The Coveted Nigel: February 2008

Monday, February 25, 2008

Essay number 3

Oh golden Nigel I do covet thee,
That Oscar night you set me free.
Remember the days we all night spooned
Our minds embraced Our hearts in tune

Your glimmering plaque, whose names now faded,
Proud Oscateer's domain invaded.
Red carpet memories once more alive,
Our love rekindled, allowed to thrive

Alone at last is our time uncertain?
Every moment preparing for our last curtain
Prepare the feast and prepare the pyre
Oh golden Nigel, my soul expires

Essay number 2

I would just like to say that I may not be as clever as my fellow nominees, but I have something they don’t . . .breasts. It has been far too long since that little golden delicious of a man has been held against a heaving bosom. After all, even miniatures need a little lovin’ from time to time. I vow to hold Nigel against my bosom at least once a week, maybe more on four day weekends.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Essay number 1

After years of creative, professional, personal, and Oscar night mediocrity, I must say with some brevity that having at least a third of Nigel on his 10^th birthday has been the penultimate event of my colorless thirties. If granted to me, Nigel will spend the ensuing year in my corner of the sandbox, the altar of my memory, where dreams can be realized and the flat light of the past will finally cease its clamoring for revision.

How the awards broke down for all who want to know

Chris 23
Jen 23
Tim 23
Stacey 20
Steve 20
Eric 19
Nichole 19
Megan 18
Scott 16
Sean 15
Brian 14
Jeff 14
Nick 14
Chiara 13
Nate 13
Andrea 10

The Winner of the Nigel!

Unfortunately we have a three way tie!

Congratulations Tim, Jen, and Chris!

Unfortunately you all can't be losers, so to decide the winner of The Coveted Nigel in this tenth year, I have decided that you each must write a 78 word essay on why you deserve the award more than the other two. Everyone else that voted will read the essays and vote on which one deserves the gloryiest of all statues. The essays must be finished by five PM tomorrow evening and emailed to Eric so he can paste the essays for all to read. Everyone has a chance to vote tomorrow evening and on Tuesday. But they must include a 17 word essay on why they voted for the winner. Tim, Jen and Chris you may vote as well.

Good Luck.

Who everyone voted for

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney Andrea
Daniel Day-Lewis Megan, Nichole, Steve, Scott, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean, Nate, Jeff, Tim, Jen
Johnny Depp Chiara

Tommy Lee Jones

Viggo Mortensen

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck Andrea, Scott
Javier Bardem Megan, Nichole, Steve, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean, Nate, Jeff, Tim, Jen, Chiara
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Hal Holbrook
Tom Wilkinson

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett Chiara
Julie Christie Megan, Steve, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean, Nate
Marion Cotillard Nichole, Chris, Tim, Jen
Laura Linney
Ellen Page Andrea, Scott, Jeff

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett Megan, Nichole, Steve, Andrea, Nick, Brian, Nate, Jeff, Tim, Jen
Ruby Dee Chris, Chiara

Saoirse Ronan

Amy Ryan Scott, Stacey, Sean
Tilda Swinton Eric

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille" Tim, Jen, Megan, Nichole, Steve, Andrea, Scott, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean, Nate, Jeff, Chiara
"Surf's Up"

Achievement in art direction
"American Gangster" Brian, Nate

"Atonement" Tim, Jen, Nichole, Steve

"The Golden Compass"

"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Megan, Andrea, Scott, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Sean

"There Will Be Blood" Chris, Jeff, Chiara

Achievement in cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" Megan, Andrea, Brian, Nate

"Atonement" Jen, Steve, Jeff
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" Chris, Stacey
"No Country for Old Men" Chiara, Nichole, Nick
"There Will Be Blood" Tim, Scott, Eric, Sean

Achievement in costume design
"Across the Universe" Steve, Scott
"Atonement" Tim, Megan, Andrea, Stacey, Eric, Brian
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" Chiara, Sean
"La Vie en Rose" Nichole, Jeff
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Jen, Chris, Nick, Nate

Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" Nate
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men" Tim, Jen, Megan, Nichole, Steve, Andrea, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Jeff

