NowPublic's 2008 Oscar Prediction Pool

by Jarrett Martineau | February 22, 2008 at 10:20 am
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The nominees are in. Now, who do you think will win? We'll find out who guessed right this Sunday, Feb. 24th.

Post your Oscar predictions in the comments to this story!

For the complete list of nominees click here: 80th Annual Academy Award Nominees

And below is a listing of nominees in the major categories:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
"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

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

Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures)
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group)
"Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm)
"War/Dance" (THINKFilm)

Best foreign language film of the year
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

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

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features)
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
"Transformers"

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 and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

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

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jordan

My predictions:
... and the Oscar goes to...
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (though Viggo Mortensen's was my personal favorite performance in his category)

Supporting actor: Javier Bardem

Best actress: Ellen Page

Supporting actress:  Cate Blanchett

Best animated picture: Ratatouille

Best director: Julian Schnabel

Best doco: No End in Sight

Best foreign language film:  Beaufort

Original song: "So Close" (I'm basing that on the title, so there we are)

Best picture: There Will Be Blood

Visual effects: The Golden Compass

Best adaptation: Atonement

Original screenplay: Juno

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Jarrett Martineau

Alright, I'm going to get the ball rolling. Here are my predictions. I'm thinking the scales are going to be heavily weighted toward 'No Country', though, we'll have to wait and see.

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem

Best Actress: Julie Christie

Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton

Best Animated Feature: "Ratatouille"

Best Director: "No Country for Old Men", Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best doc: "No End in Sight"

Best foreign film: "The Counterfeiters" Austria

Original song: "So Close" from "Enchanted"

Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men"

Best visual effects: "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Adapted screenplay: "No Country for Old Men", Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Original screenplay: "Michael Clayton", Written by Tony Gilroy

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amyjudd

If Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't win best actor, I'm never watching the Oscars again.

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jordan

Viggo.

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amyjudd

But earlier you put Daniel Day-Lewis! Why the change of heart? And btw, you can't be serious!?

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