www.sonic-cinema.com<\/a><\/p>\n2007 Oscars: Brian’s Picks (in order of preference)<\/b>
\nBest Picture<\/i><\/b>
\n“Away From Her”<\/i>
\n“Across the Universe”<\/i>
\n“Once”<\/i>
\n“Zodiac”<\/i>
\n“The Darjeeling Limited”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Director<\/i><\/b>
\nTim Burton, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i>
\nJulie Taymor, “Across the Universe”<\/i>
\nSarah Polley, “Away From Her”<\/i>
\nDavid Fincher, “Zodiac”<\/i>
\nJoel & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”<\/i><\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> Ben Affleck, “Gone Baby Gone”; Wes Anderson, “The Darjeeling Limited”; Peter Berg, “The Kingdom”; John Carney, “Once”; David Cronenberg, “Eastern Promises”; Scott Frank, “The Lookout”; Craig Gillespie, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Paul Greengrass, “The Bourne Ultimatum”; Lasse Hallstrom, “The Hoax”; Werner Herzog, “Rescue Dawn”; Kasi Lemmons, “Talk to Me”; Mira Nair, “The Namesake”; Frank Oz, “Death at a Funeral”; Sam Raimi, “Spider-Man 3”; Jason Reitman, “Juno”; Ridley Scott, “American Gangster”; Joe Wright, “Atonement”; David Yates, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”<\/p>\n
Best Actor<\/i><\/b>
\nRyan Gosling, “Lars and the Real Girl”<\/i>
\nJohnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i>
\nJake Ghyllenhaal, “Zodiac”<\/i>
\nRichard Gere, “The Hoax”<\/i>
\nDon Cheadle, “Talk to Me”<\/i><\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> Casey Affleck, “Gone Baby Gone”; Christian Bale, “Rescue Dawn” & “3:10 to Yuma”; Josh Brolin, “No Country for Old Men”; Steve Buscemi, “Interview”; Steve Carell, “Dan in Real Life”; Michael Cera, “Juno”; Kevin Costner, “Mr. Brooks”; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “The Lookout”; Hugh Grant, “Music and Lyrics”; Tom Hanks, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Glen Hansard, “Once”; Emile Hirsch, “Into the Wild”; Irrfan Khan, “The Namesake”; Tony Leung, “Lust, Caution”; Tobey Maguire, “Spider-Man 3”; James McAvoy, “Atonement”; Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises”; Gordon Pinsent, “Away From Her”; Daniel Radcliffe, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”; Seth Rogan, “Knocked Up”; Will Smith, “I Am Legend”; Denzel Washington, “American Gangster” <\/p>\n
Best Actress<\/i><\/b>
\nEllen Page, “Juno”<\/i>
\nTabu, “The Namesake”<\/i>
\nMarion Cottilard, “Le Vie en Rose”<\/i>
\nJulie Christie, “Away From Her”<\/i>
\nHelena Bonham Carter, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i><\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> Drew Barrymore, “Music and Lyrics”; Nikki Blonsky, “Hairspray”; Jodie Foster, “The Brave One”; Katherine Heigl, “Knocked Up”; Carice van Houten, “Black Book”; Marketa Irglova, “Once”; Angelina Jolie, “A Mighty Heart”; Kiera Knightley, “Atonement”; Rose Mcgowen, “Grindhouse: Planet Terror”; Sienna Miller, “Interview”; Keri Russell, “Waitress”; Molly Shannon, “Year of the Dog”; Hilary Swank, “P.S. I Love You”; Naomi Watts, “Eastern Promises”; Tang Wei, “Lust, Caution”<\/p>\n
Best Supporting Actor<\/i><\/b>
\nJaviar Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”<\/i>
\nAlan Rickman, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i>
\nHal Holbrook, “Into the Wild”<\/i>
\nTommy Lee Jones, “No Country for Old Men”<\/i>
