Oscar Nominations 2008 (February 2009 ceremony)

All the guessing is over! The nominations for the 81st Academy Awards have been announced, and with only one month until the ceremony, the predictions can start for who will actually go home with the Oscars!

With the most nods, it looks like a straight battle between "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Slumdog Millionaire" for Best Picture. I have a feeling that this could be one of those rare years when the Picture and Director Oscars go to different films. What price Best Picture for "Benjamin Button" while rewarding the vitality of Danny Boyle's direction of "Slumdog Millionaire"?

Here are the nominations in full:

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13 nominations

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

* Best Picture
* Best Director - David Fincher
* Best Adapted Screenplay - Eric Roth & Robin Swicord
* Best Actor - Brad Pitt
* Best Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson
* Best Cinematography - Claudio Miranda
* Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat
* Best Sound
* Best Editing
* Best Art Direction
* Best Costume Design
* Best Make-Up
* Best Visual Effects


10 nominations

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
* Best Picture
* Best Director - Danny Boyle
* Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
* Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
* Best Editing
* Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman
* Best Original Song - "O Saya"
* Best Original Song - "Jai Ho"
* Best Sound
* Best Sound Editing


8 nominations

THE DARK KNIGHT
* Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
* Best Cinematography - Wally Pfister
* Best Editing
* Best Art Direction
* Best Make-Up
* Best Sound
* Best Sound Editing
* Best Visual Effects

MILK
* Best Picture
* Best Director - Gus Van Sant
* Best Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black
* Best Actor - Sean Penn
* Best Supporting Actor - Josh Brolin
* Best Editing
* Best Original Score - Danny Elfman
* Best Costume Design


6 nominations

WALL-E
* Best Original Screenplay - Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter
* Best Animated Feature
* Best Original Score - Thomas Newman
* Best Original Song - "Down To You"
* Best Sound
* Best Sound Editing


5 nominations

DOUBT
* Best Adapted Screenplay - John Patrick Shanley
* Best Actress - Meryl Streep
* Best Supporting Actor - Philip Seymour Hoffman
* Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams
* Best Supporting Actress - Viola Davis

FROST / NIXON
* Best Picture
* Best Director - Ron Howard
* Best Adapted Screenplay - Peter Morgan
* Best Actor - Frank Langella
* Best Editing

THE READER
* Best Picture
* Best Director - Stephen Daldry
* Best Adapted Screenplay - David Hare
* Best Actress - Kate Winslet
* Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins & Chris Menges


3 nominations

CHANGELING
* Best Actress - Angelina Jolie
* Best Cinematography - Tom Stern
* Best Art Direction

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
* Best Supporting Actor - Michael Shannon
* Best Art Direction
* Best Costume Design


2 nominations

THE DUCHESS
* Best Art Direction
* Best Costume Design

FROZEN RIVER
* Best Original Screenplay - Courtney Hunt
* Best Actress - Melissa Leo

IRON MAN
* Best Sound Editing
* Best Visual Effects

WANTED
* Best Sound
* Best Sound Editing

THE WRESTLER
* Best Actor - Mickey Rourke
* Best Supporting Actress - Marisa Tomei


1 nomination

AUSTRALIA
* Best Costume Design

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
* Best Foreign Language Film

BOLT
* Best Animated Feature

THE CLASS
* Best Foreign Language Film

DEFIANCE
* Best Original Score - James Newton Howard

DEPARTURES
* Best Foreign Language Film

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
* Best Original Screenplay - Mike Leigh

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
* Best Make-Up

IN BRUGES
* Best Original Screenplay - Martin McDonagh

KUNG-FU PANDA
* Best Animated Feature

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
* Best Actress - Anne Hathaway

REVANCHE
* Best Foreign Language Film

TROPIC THUNDER
* Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr.

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
* Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz

THE VISITOR
* Best Actor - Richard Jenkins

WALTZ WITH BASHIR
* Best Foreign Language Film

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Oscar Contenders 2008 (2009 ceremony)

This week we shall finally see which films will be nominated for the 2008 Academy Awards. After the major triumphs of "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Golden Globes, with major contenders "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Doubt", and "Frost / Nixon" going away empty-handed, which way will the Oscar voters be leaning?

