Barry's Beetchin Movies

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Oscar Predictions: Update!

Again, these are just predictions in, what I think are, the main categories =)

Best Picture

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
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Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Rachel Getting Married
The Wrestler

Best Director

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Gus Van Sant - Milk
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Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
Jonathan Demme - Rachel Getting Married
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
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Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon
Will Smith - Seven Pounds

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
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Kate Beckinsale - Nothing but the Truth
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Kristin Scott-Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Josh Brolin - Milk
James Franco - Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
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Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Liev Schreiber - Defiance
Brandon Walters - Australia

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married
Kate Winslet - The Reader
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Amy Adams - Doubt
Kathy Bates - Revolutionary Road
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married
Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan - The Dark Knight
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Justin Yathe - Revolutionary Road
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
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Clayton Frohman & Edward Zwick - Defiance
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Nicholas Meyer - Elegy
David Hare - The Reader

Best Original Screenplay

Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
Woody Allen - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Robert D. Siegel - The Wrestler
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Ethan & Joel Coen - Burn After Reading
Dave Johannson & Nick Shenk - Gran Torino
Joel Hopkins - Last Chance Harvey
Thomas McCarthy - The Visitor
Andrew Stanton - Wall-E

Best Animated Film

Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir
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Bolt
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who
The Tale of Despereaux

Best Foreign Language Film

The Blind Sunflowers (Spain)
The Class (France)
Gomorra (Italy)
The Necessities of Life (Canada)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

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