These are my picks for the Oscars. They might not win. But, in my opinion, they should win! And, yes, I have left out a number of categories. But, these are the categories that interest me this year.
For the 80th Academy Awards…
I hope the winners are:
Performance by an actor in a leading role: Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role: Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
Performance by an actress in a leading role: Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role: Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
Best animated feature film of the year: “Ratatouille”
Achievement in art direction: “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Achievement in cinematography: “There Will Be Blood” Robert Elswit
Achievement in costume design: “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” Alexandra Byrne
Achievement in directing: “There Will Be Blood” Paul Thomas Anderson
Achievement in makeup: “La Vie en Rose” Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Adapted screenplay: “There Will Be Blood” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay: “Juno” Written by Diablo Cody
Best motion picture of the year: “There Will Be Blood”