Here is an alphabetical list of the movies that I think are potential Oscar-nominees across all of the categories. Movies in italics are the final short-list for the Foreign Language Film award. Movies in bold print WILL be nominated:

Adam Resurrected
Appaloosa
Australia
The Baader-Meinhof Complex
Ballast
Blindness
Body of Lies
Bolt
Brideshead Revisited
The Brothers Bloom
Burn After Reading
Cadillac Records
Changeling
Che: Part One (The Argentine)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Class
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Departures
Doubt
The Duchess
Elegy
Everlasting Moments
The Fall
Flash of Genius
Frost / Nixon
Frozen River
Gomorrah
Good
Gran Torino
Happy-Go-Lucky
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
In Bruges
The Incredible Hulk
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
I've Loved You So Long
Journey To The Center of the Earth
Kung-Fu Panda
Last Chance Harvey
Local Color
Mamma Mia!
Milk
The Necessities of Life
Nothing But The Truth
The Other Boleyn Girl
Pineapple Express
Quantam of Solace
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader
Revanche
Revolutionary Road
Seven Pounds
Slumdog Millionaire
Snow Angels
Synechdoche, New York
3 Monkeys
Tear This One Out
Tropic Thunder
Valkyrie
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor
W.
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir
Wendy & Lucy
What Doesn't Kill You
The Wrestler

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BAFTA Nominees 2008-2009

Here are the BAFTA nominations announced in January 2009:


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11 nominations

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
* Best Film
* Best Director – David Fincher
* Best Adapted Screenplay – Eric Roth
* Leading Actor – Brad Pitt
* Music – Alexandre Desplat
* Cinematography – Claudio Miranda
* Editing
* Production Design
* Costume Design
* Special Visual Effects
* Make-Up and Hair

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
* Best Film
* Outstanding British Film
* Best Director – Danny Boyle
* Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
* Leading Actor – Dev Patel
* Supporting Actress – Freida Pinto
* Music – A.R. Rahman
* Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
* Editing
* Production Design
* Sound


9 nominations

THE DARK KNIGHT
* Supporting Actor – Heath Ledger
* Music – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
* Cinematography – Wally Pfister
* Editing
* Production Design
* Costume Design
* Sound
* Special Visual Effects
* Make-Up and Hair


8 nominations

CHANGELING
* Best Director – Clint Eastwod
* Best Original Screenplay – J. Michael Straczynski
* Leading Actress – Angelina Jolie
* Cinematography – Tom Stern
* Editing
* Production Design
* Costume Design
* Sound


6 nominations

FROST / NIXON
* Best Film
* Best Director – Ron Howard
* Best Adapted Screenplay – Peter Morgan
* Leading Actor – Frank Langella
* Editing
* Make-Up and Hair


5 nominations

THE READER
* Best Film
* Best Director – Stephen Daldry
* Best Adapted Screenplay – David Hare
* Leading Actress – Kate Winslet
* Cinematography – Chris Menges & Roger Deakins


4 nominations

IN BRUGES
* Outstanding British Film
* Best Original Screenplay – Martin McDonagh
* Supporting Actor – Brendan Gleeson
* Editing

MILK
* Best Film
* Best Original Screenplay – Dustin Lance Black
* Leading Actor – Sean Penn
* Make-Up and Hair

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
* Best Adapted Screenplay – Justin Haythe
* Leading Actress – Kate Winslet
* Production Design
* Costume Design


3 nominations

BURN AFTER READING
* Best Original Screenplay – Joel & Ethan Coen
* Supporting Actor – Brad Pitt
* Supporting Actress – Tilda Swinton

DOUBT
* Leading Actress – Meryl Streep
* Supporting Actor – Philip Seymour Hoffman
* Supporting Actress – Amy Adams

I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG
* Best Original Screenplay – Philippe Claudel
* Film Not In The English Language
* Leading Actress – Kristin Scott Thomas

WALL- E
* Animated Film
* Music – Thomas Newman
* Sound


2 nominations

THE DUCHESS
* Costume Design
* Make-Up and Hair

MAMMA MIA!
* Outstanding British Film
* Music – Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus

