Contest Reminder
By Craig Kennedy - January 19th, 2008; 11:16 pm
Remember: The deadline to enter the Name Those Nominees contest is 12:00pm PST (-8 GMT) Monday, January 21st. Email your five picks in the following categories to contest@livingincinema.com today.
- Picture
- Director
- Actor
- Actress
- Supporting Actor
- Supporting Actress
- Original Screenplay
- Adapted Screenplay
- Cinematography
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We should have a separate chart of who and what we WANT to see nominated.
Nah, bad idea. That would be forcing you to labor over yet another chart, Craig. :-)
That’s a good idea Alison that I will steal when it comes down to predicting the eventual winners.
I say we post here in the comments our WANT to see nominated (however far-fetched) and e-mail in our predictions. I’ll start with my dream slate of nominees (The * means I haven’t yet seen it but I’m going on word of mouth and the clips I’ve seen, but I reckon that’s not too different from the average Academy member, so what the heck). I’ll e-mail in my predictions list in a bit.
Picture:
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood*
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*
Things We Lost in the Fire
3:10 to Yuma
(Alt: Ratatouille, Juno, Waitress, The Bourne Ultimatum, The King of Kong)
Director:
Joel & Ethan Coen
PT Anderson*
Julian Schnabel*
Susanne Bier
Adrienne Shelley
Also would like to see: Joe Wright, Atonement; Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd; Scott Frank, The Lookout; and David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood*
Russell Crowe, 3:10 to Yuma
Benicio Del Toro, Things We Lost in the Fire
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Also would like to see: Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men or Christian Bale, Rescue Dawn
Actress:
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page, Juno
Keri Russell, Waitress
Belén Rueda, The Orphanage
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Alt: Nicki Blonski, Hairspray
Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
Jeff Daniels, The Lookout
Alt: Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Supporting Actress:
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Saorise Ronan, Atonement
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Kelly MacDonald, No Country for Old Men
Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Alt: Tilda Swinton
Original Screenplay:
Diablo Cody, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Scott Frank, The Lookout
Adrienne Shelley, Waitress
Alt: Lars & the Real Girl, Enchanted, Things We Lost in the Fire
Adapted Screenplay:
Joel & Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Some dudes, 3:10 to Yuma
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*
PT Anderson, There Will Be Blood*
Neil Gaiman, Stardust
Cinematography:
Assassination of Jesse James
No Country for Old Men
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
There Will Be Blood
Atonement
Alt: Sunshine, Things We Lost in the Fire, The Orphanage
Good idea Jennybee.
Here’s my “wish list” nominations (in alpha order):
Best Picture:
3:10 to Yuma
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Director:
P.T. Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Coen Brothers (No Country for Old Men)
Sidney Lumet (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead)
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Joe Wright (Atonement)
Best Actor:
Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Daniel Day Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Tony Leung (Lust, Caution)
James McAvoy (Atonement)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
Keira Knightley (Atonement)
Laura Linney (The Savages)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Tang Wei (Lust, Caution)
Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
Max von Sydow (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)
Catherine Keener (Into the Wild)
Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men)
Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Original Screenplay:
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)
Diablo Cody (Juno)
Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton)
Tamara Jenkins (The Savages)
Nancy Oliver (Lars & the Real Girl)
Adapted Screenplay:
P.T. Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Christopher Hampton (Atonement)
Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis)
Cinematography
Roger Deakins (Assassination of Jesse James)
Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men)
Januzs Kaminski (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
Seamus McGarvey (Atonement)
And, my own categories:
Body of Work, Actor:
Christian Bale (3:10 to Yuma, I’m Not There, Rescue Dawn)
Josh Brolin (American Gangster, No Country for Old Men)
Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma, American Gangster)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Charlie Wilson’s War, The Savages)
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah, No Country for Old Men)
Body of Work, Actress:
Amy Adams (Charlie Wilson’s War, Enchanted)
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, I’m Not There) [she gets a double nod]
Laura Linney (Jindabyne, The Savages) [she gets a double nod]
Michelle Pfeiffer (Hairspray, Stardust) [just glad to see her back]
Susan Sarandon (Enchanted, In the Valley of Elah, Romance and Cigarettes)
Only time to record my ideal BP noms:
TWbB
Jesse James
No Country
Lust, Caution
Atonement
alt. Once, Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I’ve read to many damned prediction lists and top 10 lists and favorites lists that everything has become a blur and I can’t tell my predictions apart from my favorites and even those change from one day to the next and I don’t know why I’m telling you this but oh my I’m sure I left something out or else did something really silly like put Juno on my favorites list when in actuality it’s not but rather it should appear on my predictions list I think but I can’t really be sure at this point.
Poor Pierre. His brain has been fried from watching the Oscar race. I have to say, it’s exhausting.
Yes, I’m officially at that stage where I’m *sick* of it all. I think the nominations can’t come out too soon. That will revive my interest by limiting and narrowing things down and creating the excitement of the last stretch where the voting among AMPAS members from the list of nominees takes place.
Speaking of the Oscars, what are the odds of the strike being wrapped up by a month from now or so?
Supposedly they’re supposed to be ‘talking’. But don’t quote me on that. I saw an article somewhere and can’t remember where. It might have been Thompson on Hollywood.
