MuHu: Reports - The 80th Oscars (Results)

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The 80th Oscars are finally revealed! Here are the results for the significant nomination award categories highlighted in the previous post:

(*Nominees highlighted in blue denote winners)

Actor in a Leading Role
1. George Clooney - Michael Clayton
2. Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
3. Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
4. Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley of Elah
5. Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Actor in a Supporting Role
1. Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
2. Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
4. Hal Holbrook - Into The Wild
5. Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Actress in a Leading Role
1. Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2. Julie Christie - Away From Her
3. Marion Cotillard -La Vie En Rose
4. Laura Linney - The Savages
5. Ellen Page - Juno

Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
2. Ruby Dee - American Gangster
3. Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
4. Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
5. Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Animated Feature Film
1. Persepolis
2. Ratatouille
3. Surf's Up

Art Direction
1. American Gangster
2. Atonement
3. The Golden Compass
4. Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5. There Will Be Blood

Cinematography
1. The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
2. Atonement
3. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
4. No Country For Old Men
5. There Will Be Blood

Costume Design
1. Across The Universe
2. Atonement
3. Elizabeth: The Golden Age
4. La Vie En Rose
5. Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Directing
1. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
2. Juno
3. Michael Clayton
4. No Country For Old Men
5. There Will Be Blood

Film Editing
1. The Bourne Ultimatum
2. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
3. Into The Wild
4. No Country For Old Men
5. There Will Be Blood

Best Picture
1. Michael Clayton
2. Juno
3. Atonement
4. No Country For Old Men
5. There Will Be Blood

Sound Editing
1. The Bourne Ultimatum
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Ratatouille
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Transformers

Sound Mixing
1. The Bourne Ultimatum
2. No Country For Old Men
3. 3:10 To Yuma
4. There Will Be Blood
5. Transformers

Visual Effects
1. The Golden Compass
2. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
3. Transformers

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1. Atonement
2. Away From Her
3. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
4. No Country For Old Men
5. There Will Be Blood

Writing (Original Screenplay)
1. Juno
2. Lars and The Real Girl
3. Michael Clayton
4. Ratatouille
5. The Savages

Well, a quick glance through the award list will have anyone convinced that the winning movie of the year will be none other than No Country For Old Men. Take a look at the awards under its belt: Best Picture, Directing, Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Writing (Adapted Screenplay). Doesn't it remind you of last year's The Departed? Both films won practically almost all the same awards, except for Male Actor in a Supporting Role where The Departed won Film Editing instead.

Another perceivable note I've picked up from the list is that The Bourne Ultimatum has swept a lot of technical awards, 3 in actual fact. That should leave Paul Greengrass gleeful at his technical team for their success and possibly getting a leash on them for potential get-togethers in future projects. And to think most of us were so mesmerized by Transformers' visual and sound effects that we thought they will be the one sweeping the technical awards instead?

With the end of The 80th Oscars, do come on down to the silver screens to take a look for yourself and provide your own opinion on the above award list.

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I shall be posting again.

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