PERSEPOLIS
* Film Not In The English Language
* Animated Film

QUANTAM OF SOLACE
* Sound
* Special Visual Effects

THE WRESTLER
* Leading Actor – Mickey Rourke
* Supporting Actress – Marisa Tomei


1 nomination

THE BAADER-MEINHOF COMPLEX
* Film Not In The English Language

GOMORRAH
* Film Not In The English Language

HUNGER
* Outstanding British Film

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
* Special Visual Effects

IRON MAN
* Special Visual Effects

MAN ON WIRE
* Outstanding British Film

TROPIC THUNDER
* Supporting Actor – Robert Downey, Jr.

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
* Supporting Actress – Penelope Cruz

WALTZ WITH BASHIR
* Animated Film


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Ten Years of Awards: Oscar and Golden Globe Acting nominations from 1999-2008

The past decade, from 1999-2008, represents a pretty interesting and vital time in cinema history. In terms of who the Oscars and Golden Globes chose to nominate in their various acting categories, only 214 performers have the distinction of being a "nominee" or "winner" to boost their box office potential.

I came up with a points system to represent the combination of Best Actor / Actress and Best Supporting Actor / Actress wins and nominations that could have been accrued from both the Oscar and Golden Globe ceremonies. I believe even an Oscar nomination holds more kudos than a victory at the Globes (with a Globe Best Actor victory just about having the higher value than an Oscar Supporting nod!), so my points scale is as follows:

20 points - Oscar WIN for Best Actor / Actress
17 points - Oscar WIN for Best Supporting Actor / Actress
15 points - Oscar NOMINATION for Best Actor / Actress
13 points - Golden Globe WIN for Best Actor / Actress
12 points - Oscar NOMINATION for Best Supporting Actor / Actress
10 points - Golden Globe WIN for Best Supporting Actor / Actress
8 points - Golden Globe NOMINATION for Best Actor / Actress
5 points - Golden Globe NOMINATION for Best Supporting Actor / Actress

When you tally up the points, can you guess who has had the most Hollywood acclaim in the past decade? No, you probably can't!

Well, top of the list is Renee Zellweger! Her 107 points tally as follows:

In 2000

* 13 points
GLOBES WIN Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
NURSE BETTY

In 2001

* 8 points
GLOBES NOM Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
BRIDGET JONES' DIARY

* 15 points
OSCAR NOM Best Actress
BRIDGET JONES' DIARY

In 2002

* 13 points
GLOBES WIN Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
CHICAGO

* 15 points
OSCAR NOM Best Actress
CHICAGO

In 2003

* 10 points
GLOBES NOM Best Supporting Actress
COLD MOUNTAIN

* 17 points
OSCAR WIN Best Supporting Actress
COLD MOUNTAIN

In 2004

* 8 points
GLOBES NOM Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON

In 2006

* 8 points
GLOBES NOM Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
MISS POTTER

But is she really top of the tree at the start of 2009? Most of her awards success was between 2000-2003.

Right now in Hollywood, I believe there are certain actors and actresses who are "hot" and most likely to gain awards success. Many others are on the down slide, even if they had success a few years ago. How about those "one hit wonders" who had a great role, scooped up every award going, but seem destined to never repeat the acclaim? Halle Berry in "Monster's Ball" for example?

Here is my full pecking order:

Actresses Moving Up!

CATE BLANCHETT - 100 points
MERYL STREEP - 97 points
KATE WINSLET - 76 points
ANGELINA JOLIE - 43 points
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY - 39 points
LAURA LINNEY - 63 points
HILARY SWANK - 66 points
REESE WITHERSPOON - 49 points
FRANCES McDORMAND - 42 points
AMY ADAMS - 25 points
SCARLET JOHANSSON - 29 points
PENELOPE CRUZ - 28 points
TILDA SWINTON - 30 points
MARION COTILLARD - 33 points

Actresses Sliding Down!

RENEE ZELLWEGER - 107 points
JUDI DENCH - 86 points
NICOLE KIDMAN - 85 points
HELEN MIRREN - 58 points
JULIANNE MOORE - 66 points
CHARLIZE THERON - 56 points
ANNETTE BENING - 53 points
JULIA ROBERTS - 46 points
DIANE LANE - 31 points


Actors Moving Up!

