80th Annual Academy Awards® Nominations Coverage
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Welcome to Digital Hit's coverage of the 80th Annual Academy Awards® nominations. The nominations were announced on January 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- Atonement
Tim Bevan [Producer], Eric Fellner [Producer] and Paul Webster [Producer] - Juno
Lianne Halfon [Producer], Mason Novick [Producer] and Russell Smith [Producer] - Michael Clayton
Sydney Pollack [Producer], Jennifer Fox [Producer] and Kerry Orent [Producer] - No Country for Old Men
Scott Rudin [Producer], Ethan Coen [Producer] and Joel Coen [Producer] - There Will Be Blood
JoAnne Sellar [Producer], Paul Thomas Anderson [Producer] and Daniel Lupi [Producer]
Best Director
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel - Juno
Jason Reitman - Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy - No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Eastern Promises
Viggo Mortensen - In the Valley of Elah
Tommy Lee Jones - Michael Clayton
George Clooney - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Johnny Depp - There Will Be Blood
Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Away From Her
Julie Christie - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Cate Blanchett - Juno
Ellen Page - La Vie en Rose
Marion Cotillard - The Savages
Laura Linney
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Casey Affleck - Charlie Wilson's War
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Into The Wild
Hal Holbrook - Michael Clayton
Tom Wilkinson - No Country for Old Men
Javier Bardem
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- American Gangster
Ruby Dee - Atonement
Saoirse Ronan - Gone Baby Gone
Amy Ryan - I'm Not There
Cate Blanchett - Michael Clayton
Tilda Swinton
Best Animated Feature
- Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi [Director] and Vincent Paronnaud [Director] - Ratatouille
Brad Bird [Director] - Surf's Up
Ash Brannon [Director] and Chris Buck [Director]
Best Art Direction
- American Gangster
Arthur Max [Art Direction] and Beth A. Rubino [Set Decoration] - Atonement
Sarah Greenwood [Art Direction] and Katie Spencer [Set Decoration] - The Golden Compass
Dennis Gassner [Art Direction] and Anna Pinnock [Set Decoration] - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dante Ferretti [Art Direction] and Francesca Lo Schiavo [Set Decoration] - There Will Be Blood
Jack Fisk [Art Direction] and Jim Erickson [Set Decoration]
Best Cinematography
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Roger Deakins - Atonement
Seamus McGarvey - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Janusz Kaminski - No Country for Old Men
Roger Deakins - There Will Be Blood
Robert Elswit
Best Costume Design
- Across The Universe
Albert Wolsky - Atonement
Jacqueline Durran - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Alexandra Byrne - La Vie en Rose
Marit Allen - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Colleen Atwood
Best Documentary Feature
- No End in Sight
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs - Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Richard E. Robbins - Sicko
Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara - Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner - War/Dance
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Best Documentary Short Subject
- Freeheld
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth - La Corona (The Crown)
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega - Salim Baba
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello - Sari's Mother
James Longley
Best Editing
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Christopher Rouse - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juliette Welfling - Into The Wild
Jay Cassidy - No Country for Old Men
Roderick Jaynes - There Will Be Blood
Dylan Tichenor
Best Foreign Language Film
- 12
- Beaufort
- The Counterfeiters
- Katyń
- Mongol
Best Makeup
- La Vie en Rose
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald - Norbit
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Best Original Score
- 3:10 to Yuma
Marco Beltrami - Atonement
Dario Marianelli - The Kite Runner
Alberto Iglesias - Michael Clayton
James Newton Howard - Ratatouille
Michael Giacchino
Best Original Song
- August Rush "Raise It Up"
Jamal Joseph [Music and Lyrics], Charles Mack [Music and Lyrics] and Tevin Thomas [Music and Lyrics] - Enchanted "Happy Working Song"
Alan Menken [Music] and Stephen Schwartz [Lyrics] - Enchanted "That's How You Know"
Alan Menken [Music] and Stephen Schwartz [Lyrics] - Enchanted "So Close"
Alan Menken [Music] and Stephen Schwartz [Lyrics] - Once "Falling Slowly"
Glen Hansard [Music and Lyrics] and Marketa Irglova [Music and Lyrics]
Best Animated Short Film
- I Met the Walrus
Josh Raskin - Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse - Madame Tutli-Putli
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski - My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Alexander Petrov - Peter & the Wolf
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Best Live Action Short Film
- At Night
Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth - Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Andrea Jublin - Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Philippe Pollet-Villard - Tanghi Argentini
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans - The Tonto Woman
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
Best Sound Editing
- The Bourne Ultimatum
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - No Country for Old Men
Skip Lievsay - Ratatouille
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers - There Will Be Blood
Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood - Transformers
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
Best Sound Mixing
- 3:10 to Yuma
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe - The Bourne Ultimatum
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis - No Country for Old Men
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland - Ratatouille
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane - Transformers
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
Best Visual Effects
- The Golden Compass
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier - Transformers
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Atonement
Christopher Hampton [Screenplay by] - Away From Her
Sarah Polley [Written by] - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ronald Harwood [Screenplay by] - No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen [Written for the screen by] and Ethan Coen [Written for the screen by] - There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson [Written for the screen by]
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Juno
Diablo Cody [Written by] - Lars and the Real Girl
Nancy Oliver [Written by] - Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy [Written by] - Ratatouille
Brad Bird [Screenplay by], Jan Pinkava [Story by], Jim Capobianco [Story by] and Brad Bird [Story by] - The Savages
Tamara Jenkins [Written by]
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