The 2008 Oscar Nominees

The 2008 Oscar nominations will be announced this morning at 5:30 AM PST and along with some deserving films you will now see how films such as Norbit and The Golden Compass can call themselves Oscar nominees…

Stay tuned as our reaction articles will be around some time later today.

Best motion picture of the year

Atonement

Juno

Michael Clayton

No Country for Old Men

There Will be Blood

Performance by an actor in a leading role

George Clooney, Michael Clayton

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will be Blood

Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd

Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah

Viggo Mortenson, Eastern Promises

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

CaseyAffleck, 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

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Julie Christie, Away from Her

Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose

Laura Linney, The Savages

Ellen Page, Juno

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There

Ruby Dee, American Gangster

Saoirse Ronin, Atonement

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best animated feature film of the year

Persepolis

Ratatouille

Surf’s Up

Achievement in art direction

American Gangster

Atonement

The Golden Compass

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

There Will Be Blood

Achievement in cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Atonement

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Achievement in costume design

Across the Universe

Atonement

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

La Vie en Rose

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Achievement in directing

Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton

Jason Reitman, Juno

Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will be Blood

Best documentary feature

No End in Sight

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience

Sicko

Taxi to the Dark Side

War/Dance

Achievement in makeup

La Vie en Rose

Norbit

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Achievement in film editing

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Into the Wild

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

Best foreign language film of the year

Beaufort

The Counterfeiters

Katyń

Mongol

12

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Atonement

The Kite Runner

Michael Clayton

Ratatouille

3:10 to Yuma

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“Falling Slowly” from Once

“Happy Working Song” from Enchanted

“Raise It Up” from August Rush

“So Close” from Enchanted

“That’s How You Know” from Enchanted

Achievement in sound editing

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country for Old Men

Ratatouille

There Will Be Blood

Transformers

Achievement in sound mixing

The Bourne Ultimatum

No Country for Old Men

Ratatouille

3:10 to Yuma

Transformers

Achievement in visual effects

The Golden Compass

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Transformers

Adapted screenplay

Christopher Hampton, Atonement

Sarah Polley, Away from Her

Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

Original screenplay

Diablo Cody, Juno

Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl

Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton

Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, Ratatouille

Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

Nomination Tallies

• No Country for Old Men (8)
• There Will Be Blood (8)
• Atonement (7)
• Michael Clayton (7)
• Ratatouille (5)
• Juno (4)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (4)
• Enchanted (3)
• La Vie en Rose (3)
• Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (3)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (3)
• Transformers (3)
• 3:10 to Yuma (2)
• American Gangster (2)
• Away from Her (2)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2)
• Into the Wild (2)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2)
• The Golden Compass (2)
• The Savages (2)
• Across the Universe (1)
• August Rush (1)
• Beaufort (1)
• Charlie Wilson’s War (1)
• Eastern Promises (1)
• Gone Baby Gone (1)
• I’m Not There (1)
• In the Valley of Elah (1)
• Katyń (1)
• Lars and the Real Girl (1)
• Mongol (1)
• No End in Sight (1)
• Norbit (1)
• Once (1)
• Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (1)
• Persepolis (1)
• Sicko (1)
• Surf’s Up (1)
• Taxi to the Dark Side (1)
• The Counterfeiters (1)
• The Kite Runner (1)
• War/Dance (1)
• 12 (1)