JOHNNY DEPP - 85 points
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - 75 points
SEAN PENN - 79 points
JAVIER BARDEM - 66 points
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN - 63 points
GEORGE CLOONEY - 63 points
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - 56 points
WILL SMITH - 46 points
BEN KINGSLEY - 40 points
BENICIO DEL TORO - 39 points
TOM WILKINSON - 32 points

Actors Sliding Down!

RUSSELL CROWE - 95 points
DENZEL WASHINGTON - 64 points
JACK NICHOLSON - 41 points
JAMIE FOXX - 50 points
JOAQUIN PHOENIX - 45 points
KEVIN SPACEY - 44 points
JUDE LAW - 45 points
TOM CRUISE - 35 points
MICHAEL CAINE - 45 points
TOM HANKS - 36 points

Actors Who Have Passed Away

HEATH LEDGER - 28 points

To be continued .......

Golden Globe Nominated Films Since 2000

At the nine Golden Globes ceremonies held from 2000-2008 (including the awards to be given out in January 2009) there were 300 films receiving a combined 611 Golden Globe nominations.

Unlike the Oscars with a whole raft of production awards on offer, the Golden Globes has a smaller number of statues to dish out. However, due to the distinction between 'Drama' and 'Musical or Comedy' there are two additional acting categories.

The Best Picture (for both the 'Drama' and the 'Musical or Comedy' categories) nominees are in bold type, with the Best Pictures of the year also underlined. The director and year of the movie is listed afterwards:

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8 nominations

CHICAGO (Rob Marshall, 2002)
COLD MOUNTAIN (Anthony Minghella, 2003)


7 nominations

ATONEMENT (Joe Wright, 2007)
BABEL (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2006)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Ang Lee, 2005)
THE HOURS (Stephen Daldry, 2002)
SIDEWAYS (Alexander Payne, 2004)


6 nominations

ADAPTATION (Spike Jonze, 2002)
THE AVIATOR (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
A BEAUTIFUL MIND (Ron Howard, 2001)
THE DEPARTED (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
MOULIN ROUGE! (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)


5 nominations

ABOUT SCHMIDT (Alexander Payne, 2002)
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (Mike Nichols, 2007)
CLOSER (Mike Nichols, 2004)
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (David Fincher, 2008)
DOUBT (John Patrick Shanley, 2008)
DREAMGIRLS (Bill Condon, 2006)
FINDING NEVERLAND (Marc Forster, 2005)
FROST / NIXON (Ron Howard, 2008)
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Martin Scorsese, 2002)
GLADIATOR (Ridley Scott, 2000)
GOSFORD PARK (Robert Altman, 2001)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Clint Eastwood, 2004)
MYSTIC RIVER (Clint Eastwood, 2003)
TRAFFIC (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)


4 nominations

ALMOST FAMOUS (Cameron Crowe, 2000)
BIG FISH (Tim Burton, 2003)
CHOCOLAT (Lasse Hallstrom, 2000)
ERIN BROCKOVICH (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Michel Gondry, 2004)
FAR FROM HEAVEN (Todd Haynes, 2002)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (George Clooney, 2005)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Peter Jackson, 2001)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Peter Jackson, 2003)
MATCH POINT (Woody Allen, 2005)
MICHAEL CLAYTON (Tony Gilroy, 2007)
MULHOLLAND DRIVE (David Lynch, 2001)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
THE PRODUCERS (Susan Stroman, 2005)
THE QUEEN (Stephen Frears, 2006)
THE READER (Stephen Daldry, 2008)
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Sam Mendes, 2008)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle, 2008)
SWEENEY TODD (Tim Burton, 2007)
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Woody Allen, 2008)
WONDER BOYS (Curtis Hanson, 2000)


