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The 80th Academy Awards | 2008
Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Honoring movies released in 2007
Highlights
Adapted Screenplay
No Country for Old Men

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Original Screenplay
Juno

Diablo Cody

Cinematography
There Will Be Blood

Robert Elswit

Memorable Moments
Acting Winners
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Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem

Eva Orner and Alex Gibney
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Documentary Feature winners for Taxi to the Dark Side

Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
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Documentary Short Subject winners for Freeheld

WINNERS & NOMINEES
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Nominees
George Clooney
Michael Clayton
Nominees
Johnny Depp
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Nominees
Tommy Lee Jones
In the Valley of Elah
Nominees
Viggo Mortensen
Eastern Promises
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Javier Bardem
No Country for Old Men
Nominees
Casey Affleck
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Nominees
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Charlie Wilson's War
Nominees
Hal Holbrook
Into the Wild
Nominees
Tom Wilkinson
Michael Clayton
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
Nominees
Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Nominees
Julie Christie
Away from Her
Nominees
Laura Linney
The Savages
Nominees
Ellen Page
Juno
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Tilda Swinton
Michael Clayton
Nominees
Cate Blanchett
I'm Not There
Nominees
Ruby Dee
American Gangster
Nominees
Saoirse Ronan
Atonement
Nominees
Amy Ryan
Gone Baby Gone
Animated Feature Film
Winner
Ratatouille
Brad Bird
Nominees
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Nominees
Surf's Up
Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
Art Direction
Winner
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Nominees
American Gangster
Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
Nominees
Atonement
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Nominees
The Golden Compass
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Nominees
There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Cinematography
Winner
There Will Be Blood
Robert Elswit
Nominees
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Roger Deakins
Nominees
Atonement
Seamus McGarvey
Nominees
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Janusz Kaminski
Nominees
No Country for Old Men
Roger Deakins
Costume Design
Winner
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Alexandra Byrne
Nominees
Across the Universe
Albert Wolsky
Nominees
Atonement
Jacqueline Durran
Nominees
La Vie en Rose
Marit Allen
Nominees
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Colleen Atwood
Directing
Winner
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Nominees
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel
Nominees
Juno
Jason Reitman
Nominees
Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy
Nominees
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Nominees
No End in Sight
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Nominees
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Richard E. Robbins
Nominees
Sicko
Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
Nominees
War/Dance
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Freeheld
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
Nominees
La Corona (The Crown)
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
Nominees
Salim Baba
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
Nominees
Sari's Mother
James Longley
Film Editing
Winner
The Bourne Ultimatum
Christopher Rouse
Nominees
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Juliette Welfling
Nominees
Into the Wild
Jay Cassidy
Nominees
No Country for Old Men
Roderick Jaynes
Nominees
There Will Be Blood
Dylan Tichenor
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Counterfeiters
Austria
Nominees
Beaufort
Israel
Nominees
Katyn
Poland
Nominees
Mongol
Kazakhstan
Nominees
12
Russia
Makeup
Winner
La Vie en Rose
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Nominees
Norbit
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
Nominees
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Atonement
Dario Marianelli
Nominees
The Kite Runner
Alberto Iglesias
Nominees
Michael Clayton
James Newton Howard
Nominees
Ratatouille
Michael Giacchino
Nominees
3:10 to Yuma
Marco Beltrami
Music (Original Song)
Winner
Once
Falling Slowly in "Once" Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Nominees
Enchanted
Happy Working Song in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Nominees
August Rush
Raise It Up in "August Rush" Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
Nominees
Enchanted
So Close in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Nominees
Enchanted
That's How You Know in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Best Picture
Winner
No Country for Old Men
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Nominees
Atonement
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
Nominees
Juno
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
Nominees
Michael Clayton
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
Nominees
There Will Be Blood
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Peter & the Wolf
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Nominees
I Met the Walrus
Josh Raskin
Nominees
Madame Tutli-Putli
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Nominees
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
Nominees
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Alexander Petrov
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Philippe Pollet-Villard
Nominees
At Night
Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
Nominees
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Andrea Jublin
Nominees
Tanghi Argentini
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
Nominees
The Tonto Woman
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
Sound Editing
Winner
The Bourne Ultimatum
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
Nominees
No Country for Old Men
Skip Lievsay
Nominees
Ratatouille
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
Nominees
There Will Be Blood
Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
Nominees
Transformers
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
Sound Mixing
Winner
The Bourne Ultimatum
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
Nominees
No Country for Old Men
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
Nominees
Ratatouille
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
Nominees
3:10 to Yuma
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
Nominees
Transformers
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
Visual Effects
Winner
The Golden Compass
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
Nominees
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
Nominees
Transformers
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
No Country for Old Men
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Nominees
Atonement
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Nominees
Away from Her
Written by Sarah Polley
Nominees
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
Nominees
There Will Be Blood
Written for the Screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Juno
Written by Diablo Cody
Nominees
Lars and the Real Girl
Written by Nancy Oliver
Nominees
Michael Clayton
Written by Tony Gilroy
Nominees
Ratatouille
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
Nominees
The Savages
Written by Tamara Jenkins

