# Academy Award nominations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085 "2007-01-23T13:59:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/1 "2007-01-23T13:59:10Z")
**Best Picture** Babel The Departed Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine The Queen **Supporting Actress** Adrianna Barraza, Babel Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls Rinko Kikuchi, Babel **Supporting Actor** Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children Djimon Honsou, Blood Diamond Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls Mark Wahlberg, The Departed **Best Actress** Penelope Cruz, Volver Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal Helen Mirren, The Queen Meryl Streep, Devil Wears Prada Kate Winslet, Little Children **Best Actor** Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson Peter O’Toole, Venus Will Smith, Pursuit of Happyness Forest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland **Best Director** Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel Martin Scorsese, Departed Clint Eastwood, Letters Steven Frears, The Queen Paul Greengrass, United 93 **Original Screenplay** Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Pan’s Labyrinth The Queen **Adapted Screenplay** Borat Children of Men The Departed Little Children Notes on a Scandal **Foreign** After the Wedding Days of Glory Lives of Others Pan’s Labyrinth Water **Animated** Cars Happy Feet Monster House ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/2 "2007-01-23T14:13:51Z")
Not counting the Foreign Language nominees I’ve seen all the movies except for **Half Nelson** and **United 93**. Of the Foreign Language I’ve only seen **Pan’s Labyrinth**. I’m happy for the Mexicans! Inarritu was nominated for Best Director and Original Screenplay, as well as his film being nominated for Best Picture; del Toro was nominated for Original Screenplay and his film Best Foreign Language Film; Cauron was nominated for Adapted Screenplay. I’m thrilled with Leo DiCaprio’s nomination for **Blood Diamond**! I expected it for **The Departed**. I’m happy for everybody! I’m especially happy for Penelope Cruz, the Babel women and Jackie Earle Haley. I saw **Venus** last night and Peter O’Toole absolutely deserves to be there. Good for Ryan Gosling, I sure wish I’d seen his movie. Abigail Breslin must be screaming like a madgirl right about now. I’m happy **Borat** and **Children of Men** weren’t shut out. I didn’t see it, but I’m glad that United 93 got something. Looks like **Letters From Iwo Jima** knocked off **Dreamgirls** for Best Picture and Best Director. I’m eagerly awaiting the Artistic nominations (often mistakenly called the Technicals) to be released . **Marie Antoinette** and **Apocalypto** had to have gotten _something_. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/3 "2007-01-23T14:16:57Z")
I haven’t seen the movie, but how awesome is it that someone whose last role was in Maniac Cop 3 in 1993, in 2007 gets an Oscar nomination. Way to go Kelly Leak! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/4 "2007-01-23T14:33:50Z")
**ART DIRECTION** “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh “The Good Shepherd” (Universal) Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik “The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Art Direction: Nathan Crowley Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti **CINEMATOGRAPHY** “The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond “Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki “The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro “The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister **COSTUME DESIGN** “Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis “Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle **EDITING** “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.) Steven Rosenblum “Children of Men” (Universal) Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón “The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Thelma Schoonmaker “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson **MAKEUP** “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano “Click” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Marti and Montse Ribe **SOUND EDITING** “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.) Lon Bender “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista) Christopher Boyes and George Watters II **SOUND MIXING** “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount) John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista) Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff **VISUAL EFFECTS** “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista) John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall “Poseidon” (Warner Bros.) Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier “Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.) Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum **ORIGINAL SCORE** “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla “The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat **ORIGINAL SONG** “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge “Listen” from “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler Lyric by Anne Preven “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger Lyric by Siedah Garrett “Our Town” from “Cars” (Buena Vista) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman “Patience” from “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Music by Henry Krieger Lyric by Willie Reale **DOCUMENTARY FEATURE** “Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate) A Disarming Films Production Amy Berg and Frank Donner “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions) A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production Davis Guggenheim “Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing) A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production James Longley and John Sinno “Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures) A Loki Films Production Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady “My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films) A Praxis Films Production Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer **DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT** “The Blood of Yingzhou District” A Thomas Lennon Films Production Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon “Recycled Life” An Iwerks/Glad Production Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad “Rehearsing a Dream” A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon “Two Hands” A Crazy Boat Pictures Production Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr **ANIMATED SHORT FILM** “The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada) A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production Torill Kove “Lifted” (Buena Vista) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Gary Rydstrom “The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista) A Walt Disney Pictures Production Roger Allers and Don Hahn “Maestro” (Szimplafilm) A Kedd Production Geza M. Toth “No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox) A Blue Sky Studios Production Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier **LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM** “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)” A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production Javier Fesser and Luis Manso “Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak) An Altube Filmeak Production Borja Cobeaga “Helmer & Son” A Nordisk Film Production Soren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson “The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School) An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn “West Bank Story” An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production Ari Sandel I’m very pleased. \*\*An Inconvenient Truth, Marie Antoinette, Apocalypto, The Good German, The Good Shepherd, Flags of Our Fathers, Curse of the Golden Flower, The Illusionist, The Prestige \*\* all got recognized. Lots of share-the-wealth this year. Only real disappointment is that **Shut Up And Sing** missed the Documentary nomination, but I don’t know what I’d take off. I’ve only seen **An Inconvenient Truth** but I know about most of the others and they’re worthy nominees. As usual I don’t know anything about the Short Subjects. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/5 "2007-01-23T14:42:39Z")
I have not seen a single nominated film, performance, anything. I think this is the first year that’s ever happened for as long as I’ve been aware of the Oscars. Since I have no rooting interest in any of the nominees, I am free to pursue my true Oscar campaign, which is to wrest last year’s Best Picture Oscar out of the hands of that horrible Crash movie and give it to Brokeback Mountain where it belongs. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/6 "2007-01-23T15:27:04Z")
I’ll help ya Otto! I’m still in shock about that loss. Here are total nominations for films receiving more than one nomination: **Dreamgirls** - 8 **Babel** - 7 **Pan’s Labyrinth** - 6 **The Queen** - 6 **Blood Diamond** - 5 **The Departed** - 5 **Letters From Iwo Jima** - 4 **Little Miss Sunshine** - 4 **Notes on a Scandal** - 4 **Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest** - 4 **Apocalypto** - 3 **Children of Men** - 3 **Little Children** - 3 **Cars** - 2 **The Devil Wears Prada** - 2 **Flags of Our Fathers** - 2 **An Inconvenient Truth** - 2 **The Prestige** - 2 **United 93** - 2 Here’s a title-by-title list of nominations received: **AFTER THE WEDDING** Best Foreign Language Film of the Year **APOCALYPTO** Achievement in Makeup Achievement in Sound Editing Achievement in Sound Mixing **BABEL** Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Achievement in Directing Achievement in Film Editing Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Best Motion Picture of the Year Original Screenplay **BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA DRAN IDEA)** Best Live Action Short Film **THE BLACK DAHLIA** Achievement