The coveted little guy (AP)
It's time to look again at the nominees in the top three Oscar categories, and as you will see by the list, nothing that came out last weekend changed a thing.
Dan in Real Life is a nice dramedy, but it's not making in Oscar waves. And let's not even mention
Saw IV. So this week's list remains unchanged from the week before. I can tell you, though, that when the list is updated next week, there will definitely be a reshuffling of the Best Picture deck. For those of you new to our little weekly feature, remember: this is a running list, based on which movies have already been released. As new movies come out, new nominees will emerge, bumping off others previously on the list. With that in mind, on to the list of nominees...
Best Picture
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Eastern Promises
Gone Baby Gone
Into the Wild
Best Actor
Brad Pitt (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Julie Christie (Away from Her)
Wei Tang (Lust, Caution)
Halle Berry (Things We Lost in the Fire)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
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Comments
Posted by Pete Oppel @ 3:32 PM Wed, Oct 31, 2007
Here are my nominees for the top three categories based on movies that have already opened and selections I believe have any chance at all of actually getting a nomination (listed alphabetically):
Picture
In the Valley of Elah
Into the Wild
(No other pictures that have opened to date have even the remotest shot at a nomination)
Actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortenson, Eastern Promises
Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Actress
Cate Blanchett, The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Jodie Foster, The Brave One
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Posted by stephen becker @ 3:41 PM Wed, Oct 31, 2007
Pete -- I also think Cotillard stands a chance in the Actress category, but I will be blown away if Elah gets a best picture nomination, Paul Haggis or no Paul Haggis. It's basically out of theaters at this point after making a very underwhelming $7 million. I just think that it faded from the public mindset pretty quickly without making much of a dent. But we shall see.
Posted by Pete Oppel @ 4:59 PM Wed, Oct 31, 2007
I agree with you that "Elah" will not get a best picture nomination. If I had to name them today, four of the five pictures that will be nominated are "Atonement" (easily the front runner), "There Will Be Blood," "American Gangster" and "Charlie Wilson's War." The fifth will be either "No Country for Old Men" or "Sweeney Todd." However, none of these movies have opened here yet, and I was saying that of all the movies that have opened, "Elah" is only one of the two with even a remote shot at a best picture nomination.