It’s a new year and here are new predictions based on the events of the last couple of weeks. The main beneficiaries are “Juno,” which has been doing gangbusters business and appears to be close to locking a Best Picture nomination, and “There Will Be Blood,” which is doing better with the critics and with paid audiences that I thought was possible. Discuss.
BEST PICTURE
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Atonement
3. Juno
4. Michael Clayton
5. There Will Be Blood
6. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
7. Sweeney Todd
8. Charlie Wilson’s War
9. Into the Wild
10. American Gangster
BEST ACTOR
1. Daniel Day Lewis, There Will Be Blood
2. George Clooney, Michael Clayton
3. James McAvoy, Atonement
4. Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
5. Denzel Washington, American Gangster
BEST ACTRESS
1. Ellen Page, Juno
2. Julie Christie, Away From Her
3. Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
4. Keira Knightley, Atonement
5. Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
6. Amy Adams, Enchanted
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
2. Saorise Ronan, Atonement
3. Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
4. Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
5. Jennifer Garner, Juno
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
3. Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
4. Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
5. Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
2. Joe Wright, Atonement
3. Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
4. Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
5. Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Diablo Cody, Juno
2. Tony Gilroy, Clayton
3. Brad Bird, Ratatouille
4. Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
5. Kelly Masterson, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
2. Christopher Hampton, Atonement
3. Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4. Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
5. Sean Penn, Into the Wild