0-9

3:10 to Yuma
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Music (Original Score) - Marco Beltrami
  • Sound Mixing - Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
12
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Russia

A

Across the Universe
1 NOMINATION
  • Costume Design - Albert Wolsky
American Gangster
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Ruby Dee
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Casey Affleck
  • Cinematography - Roger Deakins
Atonement
7 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Music (Original Score) - Dario Marianelli
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Saoirse Ronan
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  • Cinematography - Seamus McGarvey
  • Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran
  • Best Picture - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
August Rush
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - Raise It Up in "August Rush" Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
Away from Her
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Julie Christie
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written by Sarah Polley

B

Beaufort
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Israel
The Bourne Ultimatum
3 WINS, 3 NOMINATIONS
  • * Film Editing - Christopher Rouse
  • * Sound Editing - Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
  • * Sound Mixing - Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

C

Charlie Wilson's War
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Counterfeiters
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Foreign Language Film - Austria

D

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
4 NOMINATIONS
  • Cinematography - Janusz Kaminski
  • Directing - Julian Schnabel
  • Film Editing - Juliette Welfling
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

E

Eastern Promises
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Viggo Mortensen
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Costume Design - Alexandra Byrne
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett
Enchanted
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Song) - Happy Working Song in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, So Close in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, That's How You Know in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

F

Freeheld
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Short Subject) - Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth

G

The Golden Compass
2 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Visual Effects - Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Gone Baby Gone
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Ryan

I

I Met the Walrus
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Josh Raskin
I'm Not There
1 NOMINATION
  • Actress in a Supporting Role - Cate Blanchett
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Andrea Jublin
Into the Wild
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Hal Holbrook
  • Film Editing - Jay Cassidy

J

Juno
4 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Diablo Cody
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Ellen Page
  • Directing - Jason Reitman
  • Best Picture - Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers

K

Katyn
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Poland
The Kite Runner
1 NOMINATION
  • Music (Original Score) - Alberto Iglesias

L

La Corona (The Crown)
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
La Vie en Rose
3 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actress in a Leading Role - Marion Cotillard
  • * Makeup - Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
  • Costume Design - Marit Allen
Lars and the Real Girl
1 NOMINATION
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Nancy Oliver
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Live Action) - Philippe Pollet-Villard

M

Madame Tutli-Putli
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
Michael Clayton
7 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Actress in a Supporting Role - Tilda Swinton
  • Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney
  • Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson
  • Directing - Tony Gilroy
  • Music (Original Score) - James Newton Howard
  • Best Picture - Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Tony Gilroy
Mongol
1 NOMINATION
  • Foreign Language Film - Kazakhstan
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Animated) - Alexander Petrov

N

At Night
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
No Country for Old Men
8 NOMINATIONS, 4 WINS
  • * Actor in a Supporting Role - Javier Bardem
  • * Directing - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • * Best Picture - Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
  • * Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • Cinematography - Roger Deakins
  • Film Editing - Roderick Jaynes
  • Sound Editing - Skip Lievsay
  • Sound Mixing - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
No End in Sight
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Norbit
1 NOMINATION
  • Makeup - Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji

O

Once
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Music (Original Song) - Falling Slowly in "Once" Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Richard E. Robbins

P

Persepolis
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Peter & the Wolf
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Short Film (Animated) - Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Makeup - Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
  • Visual Effects - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier

R

Ratatouille
5 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Animated Feature Film - Brad Bird
  • Music (Original Score) - Michael Giacchino
  • Sound Editing - Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
  • Sound Mixing - Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

S

Salim Baba
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
Sari's Mother
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Short Subject) - James Longley
The Savages
2 NOMINATIONS
  • Actress in a Leading Role - Laura Linney
  • Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Tamara Jenkins
Sicko
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
Surf's Up
1 NOMINATION
  • Animated Feature Film - Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
3 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN
  • * Art Direction - Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Johnny Depp
  • Costume Design - Colleen Atwood

T

Tanghi Argentini
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
Taxi to the Dark Side
1 WIN, 1 NOMINATION
  • * Documentary (Feature) - Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
There Will Be Blood
8 NOMINATIONS, 2 WINS
  • * Actor in a Leading Role - Daniel Day-Lewis
  • * Cinematography - Robert Elswit
  • Art Direction - Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
  • Directing - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Film Editing - Dylan Tichenor
  • Best Picture - JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
  • Sound Editing - Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
  • Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written for the Screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Tonto Woman
1 NOMINATION
  • Short Film (Live Action) - Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
Transformers
3 NOMINATIONS
  • Sound Editing - Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
  • Sound Mixing - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
  • Visual Effects - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

V

In the Valley of Elah
1 NOMINATION
  • Actor in a Leading Role - Tommy Lee Jones

W

War/Dance
1 NOMINATION
  • Documentary (Feature) - Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
No Films Found