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25 February 2007

Oscar Hopes and Predictions 

Blatantly stealing the idea off Alligatorill's blog, here are my Oscar favourites and predictions for 2007. Entries in bold are my favourites, entries in italics are the ones I think will win, and titles with an asterisk (*) behind them are films I have actually seen.

Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole - VENUS
Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS *
Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND *

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE *
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED *

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN *
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA *
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza - BABEL *
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE *
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL *

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS *
HAPPY FEET *
MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in art direction
DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST *
THE PRESTIGE *

Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE *

Achievement in costume design
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA *
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN *

Achievement in directing
BABEL *
THE DEPARTED *
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN *
UNITED 93 *

Adapted screenplay
BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN *
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED *
LITTLE CHILDREN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Original screenplay
BABEL *
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE *
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN *

Best foreign language film of the year
AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER

Best motion picture of the year
BABEL *
THE DEPARTED *
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE *
THE QUEEN *

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