It Is December! - ...and we still know nothing!

[anonymous1980]

Here are my pre-Precursor predictions!

BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Atonement (Focus Features) Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, producers.
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (Miramax/Kennedy-Marhsall) Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Kilik, producers.
No Country for Old Men (Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen and Scott Rudin, producers.
Once (Summit Entertainment) Martina Niland, producer.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Warner Bros.) Richard D. Zanuck, John Logan, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, producers.

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joe Wright, Atonement
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
James McAvoy, Atonement

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Romola Garai, Atonement
Kelly MacDonald, No Country For Old Men
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING - ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Juno
Written by Diablo Cody
Michael Clayton
Written by Tony Gilroy
Once
Written by John Carney
Ratatouille
Story by Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco and Jan Pinkava
Screenplay by Brad Bird
The Savages
Written by Tamara Jenkins

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING - ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Based on the novel by Ian McEwan
Away From Her
Screenplay by Sarah Polley
Based on the short story The Bear Came Over The Mountain by Alice Munro
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
Based on the book by Jean-Dominique Bauby
No Country for Old Men
Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy
There Will Be Blood
Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson
Based on the novel Oil by Upton Sinclair

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Rodrigo Prieto, Lust, Caution
Roger Deakins, No Country for Old Men
Dariusz Wolski, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Pietro Scalia, American Gangster
Paul Tothill, Atonement
John Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Roderick Jaynes, No Country for Old Men
Chris Lebenzon, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Atonement
Sarah Greenwood (art direction) & Katie Spencer (set decoration)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Guy Dyas (art direction) & Richard Roberts (set decoration)
The Golden Compass
Dennis Gassner (art direction) & Nancy Haigh (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Stuart Craig (art direction) & Stephenie McMillan (set decoration)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dante Ferretti (art direction) & Francesca LoSchiavo (set decoration)

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Janty Yates, American Gangster
Jacqueline Durran, Atonement
Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Rita Ryack, Hairspray
Colleen Atwood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
Dario Marianelli, Atonement
Alan Silvestri, Beowulf
Alberto Iglesias, The Kite Runner
Alexandre Desplat, Lust, Caution
Michael Giacchino, Ratatouille

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
"Come So Far (Got So Far To Go)", Hairspray
music by Marc Shaiman & lyrics by Scott Whitman
"Falling Slowly", Once
music & lyrics by Glen Hansard
"Guaranteed", Into the Wild
music & lyrics by Eddie Vedder
"A Hero Comes Home", Beowulf
music & lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard
"That's How You Know", Enchanted
music by Alan Menken & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and William Sarokin, American Gangster
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson and Dennis Sands, Beowulf
Mike Prestwood Smith and Mark Taylor, The Golden Compass
Tom Johnson, Michael Semanick and Tony Dawe, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Paul Massey and David Giammarco, 3:10 to Yuma
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin, Transformers

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom, Ratatouille
Paul N.J. Ottosson, Spider Man 3
Steve Browell, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Don Sylvester, 3:10 to Yuma
Ethan Van Der Ryn and Mike Hopkins, Transformers

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Fink, Robert Stromberg, Bryan Gill and Frank Petzold, The Golden Compass
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Paul Franklin and Greg Butler, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Scott Farrar, John Frazier, Richard Kidd and Scott Benza, Transformers

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Tony Gardner and Judy Cooper-Sealy, Hairspray
Matthew W. Mungle and Lourdes Delgado, Love in the Time of Cholera
Neal Scanlan and Nana Fischer, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Perspolis (2.4.7. Films) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Parronaud
Ratatouille (Disney/PIXAR) Brad Bird
The Simpsons Movie (Fox/Gracie Films) Matt Groening and David Silverman

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Counterfeiters, Austria (Stefan Ruzowitzky)
The Edge of Heaven, Germany (Fatih Akin)
Persepolis, France (Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud)
Silent Light, Mexico (Carlos Reygadis)
The Unknown, Italy (Guiseppe Tornatore)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Autism: The Musical (In Effect Films) Tricia Regan
Body of War (Mobilus Media) Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro
Lake of Fire (Anonymous Content) Tony Kaye
Operation: Homecoming, Writing the Wartime Experience (The Documentary Group) Richard Robbins
Sicko (Dog Eat Dog Company) Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara

Comments welcome!

[abcinyvr]

Don't usually post my list on here...
These are in the order of their likeliness of getting a nomination.

Best Picture
Atonement
No Country For Old Men
American Gangster
Into The Wild
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly


Best Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley if Elah
Denzel Washington - American Gangster
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
(I refuse to move Affleck until I have to)

Best Actress
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Keira Knightly - Atonement
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno
Tang Wei - Lust, Caution
(Tang Wei over Cotillard only because I think she is the weakest of the five expected nominees, plus wishful thinking...)

