I'm not gonna toot my own horn here -- screw it -- OK, I will, but I once swept EVERY category in my office Oscar pool. Every silly category. I couldn't believe it. I've also been a pretty good Oscar handicapper. I guess I'll always have a job in vegas if I want one, right?
This year, I'm very under the weather and battling a cold so I may not be on my game but here are my 2008 Oscar Predictions in the order and preference as to who I think may win.
A month or so back, I think I did pretty well predicting the categories so if you have an office pool, check out my pics.
ACTOR -- LEADING
2 -George Clooney - MICHAEL CLAYTON
1 -Daniel Day-Lewis - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
4 - Johnny Depp - SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
3 -Tommy Lee Jones - IN THE VALLEYOF ELAH
5 Viggo Mortensen - EASTERN PROMISES
ACTOR -- SUPPORTING
2 Casey Affleck - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
1 Javier Bardem - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
5 Philip Seymour Hoffman -CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR
3 Hal Holbrook - INTO THE WILD
4 Tom Wilkinson - MICHAEL CLAYTON
ACTRESS -- LEADING
5 Cate Blanchett - ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
1 Julie Christie - AWAY FROM HER
2 Marion Cotillard - LA VIE EN ROSE
4 Laura Linney - THE SAVAGES
3 Ellen Page - JUNO
ACTRESS -- SUPPORTING
2 Cate Blanchett - I’M NOT THERE
3 Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER
5 Saoirse Ronan - ATONEMENT
4 Amy Ryan - GONE BABY GONE
1 Tilda Swinton - MICHAEL CLAYTON
ANIMATED FEATURE
2 PERSEPOLIS
1 RATATOUILLE
3 SURF’S UP
CINEMATOGRAPHY
4 THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD ATONEMENT
2 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
3 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
1 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
COSTUME DESIGN
5 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
2 ATONEMENT
4 ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
3 LA VIE EN ROSE
1 SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
DIRECTING
2 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
5 JUNO
4 MICHAEL CLAYTON
1 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1 NO END IN SIGHT
4 OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE
2 SICKO
3 TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
5 WAR/DANCE
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
2 BEAUFORT
1 THE COUNTERFEITERS
4 KATYŃ
3 MONGOL
5 12
ORIGINAL SCORE
1 ATONEMENT
5 THE KITE RUNNER
3 MICHAEL CLAYTON
2 RATATOUILLE
4 3:10 TO YUMA
ORIGINAL SONG
1 "Falling Slowly" - ONCE
3 "Happy Working Song" - ENCHANTED
4 "Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH
2 "So Close" - ENCHANTED
5 "That’s How You Know" - ENCHANTED
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
1 FREEHELD
4 LA CORONA (THE CROWN)
2 SALIM BABA
3 SARI’S MOTHER
ART DIRECTION
5 AMERICAN GANGSTER
2 ATONEMENT
4 THE GOLDEN COMPASS
3 SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
1 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
MAKEUP
1 LA VIE EN ROSE
2 NORBIT
3 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:AT WORLD’S END
FILM EDITING
1 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
5 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
4 INTO THE WILD
2 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
VISUAL EFFECTS
3 THE GOLDEN COMPASS
2 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
1 TRANSFORMERS
SOUND EDITING
1 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
3 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
5 RATATOUILLE
4 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2 TRANSFORMERS
SCREENPLAY -- ADAPTED
4 ATONEMENT
5 AWAY FROM HER
3 THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
1 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
SCREENPLAY -- ORIGINAL
1 JUNO
3 LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
2 MICHAEL CLAYTON
5 RATATOUILLE
4 THE SAVAGES
SOUND MIXING
2 THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
4 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
5 RATATOUILLE
3 3:10 TO YUMA
1 TRANSFORMERS
SHORT FILM -- LIVE ACTION
3 AT NIGHT
4 IL SUPPLENTE (THE SUBSTITUTE)
1 LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS (THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS)
2 TANGHI ARGENTINI
5 THE TONTO WOMAN
SHORT FILM -- ANIMATED
3 I MET THE WALRUS
5 MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI
2 MÊME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS (EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN)
4 MY LOVE (MOYA LYUBOV)
1 PETER & THE WOLF
BEST PICTURE
5 ATONEMENT
2 JUNO
3 MICHAEL CLAYTON
1 NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
4 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