"There Will Be Blood" Chiara, Scott, Sean

Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" Chiara, Tim, Jen, Megan, Steve, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Nate
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"

"Sicko" Brian, Jeff
"Taxi to the Dark Side" Scott

"War/Dance” Nichole, Andrea, Sean

Best documentary short subject
"Freeheld" Chiara, Jen, Steve, Scott, Chris, Nate
"La Corona (The Crown)" Jeff
"Salim Baba" Nichole
"Sari's Mother" Tim, Megan, Andrea, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean

Achievement in film editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" Chiara, Tim, Jen, Steve, Scott, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Brian, Nate
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" Andrea
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men" Megan, Nichole, Nick, Sean, Jeff
"There Will Be Blood"

Best foreign language film of the year
"Beaufort" Israel Chiara, Nichole, Eric, Nate
"The Counterfeiters" Austria Tim, Megan, Steve, Scott, Chris, Jeff
"Katyn" Poland Andrea, Nick, Sean
"Mongol" Kazakhstan Stacey, Brian
"12" Russia Jen

Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" Tim, Jen, Nichole, Andrea, Chris, Stacey, Nate, Jeff
"Norbit"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" Chiara, Megan, Steve, Scott, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Atonement" Tim, Jen, Megan, Nichole, Steve, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Sean, Nate
"The Kite Runner" Chiara
"Michael Clayton" Andrea
"Ratatouille" Scott, Nick, Brian, Jeff
"3:10 to Yuma"

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" Tim, Jen, Nichole, Steve, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Sean, Nate, Jeff

"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" Chiara, Brian

"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" Scott

"So Close" from "Enchanted" Andrea

"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" Megan

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" Nate
"Juno" Scott
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men" Chiara, Tim, Jen, Megan, Nichole, Steve, Andrea, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Jeff
"There Will Be Blood" Sean

Best animated short film
"I Met the Walrus" Tim, Andrea, Chris, Nick, Nate
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" Jen, Steve, Stacey
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)"
"Peter & the Wolf" Chiara, Megan, Nichole, Scott, Eric, Brian, Jeff

Best live action short film
"At Night" Chiara, Nate, Jeff
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" Nichole, Andrea
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" Jen, Steve, Stacey
"Tanghi Argentini" Tim
"The Tonto Woman" Megan, Scott, Chris, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean

Achievement in sound editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" Chiara, Jen, Scott, Chris
"No Country for Old Men" Sean, Nate, Jeff
"Ratatouille" Brian
"There Will Be Blood" Nichole, Nick
"Transformers" Tim, Megan, Steve, Andrea, Stacey, Eric

Achievement in sound mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" Tim, Jen, Andrea, Eric, Sean
"No Country for Old Men" Chiara, Steve, Nick, Nate
"Ratatouille" Jeff
"3:10 to Yuma" Nichole
"Transformers" Megan, Scott, Chris, Stacey, Brian

Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass" Jen, Nichole, Andrea, Nate
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" Chiara, Jeff
"Transformers" Tim, Megan, Steve, Scott, Chris, Stacey, Eric, Nick, Brian, Sean

Adapted screenplay
"Atonement" Jen, Nichole, Andrea, Eric, Nate
"Away from Her"
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" Chiara, Nick, Brian, Jeff
"No Country for Old Men" Tim, Megan, Steve, Chris, Stacey, Sean
"There Will Be Blood" Scott

Original screenplay
"Juno" Chiara, Tim, Jen, Megan, Nichole, Steve, Scott, Chris, Stacey, Nick, Brian, Sean, Nate
"Lars and the Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton" Andrea, Eric
"Ratatouille" Jeff
"The Savages"

2008 Oscar Predictions Chiara's Picks

Chiara's Picks:

Actor: Johnny Depp
Sup Actor: Javier Bardem
Actress: Cate Blanchett
Sup Actress: Ruby Dee
Animated Film: Ratatouille
Art Direction: There Will Be Blood
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Costume design: Elizabeth
Directing: P.T. Anderson
Documentary: No End in Sight
Documentary Short: Freeheld
Editing: Bourne Ultimatum
Foreign Language: Beaufort
Makeup: Pirates
Music Score: The Kite Runner
Music Song: Happy Working Song
Picture: No Country for Old Men
Animated Short: Peter and the Wolf
Live Action Short: At Night
Sound Editing: Bourne Ultimatum
Sound Mixing: No Country for Old Men
Visual Effects: Pirates
Adapted Screenplay: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Original Screenplay: Juno