in Cinematography **BLOOD DIAMOND** Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Achievement in Film Editing Achievement in Sound Editing Achievement in Sound Mixing **THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT** Best Documentary Short Subject **BORAT** Adapted Screenplay \*\* CARS\*\* Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) **CHILDREN OF MEN** Achievement in Cinematography Achievement in Film Editing Adapted Screenplay **CLICK** Achievement in Makeup **CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER** Achievement in Costume Design **THE DANISH POET** Best Animated Short Film **DAYS OF GLORY** Best Foreign Language Film of the Year **DELIVER US FROM EVIL** Best Documentary Feature **THE DEPARTED** Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Achievement in Directing Achievement in Film Editing Best Motion Picture of the Year Adapted Screenplay **THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA** Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Achievement in Costume Design **DREAMGIRLS** Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Achievement in Art Direction Achievement in Costume Design Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Achievement in Sound Mixing **ERAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)** Best Live Action Short Film **FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS** Achievement in Sound Editing Achievement in Sound Mixing **THE GOOD GERMAN** Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) **THE GOOD SHEPHERD** Achievement in Art Direction **HALF NELSON** Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role **HAPPY FEET** Best Animated Feature Film of the Year **HELMER & SON** Best Live Action Short Film **THE ILLUSIONIST** Achievement in Cinematography **AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH** Best Documentary Feature Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) **IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS** Best Documentary Feature **JESUS CAMP** Best Documentary Feature **THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND** Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role **LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA** Achievement in Directing Best Motion Picture of the Year Achievement in Sound Editing Original Screenplay **LIFTED** Best Animated Short Film **LITTLE CHILDREN** Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Adapted Screenplay **THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL** Best Animated Short Film **LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE** Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Best Motion Picture of the Year Original Screenplay **THE LIVES OF OTHERS** Best Foreign Language Film of the Year **MAESTRO** Best Animated Short Film **MARIE ANTOINETTE** Achievement in Costume Design **MONSTER HOUSE** Best Animated Feature Film of the Year **MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY** Best Documentary Feature **NO TIME FOR NUTS** Best Animated Short Film **NOTES ON A SCANDAL** Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Adapted Screenplay **PAN’S LABYRINTH** Achievement in Art Direction Achievement in Cinematography Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Achievement in Makeup Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Original Screenplay **PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST** Achievement in Art Direction Achievement in Sound Editing Achievement in Sound Mixing Achievement in Visual Effects **POSEIDON** Achievement in Visual Effects **THE PRESTIGE** Achievement in Art Direction Achievement in Cinematography **THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS** Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role **THE QUEEN** Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Achievement in Costume Design Achievement in Directing Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) Best Motion Picture of the Year Original Screenplay **RECYCLED LIFE** Best Documentary Short Subject **REHEARSING A DREAM** Best Documentary Short Subject **THE SAVIOUR** Best Live Action Short Film **SUPERMAN RETURNS** Achievement in Visual Effects **TWO HANDS** Best Documentary Short Subject **UNITED 93** Achievement in Directing Achievement in Film Editing **VENUS** Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role **VOLVER** Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role **WATER** Best Foreign Language Film of the Year **WEST BANK STORY** Best Live Action Short Film ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/7 "2007-01-23T15:27:17Z")
Haven’t seen much of them – I wait for DVDs – but Meryl Streep’s nomination for **The Devil Wears Prada** is well deserved. I doubt she’ll win again, but the performance was amazing and I can’t think of any actress smart enough to play it the way he did – understated and soft spoken. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/8 "2007-01-23T15:28:15Z")