\nAdrien Brody, “The Darjeeling Limited”<\/i><\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> Casey Affleck, “The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford”; Dane Cook, “Dan in Real Life”; Russell Crowe, “American Gangster” & “3:10 to Yuma”; Jeff Daniels, “The Lookout”; Robert DeNiro, “Stardust”; Peter Dinklage, “Death at a Funeral”; Robert Downey Jr., “Zodiac”; Chitwetel Ejiofar, “American Gangster” & “Talk to Me”; Andy Griffith, “Waitress”; Ed Harris, “Gone Baby Gone”; Phillip Seymour Hoffman, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Terrance Howard, “The Brave One”; William Hurt, “Mr. Brooks”; Christopher Mintz-Plasse, “Superbad”; Alfred Molina, “The Hoax”; Kal Penn, “The Namesake”; Paul Rudd, “Knocked Up”; Mark Ruffalo, “Zodiac”; Paul Schneider, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Jason Schwartzman, “The Darjeeling Limited”; Christopher Walken, “Hairspray”; Owen Wilson, “The Darjeeling Limited”; Steve Zahn, “Rescue Dawn”<\/p>\n
Best Supporting Actress<\/i><\/b>
\nImelda Staunton, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”<\/i>
\nSaoirse Ronan, “Atonement”<\/i>
\nMeg Ryan, “In the Land of Women”<\/i>
\nJennifer Garner, “Juno”<\/i>
\nPatricia Clarkson, “Lars and the Real Girl”<\/i><\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> Zoe Bell, “Grindhouse: Death Proof”; Joan Chen, “Lust, Caution”; Marcia Gay Harden, “The Mist”; Angelica Huston, “The Darjeeling Limited”; Alison Janney, “Juno”; Lisa Kudrow, “P.S. I Love You”; Leslie Mann, “Knocked Up”; Mandy Moore, “Because I Said So”; Emily Mortimer, “Lars and the Real Girl”; Michelle Pfieffer, “Hairspray”; Julia Roberts, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Adrianne Shelley, “Waitress”; Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton”; Marisa Tomei, “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead”<\/p>\n
Best Original Screenplay<\/i><\/b>
\nDiablo Cody, “Juno”<\/i>
\nNancy Oliver, “Lars and the Real Girl”<\/i>
\nJohn Carney, “Once”<\/i>
\nWes Anderson, Roman Copolla, Jason Schwartzman, “The Darjeeling Limited”<\/i>
\nMatthew Michael Carnahan, “The Kingdom”<\/i><\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais & Julie Taymor, “Across the Universe”; Dean Craig, “Death at a Funeral”; Steven Knight, “Eastern Promises”; Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg, “Hot Fuzz”; Jonathan Kasden, “In the Land of Women”; Judd Apatow, “Knocked Up”; Matthew Michael Carnahan, “Lions for Lambs”; Scott Frank, “The Lookout”; Bruce A. Evans & Raynold Gideon, “Mr. Brooks”; Marc Lawrence, “Music and Lyrics”; Brad Bird, Jim Capobianco & Jan Pinkava, “Ratatouille”; Adrienne Shelley, “Waitress”; Mike White, “Year of the Dog”<\/p>\n
Best Adapted Screenplay<\/i><\/b>
\nJames Vanderbilt, “Zodiac”<\/i>
\nSarah Polley, “Away From Her”<\/i>
\nJoel & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”<\/i>
\nSean Penn, “Into the Wild”<\/i>
\nSooni Taraporevala, “The Namesake”<\/i><\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> Steven Zallian, “American Gangster”; Christopher Hampton, “Atonement”; Roger Avery & Neil Gaiman, “Beowulf”; Aaron Sorkin, “Charlie Wilson’s War”; Michael Goldenberg, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”; William Wheeler, “The Hoax”; James Schamus & Wang Hui Ling, “Lust, Caution”; Richard LaGravenese & Steven Rogers, “P.S. I Love You”; Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, Al Jean, Mike Scully, Mike Reiss, David Mirkin, John Swartzwelder, George Meyer, Jon Vitti, Ian Maxtone Graham & Matt Selman, “The Simpsons Movie”; Ivan Raimi, Sam Raimi & Alvin Sargent, “Spider-Man 3”; Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman, “Stardust”; John Logan, “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/p>\n
Best Original Score<\/i><\/b>
\n“Atonement”<\/i> (Dario Marianelli)
\n“Ratatouille”<\/i> (Michael Giacchino)
\n“Zodiac”<\/i> (David Shire)
\n“Eastern Promises”<\/i> (Howard Shore)
