By Jeff Otto
After the Golden Globes fiasco a few weeks ago, this year’s Oscar ceremony is more than a little up in the air. Nevertheless, the nominations for the 80th Annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning at the Academy of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. ReelzChannel.com’s Jeff Otto was on the scene at the crack of dawn to report the announcements.
Assuming the Academy makes nice with the Writer’s Guild, the 80th Annual Academy Awards will take place February 24, 2008.
The Academy was keeping mum about who exactly would be presenting the nominations with Academy President Sid Ganis. The surprise was Oscar-Winning Actress Kathy Bates.
No Country For Old Men, Atonement, Michael Clayton and There Will Be Blood lead the pack with the most nominations while surprise underdog Juno scored noms for Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture.
Here are the full list of nominees.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
ATONEMENT
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
JUNO
MICHAEL CLAYTON
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Achievement in Directing
Joel and Ethan Coen – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Tony Gilroy - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Paul Thomas Anderson - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Julian Schnabel - THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Jason Reitman - JUNO
Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role
Julie Christie – AWAY FROM HER
Marion Cotillard - LA VIE EN ROSE
Ellen Page - JUNO
Laura Linney - THE SAVAGES
Cate Blanchett - ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role
George Clooney – MICHAEL CLAYTON
Daniel Day-Lewis - THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Johnny Depp - SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Tommy Lee Jones - IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Viggo Mortensen - EASTERN PROMISES
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem – NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Casey Affleck - THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES
Hal Holbrook - INTO THE WILD
Philip Seymour Hoffman - CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Tom Wilkinson - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Cate Blanchett - I'M NOT THERE
Ruby Dee - AMERICAN GANGSTER
Saoirse Ronan - ATONEMENT
Amy Ryan - GONE BABY GONE
Tilda Swinton - MICHAEL CLAYTON
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
SURF'S UP
RATATOUILLE
PERSEPOLIS
Original Screenplay
Diablo Cody – JUNO
Nancy Oliver - LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Brad Bird - RATATOUILLE
Tamara Jenkins - THE SAVAGES
Adapted Screenplay
Joel and Ethan Coen - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Christopher Hampton - ATONEMENT
Ronald Harwood - THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Sarah Polley - AWAY FROM HER
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
BEAUFORT - INDIA
THE COUNTERFEITERS - AUSTRIA
KATYN - POLAND
MONGOL - KAZAKHSTAN
12 - RUSSIA
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