3 nominations

A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
ALI (Michael Mann, 2001)
AMERICAN GANGSTER (Ridley Scott, 2007)
THE CONSTANT GARDENER (Fernando Meirelles, 2005)
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Ang Lee, 2000)
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (David Frankel, 2006)
THE DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
EASTERN PROMISES (David Cronenberg, 2007)
HAIRSPRAY (Adam Shankman, 2007)
HOTEL RWANDA (Terry George, 2004)
IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh, 2008)
IN THE BEDROOM (Todd Field, 2001)
IRIS (Richard Eyre, 2001)
JUNO (Jason Reitman, 2007)
KINSEY (Bill Condon, 2004)
THE LAST SAMURAI (Edward Zwick, 2003)
LITTLE CHILDREN (Todd Field, 2006)
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2001)
MASTER AND COMMANDER (Peter Weir, 2003)
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS (Stephen Frears, 2005)
NOTES ON A SCANDAL (Richard Eyre, 2006)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Joel Schumacher, 2004)
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (Noah Baumbach, 2005)
SUNSHINE (Istvan Szabo, 2000)
WALK THE LINE (James Mangold, 2005)
THE WRESTLER (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)


2 nominations

ABOUT A BOY (Chris & Paul Weitz, 2002)
BANDITS (Barry Levinson, 2001)
BILLY ELLIOT (Stephen Daldry, 2000)
BOBBY (Emilio Estevez, 2006)
BOLT (Byron Howard & Chris Williams, 2008)
BORAT (Larry Charles, 2006)
BRIDGET JONES' DIARY (Sharon Maguire, 2001)
BURN AFTER READING (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2008)

CHANGELING (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, & THE WARDROBE (Andrew Adamson, 2005)
CINDERELLA MAN (Ron Howard, 2005)
THE CONTENDER (Rod Lurie, 2000)
THE COOLER (Wayne Kramer, 2003)
CRASH (Paul Haggis, 2005)

DANCER IN THE DARK (Lars Von Trier, 2000)
DE-LOVELY (Irwin Winkler, 2004)
ENCHANTED (Kevin Lima, 2007)
FRIDA (Julie Taymor, 2002)
GHOST WORLD (Terry Zwigoff, 2001)
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING (Peter Webber, 2003)
GRACE IS GONE (James C. Strouse, 2007)

HAPPY FEET (George Miller, 2006)
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (Mike Leigh, 2008)
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg, 2005)
IGBY GOES DOWN (Burr Steers, 2002)
IN AMERICA (Jim Sheridan, 2003)
INTO THE WILD (Sean Penn, 2007)

KATE & LEOPOLD (James Mangold, 2001)
KILL BILL: VOLUME 2 (Quentin Tarantino, 2004)
KING KONG (Peter Jackson, 2005)
THE KITE RUNNER (Marc Forster, 2007)
LEGALLY BLONDE (Robert Luketic, 2001)
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, 2006)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (Peter Jackson, 2002)
LOVE ACTUALLY (Richard Curtis, 2003)
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (Philippe Claudel, 2008)
LAST CHANCE HARVEY (Joel Hopkins, 2008)

MALENA (Giuseppe Tornatore, 2000)
MAMMA MIA! (Phyllida Lloyd, 2008)
MEMOIRS OF GEISHA (Rob Marshall, 2005)
MISS CONGENIALITY (Donald Petrie, 2000)
MUNICH (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (Joel Zwick, 2002)
NORTH COUNTRY (Niki Caro, 2005)
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2000)
PEARL HARBOR (Michael Bay, 2001)
THE PIANIST (Roman Polanski, 2002)
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (Joe Wright, 2005)
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (Gabriele Muccino, 2006)
QUILLS (Philip Kaufman, 2000)
RAY (Taylor Hackford, 2004)
SEABISCUIT (Gary Ross, 2003)
THE SEA INSIDE (Alejandro Amenabar, 2004)
THE SHIPPING NEWS (Lasse Hallstrom, 2001)
SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (Nancy Meyers, 2003)
SYRIANA (Stephen Gaghan, 2005)

THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (Jason Reitman, 2006)
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
THIRTEEN (Catherine Hardwicke, 2003)
TRANSAMERICA (Duncan Tucker, 2005)
TROPIC THUNDER (Ben Stiller, 2008)

VANILLA SKY (Cameron Crowe, 2001)
VOLVER (Pedro Almodovar, 2006)
WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (Jake Kasdan, 2007)
WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000)


