Oscar Predictions: Final!

Best Picture

Atonement
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Michael Clayton
There Will Be Blood

Alternate: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Suprise: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joe Wright - Atonement

Alternate: Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Surprise: Sean Penn - Into the Wild

Best Actor in a Leading Role

George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy - Atonement

Alternate: Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Surprise: Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Julie Christie - Away from Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

Alternate: Amy Adams - Enchanted
Surprise: Keira Knightley - Atonement

Best Supporting Actor

Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Alternate: Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men
Surprise: Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Kelly Macdonald - No Country for Old Men
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Alternate: Vanessa Redgrave - Atonement
Surprise: Jennifer Garner - Juno

Best Original Screenplay

Diablo Cody - Juno
Judd Apatow - Knocked Up
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco & Jan Pinkava - Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages

Alternate: Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Surprise: Steven Zaillian - American Gangster

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Sarah Polley - Away from Her
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ethan & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Alternate: James Vanderbilt - Zodiac
Surprise: Sean Penn - Into the Wild

Best Foreign Language Film

Beaufort (Israel)
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Days of Darkness (Canada)
The Unknown Woman (Italy)
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Brazil)

Alternate: 12 (Russia)
Surprise: The Trap (Serbia)

Best Art Direction

Atonement
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

Alternate: The Golden Compass
Surprise: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lust, Caution
There Will Be Blood

Alternate: No Country for Old Men
Surprise: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Costume Design

Atonement
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hairspray
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Alternate: The Golden Compass
Surprise: Lust, Caution

Best Film Editing

American Gangster
Atonement
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Alternate: The Bourne Ultimatum
Surprise: Into the Wild

Best Sound Mixing

Beowulf
No Country for Old Men
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Transformers

Alternate: 300
Surprise: The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Sound Editing

Beowulf
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ratatouille
Spider-Man 3
Transformers

Alternate: The Bourne Ultimatum
Surprise: 300

Best Visual Effects

The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Alternate: 300
Surprise: I Am Legend

Best Makeup

La Vie en Rose
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Alternate: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Surprise: 300

Best Original Score

Atonement
Eastern Promises
The Kite Runner
Lust, Caution
Ratatouille

Alternate: 3:10 to Yuma
Surprise: Grace is Gone

Best Original Song

Enchanted - "That's How You Know"
Grace is Gone - "Grace is Gone"
Grace is Gone - "Lullaby for Wyatt"
Into the Wild - "Guaranteed"
Once - "Falling Slowly"

Alternate: American Gangster - "Do You Feel Me?"
Surprise: Hairspray - "Come So Far (Got So Far to Go)"

Best Documentary Feature

Lake of Fire
No End in Sight
The Price of Sugar
The Rape of Europa
Sicko

Alternate: War/Dance
Surprise: Autism: The Musical

Best Animated Feature

Persepolis
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie

Alternate: Bee Movie
Surprise: Beowulf