The Oscars were held and one wonders if anyone watched?. I did at my local theater which wasn't bad with the free food and drinks. I have to say they need to shorten this list up and Please let the poor winners actually do all their thank yous! Seriously they were playing off the winners way too fast, they had to even let one of them back on to say their peace. Grow up producers.
And half of the awards given out could have been done pre awards show, they don't need to be included in the main show?! I don't care about sound mixing or best short animation especially when I never even saw the shorts in question. Neither does the American public who never saw the films. Granted the very few saw the best film noms but at least you heard or read about them. I took 7 of those awards out and left 17 still in there, more than enough, perhaps too much even, but at least they are interesting.
BEST PICTURE
ATONEMENT
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
MICHAEL CLAYTON
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
JUNO
BEST ACTOR
Johnny Depp - SWEENEY TODD
Tommy Lee Jones - IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Daniel Day Lewis - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
George Clooney - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Viggo Mortensen - EASTERN PROMISES
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett - ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Laura Linney - THE SAVAGES
Marion Cotillard - LA VIE EN ROSE
Ellen Page - JUNO
Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Tom Wilkinson - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Hal Holbrook - INTO THE WILD
Casey Affleck - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Ryan - GONE BABY GONE
Cate Blanchett - I'M NOT THERE
Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER
Saoirse Ronan - ATONEMENT
Tilda Swinton - MICHAEL CLAYTON
BEST ANIMATED FILM
PERSEPOLIS
RATATOUILLE
SURF'S UP
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Tony Gilroy - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Jason Reitman - JUNO
Paul Thomas Anderson - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Julian Schnabel - THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Sarah Polley - AWAY FROM HER
Christopher Hampton - ATONEMENT
Ronald Harwood - THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Paul Thomas Anderson - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - JUNO
Nancy Oliver - LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Tony Gilroy - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Brad Bird - RATATOUILLE
Tamara Jenkins - THE SAVAGES
BEST ART DIRECTION
AMERICAN GANGSTER
ATONEMENT
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
SWEENEY TODD
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES
Seamus McGarvey - ATONEMENT
Janusz Kaminski - THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Roger Deakins - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Robert Elswit - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
ATONEMENT
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
LA VIE EN ROSE
SWEENEY TODD
BEST EDITING TAKE OUT
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
"Beaufort"
"The Counterfeiters"
"Katyn"
"Mongol"
"12"
BEST MAKEUP
NORBIT
LA VIE EN ROSE
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
ATONEMENT
THE KITE RUNNER
MICHAEL CLAYTON
RATATOUILLE
3:10 TO YUMA
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Falling Slowly" - ONCE
"Happy Working Song" - ENCHANTED
"So Close" - ENCHANTED
"That's How You Know" - ENCHANTED
"Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH
BEST SOUND EDITING TAKE OUT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
TRANSFORMERS
BEST SOUND MIXING TAKE OUT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
3:10 TO YUMA
TRANSFORMERS
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
TRANSFORMERS
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE TAKE OUT
NO END IN SIGHT
OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE
SICKO
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
WAR/DANCE
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT TAKE OUT
"Freeheld"
"La Corona"
"Salim Baba"
"Sari's Mother"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT TAKE OUT
"I Met The Walrus"
"Madame Tutli-Putli"
"Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis"
"My Love"
"Peter and The Wolf"
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT TAKE OUT
"At Night"
"Ill Supplente"
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets"
"Tanghi Argentini"
"The Tonto Woman"