1 nomination

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Julie Taymor, 2007)
ALFIE (Charles Shyer, 2004)
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (Billy Bob Thornton, 2000)
AMELIE (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
AMERICAN SPLENDOR (Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, 2003)
AMORES PERROS (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 2000)
APOCALYPTO (Mel Gibson, 2006)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES (Andrew Dominik, 2007)
AWAY FROM HER (Sarah Polley, 2007)

THE BAADER-MEINHOF COMPLEX (Uli Edel, 2008)
BAD SANTA (Terry Zwigoff, 2003)
BALZAC & THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS (Sijie Dai, 2002)
THE BANGER SISTERS (Bob Dolman, 2002)
THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Denys Arcand, 2003)
BEE MOVIE (Steve Hickner & Simon J. Smith, 2007)
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS (Julian Schnabel, 2000)
BEHIND THE SUN (Walter Salles, 2001)
BEING JULIA (Istvan Szabo, 2004)
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (Gurinder Chadha, 2003)
BEST IN SHOW (Christopher Guest, 2000)
BEYOND THE SEA (Kevin Spacey, 2004)
BIRTH (Jonathan Glazer, 2004)
BLOOD DIAMOND (Edward Zwick, 2006)
THE BRAVE ONE (Neil Jordan, 2007)
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (Neil Jordan, 2005)
BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (Beeban Kidron, 2004)

CADILLAC RECORDS (Darnell Martin, 2008)
CALENDAR GIRLS (Nigel Cole, 2003)
CAPOTE (Bennett Miller, 2005)
CARS (John Lasseter, 2006)
CAST AWAY (Robert Zemeckis, 2000)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Tim Burton, 2005)
CHICKEN RUN (Peter Lord & Nick Park, 2000)
THE CHORUS (Christopher Barratier, 2004)
CHRISTMAS IN LOVE (Neri Parenti, 2005)
CITY OF GOD (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)
COLLATERAL (Michael Mann, 2004)
THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO (Carlos Carrera, 2002)

THE DARK KNIGHT (Christopher Nolan, 2008)
THE DA VINCI CODE (Ron Howard, 2006)
THE DEEP END (Scott McGehee & David Siegel, 2001)
DEFIANCE (Edward Zwick, 2008)
DIE ANOTHER DAY (Lee Tamahori, 2002)
THE DUCHESS (Saul Dibb, 2008)

8 MILE (Curtis Hanson, 2002)
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (Shekhar Kapur, 2007)
THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (Mark Dindal, 2000)
EVERLASTING MOMENTS (Jan Troell, 2008)

THE FAMILY STONE (Thomas Bezucha, 2005)
FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton, 2003)
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (Clint Eastwood, 2006)
THE FOUNTAIN (Darren Aronofsky, 2006)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)
FREAKY FRIDAY (Mark Waters, 2003)
FREQUENCY (Gregory Hoblit, 2000)

GOMORRAH (Mateo Garrone, 2008)
GONE BABY GONE (Ben Affleck, 2007)
GOOD BYE LENIN! (Wolfgang Becker, 2003)
GRAN TORINO (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
THE GREAT DEBATERS (Denzel Washington, 2007)

HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH (John Cameron Mitchell, 2001)
HERO (Zhang Yimou, 2002)
HIGH FIDELITY (Stephen Frears, 2000)
HOLLYWOODLAND (Allen Coulter, 2006)
HOME OF THE BRAVE (Irwin Winkler, 2006)
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Zhang Yimou, 2004)
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (Vadim Perelman, 2003)
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (Ron Howard, 2000)
THE HUNDRED STEPS (Marco Tullio Giordano, 2000)
HUSTLE & FLOW (Craig Brewer, 2005)

I'M NOT THERE (Todd Haynes, 2007)
THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird, 2004)
IN HER SHOES (Curtis Hanson, 2005)

JOYEUX NOEL (Christian Carion, 2005)
KILL BILL: VOLUME 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
KINKY BOOTS (Julian Jarrold, 2006)
KUNG FU HUSTLE (Stephen Chow, 2005)
KUNG FU PANDA (Mark Osborne & John Stevenson, 2008)

