OFFICIAL ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATION THREAD

[Pale Blue Dot]

For Best Picture:

Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/sns-ap-oscar-nominations,0,6150587.story?coll=hc-headlines-home

[Pale Blue Dot]

1. Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland

[LostinVA]

4. Good for Gosling -- Whitaker should win

[xmas74]

46. I think Whitaker has it in the bag.

He played the role of a lifetime. Nearly impossible to beat.

Only thing I was curious about was which film Leo would be nominated for. From what I understand he did a fantastic job in both. Eventually, he'll have an Oscar-just not this year.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. Thanks FinnFan I was looking for this.

[LynneSin]

3. Not one but TWO nominations for Inconvienent truth

Of course Best Documentary but also best song (the Melissa Ethridge song at the end of the music)

:woohoo:

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. Best Actress

Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children

[LynneSin]

6. Here's the IMDB list - refresh to see the updates

http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2007/oscars

[underpants]

7. Complete list here -EDDIE MURPHY FINALLY NOMINATED

(CNN) -- "Dreamgirls" received a leading eight nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards, but was shut out of two of the biggest categories -- best picture and best director.

The nominees for best picture are "The Departed," "Babel," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The Queen."

The nominees for best actor are Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland"), Leonardo DiCaprio ("Blood Diamond"), Ryan Gosling ("Half Nelson"), Peter O'Toole ("Venus") and Will Smith ("The Pursuit of Happyness").

The nominees for best actress are Helen Mirren ("The Queen"), Judi Dench ("Notes on a Scandal"), Penelope Cruz ("Volver"), Meryl Streep ("The Devil Wears Prada") and Kate Winslet ("Little Children").

The nominees for best supporting actor are Eddie Murphy ("Dreamgirls"), Alan Arkin ("Little Miss Sunshine"), Jackie Earle Haley ("Little Children"), Djimon Hounsou ("Blood Diamond") and Mark Wahlberg ("The Departed").

The nominees for best supporting actress are Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls"), Adriana Barraza ("Babel"), Cate Blanchett ("Notes on a Scandal"), Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") and Rinko Kikuchi ("Babel").

The nominees for best director are Martin Scorsese ("The Departed"), Clint Eastwood ("Letters From Iwo Jima"), Stephen Frears ("The Queen"), Paul Greengrass ("United 93") and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Babel").

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/23/oscar.nominations/index.html

[LynneSin]

8. I find it odd that they are leading the nominations because 3 of the noms...

...are for best song.

[Pale Blue Dot]

11. Murphy is the front runner, too.

It's hard to argue much on this list, as far as I've seen.

[LostinVA]

9. I do wish my sweet Kate would finally win -- she deserves an Oscar

Although Helen Mirren deserves it this year.

[LostinVA]

10. And good for little Jackie Earle Haley!

From Bad News Bears and Breaking Away to... oblivion... to an Oscar nod.

[Pale Blue Dot]

12. Mirren, Whitaker, and Murphy are considered virtual shoo-ins.

nt

[LostinVA]

16. I know

Hudson has a good chance of winning. I loathed her attitude on American Idol, but good for her! Voted out of AI too early, to a Golden Globe two years later, and now an Oscar nod. And, she actually does have a hard-luck story.

I love Helen Mirren, and am so glad she's finally getting some great recognition.

[LynneSin]

17. I could see Meryl Streep pulling an upset

She really owned that part in Prada

[derby378]

13. BORAT nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay!

Niiiiice!! Jagsemash!

[AllegroRondo]

34. Also for "longest movie title ever nominated for an award"

[MonkeyFunk]

44. What was it

adapted from?

[derby378]

45. Technically, I think it's adapted from the "Borat" character itself

Since Sasha Baron Cohen did not create Borat especially for the movie, I guess AMPAS figured "adapted" was a better fit than "original."

[gmoney]

14. Wow, another year when I've seen NONE of the films nominated

Including none of the performances in the acting categories! Not sure if I should be proud or ashamed. Guess I do need to get out more...

[CBHagman]

52. You still have time.

I've barely seen anything at all. I saw The Queen back in October, and it was New Year's Day before I saw Little Miss Sunshine. I too have to get out more!

[Pale Blue Dot]

15. The nomination I'm most excited about:

Abigail Breslin for "Little Miss Sunshine".

:woohoo:

[no_hypocrisy]

19. Me too. She and Alan Arkin together were amazing. n/t

[LostinVA]

21. Yup, she was tres good

[crispini]

18. An Inconvenient Truth for Best Documentary!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[LynneSin]

20. AND BEST SONG

I think that's the one that Melissa Ethridge did

[Shakespeare]

50. It is, and I think it's the first time a documentary has gotten a best song nomination.

Pretty freakin' cool.

[TheMightyFavog]

49. I'd rather have Jesus Camp win that one.

The more exposure Jesus Camp gets, the better.

[taterguy]

22. The cougar in Talledega Nights was robbed

Maybe they didn't know its gender and couldn't decide if it should be be best supporting actor or actress

[ronnykmarshall]

23. I'm thrilled for Jennifer and Eddie

BUT PISSED that "Dreamgirls" didn't get nominated for Best Picture.

It got the most nominations but no best picture??? :wtf:

[Liberal Veteran]

24. Well, I can kind of understand that.

Don't get me wrong, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson were outstanding, but the movie seemed a little disjointed and thin in places to me.

It certainly didn't qualify as one of the best movies I've ever seen, although it was always entertaining.

