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Montgomery 
"F**k!"
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 Posted - 02/22/2007 : 18:24:39
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My choices:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Peter O�Toole - Venus
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Eddie Murphy in - Dreamgirls
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Best animated feature film of the year
�Happy Feet� (Warner Bros.) George Miller
Achievement in art direction
Pan�s Labyrinth - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero - Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Achievement in cinematography
Pan�s Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
Achievement in costume design
Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis
Achievement in directing
Martin Scorsese � The Departed
Best documentary feature
An Inconvenient Truth � Davis Guggenheim
Best documentary short subject
Recycled Life - Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Achievement in film editing
United 93 - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best foreign language film of the year
Pan�s Labyrinth - Mexico
Achievement in makeup
Pan�s Labyrinth - David Marti and Montse Ribe
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
�Listen� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, Lyric by Anne Preven
Best motion picture of the year
The Departed
Best animated short film
The Little Matchgirl - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Best live action short film
The Saviour - Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
Achievement in sound editing
Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray
Achievement in sound mixing
Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Achievement in visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Adapted screenplay
The Departed
Screenplay by William Monahan
Original screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine
Written by Michael Arndt
Let the best speech makers win. EM :) |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/22/2007 : 18:50:34
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quote:
Originally posted by Montgomery
My choices:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Peter O�Toole - Venus
The first voice of dissent... |
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Montgomery
"F**k!"
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Posted - 02/22/2007 : 23:10:40
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Montgomery
My choices:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Peter O�Toole - Venus
The first voice of dissent...
I have Oscar history backing me up on that prediction. Mind you, I haven't seen either O'Toole's or Whitaker's performances. I'm sure they're both great. I think Forest would be over the moon to win. And that would be nice to see. But, Peter has the sentimental vote.
And the Academy members have been known to give the nod to someone who has had multiple nominations and no win, or is getting older and may not be around to get another nomination. Peter has both of those factors going for him.
EM :) |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/23/2007 : 09:27:33
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Originally posted by Montgomery
And the Academy members have been known to give the nod to someone who has had multiple nominations and no win, or is getting older and may not be around to get another nomination.
Yep - I even think this kind of choice is quite valid. (For this reason, I would be happy for Borat to win in its token category, even though it does not deserve to win that specific category.) However, Whitaker is so great that I don't want O'Toole to beat him, especially as he may well never get another nomination either. But O'Toole would still be my second choice.  |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 02/23/2007 : 12:41:07
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Montgomery
And the Academy members have been known to give the nod to someone who has had multiple nominations and no win, or is getting older and may not be around to get another nomination.
Yep - I even think this kind of choice is quite valid. (For this reason, I would be happy for Borat to win in its token category, even though it does not deserve to win that specific category.) However, Whitaker is so great that I don't want O'Toole to beat him, especially as he may well never get another nomination either. But O'Toole would still be my second choice.
O'Toole may just get Oscar pity this year. He's had many nominations but didn't win any yet, and he's the only actor nominated for playing the same character (at two different stages in his life) in two totally different films, neither of which was a sequel or prequel to the other (Becket & Lion in Winter).
(Then again, they did give him a Lifetime Achievement award in 2003 so perhaps they won't feel guilty giving it to Forrest.)
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 02/23/2007 : 13:50:25
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| I haven't seen Pans Labyrinth, but I notice a lot of people are voting for it in several categories. I've only heard talk of the screenplay, which is why I voted for it in that category. Is it getting a lot of media coverage in the UK and the US? |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/23/2007 : 13:57:31
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Originally posted by Shiv
Is it getting a lot of media coverage in the UK and the US?
Not that I have seen, but it's very good. That said, in terms of films in Spanish over the last year, I thought Volver was better. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/24/2007 : 23:12:15
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These choices are based on my preferences from those films I have seen, rather than what I think most likely. However, in the more technical areas, my ability to judge is relatively coarse, and in the sound categories, I have almost no ability at all (for example, I have voted for the only song I can remember).
I have made a few changes. Green is my choice. Struck through was my previous choice. Red is a film I haven't seen.