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (Nancy Oliver, 2007)
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (Kevin MacDonald, 2006)
LIFE AS A HOUSE (Irwin Winkler, 2001)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006)
LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (Mike Newell, 2007)
A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG (Shainee Gabel, 2004)
LUST, CAUTION (Ang Lee, 2007)

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (Jonathan Demme, 2004)
THE MATADOR (Richard Shephard, 2005)
MEET THE PARENTS (Jay Roach, 2000)
MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan, 2001)
A MIGHTY HEART (Michael Winterbottom, 2007)
MILK (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
MISS POTTER (Chris Noonan, 2006)
MONA LISA SMILE (Mike Newell, 2003)
MONSIEUR IBRAHIM (Francois Dupreyon, 2003)
MONSOON WEDDING (Mira Nair, 2001)
MONSTER (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
MONSTER HOUSE (Gil Kenan, 2006)
MONSTER'S BALL (Marc Forster, 2001)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Walter Salles, 2004)

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (Douglas McGrath, 2002)
NOMAD (Sergei Bodrov & Ivan Passer, 2006)
NO MAN'S LAND (Danis Tanovic, 2001)
NOWHERE IN AFRICA (Caroline Link, 2002)
NURSE BETTY (Neil LaBute, 2000)
OSAMA (Siddiq Barmak, 2003)
THE OTHERS (Alejandro Amenabar, 2001)

THE PAINTED VEIL (John Curran, 2006)
PAN'S LABYRINTH (Guillermo Del Toro, 2006)
PARADISE NOW (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)
PERSEPOLIS (Vincent Parronaud & Marjane Satrapi, 2007)
PIECES OF APRIL (Peter Hedges, 2003)
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (David Gordon Green, 2008)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (Gore Verbinski, 2003)
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST (Gore Verbinski, 2006)
THE POLAR EXPRESS (Robert Zemeckis, 2004)
THE PROMISE (Chen Kaige, 2005)
PROOF (John Madden, 2005)
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)

THE QUIET AMERICAN (Phillip Noyce, 2002)
RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (Phillip Noyce, 2002)
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Jonathan Demme, 2008)
RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird, 2007)
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Darren Aronofsky, 2000)
THE RETURN (Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003)
ROAD TO PERDITION (Sam Mendes, 2002)
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Wes Anderson, 2001)
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS (Ryan Murphy, 2006)

THE SAVAGES (Tamara Jenkins, 2007)
SAVING GRACE (Nigel Cole, 2000)
THE SCHOOL OF ROCK (Richard Linklater, 2003)
SECRETARY (Steven Shainberg, 2002)
SEXY BEAST (Jonathan Glazer, 2001)
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (E. Elias Merhige, 2000)
SHATTERED GLASS (Billy Ray, 2003)
SHERRYBABY (Laurie Collyer, 2006)
SHREK (Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson, 2001)
SHREK 2 (Andrew Adamson et al., 2004)
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (David Silverman, 2007)
SMALL TIME CROOKS (Woody Allen, 2000)
SPANGLISH (James L. Brooks, 2004)
SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (Kelly Asbury & Lorna Cook, 2002)
STRANGER THAN FICTION (Marc Forster, 2006)

TALK TO HER (Pedro Almodovar, 2002)
TRAINING DAY (Antoine Fuqua, 2001)
TSOTSI (Gavin Hood, 2005)
25th HOUR (Spike Lee, 2002)

UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN (Audrey Wells, 2003)
UNFAITHFUL (Adrian Lyne, 2002)

VENUS (Roger Michell, 2006)
VERA DRAKE (Mike Leigh, 2004)
VERONICA GUERIN (Joel Schumacher, 2003)
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2004)
LA VIE EN ROSE (Olivier Dahan, 2007)

WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Ari Folman, 2008)
WHAT WOMEN WANT (Nancy Meyers, 2000)
THE WIDOW OF SAINT-PIERRE (Patrice Leconte, 2000)
THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Cathy Malkasian & Jeff McGrath, 2002)
Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN (Alfonso Cuaron, 2001)


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