80th Academy Awards Nominees, and what we'd pick if we were the actors playing the parts of the judges in a movie about the 80th Academy awards.
Performance by an Actor in a leading role
Performance by an Actor in a leading role
George Clooney Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks & Warner Bros.)
Tommy Lee Jones In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent)
Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks & Warner Bros.)
Tommy Lee Jones In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen Eastern Promises (Focus Features)
Aurora: Daniel Day Lewis - good nose.
Kiki: George Clooney. I am in love with George Clooney after all. So anything else would smell of betrayal. Actually I really wanted Josh Brolin to win, but er, he wasn't even nominated. Just shows what I know.
Aurora: Daniel Day Lewis - good nose.
Kiki: George Clooney. I am in love with George Clooney after all. So anything else would smell of betrayal. Actually I really wanted Josh Brolin to win, but er, he wasn't even nominated. Just shows what I know.
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War (Universal)
Hal Holbrook Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton (Warner Bros .)
Philip Seymour Hoffman Charlie Wilson's War (Universal)
Hal Holbrook Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson Michael Clayton (Warner Bros .)
Aurora: Javier Bardem - good hair.
Kiki: Javier Bardem. He reminded me of one of those psycho kids from school which was enough to scare me witless- I went to school in Skem Remember.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal)
Kiki: Javier Bardem. He reminded me of one of those psycho kids from school which was enough to scare me witless- I went to school in Skem Remember.
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal)
Julie Christie Away from Her (Lionsgate)
Marion Coltillard La Vie en Rose (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney The Savages (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Aurora: Julie Christie - cos I missed her first one in the 60s.
Kiki: Ellen Page. I may be doing Laura Linney a disservice as I haven't seen The Savages yet, and I really believe the success of Juno is not just down to Ellen Page but a glorious combination of factors; Allison Janney and J.K. Simmons as the parents, a great script, a brilliant and inventive soundtrack. That said, this wouldn't be the same film without her, so GO Ellen Page!
Aurora: Julie Christie - cos I missed her first one in the 60s.
Kiki: Ellen Page. I may be doing Laura Linney a disservice as I haven't seen The Savages yet, and I really believe the success of Juno is not just down to Ellen Page but a glorious combination of factors; Allison Janney and J.K. Simmons as the parents, a great script, a brilliant and inventive soundtrack. That said, this wouldn't be the same film without her, so GO Ellen Page!
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett I'm Not There (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee American Gangster (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan Atonement (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone (Miramax)
Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
Aurora: Cate Blanchett - cos she's Bob and he's like a fella.
Kiki: Tilda Swinton. I've never seen evil portrayed as simpering before. Brilliant!
Aurora: Cate Blanchett - cos she's Bob and he's like a fella.
Kiki: Tilda Swinton. I've never seen evil portrayed as simpering before. Brilliant!
Best animated feature film
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
Aurora: Ratatouille - cute as.
Kiki: Cartoons. Pah.
Aurora: Ratatouille - cute as.
Kiki: Cartoons. Pah.
Achievement in art direction
American Gangster (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino Atonement (Focus Features): 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
Aurora: Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street "I will av vengance"
Kiki: Atonement
Aurora: Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street "I will av vengance"
Kiki: Atonement
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
Aurora: Atonement - lush.
Kiki: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aurora: Atonement - lush.
Kiki: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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
Aurora: Elizabeth: The Golden Age - loads of cosies and jewels and that.
Kiki: La Vie en Rose. Although I'm sure Atonement will get it because Keira Knightly looked nice in that green frock. Vive la France.
Aurora: Elizabeth: The Golden Age - loads of cosies and jewels and that.
Kiki: La Vie en Rose. Although I'm sure Atonement will get it because Keira Knightly looked nice in that green frock. Vive la France.
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
Aurora: No Country for Old Men: Joel and Ethan Coen - cos they're due.
Kiki: No Country for Old Men: Joel and Ethan Coen
Aurora: No Country for Old Men: Joel and Ethan Coen - cos they're due.
Kiki: No Country for Old Men: Joel and Ethan Coen
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 FilmsProduction: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Aurora: No End in Sight - cos I'm a pessimist at heart.
Kiki: Sicko Except that sentimental slushy contrived bit at the end. Why does he always do that?!
Aurora: No End in Sight - cos I'm a pessimist at heart.
Kiki: Sicko Except that sentimental slushy contrived bit at the end. Why does he always do that?!
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 & Isabel Vega
Salim Baba A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg & Francisco Bello
Sari's Mother (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley
Aurora: Salim Baba - liked the swing of its thrust.
