OSCAR RACE 2007
commentary
by Nathaniel R
COSTUME DESIGN HAS ITS OWN PAGE
| Cinematography
Nominees |
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ASSASSINATION
OF JESSE JAMES Deakins 7 noms / 0 wins |
ATONEMENT McGarvey 1st nomination! |
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DIVING BELL AND BUTTERFLY Kaminsky 4th nom / 2 wins |
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COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Deakins 7 noms / 0 wins |
THERE
WILL BE BLOOD Elswit 2 noms / 0 wins |
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My personal choice in this category is ELSWIT but I'd be thrilled beyond thrilled if they finally named Roger Deakins. He's one of the best lensers ever and he still hasn't won. And he's deserving not once but twice over this year. Prediction:
Robert Elswit There Will Be Blood |
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| Art
Direction Nominees |
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AMERICAN
GANGSTER Max |
ATONEMENT Greenwood 2nd nomination |
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GOLDEN COMPASS Gassner 4 noms / 1 win |
SWEENEY
TODD Ferretti 8 noms / 1 win (in this category) |
THERE
WILL BE BLOOD |
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My personal choice here is Fisk. I think the Academy will understand how large an achievement this is. The film is mesmerizing and even though they don't often go for spare in this category I'm guessing they'll see how the production design really sells a great deal of this. Prediction:
Jack Fisk (Mr Sissy Spacek!) There Will be Blood |
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| Film
Editing Nominees |
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BOURNE
ULTIMATUM Christopher Rouse 2nd nomination |
DIVING
BELL AND BUTTERFLY Welfling |
INTO
THE WILD Cassidy 1st nomination! |
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COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Roderick Jaynes (aka Coen Bros) 2nd nomination |
THERE
WILL BE BLOOD Riegel & Tichenor 1st nomination! |
| This is tough to predict. Will they go for the blood & oil (Riegel & Tichenor), the fantastically shifting (Butterfly), the jarring/exciting or the unique rhtyms of the Best Picture frontrunner? Prediction:
The Bourne Ultimatum |
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| Visual
Effects Nominees |
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TRANSFORMERS |
THE GOLDEN COMPASS |
PIRATES
OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLDS END |
| Prediction:
Transformers Spoiler if there is one: there isn't going to be one |
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| Make
Up Nominees |
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LA
VIE EN ROSE |
NORBIT |
PIRATES
OF THE CARRIBEAN: AT WORLD'S END |
| Prediction:
La Vie En Rose If the nominees were different this might be a tough call but as is, it's very hard to imagine the aging of Edith Piaf (very well achieved) losing this category Spoiler if there is one: Pirates of the Carribean |
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