NUTSHELL: Not a lot of changes in the crafts categories this month. The major players are holding strong in most cases, while films like “The Duchess” and “Australia” are expecting to get considerable pushes for their below-the-line talent. Positive early word out of test screenings for “Milk” has been high on certain tech aspects. With it’s position this week as the top tier film in the major charts, we have to give it some real consideration here. And we’ve finally taken a stab at a Best Original Song chart…a weak and pathetic stab (given the available tracks), but a stab nonetheless.
Column: “Make way for the little guys…or not”
Sort charts by: Main Categories/Technical Categories
| ART DIRECTION | ||
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| 1 | “Australia” Catherine Martin |
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| 2 | “Defiance” Dan Weil; Véronique Melery |
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| 3 | “Revolutionary Road” Kristi Zea; Debra Schutt |
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| 4 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Donald Graham Burt; Victor J. Zolfo |
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| 5 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” Guy Dyas; Larry Dias, Alyssa Winter |
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| 6 | “The Road” Chris Kennedy; Robert Greenfield, John W. Iwanonkiw |
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| 7 | “Synecdoche, New York” Mark Friednamn; Lydia Marks |
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| 8 | “Changeling” James J. Murakami; Gary Fettis |
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| 9 | “The Duchess” Michael Carlin |
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| 10 | “The Reader” Brigitte Broch; Eva Stiebler |
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| CINEMATOGRAPHY | ||
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| 1 | “The Dark Knight” Wally Pfister |
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| 2 | “Australia” Mandy Walker |
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| 3 | “Revolutionary Road” Roger Deakins |
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| 4 | “Defiance” Eduardo Serra |
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| 5 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Claudio Miranda |
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| 6 | “The Road” Javier Aguirresarobe |
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| 7 | “Milk” Harris Savides |
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| 8 | “The Reader” Chris Menges |
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| 9 | “Blindness” César Charlone |
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| 10 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” Janusz Kaminski |
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| COSTUME DESIGN | ||
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| 1 | “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell |
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| 2 | “Revolutionary Road” Albert Wolsky |
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| 3 | “Australia” Catherine Martin |
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| 4 | “The Duchess” Michael O’Connor |
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| 5 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Jacqueline West |
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| 6 | “Brideshead Revisited” Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh |
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| 7 | “Changeling” Deborah Hopper |
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| 8 | “The Reader” Ann Roth |
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| 9 | “Defiance” Jenny Beaven |
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| 10 | “The Other Boleyn Girl” Sandy Powell |
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| FILM EDITING | ||
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| 1 | “Milk” Elliot Graham, Gus Van Sant |
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| 2 | “Defiance” Steven Rosenblum |
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| 3 | “Frost/Nixon” Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill |
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| 4 | “The Dark Knight” Lee Smith |
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| 5 | “Body of Lies” Pietro Scalia |
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| 6 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Angus Wall |
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| 7 | “Australia” Dody Dorn, Michael McCusker |
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| 8 | “Quantum of Solace” Matt Chesse, Richard Pearson |
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| 9 | “The Road” Jon Gregory |
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| 10 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” Michael Kahn |
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| MAKEUP | ||
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| 1 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” | — |
| 2 | “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” | |
| 3 | “Tropic Thunder” | — |
| 4 | “The Dark Knight” | |
| 5 | “The Reader” | NEW |
| 6 | “Frost/Nixon” | |
| 7 | “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army” | |
| 8 | “The Soloist” | |
| 9 | “Synecdoche, New York” | |
| 10 | “The Road” | NEW |
| MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) | ||
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| 1 | “WALL-E” Thomas Newman |
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| 2 | “Revolutionary Road” Thomas Newman |
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| 3 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Alexandre Desplat |
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| 4 | “Defiance” James Newton Howard |
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| 5 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” John Williams |
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| 6 | “Doubt” Philip Glass |
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| 7 | “Australia” David Hirschfelder |
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| 8 | “The Happening” James Newton Howard |
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| 9 | “The Soloist” Dario Marianelli |
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| 10 | “Miracle at St. Anna” Terence Blanchard |
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| MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) | ||
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| 1 | “Down to Earth” from “WALL-E” Peter Gabriel |
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| 2 | “Untitled Song” from “The Wrestler” Bruce Springsteen |
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| 3 | “All Dressed Up in Love” from “Sex and the City” Jennifer Hudson |
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| 4 | “Rock Me Sexy Jesus” from “Hamlet 2” Phoebe Strole |
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| 5 | “Last Chance” from “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” Cast of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” |
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| 6 | “Untitled Song” from “Quantum of Solace” Alicia Keys, Jack White |
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| 7 | “Dracula’s Lament” from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” Jason Segel |
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| 8 | “Pineapple Express” from “Pineapple Express” Huey Lewis and the News |
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| 9 | “The Little Things” from “Wanted” Danny Elfman |
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| 10 | “A Night to Remember” from “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” Cast of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” |
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| SOUND EDITING | ||
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| 1 | “Wall-E” | — |
| 2 | “Defiance” | — |
| 3 | “The Dark Knight” | — |
| 4 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” | — |
| 5 | “Iron Man” | — |
| 6 | “Body of Lies” | — |
| 7 | “Quantum of Solace” | — |
| 8 | “Hancock” | — |
| 9 | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” | |
| 10 | “The Road” | |
| SOUND MIXING | ||
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| 1 | “Wall-E” | — |
| 2 | “Defiance” | — |
| 3 | “Iron Man” | — |
| 4 | “Body of Lies” | — |
| 5 | “The Dark Knight” | — |
| 6 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” | — |
| 7 | “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” | — |
| 8 | “Miracle at St. Anna” | |
| 9 | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” | |
| 10 | “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” | |
| VISUAL EFFECTS | ||
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| 1 | “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” | — |
| 2 | “Iron Man” | — |
| 3 | “The Day the Earth Stood Still” | — |
| 4 | “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” | |
| 5 | “Hancock” | |
| 6 | “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” | |
| 6 | “The Incredible Hulk” | |
| 8 | “Speed Racer” | — |
| 9 | “The Spiderwick Chronicles” | — |
| 10 | “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army” | NEW |