Monday, February 25, 2008

80th Academy Award Winners

Prediction score: 13/24. Correct predictions marked with asterisk. Out of the 11 categories that I predicted incorrectly, I correctly called 5 of the eventual winners as upsets.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

Scott Rudi, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men*

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men*

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood*

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose*

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men*

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno*

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men*

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Brad Bird, Ratatouille*

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Austria, The Counterfeiters

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Taxi to the Dark Side

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Elswit, There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth: The Golden Age*

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Christopher Rouse, The Bourne Ultimatum*

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
La Vie en Rose*

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Dario Marianelli, Atonement*

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
Glen Hansard, Market Irglova, "Falling Slowly," Once*

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
The Bourne Ultimatum

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Peter & the Wolf

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Les Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)

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