2008 Oscar Predictions Tim's Pics and Jen's Pics

Actor:

Tim: Daniel Day Lewis
Jen : Daniel Day Lewis

Supporting Actor:

· Tim: Jarivier Bardem

· Jen: Jarvier Bardem

Actress:

Tim: Marion Cotillard
Jen: Marion Cotillard

Supporting Actress:

Tim: Kate Blanchet
Jen: Kate Blanchet

Animated Film:

Tim: Ratatouille
Jen: Ratatouille

Art Direction:

Tim: Atonement
Jen: Atonement

Cinematography:

Tim: There will be blood
Jen: Atonement

Costuime Design

Tim: Atonement
Jen: sweeny todd

Directing

Tim: No Country For Old Men
Jen: No Country for Old Men

Documentary

Tim: No End in Sight
Jen: No End in sight

Documentary Short

Tim: Sari’s Mother
Jen: Freeheld

Film Editing

Tim: Bourne Ultimatum
Jen: Bourne Ultimatum

Foreign Language Film

Tim: The Counterfeiters
Jen: 12

Makeup

Tim: La Vie en Rose
Jen: La Vie en Rose

Original Score

Tim: Atonement
Jen: Atonement

Origincal Song

Tim: Falling Slowly (once)
Jen: Falling Slowly (once)

Best Picture

Tim: No Country for Old Men
Jen: No Country for Old Men

Animated Short

Tim: I Met the Walrus
Jen: Even pidgeons go to heaven

Live Action Short

Tim: Tanghi Argentini
Jen: The Mozart of Pickpockets

Soud Editing

Tim: Transformers
Jen: Bourne Ultimatum

Sound Mixing:

Tim: Bourne Ultimatum
Jen: Bourne Ultimatum

Visual Effects:

Tim: Transformers
Jen: Golden Compass

Adapted Screenplay:

Tim: No Country for Old Men
Jen: Atonement

Original Screenplay:

Tim: Juno
Jen: Juno

2008 Oscar Predictions Megan's Pics

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Julie Christie

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett

Best animated feature film of the year
Ratatouille

Achievement in art direction
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Achievement in cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Achievement in costume design
Atonement

Achievement in directing
No Country for Old Men; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best documentary feature
No End in Sight

Best documentary short subject
Sari's Mother

Achievement in film editing
No Country for Old Men

Best foreign language film of the year
The Counterfeiters

Achievement in makeup
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Atonement

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted

Best motion picture of the year
No Country for Old Men

Best animated short film
Peter & the Wolf

Best live action short film
The Tonto Woman
Achievement in sound editing
Transformers

Achievement in sound mixing
Transformers

Achievement in visual effects
Transformers

Adapted screenplay
No Country for Old Men

Original screenplay
Juno

2008 Oscar Predictions Nichole's Picks

Nichole's Picks:

Actor: Daniel Day Lewis
Sup Actor: Javier Bardem
Actress: Marion Cotillard
Sup Actress: Cate Blanchett
Animated Film: Ratatouille
Art Direction: Atonement
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Costume design: La Vie en Rose
Directing: Coen Brothers
Documentary: War/Dance
Documentary Short: Salim Baba
Editing: No Country for Old Men
Foreign Language: Beaufort
Makeup: La vie en Rose
Music Score: Atonement
Music Song: Falling Slowly
Picture: No Country for Old Men
Animated Short: Peter & the Wolf
Live Action Short: Il Supplente
Sound Editing: There Will Be Blood
Sound Mixing: 3:10 to Yuma
Visual Effects: The Golden Compass
Adapted Screenplay: Atonement
Original Screenplay: Juno

2008 Oscar Predictions Steve's Picks

Steve's Picks:

