OlderOscar Nominations 2008
No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood led the pack with eight nominations. Atonement and Michael Clayton followed with seven nominations each.
As expected, Cate Blanchett picked up nods for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. HOORAY for Ellen Page getting her well-deserved Best Actress nomination for Juno. And BOO, Keira Knightley and James McAvoy were snubbed for their roles in Atonement.
Here are the nominations for the 2008 Oscars:
BEST PICTURE
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Viggo Mortenson, Eastern Promises
Tommy Lee Jones, In The Valley of Elah
BEST 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
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
BEST 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
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Ratatouille (written by Brad Bird; story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird)
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
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groundcontrol, thanks for the info. It’s still small comfort to me because the role of Elizabeth has been out-played, it needs to be retired.
Our Angie still has a lot of excellent acting in her, so we as fans have a lot to look forward to.
Cate is one of the most brilliant actresses I’ve ever seen. She can do anything. But I’m really surprised at her nom for BA. She did give an exceptional performance, but the film was very poor. However, I’ve seen her in I’m Not There and she is phenomenal-absolutely blew me away! It went WAY beyond stunt casting. I liked how one critic put it, “it was imitation raised to art”. I hope she wins BSA, she really deserves it!!! I saw Amy Ryan’s performance and it was good, but didn’t blow my mind. I mean, how many vulgar nasty mother roles do we need in film? I’ve seen it ad nauseum. And what’s worse is that she played a very similar character in her other film…lost a few points with me on that.
I really hope Julie Christie or Marion Cotillard wins for BA! They were both phenomenal!!! Both of them were heartbreaking in their films. Linney would be my 3rd pick. She was excellent and so real in The Savages-played a neurotic sister to a “T”. Ellen was really cute but don’t think she stands a chance with the competition.
Daniel Day-Lewis has got this award in the bag. He was really really good in TWBB. But didn’t he have a similar character in Gangs of New York?
Javier Bardem was creepy as all get out! I think he’s pretty much a lock for the win, but I thought Casey’s performance was terrific! I wouldn’t be disappointed with either of them picking a BSA award.
Best Picture is going to come down to Atonement or No Country. Atonement is your typical epic artsy film the Oscars love to award. No Country was a darker and more violent picture, but was incredible!!! It really was a masterpiece and I hope it takes home the Oscar. Juno was a really cute film but don’t think it has the chance with the other two pix.
Go Ellen Page
uh….HEATH LEDGER?
i feel so toopid
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