The Oscars will be presented this Sunday, and thanks to the settlement of the writers’ strike, the stars will be out. My Oscar predictions in the major categories are in this week’s AC Weekly, available on-line here.
A quick recap: Best supporting actress, Ruby Dee; supporting actor, Javier Bardem; best actor, Daniel Day-Lewis; best actress, Ellen Page; best director, Joel & Ethan Coen; best picture, No Country For Old Men. My preferences are slightly different: Ruby Dee, Javier B., Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood.
For your Oscar pool, here are the rest of my predictions: Adapted Screenplay, Coen Brothers for No Country for Old Men; Original Screenplay, Diablo Cody for Juno; Animated Film, Ratatouille; Art Direction, There Will Be Blood; Cinematography, There Will Be Blood; Costumes, Atonement; Best Documentary, No End in Sight (over Michael Moore’s Sicko); Best Documentary (Short Subject), Freeheld; Film Editing, The Bourne Ultimatum; Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters (Austria); Makeup, La Vie en Rose; Music, Atonement; Original Song, “Falling Slowly” from Once; Animated Short, Madame Tutli-Putli; Live Action Short, The Tonto Woman; Sound Editing, No Country for Old Men; Sound Mixing, No Country for Old Men; and Visual Effects, Transformers.