Actor: Daniel Day Lewis
Sup Actor: Javier Bardem
Actress: Julie Christie
Sup Actress: Cate Blanchett
Animated Film: Ratatouille
Art Direction: Atonement
Cinematography: Atonement
Costume design: Across the Universe
Directing: Coen Brothers
Documentary: No End in Sight
Documentary Short: Freeheld
Editing: Bourne Ultimatum
Foreign Language: The Counterfeiters
Makeup: Pirates
Music Score: Atonement
Music Song: Falling Slowly
Picture: No Country for Old Men
Animated Short: Paradis
Live Action Short: Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Sound Editing: Transformers
Sound Mixing: No Country for Old Men
Visual Effects: Transformers
Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
Original Screenplay: Juno

2008 Oscar Predictions Andrea's Picks

Hi Eric -
here are our Nigel picks. Maybe if you don't win this year you can just steal the statue back after a few months... best to do it when they are least expecting it (sometime around July).
love you,
Andrea

Andrea's picks:

Best Actor: George Clooney
Best supporting actor: Casey Affleck
best actress: ellen page
best supporting actress: Cate Blanchett
animated feature film: ratatouille
art direction: sweeney todd
cinematography: assassination of jesse james
costume design: atonement
directing: no country for old men
documentary feature: war/dance
documentary short: sari's mother
film editing: the diving bell and the butterfly
foreign language: katyn
makeup: la vie en rose
music score: michael clayton
music song: so close, enchanted
best picture: no country for old men
animated short: i met the walrus
short film (live action): the substitute
sound editing: transformers
sound mixing: bourne ultimatum
visual effects: the golden compass
adapted screenplay: atonement
original screenplay: michael clayton

2008 Oscar Predictions Scott's Picks

Scott's picks:

Best actor: Daniel day Lewis
Best supporting actor: Casey Affleck
Best actress: ellen page
best supporting actress: amy ryan
animated feature film: ratatouille
art direction: sweeney todd
cinematography: there will be blood
costume design: across the universe
directing: there will be blood
documentary feature: taxi to the dark side
documentary short: freeheld
Film editing: bourne ultimatum
foreign language film: the counterfeiters
makeup: pirates of the caribbean
music score: ratatouille
music song: august rush
best picture: juno
animated short film: peter and the wolf
short film (live action): the tonto woman
sound editing: bourne ultimatum
sound mixing: transformers
visual effects: transformers
adapted screenplay: there will be blood
original screenplay: juno

2008 Oscar Predictions Chris' Picks

We're only making plans for Nigel
We only want what's best for him
We're only making plans for Nigel

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Nigel just needs this helping hand
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work
We're only making plans for Nigel
He has his future in a British steel
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed
And if young Nigel says he's happy
He must be happy
He must be happy in his work
Nigel is not outspoken
But he likes to speak
And loves to be spoken to
Nigel is happy in his work
We're only making plans for Nigel

Christopher Steven Dunn – winning pics

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
"Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction
"American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
"Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design
"Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
"Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
"War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject
"Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
"La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
"Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
"Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley

Achievement in film editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
"Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
"Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
"The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
"So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production) A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best animated short film
"I Met the Walrus" A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
"Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
"Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Best live action short film
"At Night" A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
"Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
"The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Achievement in sound editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
"3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
"Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Adapted screenplay
"Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
"Juno" (A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

2008 Oscar Predictions Stacey's Picks

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Actress: Julie Christie
Actor: DAniel DAy Lewis
Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
SUpporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted screnplay: No Country for Old Men
Cinematogrpahy: Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Sound Editing: No Country for Old Men
Foreign Film: Mongol
Animated: Ratetouille
Original Song: FAlling Slowly Once
Sound Mixing: Transformers
Original Score: Atonement
Art Direction: SWeeny Tood
Documentary: No End in Sight
Doc Short: SAri's Mother
Animated Short: Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
Live Short: the Mozart of Pickpockets
Make Up: La Vie En Rose
Costuem: Atonement
Visual Effects: Transformers

2008 Oscar Predictions Eric's Picks

Just to let everyone know that I haven't cheated by reading your lists first, I sent Sean my pics one day after the nominations came out and that's what I'm using for my pics.

