Oscar nomination are out!!

[Siobhan]

Best Actor
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises
Tommy Lee Jones - In The Valley Of Elah

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age



Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck - The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Film
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen - No Country For Old Men
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman - Juno
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

[Abbie]

oo I feel bad I havent seen any of these films :o

[Abigail]

I've not heard of any of them apart from Atonement and There Will Be Blood because they were nominated in every category in some other awards.

[tammyy2j]

Well done to Laura Linney and Ruby Dee there were shock nominations. I'm disappointed with no nominations for Paul Dano and James McAvoy.

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

August Rush (2007): Nominees to be determined("Raise It Up")

Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("Happy Working Song")

Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("So Close")

Enchanted (2007): Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz("That's How You Know")

Once (2006): Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová(“Falling Slowly” )

I'm glad Once was nominated

[lizann]

I was hoping for James McAvoy and Ridley Scott nominations but well done to all nominees

[lizann]

Once song faces Oscar eligibility probe

Oscar officials are to meet to decide whether a song from the Irish film 'Once', which has been nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar, is eligible to win the award, according to reports.

Both the New York Times and the Irish Independent are reporting that the song 'Falling Slowly' has come under scrutiny by the Academy as it is unclear whether it was written specifically for the film, as the rules demand.

The song, which was written by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, first appeared on 'The Swell Season', a 2006 album recorded by the pair.

AdvertisementIt was then re-recorded for The Frames' last album 'The Cost', which was also released in 2006.

However, the song would have been filmed for 'Once' four months before it publicly appeared on any album.

'Once' was shot in Dublin in January 2006 over a 17-day period, while 'The Swell Season' was released in April 2006.


The rules for eligibility to the Oscars say that "an original song consists of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film".

The rules state: "The work must be the result of a creative interaction between the filmmaker(s) and the composer(s) or songwriter(s) who have been engaged to work directly on the film."

Speaking to the Irish Independent, the director of the film, John Carney, said that he had not had any contact from the Academy directly.

He said: "We're all discussing that [the eligibility of the song] at the moment to get clear, exactly, and figure this out."

Oscar officials are likely to discount the fact that the song featured on two albums before it was released as part of 'Once', and are expected to focus on whether the song was specifically written for the film.

Last November, Hansard gave an interview to a US film website saying that he had written the song for Carney.

[lizann]

At the 11th hour, members of the executive committee of the music branch of the Academy met and decided that in spite of some questions about the validity of “Falling Slowly,” a nominee for best song from the movie “Once”, the song was eligible and would be on ballots that shipped tomorrow morning. Charles Bernstein, chairman of the music branch executive committee, speaking to the Bagger by phone, read part of the committee’s statement on the matter:
The Academy’s music branch executive committee has met and endorsed the validity of “Falling Slowly” as a nominated achievement. The committee relied on written assurances and detailed chronologies provided by songwriter of “Falling Slowly,” the writer-director of “Once” and Fox Searchlight.

The genesis of the picture was unusually protracted, but director John Carney and songwriter Glen Hansard were working closely together in 2002 when the project that became ‘Once’ was discussed. ‘Falling Slowly’ began to be composed, but the actual script and financing for the picture was delayed for several years, during which time Mr. Hansard and his collaborator Marketa Irglova played the song in some venues that were deemed inconsequential enough to not change the song’s eligibility.
Mr. Bernstein said he had called Mr. Hansard in Dublin with the news and described him as “delighted.” Mr. Bernstein said that various parties had raised questions about whether the song had been performed and/or recorded before it became part of the movie, but said that the committee was satisfied that it was written for the film and as such represented a song writing achievement worthy of inclusion in the nominees.
“We needed to address whether the song was written specifically for the the film and the second issue was whether it had been played prior to the inclusion in the film — did this constitute a reason to ineligible-ize it,” said Mr. Bernstein. “The first issue was satisfied by a sworn statements attesting to the fact that it was written for the film along with a chronology, and the second issue was settled by the fact that it had only been performed in Europe and the Czech Republic and not in a way that would have given it advantage or influence here.”
Mr. Bernstein said he was happy the issue was resolved and that he was proud of the fact that the Academy and his committee were willing to work up to the last minute to see that any outstanding issues were addressed before the ballots were shipped.