\n“1408”<\/i> (Gabriel Yared)<\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> “Lust, Caution” (Alexandre Desplat); “Gone Baby Gone” (Harry Gregson-Williams); “The Brave One” (Dario Marianelli); “The Hoax” (Carter Burwell); “Spider-Man 3” (Christopher Young); “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (Nicholas Hooper); “Hot Fuzz” (David Arnold); “The Simpsons Movie” (Hans Zimmer); “Grindhouse: Planet Terror” (Robert Rodriguez); “The Bourne Ultimatum” (John Powell); “300” (Tyler Bates); “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Hans Zimmer); “Beowulf” (Alan Silvestri)<\/p>\n
Best Original Song<\/i><\/b>
\n“Falling Slowly” from “Once”<\/i> (Glen Hansard and Mark\u00c3\u00a9ta Irglov\u00c3\u00a1)
\n“Way Back Into Love” from “Music and Lyrics”<\/i> (Adam Schlesinger)
\n“If You Want Me” from “Once”<\/i> (Mark\u00c3\u00a9ta Irglov\u00c3\u00a1)
\n“Le Festin” from “Ratatouille”<\/i> (Michael Giacchino)
\n“Pop! Goes My Heart” from “Music and Lyrics”<\/i> (Andrew W. Blakemore and Alanna Vicente)<\/p>\n
Other Top Choices:<\/i> “Dance With Me Tonight” from “Music and Lyrics”<\/i> (Clyde Lawrence); “All the Way Down” from “Once”<\/i> (Glen Hansard); \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Baby Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t You Cry\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Waitress\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/i> (Andrew Hollander and Adrienne Shelly); “Before It’s Too Late (Sam and Mikaela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Theme)” from “Transformers”<\/i> (Johnny Rzeznik); “A Hero Comes Home” from “Beowulf”<\/i> (Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard); “Signal Fire” from “Spider-Man 3”<\/i> (Performed by Snow Patrol)<\/p>\n
Best Animated Feature<\/i><\/b>
\n“Ratatouille”<\/i>
\n“The Simpsons Movie”<\/i>
\n“Beowulf”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Foreign Language Film<\/i><\/b>
\n“Le Vie en Rose”<\/i>
\n“Lust, Caution”<\/i>
\n“Paris je t’amie”<\/i>
\n“Black Book”<\/i>
\n“Day Watch”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Documentary Feature<\/i><\/b>
\n“Crazy Love”<\/i>
\n“Into Great Silence”<\/i>
\n“No End in Sight”<\/i>
\n“The Devil Came on Horseback”<\/i>
\n“SiCKO”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Visual Effects<\/i><\/b>
\n“Transformers”<\/i>
\n“I Am Legend”<\/i>
\n“Stardust”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Sound<\/i><\/b>
\n“1408”<\/i>
\n“Transformers”<\/i>
\n“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i>
\n“The Kingdom”<\/i>
\n“Beowulf”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Sound Editing<\/i><\/b>
\n“1408”<\/i>
\n“Transformers”<\/i>
\n“300”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Cinematography<\/i><\/b>
\n“Zodiac”<\/i>
\n“Across the Universe”<\/i>
\n“Into the Wild”<\/i>
\n“No Country for Old Men”<\/i>
\n“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Film Editing<\/i><\/b>
\n“Across the Universe”<\/i>
\n“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i>
\n“Zodiac”<\/i>
\n“The Kingdom”<\/i>
\n“The Bourne Ultimatum”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Art Direction<\/i><\/b>
\n“Stardust”<\/i>
\n“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i>
\n“Lust, Caution”<\/i>
\n“The Darjeeling Limited”<\/i>
\n“Black Book”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Makeup<\/i><\/b>
\n“Le Vie en Rose”<\/i>
\n“The Namesake”<\/i>
\n“Stardust”<\/i><\/p>\n
Best Costume Design<\/i><\/b>
\n“Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”<\/i>
\n“Across the Universe”<\/i>
\n“Le Vie en Rose”<\/i>
\n“Lust, Caution”<\/i>
\n“American Gangster”<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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