2008 ACADEMY AWARDS PREDICTIONS
1-		BEST PICTURE - 12 POINTS
	A-	Atonement
	B-	Juno
	C-	Michael Clayton
	D-	No Country for Old Men
	E-	There Will Be Blood
2-		BEST ACTOR - 10 POINTS
	A-	George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
	B-	Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
	C-	Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
		(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
	D-	Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
	E-	Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)
3-		BEST ACTRESS - 10 POINTS
	A-	Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
	B-	Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
	C-	Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
	D-	Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
	E-	Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
4-		SUPPORTING ACTOR - 7 POINTS
	A-	Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
	B-	Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
	C-	Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
	D-	Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
	E-	Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros
5-		SUPPORTING ACTRESS - 7 POINTS
	A-	Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
	B-	Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
	C-	Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
	D-	Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
	E-	Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
6-		BEST DIRECTOR - 7 POINTS
	A-	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel
	B-	“Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman
	C-	“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy
	D-	“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
	E-	“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson
7-		BEST SOUND (SOUND MIXING) - 3 POINTS
	A-	The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
	B-	“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
	C-	“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
	D-	“3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)
	E-	“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
8-		COSTUME DESIGN - 3 POINTS
	A-	“Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
	B-	“Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
	C-	“Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
	D-	“La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
	E-	“Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood
9-		BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - 3 POINTS
	A-	The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
	B-	“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)
	C-	“Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
10-		CINEMATOGRAPHY - 3 POINTS
	A-	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins
	B-	“Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey
	C-	“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski
	D-	“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
	E-	“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit
11-		ORIGINAL SCORE - 3 POINTS
	A-	“Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
	B-	“The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias
	C-	“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
	D-	“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
	E-	“3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
12-		SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED) - 3 POINTS.
	A-	“Atonement” (Focus Features)
	B-	“Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
	C-	“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
	D-	“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
	E-	“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
13-		SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL) - 3 POINTS
	A-	“Juno” (Fox Searchlight
	B-	Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
	C-	“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
	D-	“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
	E-	“The Savages” (Fox Searchlight
14-		ANIMATED FILM - 3 POINTS
	A-	“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
	B-	“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird
	C-	“Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
		Total Score
		Final Place
		TIE BREAKER
		Academy Awards No Country for Old Men (8 nominations) will win
		2ND TIE BREAKER
		Academy Awards  There Will Be Blood (8 nominations) will win
		Deadline:  Submit by February 22, 2008 (Academy Awards on Feb 24)