Reasons for changes: I really think that Borat deserves something; I don't care that it is not the best in that category. I only fractionally preferred Judi Dench (and Penelope Cruz) to Helen Mirren and I think that Mirren deserves an Oscar.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O�Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Pen�lope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Best animated feature film of the year
�Cars� (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
�Happy Feet� (Warner Bros.) George Miller
�Monster House� (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan
Achievement in art direction
Dreamgirls - Art Direction: John Myhre - Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepherd - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall - Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
Pan�s Labyrinth - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero - Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs - Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
The Prestige - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley - Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Achievement in cinematography
The Black Dahlia - Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men - Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist - Dick Pope
Pan�s Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
The Prestige - Wally Pfister
Achievement in costume design
Curse of the Golden Flower - Yee Chung Man
The Devil Wears Prada - Patricia Field
Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis
Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero
The Queen - Consolata Boyle
Achievement in directing
Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese � The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Best documentary feature
Deliver Us from Evil - Amy Berg and Frank Donner
An Inconvenient Truth � Davis Guggenheim
Iraq in Fragments - James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country - Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Best documentary short subject
The Blood of Yingzhou District - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Recycled Life - Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream - Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands - Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
Achievement in film editing
Babel - Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Blood Diamond - Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men - Alex Rodr�guez and Alfonso Cuar�n
The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker
United 93 - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best foreign language film of the year
After the Wedding - 16 Production Denmark
Days of Glory (Indig�nes) - Algeria
The Lives of Others - Germany
Pan�s Labyrinth - Mexico
Water - Canada
Achievement in makeup
Apocalypto - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Click - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Pan�s Labyrinth - David Marti and Montse Ribe
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German - Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal - Philip Glass
Pan�s Labyrinth - Javier Navarrete
The Queen - Alexandre Desplat
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
�I Need to Wake Up� from �An Inconvenient Truth� - Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
�Listen� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, Lyric by Anne Preven
�Love You I Do� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
�Our Town� from �Cars� - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
�Patience� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Willie Reale
Best motion picture of the year
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Best animated short film
The Danish Poet - Torill Kove
Lifted - Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Maestro - Geza M. Toth
No Time for Nuts - Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Best live action short film
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) - Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
�ramos Pocos (One Too Many) - Borja Cobeaga
Helmer & Son - Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
The Saviour - Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
West Bank Story - Ari Sandel
Achievement in sound editing
Apocalypto - Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond - Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Achievement in sound mixing
Apocalypto - Kevin O�Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
Blood Diamond - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Flags of Our Fathers - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Achievement in visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Poseidon - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
Superman Returns - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Adapted screenplay
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
Original screenplay
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan�s Labyrinth
The Queen |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 03:42:43
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AND THE VOTING IS CLOSED (at least for the 10 votes thing). Feel free to post your opinions otherwise!!!!
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Rovark
"Luck-pushing, rule-bending, chance-taking reviewer"
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 09:52:24
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The really big bummer is that there are no film freaks at my workplace. At my previous job there were a few real cinemaphiles and loads of people who were at least interested in film. The morning after the Oscars would get very interesting with 'who was robbed' and 'about time too' discussions.
My current workplace is instead, full of people who are fully understanding of my condition in letting me rant but frankly know or care less about the whole thing.
I know I can vent here on forums, but it's not the same as sitting around the coffee machine or even better in the pub with a bunch of fellow enthusiasts.   |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 09:53:00
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Originally posted by Rovark
I don't think any of our terrestrial channels are showing it live ( I don't have sky) so I'll just be catching the highlights the next morning 
I have three words for you: Radio Five Live!
... btw, in case anyone's interested why I never entered this  , vote whore that I am  ... it's because there are some films in major categories I haven't yet seen since they're not yet available here. I think the main unknown is whether the Academy feels Scorsese's been denied long enough -- they have a history of doing that whether or not the film in question is a person's best [whatever that means!]
If I ruled the Award-World, in any of the performing categories, I'd allow actors for their entire body of work in any one year, rather than attach it to one particular film, which would be a much fairer assessment of their range.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 10:22:48
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Originally posted by Salopian
I only fractionally preferred Judi Dench (and Penelope Cruz) to Helen Mirren and I think that Mirren deserves an Oscar.
I went to see The Queen yesterday and despite not having seen Notes on a Scandel I couldn't fault Helen's performance even one iota, so if she gets it, I'll be cheering. That Sheen didn't get any higher profile recognition for his portrayal of Blair is now a bit of a mystery for me, however. But I am glad I didn't choose this for make-up, since Charles' ears weren't very realistic at all - they hardly stuck out! [insert any smilie you wish for this]
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 10:28:27
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Rovark
I don't think any of our terrestrial channels are showing it live ( I don't have sky) so I'll just be catching the highlights the next morning
I have three words for you: Radio Five Live!
