Sunday, February 22, 2009

The 81st Academy Awards

It's here! It's here! It's Oscar Sunday! This is one of my favorite days of the year- this is my superbowl. It' just about 8 hours to go til the big dance, and I'm naturally going to weigh in with my predictions....here we go:


Picture - Slumdog Millionaire
Actor -
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Actress - Kate Winslet, The Reader
Supporting Actor
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Kight
Supporting Actress - Viola Davis, Doubt
Director - Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Original Screenplay - Dustin Lance Black, Milk (I would LOVE an In Bruges upset here)
Adapted Screenplay
- Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Animated Film - Wall-E
Foreign Language Film - Waltz With Bashir
Art Direction -
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography - Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design - The Dutchess
Documentary Feature - Man on Wire
Documentary Short - The Conscience of Nhem En
Film Editing - Slumdog Millionaire
Makeup - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Original Score - Slumdog Millionaire

Original Song - Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
Short Film, Animated -
Presto
Short Film, Live Action -
Spielzeugland
Sound Editing - The Dark Knight
(don't be surprised by a Slumdog win here)
Sound Mixing - The Dark Kinght (don't be surprised by a Slumdog win here either)
Visual Effects - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

TOTALS
Slumdog Millionaire - 7
The Dark Knight - 3
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 2
Doubt, Man on Wire, Milk, The Dutchess, The Reader, The Wrestler, Wall-E, Waltz With Bashir - 1

So there you have it, my EXPERT predictions, ha. A couple of notes, I wouldn't discount a complete Slumdog sweep; winning 9 of its 10 awards (it has 2 nominations in the song category, Jai Ho and O Saya), a totally different winner in the Best Supporting Actress category, and either The Class or Departures taking Best Foreign Language Film.

2 No Guts, No Glory predictions
Heath Ledger loses Best Supporting Actor
Kung-Fu Panda bests Wall-E for Animated Film

Plan on doing my taxes today and gorging myself on e!'s Oscar pre-coverage. I'll be back during the show for live blogging

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