I have to admit I am shocked and thrilled that Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for best picture. I don’t think it has a snowballs chance in hell of winning, but being nominated is victory in and of itself, I think. I saw it after I made my top ten list, but Letters from Iwo Jima is my favorite picture of the year this year so I’ll be pulling for that one. I wouldn’t be surprised if either Babel, The Queen, or The Departed won though. I fear that Marty won’t get his best director award this year either. I dunno, maybe fear is the wrong word, but Clint really deserves it this year. The fact that he has already won it shouldn’t matter, he deserves it this year as well. The fact that Ken Watanabe wasn’t nominated is disappointing but I’m not sure who I’d remove. I could give about 10 nominations this year. I’m pretty sure Forest Whitaker will win it running away. Same thing with Helen Mirren. Monster’s House was the only animated movie that I liked this year, so naturally I think that should win. Letters - original screenplay, Little Children - adapted, and Pan’s Labyrinth for foreign would make my day (I’ve only seen three of those and water was released in 2005 so I’m confused about that one). I’d love to see Pan’s Labyrinth win Art Direction and anything else it can. I’m reasonably happy with the nominations overall with the exception of Little Children not being nominated for best picture. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/9 "2007-01-23T15:31:43Z")
Wow, I haven’t seen any of the nominated performances or movies. What’s wrong with me??!! Then again, I have yet to see Jamie Fox in **Ray** …and that was 2 Oscars ago. What a kick it would be to have Eddie Murphy win an Oscar! I’d really like to see Leo Dicaprio win also, he is very underappreciated as an actor. Could this be Marty Scorsese’s year finally? I think Peter O’Toole should have just taken the honorary Oscar, I don’t see him winning this year either. We’ll see if backlash will start to affect Jennifer Hudson’s chances. Overall I think the best pic nominess are kind of meh…none of them really interest me all that much. Some of my friends saw Babel and weren’t all that impressed with it. But will be watching for the DVD releases on lots of these. Can’t wait for the show!!! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/10 "2007-01-23T15:41:51Z")
I think Babel will win. Like Crash last year, everyone is in it so lots of insiders will be rooting for it. Plus, like Crash it seems to have the whole weighty issue thing with a healthy dose of coincidence going for it. I have no interest in the movie though (like Crash) and I won’t bother to even put it on my Netflix queue. It might be worth noting that The New York Critics Circle winner for best picture (United 93) wasn’t nominated. This ensures that for the 12th time in the last 13 years the Academy will pick a different movie than what is probably the most esteemed critics award. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/11 "2007-01-23T15:50:14Z")
This is the first year in a long time I have not seen any of the nominated films, but I feel secure in saying Cate Blanchett should win any category she is in. Cate Blanchett should win every frigging category she is ever nominated for. Can anyone guess I am a Cate Blanchett fan? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/12 "2007-01-23T15:54:11Z")
I’m glad _Letters_ got a Best Picture nom. I’m a little surprised that LMS got one. It was amusing enough but a little fluffy to be called Best Picture material (IMO). It certainly doesn’t deserve to nominated ahead of _United 93_ or even _Dreamgirls_. I thought Leo was better in _The Departed_ than in _Blood Diamond_ but he was sill pretty good in the latter once you got past the accent. I think that Forest Whitaker\* is going to get the statue, though. Helen Mirren is a lock for Best Actress. I’m predicting Eddie Murphy for Best Supporting Actor and I couldn’t really argue with it. I was glad to see both Alan Arkin and Mark Wahlberg get recognized. Both stole scenes in their movies. I haven’t seen _Little Children_ but…Jackie Earle Haley? Wasn’t he the delinquent in the _Bad News Bears_ movies? How random is that? I didn’t know he was still even working, much less that he’d gotten any Oscar buzz. He must be good in that movie, huh? I think J-Hud is the odds on favorite for Best Supporting Actress but that girl from _Babel_ might be a dark horse. Best Picture is probably between _The Departed_ and _Letters From Iwo Jima_. Actually, who am I kidding. They’ll probably give it to _Babel_. _Babel_ is this year’s _Crash_. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/13 "2007-01-23T16:02:33Z")
I must go out and catch the few nominated films I have yet to see (frankly, the Best Picture line-up is looking pretty abysmal), though the only category or person I even care about in the entire line-up is **Ryan Gosling** in **Half Nelson**. He’ll never win, too understated, but I’ll be damned if that wasn’t truly the finest performance I’ve seen all year. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/14 "2007-01-23T16:03:23Z")
