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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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BAFTA noms

The full list can be found here. They liked "American Gangster," "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood," each of which grabbed unexpected nods in various areas. Congrats at the start to Orian Williams and the "Control" boys for a Best British Film nod, but no Sam Riley in lead actor is inexplicable.


"Atonement," of course, was all over the place, the last resort for a film floundering with stateside guilds. The BAFTA continues its love of the "Bourne" series with a tip of the hat to director Paul Greengrass, cinematographer Oliver Wood and editor Christopher Rouse, among other citations, while "The Kite Runner" also showed up in a number of areas (too many if you ask me).


And that's about it. The only nods that moderately surprised me were Kelly Macdonald ("No Country") and Paul Dano ("Blood") showing up in the supporting ranks. Everything else seems business as usual. Of ourse they weren't going to go for the Americana of "Into the Wild." Of course they'd settle for Best Film Not in the English Language for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly." But I'll let someone else handle BAFTA to AMPAS comparison duties. I'm calling it a night.

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Of [c]ourse they weren't going to go for the Americana of "Into the Wild."

Right. They only went for the Americana of American Gangster, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood.

The BAFTAs have an interesting correlation in the tech categories not many notice. While their winners often vary from Oscar winners, the Oscar winner is almost always amongst the nominees. Last year's Dreamgirls winning for sound mixing was the exception. Before then, I think you have to go back to Lemony Snicket's winning in makeup to find an Oscar winner (in the tech categories, I repeat) that wasn't amongst the BAFTA nominees. Then I think you have to go back even a few more years. I'd like to do a little more research to find this out.

Anyhow, hypothetically speaking, if you consider that they match up like they have frequently in the past, the winners in the tech categories would look something like this:

Original Score: Atonement vs. There Will Be Blood vs. The Kite Runner (latter seems unlikely but this group hasn't made the best choices in the past)

Art Direction: There Will Be Blood vs. Atonement vs. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (most likely a fight between the first two, in this case, Sweeney Todd would NOT win the award)

Cinematography: Atonement vs. No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood (While Assassination of Jesse James and Diving Bell and the Butterfly were possibly superior achievements, Janusz has already been awarded and Jesse James just won't be that popular compared to the big Best Picture competitors. Since they like pretty, one would say Atonement or There Will Be Blood, and Deakins would miss yet again.)

Costume Design: Atonement vs. Elizabeth vs. Sweeney Todd (Considering Collen Atwood has been rewarded twice recently here, I'd believe they'd go for Atonement or the most lavish costumes of the year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age).

Film Editing: No Country for Old Men vs. The Bourne Ultimatum (And I feel most would argue this is the Coens to lose. Despite what one might feel about that ending, there are scenes earlier on, the hotel scene in particular that really succeed because of the editing).

Makeup: Sweeney Todd vs. La Vie En Rose (Well, we knew this race was between those two anyhow).

Sound Mixing: No Country for Old Men vs. The Bourne Ultimatum (Transformers didn't make it here! Is it a sign that Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Ruseell will lose yet AGAIN? Possibly, I think. We also frequently see a strong correlation between film editing and sound mixing (2003, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995...)

Visual Effects: Pirates of the Caribbean (And Transformers is missing yet again. Despite thoughts that it might be a lock, could Pirates (which is leading VES, by the way) garner yet another visual effects award?) Anyhow, I still feel Tranformers will take this.

Any thoughts? Am I reading into this too much?

Two of those films, Burton, feature European stars who were themselves nominated. Think.

I was happiest about the noms for 'This is England' (the best film of '07 if you ask me) and 'The Lives of Others'.

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2008 Year in Advance Predictions


UPDATED: 2/25/2008





Main Charts | Tech Charts



[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