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6th Annual Predict The Oscars! Ballot

For the 80th Academy Awards (Feb 24, 2007)

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Best Picture - 8 Points

ATONEMENT (Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, StudioCanal; Focus Features, Universal Pictures International) Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
JUNO (Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
MICHAEL CLAYTON (Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
WinnerNO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films) Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International) JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best Director - 8 Points

Julian Schnabel, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Pathe Renn Productions, France 3 Cinema, CRRAV Nord Pas de Calais; Miramax Films)
Jason Reitman, JUNO (Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Tony Gilroy, MICHAEL CLAYTON (Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
WinnerJoel Coen and Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films)
Paul Thomas Anderson, THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International)

Best Actor - 7 Points

George Clooney, MICHAEL CLAYTON (Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
WinnerDaniel Day-Lewis, THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International)
Johnny Depp, SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (Neal Street Productions; DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures International)
Tommy Lee Jones, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH (NALA Films, BlackFriar's Bridge; Warner Independent Pictures)
Viggo Mortensen, EASTERN PROMISES (Kudos Film & Television, Serendipity Point Films, BBC Films, Celador Productions; Focus Features)

Best Actress - 7 Points

Cate Blanchett, ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (Working Title Films; Universal Pictures Distribution)
Julie Christie, AWAY FROM HER (Victorious Films, Pulling Focus Pictures, Film Farm, Foundry Films; Lionsgate)
WinnerMarion Cotillard, LA VIE EN ROSE (Songbird Pictures, Legende Enterprises, Okko Production, TF1 Films Productions; New Line Cinema, Picturehouse)
Laura Linney, THE SAVAGES (This Is That, Lone Star Film Group; Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Ellen Page, JUNO (Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor - 6 Points

Casey Affleck, THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (Virtual Studios, Plan B, Scott Free Productions; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
WinnerJavier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (Icarus Productions, Participant Productions, Relativity Media, Playtone; Universal Pictures Distribution)
Hal Holbrook, INTO THE WILD (River Road Entertainment, Linson Films, Clyde Is Hungry Productions; Paramount Vantage)
Tom Wilkinson, MICHAEL CLAYTON (Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)

Best Supporting Actress - 6 Points

Cate Blanchett, I'M NOT THERE (Endgame Entertainment, VIP Medienfonds Film & Entertainment (VIP Media Funds), John Goldwyn Productions, John Wells Productions,; The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee, AMERICAN GANGSTER (Imagine Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures Distribution)
Saoirse Ronan, ATONEMENT (Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, StudioCanal; Focus Features, Universal Pictures International)
Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE (LivePlanet, Ladd Company; Miramax Films)
WinnerTilda Swinton, MICHAEL CLAYTON (Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)

Best Foreign Language Film - 5 Points

12 (Russia) (TriTe)
BEAUFORT (Israel) (Metro Communications, United King Films; Kino International)
WinnerTHE COUNTERFEITERS (Austria) (Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures GmbH, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Beta Cinema, Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Film; Sony Pictures Classics)
KATYN (Poland) (Les Films du Losange, Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP), Akson Studios)
MONGOL (Kazakhstan) (CTB Film Company, Andreevsky Flag Film Company, Kinofabrika GmbH, X-Filme Creative Pool; Picturehouse)

Best Original Screenplay - 4 Points

WinnerWritten by Diablo Cody, JUNO (Mandate Pictures, Mr. Mudd Productions; Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Written by Nancy Oliver, LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment; MGM Distribution Company)
Written by Tony Gilroy, MICHAEL CLAYTON (Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution)
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, RATATOUILLE (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International)
Written by Tamara Jenkins, THE SAVAGES (This Is That, Lone Star Film Group; Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Adapted Screenplay - 4 Points

Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, ATONEMENT (Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, StudioCanal; Focus Features, Universal Pictures International)
Written by Sarah Polley, AWAY FROM HER (Victorious Films, Pulling Focus Pictures, Film Farm, Foundry Films; Lionsgate)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Pathe Renn Productions, France 3 Cinema, CRRAV Nord Pas de Calais; Miramax Films)
WinnerWritten for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International)

Best Original Song - 4 Points

Winner"Falling Slowly" - ONCE (Samson Films; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Music By Glen Hansard, Lyrics By Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" - ENCHANTED (Josephson Entertainment, Right Coast Productions; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Music By Alan Menken, Lyrics By Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH (CJ Entertainment, Southpaw Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Music and Lyrics By TBD
"So Close" - ENCHANTED (Josephson Entertainment, Right Coast Productions; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Music By Alan Menken, Lyrics By Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" - ENCHANTED (Josephson Entertainment, Right Coast Productions; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Music By Alan Menken, Lyrics By Stephen Schwartz

Best Original Score - 4 Points

3:10 TO YUMA (Tree Line Film; Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
WinnerATONEMENT (Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, StudioCanal; Focus Features, Universal Pictures International) Dario Marianelli
THE KITE RUNNER (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Participant Productions, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, Neal Street Productions, Wonderland Films; Paramount Vantage) Alberto Iglesias
MICHAEL CLAYTON (Section Eight, Samuels Media Capital, Mirage Enterprises, Castle Rock Entertainment; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) James Newton Howard
RATATOUILLE (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International) Michael Giacchino

