oscar 2007 predictions
Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 1:29PM 
well, it's academy awards time again people and here are my predictions on who will go home with that sexy golden statue this year...
Best picture
“Babel,” “The Departed,” “Letters From Iwo Jima,” “Little Miss Sunshine,”
“The Queen.”
Best actress
Penelope Cruz, “Volver”; Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”; Helen Mirren,
“The Queen”; Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”; Kate Winslet, “Little
Children.”
Best actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”; Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”; Peter O’Toole,
“Venus”; Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”; Forest Whitaker, “The Last
King of Scotland.”
Supporting actor
Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children”;
Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”; Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls”; Mark
Wahlberg, “The Departed.”
Supporting actress
Adriana Barraza, “Babel”; Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”; Abigail
Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”; Rinko
Kikuchi, “Babel.”
Best director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”; Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”;
Clint Eastwood, “Letters From Iwo Jima”; Stephen Frears, “The Queen”; Paul
Greengrass, “United 93.”
Best foreign language film
“After the Wedding,” Denmark; “Days of Glory (Indigenes),” Algeria; “The Lives
of Others,” Germany; “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Mexico; “Water,” Canada.
Best adapted screenplay
Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd
Phillips, “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation
of Kazakhstan”; Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark
Fergus and Hawk Ostby, “Children of Men”; William Monahan, “The Departed”;
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, “Little Children”; Patrick Marber, “Notes on a
Scandal.”
Best original screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga, “Babel”; Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, “Letters From Iwo
Jima”; Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Guillermo del Toro, “Pan’s
Labyrinth”; Peter Morgan, “The Queen.”
Animated feature
“Cars,” “Happy Feet,” “Monster House.”
Art direction
“Dreamgirls,” “The Good Shepherd,” “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “The Prestige.”
Cinematography
“The Black Dahlia,” “Children of Men,” “The Illusionist,” “Pan’s
Labyrinth,” “The Prestige.”
Sound mixing
“Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Dreamgirls,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
Sound editing
“Apocalypto,” “Blood Diamond,” “Flags of Our Fathers,” “Letters From Iwo
Jima,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
Best original song
“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth,” Melissa Etheridge;
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger, Scott Cutler and Anne Preven; “Love
You I Do” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett; “Our Town” from
“Cars,” Randy Newman; “Patience” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Willie
Reale.
Best original score
“Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla; “The Good German,” Thomas Newman; “Notes on a Scandal,”
Philip Glass; “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Javier Navarrete; “The Queen,” Alexandre
Desplat.
Costume
“Curse of the Golden Flower,” “The Devil Wears Prada,” “Dreamgirls,” “Marie
Antoinette,” “The Queen.”
Documentary feature
“Deliver Us From Evil,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Iraq in Fragments,”
“Jesus Camp,” “My Country, My Country.”
Documentary short
“The Blood of Yingzhou District,” “Recycled Life,” “Rehearsing a Dream,”
“Two Hands.”
Film editing
“Babel,” “Blood Diamond,” “Children of Men,” “The Departed,” “United
93.”
Makeup
“Apocalypto,” “Click,” “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
Animated short film
“The Danish Poet,” “Lifted,” “The Little Matchgirl,” “Maestro,” “No Time
for Nuts.”
Live action short film
“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea),” “Eramos Pocos (One Too
Many),” “Helmer & Son,” “The Saviour,” “West Bank Story.”
Visual effects
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” “Poseidon,” “Superman
Returns.”
Reader Comments (6)
Best actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”;
Best actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland.”
Supporting actor: Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children”
Supporting actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Best director: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
Best foreign language film: “Pan’s Labyrinth,” Mexico
Best adapted screenplay: William Monahan, “The Departed”
Best original screenplay: Peter Morgan, “The Queen.”
Animated feature: “Cars,”
Art direction: “Dreamgirls,”
Cinematography: “Children of Men,”
Sound mixing: “Dreamgirls,”
Sound editing: “Letters From Iwo Jima,”
Best original song: “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett
Best original score: “Babel,” Gustavo Santaolalla
Costume: “The Devil Wears Prada,”
Documentary feature: “Deliver Us From Evil,”
Documentary short: “Two Hands.”
Film editing: “United 93.”
Makeup: “Apocalypto,”
Animated short film: “Maestro,”
Live action short film: “Eramos Pocos (One Too Many),”
Visual effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,”
Best actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen.”
Best actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland.”
Supporting actor: Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children.”
Supporting actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls.”
Best director: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed.”
Best foreign language film: “Pan’s Labyrinth”, Mexico.
Best adapted screenplay: William Monahan, “The Departed.”
Best original screenplay: Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine.”
Animated feature: “Cars.”
Art direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
Cinematography: “Children of Men.”
Sound mixing: “Dreamgirls.”
Sound editing: “Letters From Iwo Jima.”
Best original song: “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls,” Henry Krieger and Siedah Garrett.
Best original score:Philip Glass, “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
Costume: “The Devil Wears Prada.”
Documentary feature: “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Documentary short: “Rehearsing a Dream.”
Film editing: “The Departed.”
Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth.”
Animated short film: “The Little Matchgirl.”
Live action short film: “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea).”
Visual effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
I was very glad to see Marty win & it was extra cool to have the three Amigos present it to him. Once departed won for editing I was sure it was going all the way.
Biggest Shocker: Pan's winning all those awards yet losing best foreign. I've heard the Lives of Others is really good and am going to go see it this week....still shocking though.
Happiest Moment: Alan Arkin, I thought Eddie was really good but Alan has been unbelievably good every time. "Glengarry", "Grosse Pointe Blank", "13 Conversations" and now "Little Miss Sunshine" I heard an NPR interview with him several months ago and he was so cool about the whole thing. I was really glad he won.
Biggest Disappointment: "Children of Men" losing in cinematography. I've heard that only cinematographers ae allowed to vote for nominees but the entire academy is allowed to vote for the winner. To me this is why every year a great perhaps suprising work is nominated but rarely wins. The same thing happened to Deakins several years back for his fantastic work on "The Man Who Wasn't There". Pan was great for set design, makeup, and story but I really thought the camera work on Children Of Men was above and beyond.
Well, in honor of awards night I must now go watch what I know to be the best movie of the year...."United 93".We'll get'em next year!
ps. Finally Scorsese gets his long deserved Oscar!!!! Kick Ass!!!
ya i did ok. not my best year, but i was laughing at the beggining there when i got those first 4 or 5 in a row (and gary, yes of course they should count as much as the bigger awards), then things started to normalize for me though.
- although i got them wrong i was very happy about alan arkin and Lives Of Others (i liked Pans Labryinth though so i would have been ok either way, but Lives Of Others really did something for me when i saw it at a local montreal film festival) - and i am totally ok with departed winning and of course: way to go scorsese, and ya that trio presenting the award to him was awesome (it made me want to grow a white beard)