Oscar Corridor 2008
*81st Annual Academy Awards - The Road Begins Here*
Key Oscar Dates:
Monday, December 1, 2008: Official Screen Credits forms due
Friday, December 26, 2008: Nominations ballots mailed
Monday, January 12, 2009: Nominations polls close 5 p.m. PT
Thursday, January 22, 2009: Nominations announced 5:30 a.m. PT, Samuel Goldwyn Theater
Wednesday, January 28, 2009: Final ballots mailed
Monday, February 2, 2009: Nominees Luncheon
Saturday, February 7, 2009: Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards presentation
Tuesday, February 17, 2009: Final polls close 5 p.m. PT
Sunday, February 22, 2009: 81st Annual Academy Awards presentation
2008/9 Predictions:
Best Picture:
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
Milk
Best Director:
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
Joe Wright - The Soloist
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Best Actor:
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon*
Sean Penn - Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Synecdoche, New York
Benicio Del Toro - The Argentine/Guerrilla
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Julianne Moore - Blindness
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road*
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Nicole Kidman - Australia
Best Supporting Actor:
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr. - The Soloist
Ralph Fiennes - The Reader
Josh Brolin - Milk
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon*
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams - Doubt*
Vera Farmiga - Nothing But The Truth
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Catherine Keener - The Soloist
Kathy Bates - Revolutionary Road
Best Original Screenplay:
Milk
The Soloist
Synecdoche, New York
Wall-E*
Hamlet 2
Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*
Doubt
Revolutionary Road
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
“The Contender List”
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button {my #1 film for 2008, the one I want to see the most}
The Argentine/Guerrilla
Sunshine Cleaning {Amy Adams…..}
Milk {van Sant is my G.O.D}
Revolutionary Road (Will its buzz kill its chances?)
Wall-E
Australia
Body of Lies
Blindness
The Reader
The Soloist
Valkyrie
Burn After Reading
Mama Mia!
The Dark Knight (oh Heath….)
The Road
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Crossing Over
Synecdoche, New York
Defiance
Brothers
The Duchess
The Young Victoria
Grey Gardens
Righteous Kill
State of Play
Nothing but the Truth
The Dying Animal
Miracle at St. Anna
Dirty Tricks
The Women
The Edge of Love
Seven Pounds
Appaloosa
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Skin
Winged Creatures
Brideshead Revisited
Margaret
Seven Pounds
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Iron Man
Tree of Life
In Bruges
The Dying Animal
Stop Loss
Lakeview Terrace
Nothing But the Truth
Hamlet 2
Leatherheads (Looks lame)
Redbelt
Funny Games
Nothing is Private
Shutter Island (2009?)
Kung Fu Panda
Dancing with Shiva
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Red Cliff
Bolden!
Speed Racer
The Garden of Eden
10,000 B.C
The Incredible Hulk
The Fall
Cloverfield (Visual effects? Am I stretching?)
more coming soon!
Seriously, take the entire salt shaker and open the lid and swallow it all. This is just for fun, and an almost in-depth analysis will be up soon.
