Sunday, January 21, 2007

2007 FINAL Oscar Nominee Predictions

Best Picture
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Director
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu
Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Best Actor in a Lead Role
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forrest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress in a Lead Role
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Best Actor in a Lead Role
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Eddy Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nickelson - The Departed
Brad Pitt - Babel

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Best Original Screenplay
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Volver

Best Adopted Screenplay
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
Thank You for Smoking

Best Cinematography
Babel
Children of Men
The Departed
Flags of Our Fathers
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Best Art Direction
Children of Men
Dreamgirls
Marie-Antoinette
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Best Costume Design
Children of Men
Dreamgirls
Marie-Antoinette
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Queen

Best Sound
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

Best Film Editing
Children of Men
Flags of Our Fathers
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen

Best Sound Editing
Babel
Dreamgirls
Mission Impossible III
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Superman Returns

Best Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Superman Returns
X Men 3: The Last Stand

Best Make Up
Apocalypto
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Prestige

Best Original Song
“A Father’s Way” - The Pursuit of Happyness
“Listen” - Dreamgirls
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” - Bobby
“Ordinary Miracle” - Charlotte’s Web
“Song of the Heart” - Happy Feet

Best Original Score
Babel
The Da Vinci Code
The Fountain
The Painted Vail
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest


Best Animated Film
Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Monster House
Over the Hedge

Best Foreign Language Film
Black Book - The Netherlands
The Lives of Others - Germany
Pan’s Labyrinth - Mexico
Volver - Spain
Water - Canada

Best Documentary Film
Deliver us from Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq in Fragments
Jesus Camp
Shut Up and Sing

** The Nominees to the 79th Annual Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 the 5:35pm (PST).