It's really hard for a movie like that to compete against a bunch of dramas.

[ronnykmarshall]

35. Good thing you're a cat lover!

:silly:

[deadparrot]

25. Well, I'll be cheering for LMS for Best Picture, underdog that it is.

:hi:

[begin_within]

26. I'll predict the winners right now...

Picture: "Babel" will slightly edge out "Letters from Iwo Jima"
Director: Marten Scorcese (because he's still never won one, and they sometimes play "catch up" with longtime "bridesmaids"
Actress: Helen Mirren - a slam dunk
Actor: Forrest Whitaker, though Peter O'Toole might edge out due to the "bridesmaid" factor
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson - another slam dunk
Supporting Actor: wide-open category, but I'll bet Eddie Murphy wins
Screenplay written directly - "Letters from Iwo Jima" because the Academy loves Clint
Screenplay adapted - "Borat" because they like to hand a consolation prize to good films that they couldn't give any other Oscar to
Cinematography - I have a hunch they will hand it to "El Laberinto del Fauno" (Pan's Labyrinth)
Art Direction, Costume Design, Music, Sound - all pretty much slam dunks for "Dreamgirls"
Animated Feature - Cars
Foreign Language film - ""El Laberinto del Fauno" (Pan's Labyrinth) but I don't know why they didn't nominate "Letters from Iwo Jima"
I have a feeling that "The Departed" and "Little Miss Sunshine" are going to go home empty-handed, though I wouldn't mind seeing Abagail Breslin win for "Little Miss Sunshine," the film wasn't really strong enough and "Dreamgirls" or "Borat" should have gotten its Best Picture slot.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

27. You thought "Borat" was a stronger film than "Little Miss Sunshine"?

I loved them both, but Little Miss Sunshine actually had some depth to it.

[begin_within]

28. Maybe it was because my expectations for "Little Miss Sunshine" were built up too much,

but I was disappointed in it overall. It had some good laughs, but I thought there were too many characters and too many little subplots and it strayed from its main subject too much. And the climactic scene when the girl does her number was too long and not funny enough. We laughed at "Little Miss Sunshine" but quickly forgot it afterwards. Sorry to disappoint you - it's not a bad movie and the little girl did an excellent job.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

29. "Sorry to disappoint you"?

What are you talking about?

I didn't write it or direct it or anything like that.

[begin_within]

30. Well then, I'm sorry for being sorry. I'm just SORRY OK! Some day I'll show you! All of you! (Runs

out of the room with hands over face, starting to sob.) Others in room sit silently until one picks up a teacup on a plate, only sound is teacup rattling.............

[wildhorses]

31. rofl--

:hug:

[xmas74]

48. Disagree about Scorcese

I suspect they'll overlook him once again, thinking they can catch him at any time. He's always on their list but never gets the award because they think they'll always have another chance to give it to him.

Whitaker should have it. O'Toole does have the bridemaid factor but look at Scorcese above. And Whitaker played the role of a lifetime. If he doesn't win people will argue for years about it.

Unsure about film but I'll agree w/ Hudson and Murphy. Both have good stories behind them and some in the academy still love a good musical. Mirren is a shoe-in, no contest.

[RedStateShame]

32. "And the Academy Award for ridiculous over-acting goes to you...

...So get on up there and give us a speech."


I think I do this once a year on random Oscar threads. God, I miss the Dismemberment Plan.

[begin_within]

33. Regis Philbin just now said, "Let's see... Penelope Cruz for 'Vulva', Judi Dench for..."

Hope someone straightens him out on that soon!

[CBHagman]

36. He didn't!!!

God love Regis for adding to the proceedings. :rofl:

On edit: Regis needs to get Pedro Almodovar on ASAP. That would be fun viewing, I'll bet.

[begin_within]

37. It went by fast, so hopefully nobody will teach him how to pronounce "Volver" for the next month.

[swimboy]

38. and Peter O'Toole for . . .What?!?

Oh, VEE-nus.

[begin_within]

39. Ha ha! I'm sure that will happen tomorrow.

[Yavin4]

41. Well Them, She Should Definitely Win

I didn't know that she was a ventriloquist.

[Zookeeper]

40. Only one nomination for Children of Men?!?

(Adapted screenplay.)

Children of Men is an incredible film.

But then, they seldom reward the best films.

[ceile]

47. And Cinematography.

[ghostsofgiants]

42. For your consideration...

Wanting to mount an Oscar campaign on behalf of Dern, Lynch discovered it would cost him $3 million. He was appalled. Instead, Lynch is using guerrilla PR tactics that are part Dern advocacy and part protest, such as sitting on L.A. street corners with a poster of Dern. And a cow. "It's like a David Lynch movie," laughs Dern. "It's out-there and irreverent, and yet he's saying something of pretty phenomenal value. It's fabulous, insane, and very sweet."

Lousy Oscars, haha.

[soleft]

43. Hey Finnfan, did you hear this?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070123/music_nm/newzealand_crowdedhouse_dc

[Pale Blue Dot]

53. You're late to the party, soleft.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6086376

:woohoo::party::hi:

[Mojambo]

51. And I've seen NONE of those. n/t

[FredScuttle]

54. Biggest upsets are usually in Supporting categories

therefore, I'm going with Jackie Earle Haley and Abigail Breslin to win.

I also predict that Peter O'Toole and Scorcese will get precisely what they got the previous 100 times they were nominated - jack shit.

edit: I can't spell "Abigail"