Ryan McNeil
For the record, here are my picks in each category for tonight’s Academy Awards…
Best Picture: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Director: The Coen Brothers
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Best Adapted Screenplay: THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY
Best Original Screenplay: JUNO
Best Animated Feature: PERSEPOLIS
Best Animated Short: I MET THE WALRUS (This is a completely blind guess)
Best Editing: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Best Art Direction: SWEENEY TODD
Best Cinematography: THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES…
Best Costume Design: ATONEMENT
Best Foreign Film: THE COUNTERFEITERS
Best Documentary Feature: NO END IN SIGHT
Best Documentary Short: SARI’S MOTHER (Yet another blind guess)
Best Makeup: LA VIE EN ROSE
Best Score: ATONEMENT
Best Song: “Falling Slowly” from ONCE
Best Live Action Short: TANGHI ARGENTINI (The last blind guess)
Best Sound Editing: RATATOUILLE
Best Sound: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Best Visual Effects: TRANSFORMERS