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2007-08 Oscar Calendar



[Monday, December 3, 2007]

Official Screen Credits
Forms Due.


[Wednesday, December 26, 2007]

Nominations ballots mailed.


[Saturday, January 12, 2008]

Nominations polls close
5 p.m. PST.


[Tuesday, January 22, 2008]

Nominations announced
5:30 a.m. PST
Samuel Goldwyn Theater


[Wednesday, January 30, 2008]

Final ballots mailed.


[Monday, February 4, 2008]

Nominees Luncheon


[Saturday, February 9, 2008]

Scientific and Technical
Awards Dinner


[Tuesday, February 19, 2008]

Final polls close 5 p.m. PST.


[Sunday, February 24, 2008]

79th Annual
Academy Awards Presentation
Kodak Theatre

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Predicting The Week In Guilds: ACE

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Things aren't slowing down. We've got one more group of pros set to announce tomorrow: the editors. Here's a look at the two categories:


AMERICAN CINEMA EDITORS (ACE) Predictions


Drama:
"Babel," Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
"The Departed," Thelma Schoonmaker
"Flags of Our Fathers," Joel Cox
"The Queen," Lucia Zucchetti
"United 93," Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson, Christopher Rouse
(alt.: "Bobby," Richard Chew)


Comedy/Musical:
"Cars," Ken Schretzmann
"The Devil Wears Prada," Mark Livolsi
"Dreamgirls," Virginia Katz
"Little Miss Sunshine," Pamela Martin
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," Stephen E. Rivkin, Craig Wood
(alt.: "Borat," Craig Alpert, Peter Teschner, James Thomas)


This guild tends to do a good job of landing the Best Picture nominees across their feature film categories. Last year, Michael Kahn's nomination for "Munich" was a pretty good indication for that film, and this year, things aren't as dicey in the big category, so I think we can expect all the frontrunners to show up.


Sadly, I get the indication that "Stranger than Fiction"'s lack-luster box office intake will leave Matt Cheese's rather brilliant work out of the fray entirely, but I hope I'm wrong about that. Also, "Happy Feet" and Christian Gazal's efforts could be waiting to pounce, but comedy is a tough category this year, and given that Pixar has shown up consistently with the guild, I'll place my animated bets with "Cars."


Elsewhere, I guess we'll know for certain whether anyone - ANYONE - saw "Letters from Iwo Jima." Ballots were due for the ACE two days ago, so there has been ample time. But regardless, Joel Cox has "Flags of Our Fathers" to float his boat...maybe.


I'll leave you with my documentary predictions.


Documentary:
"An Inconvenient Truth," Jay Lash Cassidy, Dan Swietlik
"Deliver Us from Evil," Matthew Cooke
"The War Tapes," Steve James, Leslie Simmer

Comments

Kris - isn't BAFTA announcing Friday - care to take a stab at what they'll come up with ??

Nah. Though I was speaking with a BAFTA member the other night and he indicating a lot of love for "Bobby" within that group. Makes sense. Foreigners seem to respect American idealism much more than Americans do as of late.

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2008 Year in Advance Predictions


UPDATED: 2/25/2008





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[Motion Picture]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Revolutionary Road”

“The Soloist”



[Directing]

David Fincher
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Ron Howard
“Frost/Nixon”

Gus Van Sant
“Milk”

Sam Mendes
“Revolutionary Road”

Joe Wright
“The Soloist”



[Actor in a Leading Role]

Benicio Del Toro
“The Argentine”

Jamie Foxx
“The Soloist”

Frank Langella
“Frost/Nixon”

Sean Penn
“Milk”

Brad Pitt
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”



[Actress in a Leading Role]

Vera Farmiga
“Nothing But the Truth”

Angelina Jolie
“Changeling”

Julianne Moore
“Blindness”

Meryl Streep
“Doubt”

Kate Winslet
“Revolutionary Road”



[Actor in a Supporting Role]

Josh Brolin
“Milk”

Russell Crowe
“Body of Lies”

Robert Downey, Jr.
“The Soloist”

Heath Ledger
“The Dark Knight”

Michael Sheen
“Frost/Nixon”



[Actress in a Supporting Role]

Amy Adams
“Doubt”

Kathy Bates
“Revolutionary Road”

Cate Blanchett
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

Catherine Keener
“The Soloist”

Carice van Houten
“Body of Lies”



[Writing, Adapted Screenplay]

“Body of Lies”

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Writing, Original Screenplay]

“Changeling”

“Hamlet 2”

“Milk”

“The Soloist”

“WALL·E”



[Art Direction]

“Australia”

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Red Cliff”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Cinematography]

“Australia”

“The Dark Knight”

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Costume Design]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Doubt”

“The Other Boleyn Girl”

“Red Cliff”

“Revolutionary Road”



[Film Editing]

“Body of Lies”

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Defiance”

“Frost/Nixon”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”



[Makeup]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“The Dark Knight”

“Red Cliff”



[Music, Original Score]

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“The Soloist”

“Revolutionary Road”

“WALL·E”



[Music, Original Song]

coming soon



[Sound Editing]

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Iron Man”

“Speed Racer”

“WALL·E”



[Sound Mixing]

“Defiance”

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull”

“Cloverfield”

“The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian”

“WALL·E”



[Visual Effects]

“The Chronicles of Narnia:
Prince Caspian”

“The Incredible Hulk”

“Iron Man”



[Animated Feature Film]

“9”

“Kung Fu Panda”

“WALL·E”



[Foreign Language Film]

coming soon



[Documentary, Features]

coming soon



[Documentary, Short Subjects]

coming soon



[Short Film, Animated]

coming soon



[Short Film, Live Action]

coming soon