Hier dann wie schon letztes Jahr die Nominierten und meine Prognosen (kursiv), nicht Wunschkandidaten (edit: Gewinner fett):
Best motion picture of the year:
- "Atonement"
- "Juno"
- "Michael Clayton"
- "No Country for Old Men"
- "There Will Be Blood"
Achievement in directing
- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Julian Schnabel
- "Juno", Jason Reitman
- "Michael Clayton", Tony Gilroy
- "No Country for Old Men", Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- "There Will Be Blood", Paul Thomas Anderson
(dürfte wohl ein klassischer sentimental winner werden, weil man die beiden ja angeblich so lange übergangen habe)
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
- Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
- Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
- Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
- Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"
(alles andere käme einem Skandal gleich)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
- Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
- Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
- Laura Linney in "The Savages"
- Ellen Page in "Juno"
(eigentlich klar, aber die Cotillard räumt überall ab, vielleicht wendet sich das Blatt noch)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
- Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War"
- Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild"
- Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"
(obwohl Affleck ihn verdient hätte, aber den Film werden zu wenige Academy-Mitglieder gesehen haben)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"
- Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
- Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"
- Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"
- Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"
Best animated feature film of the year
- "Persepolis" Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
- "Ratatouille" Brad Bird
- "Surf's Up" Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
(wenn es ein Animationsfilm schon mal in die anderen Kategorien schafft, ist die Sache geregelt)
Best foreign language film of the year
- "Beaufort" Israel
- "The Counterfeiters" Austria
- "Katyn" Poland
- "Mongol" Kazakhstan
- "12" Russia
Adapted screenplay
- "Atonement", Christopher Hampton
- "Away from Her", Sarah Polley
- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Ronald Harwood
- "No Country for Old Men", Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- "There Will Be Blood", Paul Thomas Anderson
(sehr hochkarätig, schwierige Wahl)
Original screenplay
- "Juno", Diablo Cody
- "Lars and the Real Girl", Nancy Oliver
- "Michael Clayton", Tony Gilroy
- "Ratatouille", Brad Bird
- "The Savages", Tamara Jenkins
(klassischer Fall von: wir mögen den, der soll wenigstens etwas bekommen - oder darf man "Juno" nicht unterschätzen, immerhin ist es der einzige der Nominierten für den besten Film, der in den USA über 100 Mio. Dollar eingespielt hat!)
Achievement in film editing
- "The Bourne Ultimatum", Christopher Rouse
- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Juliette Welfling
- "Into the Wild", Jay Cassidy
- "No Country for Old Men", Roderick Jaynes
- "There Will Be Blood", Dylan Tichenor
(die Coens und ihr doofes Pseudonym)
Achievement in cinematography
- "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", Roger Deakins
- "Atonement", Seamus McGarvey
- "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Janusz Kaminski
- "No Country for Old Men", Roger Deakins
- "There Will Be Blood", Robert Elswit
Achievement in art direction
- "American Gangster"
- "Atonement"
- "The Golden Compass"
- "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
- "There Will Be Blood"
(Wunschdenken)
Achievement in costume design
- "Across the Universe"
- "Atonement"
- "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
- "La Vie en Rose"
- "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Achievement in makeup
- "La Vie en Rose"
- "Norbit"
- "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
(keine Nominierung für "Sweeney Todd", skandalös)
Achievement in music (Original score)
- "Atonement", Dario Marianelli
- "The Kite Runner", Alberto Iglesias
- "Michael Clayton", James Newton Howard
- "Ratatouille", Michael Giacchino
- "3:10 to Yuma", Marco Beltrami
(ich mochte "Ratatouille" mehr, aber tippe doch sehr stark auf "Atonement")
Achievement in music (Original song)
- "Falling Slowly" from "Once", Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
- "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted", Alan Menken
- "Raise It Up" from "August Rush", Nominees to be determined
- "So Close" from "Enchanted", Alan Menken
- "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted", Alan Menken
Achievement in sound mixing
- "The Bourne Ultimatum"
- "No Country for Old Men"
- "Ratatouille"
- "3:10 to Yuma"
- "Transformers"
Achievement in sound editing
- "The Bourne Ultimatum"
- "No Country for Old Men"
- "Ratatouille"
- "There Will Be Blood"
- "Transformers"
Achievement in visual effects
- "The Golden Compass"
- "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
- "Transformers"
Best documentary feature
- "No End in Sight"
- "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
- "Sicko"
- "Taxi to the Dark Side"
- "War/Dance"
Best documentary short subject
- "Freeheld"
- "La Corona (The Crown)"
- "Salim Baba"
- "Sari's Mother"
Best animated short film
- "I Met the Walrus"
- "Madame Tutli-Putli"
- "My Love (Moya Lyubov)"
- "Peter & the Wolf"
Best live action short film
- "At Night"
- "Il Supplente (The Substitute)"
- "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)"
- "Tanghi Argentini"
- "The Tonto Woman"