Seat42f 2008 Academy Awards Oscar Predictions

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Seat42f Attempts To Pick ( Correctly ) All 24 Oscar Nominations 

Best Motion Picture Of The Year

Seat42f Prediction: “No Country for Old Men”

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Other Nominees:

“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
“There Will Be Blood” 

Achievement In Directing

Seat42f Prediction: “No Country for Old Men”  Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

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Other Nominees:

“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Julian Schnabel
“Juno”  Jason Reitman
“Michael Clayton” Tony Gilroy
“There Will Be Blood”  Paul Thomas Anderson

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role

Seat42f Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” 

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Other Nominees:

George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” 

Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role

Seat42f Prediction: Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” 

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Other Nominees:

Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” 

Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role

Seat42f Prediction: Ellen Page in “Juno” 

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Other Nominees: 

Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
Laura Linney in “The Savages”

Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role

Seat42f Prediction: Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”  

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Other Nominees:

Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” 

Best Animated Feature Film Of The Year

Seat42f Prediction: “Ratatouille” 

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Other Nominees:

“Persepolis”  
“Surf's Up” 

Original Screenplay

Seat42f Prediction: “Juno” Written by Diablo Cody

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Other Nominees:

“Lars and the Real Girl” Written by Nancy Oliver
“Michael Clayton” Written by Tony Gilroy
“Ratatouille” Screenplay by Brad Bird
“The Savages” Written by Tamara Jenkins

Adapted Screenplay

Seat42f Prediction: “No Country for Old Men” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

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Other Nominees:

“Atonement” Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
“Away from Her” Written by Sarah Polley
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
“There Will Be Blood” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Achievement In Art Direction

Seat42f Prediction: “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

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Other Nominees:

“American Gangster”
“Atonement”
“The Golden Compass”
“There Will Be Blood”

Achievement In Cinematography

Seat42f Prediction: “Atonement”  Seamus McGarvey

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Other Nominees:

“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” Roger Deakins
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Janusz Kaminski
“No Country for Old Men”  Roger Deakins
“There Will Be Blood”  Robert Elswit

 

Achievement In Costume Design

Seat42f Prediction: “Atonement”  Jacqueline Durran

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Other Nominees:

“Across the Universe”  Albert Wolsky
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”  Alexandra Byrne
“La Vie en Rose” Marit Allen
“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”  Colleen Atwood

Best Foreign Language Film Of The Year

Seat42f Prediction: "The Counterfeiters”

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Other Nominees:

“Beaufort”
“Katyń”
“Mongol”
“12” 

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures Original Song

Seat42f Prediction: “Falling Slowly” from “Once”

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Other Nominees:

“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
“So Close” from “Enchanted”
“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”

Best Documentary Feature

Seat42f Prediction: “No End in Sight”

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Other Nominees:

“Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience”
“Sicko”
“Taxi to the Dark Side”
“War/Dance” 

Best Documentary Short Subject

Seat42f Prediction: “Sari’s Mother” 

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Other Nominees:

“Freeheld”
“La Corona
“Salim Baba”

Achievement In Film Editing

Seat42f Prediction: “The Bourne Ultimatum” Christopher Rouse

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Other Nominees:

“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Juliette Welfling
“Into the Wild” Jay Cassidy
“No Country for Old Men” Roderick Jaynes
“There Will Be Blood” Dylan Tichenor

Achievement In Makeup

Seat42f Prediction: “La Vie en Rose”

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Other Nominees:

“Norbit”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” 

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures Original Score

Seat42f Prediction: “Atonement”  Dario Marianelli

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Other Nominees:

“The Kite Runner” Alberto Iglesias
“Michael Clayton”  James Newton Howard
“Ratatouille”  Michael Giacchino
“3:10 to Yuma”  Marco Beltrami

Best Animated Short Film

Seat42f Prediction: "I Met the Walrus”

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Other Nominees:

“Madame Tutli-Putli”
“Même les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)”
“My Love (Moya Lyubov)”
“Peter & the Wolf” 

Best Live Action Short Film

Seat42f Prediction: “Tanghi Argentini”

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Other Nominees:

“At Night”
“Il Supplente (The Substitute)”
“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)”
“The Tonto Woman”

Achievement In Sound Editing

Seat42f Prediction: “Transformers”

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Other Nominees:

“The Bourne Ultimatum”
“No Country for Old Men”
“Ratatouille”
“3:10 to Yuma”

Achievement In Sound Mixing

Seat42f Prediction:  “Transformers” 

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Other Nominees:

“The Bourne Ultimatum”
“No Country for Old Men”
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
“There Will Be Blood”

Achievement In Visual Effects

Seat42f Prediction: “Transformers”

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Other Nominees:

“The Golden Compass”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”