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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 01-22-2008, 09:37 AM:
 
Here is the list announced January 22, 2008:

1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

2. Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."

3. Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; Julie Christie, "Away From Her"; Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"; Laura Linney, "The Savages"; Ellen Page, "Juno."

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

7. Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."

11. Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "There Will Be Blood."

12. Cinematography: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," "Atonement," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

13. Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "3:10 to Yuma," "Transformers."

14. Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "There Will Be Blood," "Transformers."

15. Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli; "The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias; "Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard; "Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino; "3:10 to Yuma," Marco Beltrami.

16. Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up" from "August Rush," Nominees to be determined; "So Close" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

17. Costume: "Across the Universe," "Atonement," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "La Vie en Rose," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

18. Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight," "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience," "Sicko," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "War/Dance."

19. Documentary (short subject): "Freeheld," "La Corona (The Crown)," "Salim Baba," "Sari's Mother."

20. Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

21. Makeup: "La Vie en Rose," "Norbit," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

22. Animated Short Film: "I Met the Walrus," "Madame Tutli-Putli," "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)," "My Love (Moya Lyubov)," "Peter & the Wolf."

23. Live Action Short Film: "At Night," "Il Supplente (The Substitute)," "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)," "Tanghi Argentini," "The Tonto Woman."

24. Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Transformers."

[ 01-22-2008, 10:02 PM: Message edited by: Mark Lensenmayer ]
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-22-2008, 10:11 AM:
 
Typical Academy picks. I am surprised to see Hairspray did not at least get a nomination for sound mixing.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 01-22-2008, 10:29 AM:
 
I agree this year's list of nominees was predictable. Among the few I consider surprising were the nods given to Juno. It's a popular, well liked film, but not the usual thing the Academy's stuffed shirts like nominating. I think Juno was Diablo Cody's first screenplay. She has a bit of the "bad girl" image and even worked as an exotic dancer at one time. It's interesting she picked up a best screenplay nomination.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-22-2008, 10:57 AM:
 
WHAT?! You mean "Bourne Ultimatum" didn't get nominated for cinematography?
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-22-2008, 05:42 PM:
 

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Best Picture: "Juno," "Michael Clayton"

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24. Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the Caribbean:

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Mark...Did your copy-and-paste job get cut off or somehow exceed film-tech's posting allowance (is there such a thing?), or were there only one and a half movies nominated this year in the Visual Effects category?!
 

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Posted by Brian Michael Weidemann (Member # 2243) on 01-22-2008, 09:24 PM:
 
Really, how can Sound Mixing and Sound Editing be two different catagories? Isn't that like splitting Best Actor into Best Performance (Verbal) and Best Performance (Gestural)? I know, technically, they're different, but they're so intertwined, necessarily. Considering the cross-over in nominations between the two categories, it just seems like a cheat to award two different movies the trophy for sound.

In other news, I'm pleased to see the song from Once nominated. But, were there really that few songs out there, that three of them have to be from the parody film Enchanted?

In all other categories, once again, I could not care to a lesser degree than that to which I currently care.
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-22-2008, 09:24 PM:
 
Michael: As you should know for yourself quite well, Film-Tech allows for a hell of a lot more text than that in a single post. It was likely Mark's error.
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-22-2008, 09:32 PM:
 
Joe: touché.

But...Bobby H. has me (and all of us) beat by a longshot for the longest posts.
 

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Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 01-22-2008, 10:01 PM:
 
Sorry for the error...I left off TRANSFORMERS. It's fixed now.

Biggest omission I see is leaving off Paul Dano from THERE WILL BE BLOOD. In my opinion, his performance was almost the equal of Daniel Day Lewis. The final scene of that film with those two is extremely powerful. It would also have been nice to see Josh Brolin recognized for NO COUNTRY.

4 of the 5 animated shorts are linked from this site.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 01-23-2008, 03:07 AM:
 
Academy picks = YAWN...
 

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Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 01-23-2008, 03:22 AM:
 

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It's fixed now.

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Film-Tech allows for a hell of a lot more text than that in a single post. It

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Lucky for me, huh?!
 

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Posted by Brian D. Whitish (Member # 825) on 01-23-2008, 11:33 AM:
 
Brad,
The sound mixer for Hairspay was Ron Bartlett. He was an assistant of mine at one of the theatres I managed. His older brother is also a sound mixer and my best friend. Ron also did the remix of Blade Runner the final cut. He watched it with Ridley Scott and Ridley said he was very pleased with the mix. Rons brother was also quite disapointed that he didnt get a nom for Hairspray. Hopefully he will get one soon.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-24-2008, 11:31 PM:
 
And the winners are:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: No Country for Old Men (2007) - Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: Juno (2007) - Diablo Cody

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) - Alex Gibney, Eva Orner

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Freeheld (2007) - Cynthia Wade, Vanessa Roth

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Atonement (2007) - Dario Marianelli

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: There Will Be Blood (2007) - Robert Elswit

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Once (2006) - Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová(“Falling Slowly” )

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: Fälscher, Die (2007)(Austria)

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Christopher Rouse

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Marion Cotillard for Môme, La (2007)

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Scott Millan, David Parker, Kirk Francis

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Karen M. Baker, Per Hallberg

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton (2007)

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Peter & the Wolf (2006) - Suzie Templeton, Hugh Welchman

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: Mozart des pickpockets, Le (2006) - Philippe Pollet-Villard

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: The Golden Compass (2007) - Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Môme, La (2007) - Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Alexandra Byrne
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 02-25-2008, 12:04 AM:
 
I'm happy Once won for written song. Great indie movie, loved the two characters.
 

