The 80th Annual Academy Awards

[Misawa]

Best Motion Picture of the Year

No Country For Old Men

Nominees:

Atonement
There Will Be Blood
Michael Clayton
Juno

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood

Nominees:

George Clooney for Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Viggo Mortesen for Eastern Promises
Tommy Lee Jones for In The Valley Of Elah

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Marion Cotillard for La Mome

Nominees:

Julie Christie for Away From Her
Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Laura Linney for The Savages
Ellen Page for Juno

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Javier Bardem for No Country For Old Men

Nominees:

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Charlie Wilson's War
Casey Affleck for The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Hal Holbrook for Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson for Michael Clayton

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton

Nominees:

Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There
Ruby Dee for American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan for Atonement
Amy Ryan for Gone Baby Gone

Best Achievement in Directing

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for No Country For Old Men

Nominees:

Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman for Juno
Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood
Julian Schnabel for Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly Straight for the Screen

Juno by Diablo CodyNominees:

Michael Clayton by Tony Gilroy
Lars And The Real Girl by Nancy Oliver
The Savages by Tamara Jenkins
Ratatouille by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

No Country For Old Men by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Nominees:

Away From Her by Sarah Polley
There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon by Ronald Harwood
Atonement by Christopher Hampton

Best Achievement in Cinematography

There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit

Nominees:

No Country For Old Men: Roger Deakins
Atonement: Seamus McGarvey
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon: Janusz Kaminski
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford: Roger Deakins

Best Achievement in Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum: Christopher Rouse

Nominees:

Into The Wild: Jay Cassidy
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon: Juliette Welfting
No Country For Old Men: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
There Will Be Blood: Dylan Tichenor

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo

Nominees:

American Gangster: Arthur Max and Beth A. Rubino
Atonement: Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass: Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock
There Will Be Blood: Jack Fisk and Jim Erickson

Just the main awards. Discuss.

[RedStratocas]

while i really wanted juno to win, i'm not disappointed no country for old men won, as that is an epic movie.

daniel day lewis without question deserved best actor, he was incredible in there will be blood.

other than ellen page in juno, i didnt see any of the nominated movies for best actress.

and juno definitely deserved best original screenplay, no doubt about it.

[Misawa]

Daniel Day-Lewis did indeed deserve the award, he single-handedly saved There Will Be Blood from bombing.

The Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men is without a doubt an instant classic.

[RedStratocas]

Daniel Day-Lewis did indeed deserve the award, he single-handedly saved There Will Be Blood from bombing.

The Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men is without a doubt an instant classic.

pretty much agree with both. i liked there will be blood a lot, but i dont think it would have been nearly as good without him. NCFOM is amazing, but i think it would go down in history as one of the greatest films of all time if the ending was better.