I’m hoping Paul Greengrass wins for _United 93_. I cannot definitively say it deserves it, since I, in fact, have not seen any of the other movies. But I cannot imagine a more deftly and brilliantly handled directing job. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/15 "2007-01-23T16:12:30Z")
[QUOTE=drm] I have to admit I am shocked and thrilled that Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for best picture. I don’t think it has a snowballs chance in hell of winning, but being nominated is victory in and of itself, I think. [/QUOTE] Did it just win the Screen Writer’s Guild award for best picture? Shouldn’t be surprising that it got this nomination, or could win. A funny year. No 600 Pound Gorilla. I’ve never heard so many people comment on a movie’s sound effects that I’ve heard from people who saw Pan’s Labyrinth, so it’s surprising that didn’t get a Sound Nomination. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/16 "2007-01-23T16:22:33Z")
I have to say that in most cases, where I was wrong about my [predictions](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8177899&postcount=1), I was happier with the final result. I’ll gladly take Gosling over Cohen, Haley over Nicholson, and Greengrass over Condon. And _Dreamgirls_ doesn’t get a Pic nod–Hooray! I was actually quite shocked at how not-good that movie was (certainly leagues behind any in the current Pic field) and couldn’t believe so many people would be enamored with it. Looks like I was wrong to doubt the Academy! :eek: Across the board, in the major categories, it’s a particularly strong slate, and any really probs seem like nit-picking given the bigger picture. I just hope the _DG_ snub doesn’t bring up the spectre of alleged “racism” (this in a year where 5 of the 20 acting nominees are black–an Oscar record). Glad to see **Pan’s Lab** get 6 and **Children of Men** score 3. I didn’t like **United 93** as much as a lot of people, but its two nods are quite appropriate. Glad **The Prestige** got more nods than _The Illusionist_. Overall, a very impressive tally. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085/17 "2007-01-23T16:40:18Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] Here are total nominations for films receiving more than one nomination: **Dreamgirls** - 8 **Babel** - 7 **Pan’s Labyrinth** - 6 **The Queen** - 6 [/QUOTE] But since both _DG_ & _Babel_ are competing against themselves in some categories, the most any film can possibly get (barring a very unlikely tie) is **6**. Some random trivia/facts: Cate Blanchett films tally an impressive 12 nods total, including 3 of the 5 Score nominations. _The Departed_ becomes the 10th Jack Nicholson movie to get a Best Picture nomination. _Babel_ is Cate Blanchett’s 6th. When it first opened, **Boogie Nights** only had 1 Oscar nominee in its cast. Less than 10 years later, it has 7. Rinko Kikuchi’s nomination is only the 2nd in its category’s history for a foreign-language performance. The 5 Best Actress nominees have, between them, 15 lead and 9 supporting prior Oscar nominations. ---
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[QUOTE=HelloKitty] I think Peter O’Toole should have just taken the honorary Oscar, I don’t see him winning this year either. [/QUOTE] He did take the Honorary Oscar, and gave one of the best speeches ever too. Thanks for the trivia **ArchiveGuy**. I love tidbits like that. [QUOTE=Trunk] [regarding Little Miss Sunshine] Did it just win the Screen Writer’s Guild award for best picture? Shouldn’t be surprising that it got this nomination, or could win. [/QUOTE] It won the Producers Guild, which sounds about right. They like those Little Movies That Could. The Writers Guild will announce their winner on February 11. I keep a Guild list [here](http://suspended-in-gaffa.com/guilds/). [QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I’m glad Letters got a Best Picture nom. I’m a little surprised that LMS got one. It was amusing enough but a little fluffy to be called Best Picture material (IMO). It certainly doesn’t deserve to nominated ahead of United 93 or even Dreamgirls. [/QUOTE] Or **Children of Men**. **Little Miss Sunshine** is the **Babe/Full Monty/Chocolat** of this year. There often seems to be one of these little movies that for some reason pique the interest of voters and get in over other, heavier films. [QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I thought Leo was better in The Departed than in Blood Diamond but he was sill pretty good in the latter once you got past the accent. [/QUOTE] I loved him in both and of course his **Departed** character is a nice guy, very sympathetic, but his **Blood Diamond** role was one of the best of his career (though The Departed was, IMO, the better of the two movies). By nearly all accounts that I’ve read from People Who Would Know, his accent was dead on. Or do you know how a Rhodesian who’s lived in South Africa for many years sounds? I’m not saying I do, but I believe the people who’ve said it was right. [QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I haven’t seen Little Children but…Jackie