Kiki: er...
Aurora: Salim Baba - liked the swing of its thrust.
Kiki: er...
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
Aurora: The Bourne Ultimatum
Kiki: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Aurora: The Bourne Ultimatum
Kiki: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best foreign language film of the year
Beaufort Israel
The Counterfeiters Austria
Katyn Poland
Mongol Kazakhstan
12 Russia
Aurora:The Counterfeiters - it's a goodies and baddies thang, in it.
Kiki: Nani?
Achievement in makeup
Aurora:The Counterfeiters - it's a goodies and baddies thang, in it.
Kiki: Nani?
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
Aurora: La Vie en Rose - well Elizabeth got the costume oscar...
Kiki: La Vie en Rose. I mean, can you imagine, however good the make-up is, giving the prize to the most offensive film ever made? (That's Norbit by the way- Pirates is just shit)
Aurora: La Vie en Rose - well Elizabeth got the costume oscar...
Kiki: La Vie en Rose. I mean, can you imagine, however good the make-up is, giving the prize to the most offensive film ever made? (That's Norbit by the way- Pirates is just shit)
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
Aurora: 3:10 to Yuma - not Morricone but best here.
Kiki: Atonement
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song)
3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
Aurora: 3:10 to Yuma - not Morricone but best here.
Kiki: Atonement
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
Aurora: Falling Slowly - Anything but that Enchanted mush lol.
Kiki: Falling Slowly. This film would certainly win the Entirely odd concept for a film oscar, if there was one. Weirdly engaging and lovely though. This was a close one actually, as all the songs from Enchanted were brilliant, but hey, these guys probably don't need the kudos as much.
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
Aurora: Falling Slowly - Anything but that Enchanted mush lol.
Kiki: Falling Slowly. This film would certainly win the Entirely odd concept for a film oscar, if there was one. Weirdly engaging and lovely though. This was a close one actually, as all the songs from Enchanted were brilliant, but hey, these guys probably don't need the kudos as much.
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
Aurora: No Country for Old Men - very different I actually liked Eastern Promises too.
Kiki: Juno
Best animated short film
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
Aurora: No Country for Old Men - very different I actually liked Eastern Promises too.
Kiki: Juno
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
Aurora: Peter and The Wolf - Come on the Brits...
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
Aurora: Peter and The Wolf - Come on the Brits...
Kiki: bah and thrice bah. Although Even Pigeons go to Heaven sounds interesting
Best live action short film
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
Aurora: Le Mozart des Pickpocketss - great title.
Kiki: I wonder how many people have seen even one of these?
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
Aurora: Le Mozart des Pickpocketss - great title.
Kiki: I wonder how many people have seen even one of these?
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
Aurora: The Bourne Ultimatum - just thought it should get something for entertaining us...
Kiki: Eh?
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 & Peter Kurland"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick & 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
Aurora: Transformers - explosions, aliens, robot noises - that's pretty much all it's about.
Kiki: Eh?
Achievement in visual effects
Aurora: Transformers - explosions, aliens, robot noises - that's pretty much all it's about.
Kiki: Eh?
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
Aurora: Transformers - Visuals actually is all its about.
Kiki: Transformers. But just cause the Golden Compass annoyed me with its stupid hammy actor bears, and those terrible fake cockney children's accents. And don't get me started on the Anti Religious content. I have news for you. There wasn't any. Sadly.
Transformers (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
Aurora: Transformers - Visuals actually is all its about.
Kiki: Transformers. But just cause the Golden Compass annoyed me with its stupid hammy actor bears, and those terrible fake cockney children's accents. And don't get me started on the Anti Religious content. I have news for you. There wasn't any. Sadly.
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 & Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Aurora: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - brilliant book - fab adoptation.
Kiki: No Country for Old Men
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
No Country for Old Men (Miramax & Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Aurora: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - brilliant book - fab adoptation.
Kiki: No Country for Old Men
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
Aurora: Juno - Has to be, flavour of the month and its a breath of fresh air to be honest.
Kiki: Juno Manages to be really quirky and fresh whilst not sinking into an unholy souffle of cheesy naffness. All hail to the woman whom the press cannot stop describing as an 'ex stripper'. Fucking Morons.
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
Aurora: Juno - Has to be, flavour of the month and its a breath of fresh air to be honest.
Kiki: Juno Manages to be really quirky and fresh whilst not sinking into an unholy souffle of cheesy naffness. All hail to the woman whom the press cannot stop describing as an 'ex stripper'. Fucking Morons.
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