Surprizingly enough, this will be airing here live (but really live - starting at 1am) on our Channel 3 - which almost everyone can get. I'm not sure I'll watch, but I might record it...
(I've been known to wake up at 5am just to see the last bits, which have all the big awards.) |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 19:35:30
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May I be so bold.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O�Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy in - Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Pen�lope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Best animated feature film of the year
�Cars� (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
�Happy Feet� (Warner Bros.) George Miller
�Monster House� (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan
Achievement in art direction
Dreamgirls - Art Direction: John Myhre - Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
The Good Shepherd - Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall - Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
Pan�s Labyrinth - Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero - Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs - Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
The Prestige - Art Direction: Nathan Crowley - Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Achievement in cinematography
The Black Dahlia - Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men - Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist - Dick Pope
Pan�s Labyrinth - Guillermo Navarro
The Prestige - Wally Pfister
Achievement in costume design
Curse of the Golden Flower - Yee Chung Man
The Devil Wears Prada - Patricia Field
Dreamgirls - Sharen Davis
Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero
The Queen - Consolata Boyle
Achievement in directing
Alejandro Gonz�lez I��rritu - Babel
Martin Scorsese � The Departed
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Best documentary feature
Deliver Us from Evil - Amy Berg and Frank Donner
An Inconvenient Truth � Davis Guggenheim
Iraq in Fragments - James Longley and John Sinno
Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
My Country, My Country - Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Best documentary short subject
The Blood of Yingzhou District - Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Recycled Life - Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
Rehearsing a Dream - Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Two Hands - Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
Achievement in film editing
Babel - Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Blood Diamond - Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men - Alex Rodr�guez and Alfonso Cuar�n
The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker
United 93 - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best foreign language film of the year
After the Wedding - 16 Production Denmark
Days of Glory (Indig�nes) - Algeria
The Lives of Others - Germany
Pan�s Labyrinth - Mexico
Water - Canada
Achievement in makeup
Apocalypto - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
Click - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
Pan�s Labyrinth - David Marti and Montse Ribe
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Babel - Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German - Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal - Philip Glass
Pan�s Labyrinth - Javier Navarrete
The Queen - Alexandre Desplat
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
�I Need to Wake Up� from �An Inconvenient Truth� - Music and Lyric by Melissa Ethridge
�Listen� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, Lyric by Anne Preven
�Love You I Do� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
�Our Town� from �Cars� - Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
�Patience� from �Dreamgirls� - Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Willie Reale
Best motion picture of the year
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Best animated short film
The Danish Poet - Torill Kove
Lifted - Gary Rydstrom
The Little Matchgirl - Roger Allers and Don Hahn
Maestro - Geza M. Toth
No Time for Nuts - Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Best live action short film
Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea) - Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
�ramos Pocos (One Too Many) - Borja Cobeaga
Helmer & Son - Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
The Saviour - Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
West Bank Story - Ari Sandel
Achievement in sound editing
Apocalypto - Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
Blood Diamond - Lon Bender
Flags of Our Fathers - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Letters from Iwo Jima - Alan Robert Murray
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Christopher Boyes and George Watters
Achievement in sound mixing
Apocalypto - Kevin O�Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
Blood Diamond - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
Dreamgirls - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
Flags of Our Fathers - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Achievement in visual effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Poseidon - Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
Superman Returns - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Adapted screenplay
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
Children of Men
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuar�n & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
The Departed
Screenplay by William Monahan
Little Children
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Original screenplay
Babel
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
Letters from Iwo Jima
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
Little Miss Sunshine
Written by Michael Arndt
Pan�s Labyrinth
Written by Guillermo del Toro
The Queen
Written by Peter Morgan
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 02/25/2007 : 21:35:46
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
I think the main unknown is whether the Academy feels Scorsese's been denied long enough.
I think that Scorsese will win but the really wide open category is actually best picture. Early favorite seemed to be The Departed, but I think momentum is favoring Little Miss Sunshine. But who knows? Babel could be a dark horse. I'm fairly certain (hope I don't eat these words) The Queen will have its honor through Helen Mirren.
Forest Whitaker is certainly the lock, but there IS that pesky little Independent Spirit award won by Ryan Gosling last night. Of course, Gosling said he wanted Whitaker's marvelous performance to win.
We'll see.
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79th Annual Academy Awards - V&V
