80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscar) Nominations
And the nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) are….
Best motion picture of the year
- “Atonement” (Focus Features)
- “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
- “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
- “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
- “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
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” (Fox Searchlight)
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” (Fox Searchlight) 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)
- “Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)
- “Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
- “Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
- “War/Dance” (THINKFilm)
Best documentary short subject
- “Freeheld”
- “La Corona (The Crown)”
- “Salim Baba”
- “Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild)
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” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production, Israel
- “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production, Austria
- “Katy?” An Akson Studio Production, Poland
- “Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production, Kazakhstan
- “12” A Three T Production, 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”
- “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
- “Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
- “So Close” from “Enchanted”
- “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
Best animated short film
- “I Met the Walrus”
- “Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada)
- “Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)” (Premium Films)
- “My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia)
- “Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)
Best live action short film
- “At Night”
- “Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)
- “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)” (Premium Films)
- “Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)
- “The Tonto Woman”
Achievement in sound editing
- “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
- “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
- “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
- “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
- “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Achievement in sound mixing
- “The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
- “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
- “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
- “3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)
- “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Achievement in visual effects
- “The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
- “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)
- “Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
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” (Fox Searchlight), 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











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