Oscar Nominations 2008
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Posted by Randy Walden Feb 11, 2008 |
The following list details the nominees in the major categories of: Picture, Director, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay. Winners are denoted with an asterisk (*).
The 80th Academy Awards aired February 24th on ABC. See "80th Oscars Honor Foreign Talent" for full Oscar night coverage.
Picture:
(See a side by side comparison of the Best Picture nominees. No Country for Old Men also won the Suite101 poll.)
Director:
- Paul Thomas Anderson: There Will Be Blood
- Joel and Ethan Coen: *No Country for Old Men
- Tony Gilroy: Michael Clayton
- Jason Reitman: Juno
- Julian Schnabel: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lead Actor:
- George Clooney: Michael Clayton
- Daniel Day-Lewis: *There Will Be Blood
- Johnny Depp: Sweeny Todd
- Tommy Lee Jones: In the Valley of Elah
- Viggo Mortensen: Eastern Promises
Lead Actress:
- Cate Blanchett: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- Julie Christie: Away From Her
- Marion Cotillard: *La Vie en Rose
- Laura Linney: The Savages
- Ellen Page: Juno
Original Screenplay:
- *Juno – Diablo Cody
- Lars and the Real Girl – Nancy Oliver
- Michael Clayton – Tony Gilroy
- Ratatouille – Brad Bird; story: Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
- The Savages – Tamara Jenkins
Adapted Screenplay:
- Atonement – Christopher Hampton
- Away From Her – Sarah Polley
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood
- *No Country for Old Men – Joel and Ethan Coen
- There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson