The 80th Academy Award nominations for movies released in 2007 were announced on January 22, 2008 and the awards were presented by Jon Stewart on February 24, 2008. No Country for Old Men won four Academy Awards with eight nominations. Click on BasementRejects Reviews links below the pictures for full length reviews of the nominated films.
Best Picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
WINNER: No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson—There Will Be Blood
WINNER: Joel and Ethan Coen—No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy—Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman—Juno
Julian Schnael—The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actor:
WINNER: Daniel Day-Lewis—There Will Be Blood
George Clooney—Michael Clayton
Johnny Depp—Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones—In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen—Eastern Promises
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett—Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie—Away from Her
WINNER: Marion Cotillard—La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney—The Savages
Ellen Page—Juno
Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck—The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
WINNER: Javier Bardem—No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman—Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook—Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson—Michael Clayton
Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett—I’m Not There
Ruby Dee—American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan—Atonement
Amy Ryan—Gone Baby Gone
WINNER: Tilda Swinton—Michael Clayton
Best Original Screenplay:
WINNER: Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Ratatouille
The Savages
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
WINNER: No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Animated Feature:
Persepolis
WINNER: Ratatouille
Surf’s Up
Best Foreign Language Film:
12
Beaufort
WINNER: The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
Best Documentary Feature:
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
WINNER: Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
Best Documentary Short Subject:
La Corona
WINNER: Freeheld
Salim Baba
Sari’s Mother
Best Live Action Short Film:
At Night
WINNER: The Mozart of Pickpockets
The Substitute
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Best Animated Short Film:
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
My Love
WINNER: Peter and the Wolf
Best Original Score:
3:10 to Yuma
WINNER: Atonement
The Kite Runner
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
Best Original Song:
WINNER: “Falling Slowly”—Once
“Happy Working Song”—Enchanted
“Raise It Up”—August Rush
“So Close”—Enchanted
“That’s How You Know”—Enchanted
Best Sound Editing:
WINNER: The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Best Sound Mixing:
3:10 to Yuma
WINNER: The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
Transformers
Best Art Direction:
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
WINNER: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Best Cinematography:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
WINNER: There Will Be Blood
Best Makeup:
WINNER: La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Best Costume Design:
Across the Universe
Atonement
WINNER: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
La Vie en Rose
Best Film Editing:
WINNER: The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best Visual Effects:
WINNER: The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Transformers
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