The annual Academy Award nominations (Oscar nominations) from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences was announced this morning. As expected there were some surprises mixed along with the movies everyone pretty much expected to do well.
A Best Actress nomination for Laura Linney for “The Savages” and a Best Actor nomination for Tommy Lee Jones for “In the Valley of Elah” were slight surprises as neither had really built up much buzz in the early awards.
“Atonement” has led most of the early awards but actors Kiera Knightley and James McAvoy were both snubbed for nominations at the Oscars as was director Joe Wright who most assumed would be a sure thing. Taking his place is the surprise nomination of Jason Reitman of the much-loved “Juno.” Although the film has won over many fans and critics alike, most of the attention has not gone to the director.
Other notable snubs this Oscar season were past Oscar winner Angelina Jolie for “A Mighty Heart,” Helen Bonham Carter for “Sweeney Todd,” and Emile Hirsch for “Into the Wild” (all of which were thought to stand a good chance of picking up nominations). Sean Penn also missed out on a directing nod for “Into the Wild.”
Those snubs all pale in comparison to the snub for “Hairspray” which received exactly zero (0) nominations not even for Best Song, three of the five of which went to “Enchanted.”
Picture
- Juno
- Atonement
- No Country For Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
- Michael Clayton
Actor
- Daniel-Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
- George Clooney, Michael Clayton
- Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
- Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Actress
- Laura Linney, The Savages
- Julie Christie, Away From Her
- Ellen Page, Juno
- Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Supporting Actor
- Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
- Tom Wilikinson, Michael Clayton
- Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
- Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford
Supporting Actress
- Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
- Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
- Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
- Ruby Dee, American Gangster
- Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Director
- Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- Jason Reitman, Juno
- Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
- Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men
- Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Documentary Feature
- Taxi to the Dark Side
- War/Dance
- No End in Sight
- Sicko
- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Documentary Short
- Freeheld
- The Crown
- Salim Baba
- Sari’s Mother
Animated Feature
- Surf’s Up
- Persepolis
- Ratatouille
Foreign Language Film
- Mongol (Kazakhstan)
- 12 (Russia)
- Katyn (Poland)
- Beaufort (Israel)
- The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Cinematography
- Atonement
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
- No Country For Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
Original Screenplay
- Michael Clayton
- Lars and the Real Girl
- Ratatouille
- The Savages
- Juno
Adapted Screenplay
- Away From Her
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- No Country For Old Men
- Atonement
- There Will Be Blood
Visual Effects
- The Golden Compass
- Transformers
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Animated Short Film
- I Met the Walrus
- Madame Tutli-Putli
- Even Pigeons Go To Heaven
- Peter and The Wolf
- My Love
Live Action Short Film
- At Night
- The Substitute
- The Mozart of Pickpockets
- Tanghi Argentini
- The Tonto Woman
Art Direction
- American Gangster
- The Golden Compass
- Atonement
- There Will Be Blood
- Sweeney Todd
Costume Design
- Atonement
- Across the Universe
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- La Vie En Rose
- Sweeney Todd
Film Editing
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
- Into the Wild
- No Country For Old Men
- There Will Be Blood
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Sound Mixing
- 3:10 to Yuma
- Transformers
- No Country For Old Men
- Ratatouille
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Sound Editing
- There Will Be Blood
- No Country For Old Men
- Ratatouille
- Transformers
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Original Score
- The Kite Runner
- Michael Clayton
- Atonement
- Ratatouille
- 3:10 to Yuma
Original Song
- “Happy Working Song” – Enchanted
- “Falling Slowly” – Once
- “So Close” – Enchanted
- “That’s How You Know” – Enchanted
- “Raise It Up” – August Rush
Makeup
- Norbit
- La Vie En Rose
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Assuming the show comes off as scheduled (and isn’t prevented from being aired by the strike), ABC will broadcast the Oscars live Feb. 24 from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre with John Stewart as host.
