2008 Oscar Nominees Announced.

The_Devil_Himself · 22-01-2008, 08:53 PM

The 80th Annual Academy Awards will be held live on February 24, 2008 at 8 p.m. EST. Actor and actress Oscar nominees attend the awards in hopes that they will be receive golden statue of success - the "Academy Award of Merit". The Oscar ceremony for the 2007 outstanding film achievements will be presented at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center.

Jon Stewart, host and executive producer of Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, will be the host for the Academy Awards for the second time. Producer Gil Cates said, "Jon was a terrific host for the 78th awards. He is smart, quick, funny, loves movies and is a great guy. What else could one ask for?" The "Red Carpet" event before the Academy Awards seems to almost be as important as the awards themselves. Extensive coverage of before the Oscars, who is dressed the best and worst, are highly publicized.

Some of the most popular category nominations for the 2008 Oscar nominations include (I have bolded who my favorites are to win!):

Performance by an actor in a leading role

George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"

Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees

Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"

Best animated feature film of the year nominees

"Persepolis"
"Ratatouille"
"Surf's Up"

Best motion picture of the year nominees

"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"

"There Will Be Blood"

Original screenplay nominees

"Juno"
"Lars and the Real Girl"
"Michael Clayton"
"Ratatouille"
"The Savages"

There are some terrific movies, actors and actresses in the running this year and it will be exciting to see who wins in each category! So now you can pick your favorites and plan to be in front of the television on February 24th for the 80th Annual Academy Awards!

And Oh yeah Source

Third Eye · 22-01-2008, 09:04 PM

Ratatouille will win Best animated feature film.

Thanks for the info.

The_Devil_Himself · 22-01-2008, 09:05 PM

^^no doubt about that.

shantanu · 22-01-2008, 09:07 PM

wow, dying to get my hands on these, watched Eastern promises and atonement, both are marvelous..

Lucky_star · 22-01-2008, 09:08 PM

Saw Juno yesterday, Well enough to nominate for Oscars

Charan · 22-01-2008, 09:18 PM

damn .. I have seen only Ratatouille

.. um.. whats the year guys ?

debsuvra · 22-01-2008, 10:21 PM

I did not see any one of them.

But what about Indian films' nomination in Oscar ?

The_Devil_Himself · 22-01-2008, 10:26 PM

^^none.No Indian movie in foreign category list.

Quote:

Best foreign language film of the year

"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

This is one of the most competitive category IMO.best of rest of the world.

drgrudge · 22-01-2008, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by debsuvra

I did not see any one of them.

But what about Indian films' nomination in Oscar ?

You expect Eklavya to be nominated?

I too have seen only Ratatouille, which will win for sure.

New · 22-01-2008, 10:52 PM

What about our Taare Zameen Par?

prasad_den · 22-01-2008, 10:59 PM

^ probably will be sent for 2009 nominations..
Yeah, Ratatouille is a sure winner.. And in best actor category, I hope George Clooney wins... he is one of my favorites..

divyeshashiya · 22-01-2008, 11:10 PM

Daniel Day Lewis is my pick for the Best actor category.Viggo Mortensen is also a dark horse contender.In best motion picture "No Country for Old Men" is hands down the best of the lot.Although the other nominees are also solid but the Academy has a liking for the Coen Brothers!

Pathik · 22-01-2008, 11:20 PM

+1 for Ratatouille.
Anyone can cook

xbonez · 22-01-2008, 11:34 PM

i've seen ratatouille...definitely very gud...amazing animation n story is also nice
eastern promises was pretty gud...serious stuff
Juno was also really nice...i think ellen page deserves best actress....the OST of Juno is pretty gud too, especially All I Want Is You

Lucky_star · 22-01-2008, 11:39 PM

yah, I too liked that song. Similar movie was Little Manhattan which had very Good soundtracks, much better than Juno

debsuvra · 22-01-2008, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drgrudge

You expect Eklavya to be nominated?

I expected Chak De India! or Taare Jameen Par to be nominated.

drgrudge · 22-01-2008, 11:50 PM

^^
Dude, haven't you seen any hollywood sports movies? Chak De India is a new wine in hollywood bottle. They've lifted many scenes from a sport movie. Only thing is that movie was based on ice hockey. Chak De India is an average movie for me. I've seen tons of such hollywood movies.

TZP will in the next year's list, if at all it's nominated.

Who · 23-01-2008, 12:03 AM

Time to Pridict :

The best actor will go to 'There will be blood''s Daniel Day-Lewis , before you guys think anyone other than him can win than you should check the movie out , his acting is superb.

The best motion picture award will go to No Country for Old Men , damn sure about it , 'There will be blood' has a small chance to win the the oscar.