphy, Keith Robinson, and Anika Noni Rose) An Inconvenient Truth - Melissa Etheridge - For the song "I Need to Wake Up" (performed by Melissa Etheridge) Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees: Apocalypto - Aldo Signoretti; Vittorio Sodano Click - Kazuhiro Tsuji; Bill Corso +Pan’s Labyrinth - David Martí; Montse Ribé Best Achievement in Sound Mixing Nominees: Apocalypto - Kevin O’Connell; Greg P. Russell; Fernando Cámara Blood Diamond - Andy Nelson; Anna Behlmer; Ivan Sharrock +Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler; Bob Beemer; Willie D. Burton Flags of Our Fathers - John T. Reitz; David E. Campbell; Gregg Rudloff; Walt Martin Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest - Paul Massey; Christopher Boyes; Lee Orloff Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees: Apocalypto - Sean McCormack; Kami Asgar Blood Diamond - Lon Bender Flags of Our Fathers - Alan Robert Murray; Bub Asman +Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray; Bub Asman Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest - Christopher Boyes (I); George Watters II Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees: +Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest - John Knoll; Hal T. Hickel; Charles Gibson; Allen Hall Poseidon - Boyd Shermis; Kim Libreri; Chas Jarrett; John Frazier Superman Returns - Mark Stetson; Neil Corbould; Richard R. Hoover; Jon Thum Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees: +Cars - John Lasseter *Happy Feet - George Miller Monster House - Gil Kenan Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees: After the Wedding (Efter brylluppet) - Denmark Days of Glory (Indigènes) - Algeria +*Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) - Mexico The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) - Germany Water - Canada Best Documentary, Features Nominees: My Country My Country (“P.O.V. with Bill Moyers”) - Laura Poitras; Jocelyn Glatzer Deliver Us from Evil - Amy Berg; Frank Donner +*An Inconvenient Truth - Davis Guggenheim Iraq in Fragments - James Longley; Yahya Sinno Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing; Rachel Grady Best Documentary, Short Subjects Nominees: +The Blood of Yingzhou District - Ruby Yang; Thomas Lennon Recycled Life - Leslie Iwerks; Mike Glad Rehearsing a Dream - Karen Goodman; Kirk Simon Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story - Nathaniel Kahn; Susan Rose Behr Best Short Film, Animated Nominees: The Danish Poet - Torill Kove Lifted - Gary Rydstrom +The Little Matchgirl - Roger Allers; Don Hahn Maestro - Géza M. Tóth No Time for Nuts - Chris Renaud; Mike Thurmeier Best Short Film, Live Action Nominees: Binta and the Great Idea (Binta y la gran idea) - Javier Fesser; Luis Manso Helmer & Son (Helmer & søn) - Søren Pilmark; Kim Magnusson The Saviour - Peter Templeman; Stuart Parkyn +West Bank Story - Ari Sandel One Too Many (Éramos pocos) - Borja Cobeaga What do you think of the nominees? Do you think something was snubbed? What do you think will win? What do you think should win? Please go to the Home Page and post your opinion on the Entertain Your Brain Message Board! |
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