Picture No Country for Old Men

Director Joel and Ethan Coen

Actor Daniel Day Lewis

Actress Julie Christie

Sup Actor Javiar Bardem

Sup Actress Tilda Swinton

Ad Screenplay Atonement

Or Screenplay Michael Clayton

Cinematography There Will Be Blood

Editing The Bourne Ultimatum

Art Direction Sweeny Todd

Costume Design Atonement

Make up Pirates

Score Atonement

Song Falling Slowly Once

Sound Bourne Ultimatum

Sound Editing Transformers

Visual Effects Transformers

Animated Film Ratatouille

Foreign Language Beaufort

Documentary No End in Sight

Documentary Short Sari's Mother

Best Short Film Animated Peter and the Wolf

Best Short Film Live Action The Tonto Woman

2008 Oscar Predictions Nick's Picks

Picture: No Country for Old Men
Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Actress: Julie Christie
Actor: DAniel DAy Lewis
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett
SUpporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted screnplay: Diving BEll and the Butterfly
Cinematogrpahy: There will be blood
Editing: No Country for old men
Sound Editing: There will be blood
Foreign Film: Katyn
Animated: Ratetouille
Original Song: FAlling Slowly Once
Sound Mixing: No Country
Original Score: Ratitouille
Art Direction: SWeeny Tood
Documentary: No End in Sight
Doc Short: SAri's Mother
Animated Short: I met the walrus
Live Short: The Tonto Woman
Make Up: Pirates of the caribean
Costuem: Sweeny Todd
Visual Effects: Transformers

2008 Oscar Predictions Brian's Picks

Best Motion Picture of the Year

No Country for Old Men (2007): Ethan Coen, Joel

Coen, Scott Rudin

Best Performance by an Actor

in a Leading Role

Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress

in a Leading Role

Julie Christie for Away from Her (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor

in a Supporting Role

Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men (2007)

Best Performance by an Actress

in a Supporting Role

Cate Blanchett for I’m Not There. (2007)

Best Achievement in Directing

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for No Country for Old Men

(2007)

Best Writing, Screenplay

Written Directly for the Screen

Juno (2007): Diablo Cody

Best Writing, Screenplay Based

on Material Previously Produced or Published

Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007): Ronald Harwood

Best Achievement in Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward

Robert Ford (2007): Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): Christopher Rouse

Best Achievement in Art Direction

American Gangster (2007): Arthur Max, Beth A.

Rubino

Best Achievement in Costume Design

Atonement (2007): Jacqueline Durran

Best Achievement in Makeup

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007): Ve

Neill, Martin Samuel

Best Achievement in Music Written

for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Ratatouille (2007): Michael Giacchino

Best Achievement in Music Written

for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen

Schwartz(“Happy Working Song”)

Best Achievement in Sound

Transformers (2007): Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell,

Peter J. Devlin

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Ratatouille (2007): Randy Thom, Michael Silvers

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Transformers (2007): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza,

Russell Earl, John Frazier

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Ratatouille (2007): Brad Bird

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Mongol (2007)(Kazakhstan)

Best Documentary, Features

Sicko (2007): Michael Moore, Meghan O’Hara

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

Sari’s Mother (2006): James Longley

Best Short Film, Animated

Peter & the Wolf (2006): Suzie Templeton, Hugh

Welchman

Best Short Film, Live Action

The Tonto Woman: Daniel Barber, Matthew Brown

2008 Oscar Predictions Sean's Picks

Best Picture: There Will Be Blood

Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem

Best Actress: Julie Christie

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan

Best Animated Picture: Ratatouille

Best Art Direction: Sweeny Todd

Best Cinematography: There Will Be Blood

Best Costume Design: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Documentary: War/Dance

Best Documentary Short: Sari's Mother

Best Editing: No Country for Old Men

Best Foreign Film: Katyn

Best Makeup: Pirates of the Caribbean

Best Original Score: Atonement

Best Original Song: Falling Slowly

Best Animated Short: Peter and the Wolf

Best Live Action Short: Tonto Woman

Best Sound Editing: No Country for Old Men

Best Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Visual Effects: Transformers

Best Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men

Best Original Screenplay: Juno