Yeah, I just want to know the nominations already so that I know who/what is in and who/what has been snubbed. Then I can mourn the snubees and move on, healed.
Not me. I’m energized by all the hustle & bustle. Now with the rich, fabulous year that has recently passed, it would be par for the course if AMPAS trotted out the same useless, boring, safe slate of nominess. They’ve done it before & they’ll do it again. But will it be this year? Hopefully NOT…
So I’m excited. Not as nearly as much as if my own career, fame & riches were at stake. LOL But jazzed nonetheless…
Alexander darling, I don’t think we need to worry on any front. The Oscars WILL go on regardless of the strike. This is not the Globes. This is the biggest & most important awards show ever – & it has been for nearly a century now. Considering the lame stuff that the writers for the AMPAS telecast come up with every year, I don’t think the abscence of writers will hurt at all. They will be very anxious to avoid the debacle that was the Globes. Plus this ISN’T the Globes. It’s about a million times bigger.
This HAS to happen. Let’s face it. When you grind it right down to the essentials, the Oscars is nothing more than a fashion show & a three hour plus advertisement for the films themselves. It all exists in order to create revenue. LA is a town that is largely about money…& this is what the entire premise rests on.
Studios spend millions on Oscar campaigns so that people will see the films & buy the DVDs & make even more money for them. ABC makes millions by having people watch the telecast around the world. The ad rates are the highest imaginable. Rivalling only the Super Bowl. Then, just to trickle it down, you have the caterers, the limo services, the hotels where nominees stay & the parties are held, the designers that knock off cheap versions of the gowns the very next day to sell to the middle market crowd etc. etc. etc.
You know how people were bitching about the Globes disaster & how much money was lost through not having the ceremony? You would have to multiply that MANY times over to even get close to what people would lose (all kinds of people) if there were no Oscar ceremony. I’m not an optimist. But I am practical – & I think everyone that lives in LA will back me up on this.
The studios & the network have FAR TOO MUCH TO LOSE. So there will be a ceremony. Even if it has to postponed. (Which is highly unlikely.) But there will be something. They’ll manage as best they can & they’ll make sure the actors will be there. Otherwise what would be the point? The actors are there so people will watch. People outside the industry don’t even know who the other craftspeople are. LOL
It will turn out OK. I’m convinced of that. But a month is a long time in terms of a strike anyway.
So…
This is my DREAM LIST of nominees. Not my predictions. I only do a list of BP & acting candidates annually. As I do not profess to know an enormous amount about other categories. Except for writing.
I don’t have a Top 5 for writing. But I will say this.
Barring a miracle, Diablo Cody will be nominated & I hope to hell that she wins. Some people thought that her screenplay was kinda precious. Certainly I give Jason Reitman a hell of a lot of credit for Juno’s eventual look & feel. But Diablo’s dialogue & her scene structure are really magnificent. The cultural references will date quickly, that’s true. But the spirit & the emotional resonance of the piece will live forever – & that’s largely due to Diablo.
Also deserving of recognition are: Kelly Masterson’s (masterful LMAO) screenplay for BTDKYD & Scott Frank’s The Lookout. As well as fantastic adaptations of Atonement (Christopher Hampton), TWBB (PTA) & Into The Wild (Sean Penn).
Here are the rest of my chosen ones (in alphabetical order):
BEST PICTURE
ATONEMENT
BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
INTO THE WILD
SLEUTH
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST ACTRESS
JULIE CHRISTIE (AWAY FROM HER)
MARION COTILLARD (LA VIE EN ROSE)
JODIE FOSTER (THE BRAVE ONE)
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (ATONEMENT)
ELLEN PAGE (JUNO)
BEST ACTOR
MICHAEL CAINE (SLEUTH)
RUSSELL CROWE (3:10 TO YUMA)
DANIEL DAY LEWIS (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
EMILE HIRSCH (INTO THE WILD)
JUDE LAW (SLEUTH)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JULIE DELPY (THE HOAX)
NICOLE KIDMAN (THE GOLDEN COMPASS)
MICHELLE PFEIFFER (STARDUST)
SAOIRSE RONAN (ATONEMENT)
VANESSA REDGRAVE (ATONEMENT)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
RUSSELL CROWE (AMERICAN GANGSTER)
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. (ZODIAC)
ALBERT FINNEY (BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD)
TERRENCE HOWARD (THE BRAVE ONE)
STEVE ZAHN (RESCUE DAWN)
Well there we have it, ladies & gentlemen. Deep breaths & valiant attempts at relaxation until 5:40 AM Pacific on Tuesday. Good luck to all that are worthy & premature congrats to everyone that gets in that’s deserving.
As Juno so eloquently put it, “Thundercats are GO!!!!!”
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Finally finished my predictions and sent them. It does make you a lot more involved. Usually I hear the nominations and shrug. Now, I’ll be paying closer attention, because I might win… what, actually? ;-)
Sorry Hedwig, no actual prizes this time around other than public acknowledgement of your greatness.
When we do a pick the winners contest in a month, maybe we’ll be thinking about an actual prize. We’ll see.
Interesting wish-lists ya’ll. Makes me wish WE picked the Oscars…