L.A. Film Critics Predictions

[rudeboy]

Picture: No Country For Old Men
ru: Sweeney Todd

Director: Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)
ru: Sean Penn (Into the Wild)

Actor: Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Ellah/No Country for Old Men)
ru: Matheiu Amalric (The Diving Bell & the Butterfly)

Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her)
ru: Laura Linney (The Savages)

Supporting Actor: Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
ru: Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)

Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
ru: Samantha Morton (Control)

Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
ru: The Savages

Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
ru: The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

Cinematography: Lust, Caution
ru: The Assassination of Jesse James

Music: Atonement
ru: Ratatouille

New Generation: Ellen Page (Juno)
ru: Sam Riley (Control)

[Penelope]

Picture: No Country For Old Men
RU: Sweeney Todd

Director: Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)
RU: Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)

Actor: Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James...)
RU: Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)

[I'm taking a wild leap here that at least one of the critics groups will recognize Casey in the correct category.]

Actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her)
RU: Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
RU: Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
RU: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)

Screenplay: Atonement
RU: The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
RU: The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

Cinematography: The Assassination of Jesse James...
RU: Atonement

Music: Lust, Caution
RU: Atonement

New Generation: Michael Cera (Superbad and Juno)
RU: Ellen Page (Juno)

[Okri]

Picture of the Year: No Country for Old Men
RU: Juno

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
RU: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Actress: Amy Adams, Enchanted
RU: Anamaria Marinca, 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days

Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
RU: Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
RU: Kelly MacDonald, No Country for Old Men

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
RU: Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Screenplay: Atonement
RU: Knocked Up

Foreign Language Film: 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days
RU: Lust, Caution

Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: No End in Sight
RU: Sicko

Production Design: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
RU: His Dark Materials

Animation: Ratatouille
RU: Persepolis

Music: Once
RU: Atonement

Cinematography: Roger Deakins for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, No Country for Old Men and In the Valley of Elah (If I'm only allowed one movie, make it the first one)
RU: Atonement

New Generation: Ellen Page, Juno
RU: The Once people.

[Sabin]

All right...distractions are fun...

Best Film - No Country for Old Men [There Will Be Blood]
Best Foreign Film - 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]
Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood [Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah & No Country for Old Men]
Best Actress - Julie Christie, Away from Her [Marion Cotilliard, La Vie en Rose] (went back and forth on this one for a while. I have this hunch that New York will shock and give the award to Ellen Page and then the National Society of Film Critics will honor Marion Cotilliard]
Best Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men [Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild]
Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There [Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone]
Best Director - Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men [Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood]
Best Screenplay - Diablo "I'm a Stripper!" Cody, Juno [Tamara Jenkins, The Savages]
Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, In the Valley of Elah & No Country for Old Men [Robert Elswitt, Michael Clayton & There Will Be Blood]
Best Music Score - There Will Be Blood [Ratatouille]
Best Production Design - Sweeney Todd [There Will Be Blood]
Best Documentary - The King of Kong [Lake of Fire]
Best Godda - Animated Film - Ratatouille [Persepolis]



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[Mister Tee]

Hmm...not many takers here.

Film: No Country for Old Men
[Sweeney Todd]

Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
[Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)]

Actress: Julie Christie (Away from Her)
[Laura Linney (The Savages)]

Sup. Actor: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
[Casey Affleck (Assassination of Jesse James)]

Sup. Actress: Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
[Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)]

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
[Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)]

Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
[Juno)

Cinematography: Roger Deakins for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford; No Country For Old Men and In The Valley Of Elah
[Robert Elswit for There WIll Be Blood and Michael Clayton]
LITERALLY COPIED FROM DAMIEN'S

Design: Sweeney Todd
[Lust, Caution]

Music: There Will Be Blood
[Atonement]

Animated: Persepolis
[Ratatouille]

Foreign: 4 Months 3 Days 2 Hours
[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]

Documentary: No End in Sight
[Sicko]

[anonymous1980]

I'll give it a whirl.

BEST PICTURE:
No Country for Old Men
(RU: Sweeney Todd)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
(RU: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood)

BEST ACTOR:
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
(RU: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood)

BEST ACTRESS:
Julie Christie, Away from Her
(RU: Laura Linney, The Savages)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
(RU: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
(RU: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
(RU: Diablo Cody, Juno)

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
The King of Kong
(RU: In the Shadow of the Moon)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
4 Weeks, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (Romania)
(RU: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly)

BEST MUSIC:
Alexandre Desplat, The Golden Compass and Lust, Caution
(RU: Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, No Country for Old Men and In the Valley of Elah
(RU: Rodrigo Prieto, Lust, Caution)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Dante Ferreti, Sweeney Todd
(RU: Sarah Greenwood, Atonement)

ANIMATED FILM:
Ratatouille
(RU: Persepolis)

NEW GENERATION AWARD:
Michael Cera, Superbad and Juno
(RU: Ellen Page, Juno)

[Big Magilla]

I like your predictions, Damien. I wouldn't change a thing. New York is likely to follow suit next Tuesday, except for Frank Langella as best actor.

[Damien]

They vote this Sunday. Get your bets down.

Best Film: No Country For Old Men (runner-up: Sweeney Todd)

Best Actress: Julie Christie in Away From Her (runner-up: Helena Bonham-Carter in Sweeney Todd)

Best Actor: Johnny Depp in Sweeney Tood (runner-up: Emile Hirsch in Into The Wild)

Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck in The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (even though he's a lead) (runner-up: Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men)

Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone (runner-up: Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There)

Best Director: Sean Penn for Into The Wild (runner-up: The Coens for No Country For Old Men)

Best Screenplay: Knocked Up (runner-up: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford)

Documentary: In The Shadow Of The Moon (runner-up: No End In Sight)

Foreign Language Picture: 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days (runner-up: Lady Chatterly)

Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford; No Country For Old Men and In The Valley Of Elah (runner-up: Robert Elswit for There WIll Be Blood and Michael Clayton)

Best Music: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (runner-up: Into The Wild)

Best Production Design: Sweeney Todd (runner-up: There Will Be Blood)

Goddamn Cartoon: Persepolis (runner-up: Ratatouille)

New Generation Award: Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton (runner-up: Anton Corbijn for Control)

Special Citation: For the theatrical release of Charles Burnett's Killer Of Sheep all these many years later

Career Achievement Award: Peter Bogdanovich



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