Oscar Night Picks

A long while ago a friend (and former PD) and I would bet on Oscar night picks, we would take the whole list of nominees and take a stab at it (I think $50 buck was on the line).  Now there was no way we saw ever thing nominated, (and some stuff we had no clue about .... sound mixing?) but it made Oscar night a little bit more fun (especially when the station would host an Oscar party). 

We have lost touch with each other, but this year I thought I would bring that tradition back ..... in my blog.  Thanks to the good folks at AMC I was able to watch every picture nominated for Best Picture, and on my own I have caught most nominees for actor, actress, and director.  So we will see how I do.  Here goes: 

Screenplay - Juno

Screenplay (Adapted) - No Country For Old Men

Sound mixing - Transformers

Sound editing - The Bourne Ultimatum

Short Film (Live action) - Le Mozart Des Pickpockets

Short Film (Animated) - Peter & The Wolf

Original Song - That's How You Know: Enchanted {this is one catchy tune, from a pretty cute movie} 

Original Score - Atonement

Makeup - Norbit {don't ask}

Foreign Film - Mongol

Film Editing - No Country For Old Men

Documentary (short) - Sari's Mother

Documentary (feature) - Sicko

Costume Design - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Cinematography - No Country For Old Men

Art Direction - Atonement

Animated Feature - Ratatouille {I admit that I have not caught Persepolis yet, but I loved this movie}

Best Actress (Supporting) this is a tough call because I liked Amy Ryan & Ruby Dee but end the end I have got to go with Cate.

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Best Actress (Leading) I think Julie Christie will win this, but I am gonna go with Laura Linney

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Best Actor (Supporting) I don't understand why Javier is nominated under supporting, because I would have gone with Hal Holbrook but I tossed a coin so I am going with Javier Bardem

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 Best Actor (Leading) I will be stunned if Daniel Day-Lewis does not win, he is that good in "There Will Be Blood" 

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Best Director - I regret to say that I have not seen "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" so out of the other 4 Directors nominated I am going with The Coen Brothers

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Best Picture - I think The Coen Brothers are the best directors because their film just blew me away and it should be Best Picture.

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That's it.  We will see how I do in a few hours.