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January 2008
OSCAR NOMINATIONS

OSCAR NOMINATIONS

January 22, 2008

'No Country,' 'Blood' lead Oscar nominations

"No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led the nominees for the 80th Academy Awards, with eight nominations each.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.


Performance by an actor in a leading role

 

George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

 

Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

 

Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” 

(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

 

Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)

 

Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

 

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

 

Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)

 

Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

 

Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)

 

Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)

 

Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

 

Performance by an actress in a leading role

 

Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)

 

Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)

 

Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)

 

Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)

 

Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

 

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

 

Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)

 

Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)

 

Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)

 

Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)

 

Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

 

Best animated feature film of the year

 

Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

 

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

 

Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

 

Achievement in art direction

 

American Gangster” (Universal)

Art Direction: Arthur Max

Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino

 

Atonement” (Focus Features)

Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood

Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

 

The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)

Art Direction: Dennis Gassner

Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

 

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

Art Direction: Dante Ferretti

Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

 

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Art Direction: Jack Fisk

Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

 

Achievement in cinematography

 

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins

 

Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey

 

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski

 

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins

 

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit

 

Achievement in costume design

 

Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky

 

Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran

 

Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne

 

La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen

 

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

 

Achievement in directing

 

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel

 

Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman

 

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy

 

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

 

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson

 

Best documentary feature

 

No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)

A Representational Pictures Production

Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

 

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)

A Documentary Group Production 

Richard E. Robbins

 

Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)

A Dog Eat Dog Films Production

Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara

 

Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)

An X-Ray Production

Alex Gibney and Eva Orner

 

War/Dance” (THINKFilm)

A Shine Global and Fine Films Production

Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

 

Best documentary short subject

 

Freeheld

A Lieutenant Films Production

Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

 

La Corona (The Crown)

A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production

Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega

 

Salim Baba

A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production

Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello

 

Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild)

A Daylight Factory Production

James Longley

 

Achievement in film editing

 

The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse

 

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling

 

Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy

 

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes

 

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor

 

Best foreign language film of the year

 

Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production

Israel

 

The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production

Austria

 

Katy?” An Akson Studio Production 

Poland

 

Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production

Kazakhstan

 

12” A Three T Production

Russia

 

Achievement in makeup

 

La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

 

Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji

 

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

 

Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

 

The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias

 

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard

 

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

 

3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

 

Falling Slowly” from “Once”

(Fox Searchlight)

Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

 

Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”

(Walt Disney) 

Music by Alan Menken

Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

 

Raise It Up” from “August Rush”

(Warner Bros.)

Nominees to be determined

 

So Close” from “Enchanted”

(Walt Disney)

Music by Alan Menken

Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

 

That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”

(Walt Disney)

Music by Alan Menken

Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

 

Best motion picture of the year

 

Atonement” (Focus Features) 

A Working Title Production 

Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers

 

Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production

Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers

 

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

A Clayton Productions, LLC Production

Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers

 

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production

Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

 

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production

JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

 

Best animated short film

 

I Met the Walrus 

A Kids & Explosions Production 

Josh Raskin

 

Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada)

A National Film Board of Canada Production

Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

 

Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films)

A BUF Compagnie Production

Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse

 

My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia)

A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production

Alexander Petrov

 

Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)

A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production

Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

 

Best live action short film

 

At Night

A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production

Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth

 

Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)

A Frame by Frame Italia Production

Andrea Jublin

 

Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films)

A Karé Production 

Philippe Pollet-Villard

 

Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)

An Another Dimension of an Idea Production

Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans

 

The Tonto Woman 

A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production

Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

 

Achievement in sound editing

 

The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)

Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

 

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Skip Lievsay

 

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) 

Randy Thom and Michael Silvers

 

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Matthew Wood

 

Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)

Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

 

Achievement in sound mixing

 

The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)

Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

 

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland

 

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)

Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane

 

3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)

Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe

 

Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro) 

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

 

Achievement in visual effects

 

The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)

Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood 

 

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier

 

Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)

Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

 

Adapted screenplay

 

Atonement” (Focus Features)

Screenplay by Christopher Hampton

 

Away from Her” (Lionsgate)

Written by Sarah Polley

 

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)

Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

 

No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

 

There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

 

Original screenplay

 

Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Written by Diablo Cody

 

Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM) 

Written by Nancy Oliver

 

Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Written by Tony Gilroy

 

Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)

Screenplay by Brad Bird

Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

 

The Savages” (Fox Searchlight) 

Written by Tamara Jenkins

 

 

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