No Country For Old Men Leads Oscar Nominations

22 January 2008

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Pre-Oscar favourites No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are leading the nominations with eight nods each.Both pictures, which have won rave reviews, find themselves up for Best Picture alongside Atonement, Juno and Michael Clayton.And while Atonement picked up seven nominations Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and director Joe Wright have all been left out of their respected categories.Leading the British charge is actor Daniel Day Lewis who has been nominated for Best Actor for his role in There Will Be Blood, alongside Sweeney Todd star Johnny Depp.George Clooney, Tommy Lee Jones and Viggo Mortensen complete the category.Best Actress favourite Julie Christie finds herself nominated for Best Actress with Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Laura Linney and Cate Blanchett, who is also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There.Ethan and Joel Coen hope to make up for their disappointment at the Golden Globes with a Best Director nomination for No Country for Old Men they are joined by Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton , Jason Reitman for Juno and Golden Globe winner Julian Schnabel.Thirteen year old Saoirse Ronan secured a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in Atonement alongside British actress Tilda Swinton, Ruby Dee and Amy Ryan.

And Javier Bardem is runaway favourite for Best Supporting Actor other in the category include Casey Affleck, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hal Holbrook and Tom Wilkinson.

Other surprise absentees include Sweeney Todd for Best Picture, despite winning an Golden Globe, and director Tim Burton.

Also missing out in all the major categories is Sean Penn's Into the Wild and Charlie Wilson's War which stars Tom Hanks.

The ceremony is scheduled to take place on 24 February in L. A. and will be hosted by Jon Stewart.

However it's still unknown what impact the current writer's strike will have on the show as the stars refused to cross the picket lines at the recent Golden Globes reducing it to a press conference.

Best Picture

Atonement

Juno

Michael Clayton

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Best Original Screenplay

Juno

Lars and the Real Girl

Michael Clayton

Ratatouille

The Savages

Best 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

Best Animated Feature

Persepolis

Ratatouille

Surf's Up

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men

Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton

Jason Reitman - Juno

Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Actor

George Clooney - Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd

Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah

Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best 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

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

Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There

Ruby Dee - American Gangster

Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone

Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Seamus McGarvey - Atonement

Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men

Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood

Best Art Direction

Arthur Max and Beth Rubino - American Gangster

Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer - Atonement

Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock - The Golden Compass

Best Costume Design

Albert Wolsky - Across the Universe

Jacqueline Durran - Atonement

Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age

La Vie en Rose

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Documentary Feature

No End in Sight

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Taxi to the Dark Side

War/Dance

Best Documentary Short

Freeheld

La Corona

Salim Baba

Sari's Mother

Best Film Editing

Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum

Juliette Welfling - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jay Cassidy - Into the Wild

Roderick Jaynes - No Country for Old Men

Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood

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