My Oscar Picks

Here are my picks of who should win for tonight's Academy Awards:

x Best motion picture of the year
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

✓ Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

✓ Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

✓ Performance by an actress in a leading role
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)

x Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)

✓ Best animated feature film of the year
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird

x Achievement in art direction
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

✓ Achievement in cinematography
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit

x Achievement in costume design
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

x Achievement in directing
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson

x Best documentary feature
“No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Representational Pictures Production
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

✓ Achievement in film editing
“The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse

✓ Achievement in makeup
“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

✓ Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

x Achievement in sound editing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay

x Achievement in sound mixing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland

✓ Achievement in visual effects
“The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

✓Adapted screenplay
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

x Original screenplay
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilro

Comments

[esteban]

There is no blood

[Jonah]

Yeah, I still think it should have won. No Country for Old Men was pretty deserving as well.

I was really happy to see Marion Cotillard win.

[Rachel J]

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