Oscar Predictions

Posted February 19th, 2007 in Movies

Performance by an actor in a leading role:

  • Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”
  • Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
  • Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
  • Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
  • Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

  • Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
  • Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”
  • Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
  • Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
  • Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

  • Penélope Cruz in “Volver”
  • Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”
  • Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
  • Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
  • Kate Winslet in “Little Children”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

  • Adriana Barraza in “Babel”
  • Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
  • Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
  • Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
  • Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”

Best animated feature film of the year:

  • “Cars” John Lasseter
  • “Happy Feet” George Miller
  • “Monster House” Gil Kenan

Achievement in art direction:

  • “Dreamgirls” Art: John Myhre, Set: Nancy Haigh
  • “The Good Shepherd” Art: Jeannine Oppewall, Set: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
  • “Pan’s Labyrinth” Art: Eugenio Caballero, Set: Pilar Revuelta
  • “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Art: Rick Heinrichs, Set: Cheryl A. Carasik
  • “The Prestige” Art: Nathan Crowley, Set: Julie Ochipinti

Achievement in cinematography:

  • “The Black Dahlia” Vilmos Zsigmond
  • “Children of Men” Emmanuel Lubezki
  • “The Illusionist” Dick Pope
  • “Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Navarro
  • “The Prestige” Wally Pfister

Achievement in costume design:

  • “Curse of the Golden Flower” Yee Chung Man
  • “The Devil Wears Prada” Patricia Field
  • “Dreamgirls” Sharen Davis
  • “Marie Antoinette” Milena Canonero
  • “The Queen” Consolata Boyle

Achievement in directing:

  • “Babel” Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • “The Departed” Martin Scorsese
  • “Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood
  • “The Queen” Stephen Frears
  • “United 93″ Paul Greengrass

Best documentary feature:

  • “Deliver Us from Evil” Amy Berg and Frank Donner
  • “An Inconvenient Truth” Davis Guggenheim
  • “Iraq in Fragments” James Longley and John Sinno
  • “Jesus Camp” Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
  • “My Country, My Country” Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Best documentary short subject:

  • “The Blood of Yingzhou District” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
  • “Recycled Life” Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
  • “Rehearsing a Dream” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
  • “Two Hands” Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Achievement in film editing:

  • “Babel” Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
  • “Blood Diamond” Steven Rosenblum
  • “Children of Men” Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
  • “The Departed” Thelma Schoonmaker
  • “United 93″ Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Best foreign language film of the year:

  • “After the Wedding” Denmark
  • “Days of Glory” Algeria
  • “The Lives of Others” Germany
  • “Pan’s Labyrinth” Mexico
  • “Water” Canada

Achievement in makeup:

  • “Apocalypto” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
  • “Click” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
  • “Pan’s Labyrinth” David Marti and Montse Ribe

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Score):

  • “Babel” Gustavo Santaolalla
  • “The Good German” Thomas Newman
  • “Notes on a Scandal” Philip Glass
  • “Pan’s Labyrinth” Javier Navarrete
  • “The Queen” Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original Song):

  • “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
  • “Listen” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, Lyric by Anne Preven
  • “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
  • “Our Town” from “Cars” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
  • “Patience” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Willie Reale

Best motion picture of the year:

  • “Babel”
  • “The Departed”
  • “Letters from Iwo Jima”
  • “Little Miss Sunshine”
  • “The Queen”

Best animated short film:

  • “The Danish Poet” Torill Kove
  • “Lifted” Gary Rydstrom
  • “The Little Matchgirl” Roger Allers and Don Hahn
  • “Maestro” Geza M” Toth
  • “No Time for Nuts” Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

Best live action short film:

  • “Binta and the Great Idea” Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
  • “Éramos Pocos” Borja Cobeaga
  • “Helmer & Son” Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
  • “The Saviour” Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
  • “West Bank Story” Ari Sandel

Achievement in sound editing:

  • “Apocalypto” Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
  • “Blood Diamond” Lon Bender
  • “Flags of Our Fathers” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
  • “Letters from Iwo Jima” Alan Robert Murray
  • “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Achievement in sound mixing:

  • “Apocalypto” Kevin O”Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
  • “Blood Diamond” Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
  • “Dreamgirls” Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
  • “Flags of Our Fathers” John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
  • “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Achievement in visual effects:

  • “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
  • “Poseidon” Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
  • “Superman Returns” Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R” Hoover and Jon Thum

Adapted screenplay:

  • “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer, Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
  • “Children of Men” Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J” Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
  • “The Departed” Screenplay by William Monahan
  • “Little Children” Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
  • “Notes on a Scandal” Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay:

  • “Babel” Written by Guillermo Arriaga
  • “Letters from Iwo Jima” Screenplay by Iris Yamashita, Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
  • “Little Miss Sunshine” Written by Michael Arndt
  • “Pan’s Labyrinth” Written by Guillermo del Toro
  • “The Queen” Written by Peter Morgan

One Response to “Oscar Predictions”

  1. Earl Says:

    Most of your picks will be right… except i’d go with Forest Whitaker for best actor, and Babel for best picture.

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