Best Supporting Actor
Hal Holbrook - Into The Wild
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Albert Finney - Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
Max Von Sydow - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
(for the same reason that I think that Penn+film will place better at the Oscars than elsewhere, I am adding in Finney: Academy support=nominations)

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Kelly MacDonald - No Country For Old Men

Best Director
Ridley Scott - American Gangster
Joe Wright - Atonement
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Sean Penn - Into The Wild
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Adapted Screenplay
Away From Her
No Country for Old Men
Into The Wild
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Original Screenplay
Ratatouille
Juno
The Savages
Michael Clayton
Lars And The Real Girl

Costumes
Elizabeth: TGA
Atonement
Sweeney Todd
Hairspray
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Cinematography
Atonement
No Country For Old Men
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
American Gangster
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

[FilmFan720]

BEST PICTURE
American Gangster
Atonement
Charlie Wilson's War
Juno
No Country for Old Men

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Mike Nichols, Charlie Wilson's War
Ridley Scott, American Gangster
Joe Wright, Atonement

BEST ACTOR
Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Tom Hanks, Charlie Wilson's War
Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
James McAvoy, Atonement

BEST ACTRESS
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Kiera Knightley, Atonement
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Max von Sydow, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Jennifer Garner, Juno
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Saorise Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Before the Devil Knows Your Dead
Juno
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Atonement
Away from Her
Charlie Wilson's War
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

[Zahveed]

In no particular order:


Best Picture
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
Juno
Sweeney Todd

Best Director
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson
Atonement - Joe Wright
No Country for Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen
Sweeney Todd - Tim Burton
Into the Wild - Sean Penn

Best Adapted Screenplay
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
No Country for Old Men
Into the Wild
Away from Her

Best Original Screenplay
Juno
Knocked Up
The Savages
The Darjeeling Limited
Ratatouille

Best Lead Actor
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James

Best Lead Actress
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Laura Linney – The Savages
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Ellen Page – Juno
Helena Bonham Carter - Sweeney Todd

Best Supporting Actor
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood
Hal Holbrook – Into The Wild
Alan Rickman - Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
Olympia Dukakais – Away From Her
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone

Best Animated
Ratatouille
The Simpson's Movie
Persepolis

Best Editing
There Will Be Blood
3:10 to Yuma
Atonement
American Gangster
No Country for Old Men

Best Cinematogrophy
The Assassination of Jesse James
There Will Be Blood
Into the Wild
Atonement
Sweeney Todd


Edit: Best Lead Actor

[MovieWes]

Best Picture
American Gangster
Atonement
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson- There Will Be Blood
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen- No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet- Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Ridley Scott- American Gangster
Joe Wright- Atonement

Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis- There Will Be Blood
Emile Hirsch- Into the Wild
James McAvoy- Atonement
Brad Pitt- The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Denzel Washington- American Gangster

Best Actress
Amy Adams- Enchanted
Helena Bonham-Carter- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Marion Cotillard- La Vie En Rose
Julie Christie- Away from Her
Keira Knightley- Atonement

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck- The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem- No Country for Old Men
Paul Dano- There Will Be Blood
Hal Holbrook- Into the Wild
Max von Sydow- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett- I’m Not There
Romola Garai- Atonement
Vanessa Redgrave- Atonement
Saorise Ronan- Atonement
Amy Ryan- Gone Baby Gone

Best Original Screenplay
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead- Kelly Masterson
Juno- Diablo Cody
Knocked Up- Judd Apatow
Michael Clayton- Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille- Brad Bird

Best Adapted Screenplay
Atonement- Christopher Hampton
American Gangster- Steven Zaillian
Into the Wild- Sean Penn
No Country for Old Men- Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood- Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Best Film Editing
American Gangster
Atonement
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best Cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
There Will Be Blood

Best Art Direction
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Lust, Caution
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Best Costume Design
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Best Makeup
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Sound Mixing
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Transformers

Best Sound Editing
3:10 to Yuma
Atonement
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Spider-Man 3
Transformers

Best Visual Effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers

Best Original Score
Atonement- Dario Marianelli
The Golden Compass- Alexandre Desplat
No Country for Old Men- Carter Burwell
Ratatouille- Michael Giacchino
There Will Be Blood- Johnny Greenwood



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[rolotomasi99]

yes, i am a day early, but i am going to be very busy tomorrow so i wanted to put these up today.
i would love to hear what people think. these are only nominations, no winners in this round.


BEST PICTURE

Atonement

Charlie Wilson's War

Juno

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

DIRECTOR

Atonement

Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead

Charlie Wilson's War

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

ADAPTED

Atonement

Away From Her

Charlie Wilson's War

No Country For Old Men

There Will Be Blood

ORIGINAL

Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead

Juno

Michael Clayton

Ratatouille

The Savages

L. ACTOR

Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood

Tommy Lee Jones – In The Valley Of Elah

Tom Hanks – Charlie Wilson's War

James McAvoy – Atonement

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Savages

L. ACTRESS

Julie Christie – Away From Her

Laura Linney – The Savages

Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose

Keira Knightley – Atonement

Ellen Page – Juno

S. ACTOR

Javier Bardem – No Country For Old Men

Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton

Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood

Hal Holbrook – Into The Wild

Casey Affleck – The Assassination Of Jesse James

S. ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There

Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement

Romola Garai – Atonement

Olympia Dukakais – Away From Her

Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone

EDITING

3:10 To Yuma

Atonement

American Gangster

Charlie Wilson's War

There Will Be Blood

CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Assassination Of Jesse James

Atonement

Into The Wild

Sweeney Todd

There Will Be Blood

SET

Atonement

The Golden Age

The Golden Compass

Love In The Time Of Cholera

Sweeney Todd

COSTUME

Atonement

The Golden Age

The Golden Compass

Love In The Time Of Cholera

Sweeney Todd

SCORE

Atonement

The Kite Runner

The Order Of The Phoenix

Ratatouille

There Will Be Blood

SOUND

Atonement

The Golden Compass

Ratatouille

Spiderman 3

Sweeney Todd

SOUND EDITING

3:10 To Yuma

300

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3

Spiderman 3

Transformers

VISUAL EFFECTS

Pirates Of The Caribbean 3

Spiderman 3

Transformers

MAKE-UP

Hairspray

Love In The Time Of Cholera

Sweeney Todd