Best Cinematography - 4 Points

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (Virtual Studios, Plan B, Scott Free Productions; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Roger Deakins
ATONEMENT (Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, StudioCanal; Focus Features, Universal Pictures International) Seamus McGarvey
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Pathe Renn Productions, France 3 Cinema, CRRAV Nord Pas de Calais; Miramax Films) Janusz Kaminski
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films) Roger Deakins
WinnerTHERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International) Robert Elswit

Best Documentary Feature - 3 Points

NO END IN SIGHT (Representational Pictures; Magnolia Pictures) Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE (The Documentary Group; The Documentary Group) Richard E. Robbins
SICKO (Dog Eat Dog Films, Inc.; Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company) Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
WinnerTAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (Jigsaw Productions, Wider Film Projects , Tall Woods, X-Ray Productions; ThinkFilm) Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
WAR/DANCE (Shine Global, Fine Films; ThinkFilm) Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best Animated Feature - 3 Points

PERSEPOLIS (247 Films, Kennedy/Marshall Company, France 3 Cinema, French Connection Animation, Sofica Europacorp, Sofica Soficinema, Cellulo; Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
WinnerRATATOUILLE (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International) Brad Bird
SURF'S UP (Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Best Visual Effects - 3 Points

WinnerTHE GOLDEN COMPASS (Depth of Field, Ingenious Film Partners, Scholastic Media; New Line Cinema) Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (Jerry Bruckheimer Films; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
TRANSFORMERS (Angry Bulls Films, Hasbro, Inc.; Paramount Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures, Inc., Paramount Pictures International) Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Best Costume Design - 3 Points

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Team Todd, Gross Entertainment; Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
ATONEMENT (Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, StudioCanal; Focus Features, Universal Pictures International) Jacqueline Durran
WinnerELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (Working Title Films; Universal Pictures Distribution) Alexandra Byrne
LA VIE EN ROSE (Songbird Pictures, Legende Enterprises, Okko Production, TF1 Films Productions; New Line Cinema, Picturehouse) Marit Allen
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (Neal Street Productions; DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures International) Colleen Atwood

Best Sound - 3 Points

3:10 TO YUMA (Tree Line Film; Lionsgate) Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
WinnerTHE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Ludlum Entertainment, MP Beta; Universal Pictures) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
RATATOUILLE (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International) Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
TRANSFORMERS (Angry Bulls Films, Hasbro, Inc.; Paramount Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures, Inc., Paramount Pictures International) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Best Sound Editing - 3 Points

WinnerTHE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Ludlum Entertainment, MP Beta; Universal Pictures) Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films) Skip Lievsay
RATATOUILLE (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International) Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International) Matthew Wood
TRANSFORMERS (Angry Bulls Films, Hasbro, Inc.; Paramount Pictures, di Bonaventura Pictures, Inc., Paramount Pictures International) Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Best Film Editing - 3 Points

WinnerTHE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Ludlum Entertainment, MP Beta; Universal Pictures) Christopher Rouse
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Pathe Renn Productions, France 3 Cinema, CRRAV Nord Pas de Calais; Miramax Films) Juliette Welfling
INTO THE WILD (River Road Entertainment, Linson Films, Clyde Is Hungry Productions; Paramount Vantage) Jay Cassidy
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Mike Zoss Productions, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax Films) Roderick Jaynes
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International) Dylan Tichenor

Best Art/Set Direction - 3 Points

AMERICAN GANGSTER (Imagine Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures Distribution) Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
ATONEMENT (Working Title Films, Kudos Film & Television, Relativity Media, StudioCanal; Focus Features, Universal Pictures International) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
THE GOLDEN COMPASS (Depth of Field, Ingenious Film Partners, Scholastic Media; New Line Cinema) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
WinnerSWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET (Neal Street Productions; DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures International) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Ghoulardi Film Company, Scott Rudin Productions; Paramount Vantage, Miramax International) Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Best Make-up - 3 Points

WinnerLA VIE EN ROSE (Songbird Pictures, Legende Enterprises, Okko Production, TF1 Films Productions; New Line Cinema, Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
NORBIT (Davis Entertainment, Tollin/Robbins Productions; Paramount Pictures) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END (Jerry Bruckheimer Films; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Best Documentary Short - 2 Points

WinnerFREEHELD (Lieutenant Films) Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
LA CORONA (THE CROWN) (Production Co and Distributor Unknown) Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
SALIM BABA (Production Co and Distributor Unknown) Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
SARI'S MOTHER (Daylight Factory) James Longley

Best Live Action Short Film - 2 Points

AT NIGHT (Production Co and Distributor Unknown) Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
IL SUPPLENTE (THE SUBSTITUTE) (Production Co and Distributor Unknown) Andrea Jublin
WinnerLE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS) (Karé Productions) Philippe Pollet-Villard
TANGHI ARGENTINI (Another Dimension of an Idea, Dreams in Motion, VAF; Premium Films) Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
THE TONTO WOMAN (Production Co and Distributor Unknown) Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Best Animated Short Film - 2 Points

I MET THE WALRUS (Production Co and Distributor Unknown) Josh Raskin
MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI (National Film Board of Canada (NFB); National Film Board of Canada (NFB)) Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
MêME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS (EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN) (BUF) Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
MY LOVE (MOYA LYUBOV) (Dag Film Studio) Alexander Petrov
WinnerPETER & THE WOLF (BreakThru Films Ltd.; BreakThru Films Ltd.) Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
   

 

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