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Posted by Steve Guttag (Member # 268) on 02-25-2008, 12:47 AM:
 
Frank, there are many questionable omissions from the Academy categories. Are the stunt people still snubbed? I know they don't get anything at the show. But they really carry a film too. Special Effects and other artists that create the magic of movies are honored.

Steve
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 02-25-2008, 03:05 AM:
 
With CGI taking over, stunt people are on the way out just like projectionists are in movie theaters.
 

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Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 02-25-2008, 08:49 AM:
 
There were a few surprises this year.

Marion Cotillard's win for Best Actress may have been the biggest surprise. I figured either Julie Christie or Ellen Page would get the Oscar. Julie Christie took the Screen Actors Guild award. Ellen Page won the Film Independent's Spirit Award for Juno.

Tilda Swinton looked genuinely surprised when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Michael Clayton. Ruby Dee and Cate Blanchett seemed to be bigger favorites for that prize. Tilda's jokes about George Clooney and his Batman suit were pretty funny.

It was pretty cool to see Diablo Cody win the Best Original Screenplay award. Pretty wild tattoo on her shoulder. I liked her acceptance speech.

I was a bit surprised Transformers got shut out in the technical categories. The Golden Compass beat Transformers in the visual effects category.

Brad simply must love it that The Bourne Ultimatum won for Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Sound Editing. Maybe the Academy needs to come up with an award for "Best Shaky Cam!" Paul Greenglass would win every time he makes a movie!
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-25-2008, 01:21 PM:
 
I think Bourne did have good sound...just bad camerawork.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 02-25-2008, 08:26 PM:
 
Is there anyone who hasn't seen any of the movies that won? I saw Bourne Ultimatum in the theater, but other than that I'll probably catch most of these eventually through Netflix.
 

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Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 02-25-2008, 08:32 PM:
 
Out of the winners, the only one I've seen all the way through is Ratatouille.

I've seen bits and pieces of No Country. I might see Juno but not sure if we'll play it or not. (My wife went and saw it with a friend when she was in Billings a while ago but prints have been too scarce in this area for us to play it.)

Some years we play all or most of the Oscar winners. Some years we hardly play any of them because they're mostly boxoffice flops. This is one of those years, simple as that.

[ 02-25-2008, 09:38 PM: Message edited by: Mike Blakesley ]
 

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Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 02-25-2008, 10:08 PM:
 
From the movies that won I've seen:

There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Bourne Ultimatum
Atonement
Once
Juno
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-25-2008, 10:09 PM:
 
Interesting that this years Oscar show had the lowest ratings of any Oscar show ever... The highest Ratings it got was the year of "Titanic". I didn't watch it this year... watched only about 10 min. of it last year.

Mark
 

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Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 02-25-2008, 10:38 PM:
 
From the entire list of nominees, I've seen just three: The Bourne Ultimatum, Transformers, and Across the Universe. Boy do I suck!
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 02-26-2008, 03:25 AM:
 

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Interesting that this years Oscar show had the lowest ratings of any Oscar show ever.

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So even the 1936 Oscars got better ratings?

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I woold guess there were more folks in attendance there and listening on the radio back then than watched this last pile of crap.

Mark
 

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Posted by Chad Souder (Member # 343) on 02-26-2008, 11:11 PM:
 
And why does John Stewart continue to get work? He brings nothing to the table. What a boring host. Letterman was the man.
 

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Posted by Brian Guckian (Member # 1678) on 02-27-2008, 04:01 PM:
 
People are probably maxed out on awards ceremonies. Too many nowadays.

It's a shame, because whatever one may say, they do a terrific job staging the ceremony. I always love for example the segments on the different filmmaking crafts, the special awards and the tributes to great artists and craftspeople. It reinforces this side of the medium, which is regrettably always ignored by the media as they focus only on the celeb aspect of the event.

And the Academy does great work outside of the awards as well. It's easy to overlook that in the annual "Oscars" hype.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 02-27-2008, 06:56 PM:
 
Couldn't agree more. I'm working with the Academy Film Archive at the moment on a project to produce a disaster planning and recovery guide for film, TV and audio archives. They've also been very proactive and have achieved a great deal in educating the public as to the cultural importance of home movies and other ephemeral film, and run a fantastic research library which is open to anyone. This work, along with the 'sciences' in AMPAS's full name, tends to take a back seat on Oscars night, sadly. It would be a great tribute to John Pytlak if his wonderful acceptance speech (every bit the equal of those of the 'arts' contingent) serves as a template for bringing the 'sciences' bit to a broader public.
 

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Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 02-29-2008, 03:41 AM:
 
I have only just had a chance to watch the Oscars from the other night.
Well I found the flashbacks more interesting than the awards for most of it , pity the sync was badly out of the film clips..... they must have used Pinnacle studio to put them together .
 

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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-29-2008, 08:17 AM:
 

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What a boring host. Letterman was the man.

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quote: Brian Guckian

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People are probably maxed out on awards ceremonies. Too many nowadays.

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quote: Mark Gulbrandsen

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I quit watching him long ago when he stopped doing rediclous stuff like throwing televisions off that tower and the diving dogs and such...

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