Earle Haley? Wasn’t he the delinquent in the Bad News Bears movies? How random is that? I didn’t know he was still even working, much less that he’d gotten any Oscar buzz. He must be good in that movie, huh? [/QUOTE] Yes, he is. He hadn’t worked on film since 1993, then he got the role of Sugar Boy (Willie Stark’s driver/bodyguard) in **All The King’s Men** , and Ronnie McGorvey in **Little Children**. Both roles were good ones, but he really stood out in LC. His character was disgusting and dispicable, and yet you felt sorry for him anyway. I’ve never seen the Bad News Bears movies, and I don’t remember him in the movies I have seen ( **Breaking Away** and **Damnation Alley** ) and I’ve never seen any of his television work, so for me he was an unknown quantity that turned out to be the best thing about the movie (the best performance, that is). I’m very happy for him. His is one of those stories that provide proof that anyone can make a “comeback” in Hollywood. ---
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Some new Director tallies (lifetime body of work, updated for today’s news): **Martin Scorsese** : 13 films, 64 nominations (including 20 acting nods, 7 writing nods, and 6 Pic & Director nods) **Clint Eastwood** : 10 films, 33 nominations (including 4 Pic & Director nods) **Stephen Frears** : 6 films, 21 nominations (including 4 Actress & 5 writing nods) **Ed Zwick** : 4 films, 17 nominations **Mel Gibson** : 3 films, 16 nominations **Wolfgang Petersen** : 6 films, 15 nominations **Steven Soderbergh** : 5 films, 14 nominations _The Curse of the Golden Flower_ is also the 6th film by Zhang Yimou to be nominated for an Oscar, putting him just 1 behind Akira Kurosawa (who holds the record for Asian directors) New Nominee Tallies **Kevin O’Connell** (Sound, _Apocalypto_): **19 nominations, 0 wins** **Randy Newman** (Song, _Cars_): 17 nominations (8 for Song, 7 for Score), 1 win **Gary Rydstrom** (Animated Short, _Lifted_): 14 nominations (6 Sound, 7 Sound Editing, 1 AnimShrt), 7 wins **Andy Nelson** (Sound, _Blood Diamond_): 13 nominations, 1 win **Steven Spielberg** (Picture, _Letters from Iwo Jima_): 12 nominations (6 Picture, 6 Director), 3 wins (1 Thalberg award) **Greg P. Russell** (Sound, _Apocalypto_): 11 nominations, 0 wins **Christopher Boyes** (Sound & Sound Editing, _PotC: DMC_): 10 nominations (6 Sound, 4 Sound Editing), 4 wins **Clint Eastwood** : 10 nominations (4 Pic, 4 Director, 2 Actor), 4 wins **Michael Minkler** (Sound, _Dreamgirls_): 10 nominations, 2 wins **Anna Behlmer** (Sound, _Blood Diamond_): 9 nominations, 0 wins **Milena Canonero** (Costumes, _Marie Antoinette_): 8 nominations, 2 wins **Thomas Newman** (Score, _The Good German_): 8 nominations, 0 wins **Peter O’Toole** (Actor, _Venus_): 8 nominations, 0 wins (1 Honorary Oscar) **Martin Scorsese** : 8 nominations (6 Director, 2 Scrnply), 0 wins **George Watters II** (Sound Editing, _PotC: DMC_): 8 nominations, 2 wins ---
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[QUOTE=Equipoise] He did take the Honorary Oscar, and gave one of the best speeches ever too. Thanks for the trivia **ArchiveGuy**. I love tidbits like that. It won the Producers Guild, which sounds about right. They like those Little Movies That Could. The Writers Guild will announce their winner on February 11. I keep a Guild list [here](http://suspended-in-gaffa.com/guilds/). Or **Children of Men**. **Little Miss Sunshine** is the **Babe/Full Monty/Chocolat** of this year. There often seems to be one of these little movies that for some reason pique the interest of voters and get in over other, heavier films. I loved him in both and of course his **Departed** character is a nice guy, very sympathetic, but his **Blood Diamond** role was one of the best of his career (though The Departed was, IMO, the better of the two movies). By nearly all accounts that I’ve read from People Who Would Know, his accent was dead on. Or do you know how a Rhodesian who’s lived in South Africa for many years sounds? I’m not saying I do, but I believe the people who’ve said it was right. Yes, he is. He hadn’t worked on film since 1993, then he got the role of Sugar Boy (Willie Stark’s driver/bodyguard) in **All The King’s Men** , and Ronnie McGorvey in **Little Children**. Both roles were good ones, but he really stood out in LC. His character was disgusting and dispicable, and yet you felt sorry for him anyway. I’ve never seen the Bad News Bears movies, and I don’t remember him in the movies I have seen ( **Breaking Away** and **Damnation Alley** ) and I’ve never seen any of his television work, so for me he was an unknown quantity that turned out to be the best thing about the movie (the best performance, that is). I’m very happy for him. His is one of those stories that provide proof that anyone can make a “comeback” in Hollywood. [/QUOTE] Holy Cats! I sent JEH a “congratulations” email and got a response back! Whee! OK - it was only a “Thanks, Pam” from “j”, but it counts, right? Made my day! 😃 VCNJ~ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations/389085.md?page=2)