Ryan McNeil
If you’re as Oscar-obsessed as I am, 2007 might well have been driving you crazy. Until the last week or so, there was no clear-cut contenders. Lots of movies making the rounds seem like they will take home some gold (SWEENEY TODD, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, JUNO)…but all of them have knocks against them that could take them out of contention (gothic musical, too violent, too slight a comedy). Well the muddy picture just got a bit clearer yesterday when the Broadcast Critics announced their nominees for their 2007 awards. Here are the ten nominees for best film, and for what it’s worth, they are remarkably accurate when it comes to handicapping the eventual five Academy Award nominees for best picture…
ACTOR
George Clooney – Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Ryan Gosling – Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Enchanted
Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page – Juno
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – I’m Not There
Catherine Keener – Into the Wild
Vanessa Redgrave – Atonement
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
ACTING ENSEMBLE
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd
Gone Baby Gone
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
DIRECTOR
Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Sidney Lumet – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright – Atonement
WRITER
Diablo Cody – Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton
Nancy Oliver – Lars and the Real Girl
Sean Penn – Into the Wild
Aaron Sorkin – Charlie Wilson’s War
ANIMATED FEATURE
Bee Movie
Beowulf
Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
YOUNG ACTOR
Michael Cera – Juno
Michael Cera – Superbad
Freddie Highmore – August Rush
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada – The Kite Runner
Edward Sanders – Sweeney Todd
YOUNG ACTRESS
Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
Dakota Blue Richards – The Golden Compass
AnnaSophia Robb – Bridge to Terabithia
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
COMEDY MOVIE
Dan in Real Life
Hairspray
Juno
Knocked Up
Superbad
FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION)
August Rush
Enchanted
The Golden Compass
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
The Company
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Tin Man
The War
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
La Vie en Rose
Lust, Caution
The Orphanage
SONG
Come So Far – Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley – Hairspray
Do You Feel Me – Anthony Hamilton – American Gangster
Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova – Once
Guaranteed – Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild
That’s How You Know – Amy Adams – Enchanted
COMPOSER
Marco Beltrami – 3:10 to Yuma
Alexandre Desplat – Lust, Caution
Clint Eastwood – Grace- Is Gone
Jonny Greenwood – There Will Be Blood
Dario Marianelli – Atonement
Alan Menken – Enchanted
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Darfur Now
In the Shadow of the Moon
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Sharkwater
Sicko
I love that The King of Kong keeps cropping up on lists! It is a great documentary.