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[film]As if on autocue, the awards season unleashes its most prestigious awards, and it has to be said - there's not a single obvious unworthy nominee amongst them, and again, no real front runner.
Leading the pack with eight nominations apiece are Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood and the Coens' latest masterwork No Country for Old Men. Following up with seven nominations are prestigious Brit hit Atonement (although no acting nods for Keira Knightley or James McAvoy), and polished high-class entertainment Michael Clayton.
As for the striking writers, will they allow us to watch a ceremony without four hours of barely watchable filler? Who knows...
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Without further ado - the nominations:-
Best motion picture of the year
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Achievement in directing
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones in In The Valley Of Elah
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook in Into The Wild
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie in Away From Her
Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose
Laura Linney in The Savages
Ellen Page in Juno
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
Ruby Dee in American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Adapted screenplay
Atonement - Christopher Hampton
Away from Her - Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly - Ronald Harwood
No Country For Old Men - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
Juno - Diablo Cody
Lars And The Real Girl - Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille - Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages - Tamara Jenkins
Best animated feature film of the year
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Achievement in art direction
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Achievement in cinematography
The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Achievement in costume design
Across The Universe
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
La Vie En Rose
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best documentary feature
No End In Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
Best documentary short subject
Freeheld
La Corona
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
Achievement in film editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best foreign language film of the year
Beaufort - Israel
The Counterfeiters - Austria
Katyn - Poland
Mongol - Kazakhstan
12 - Russia
Achievement in makeup
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Achievement in music written for motion pictures
Atonement: Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner: Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton: James Newton Howard
Ratatouille: Michael Giacchino
3:10 To Yuma: Marco Beltrami
Achievement in music written for motion pictures
Falling Slowly from Once
Happy Working Song from Enchanted
Raise It Up from August Rush
So Close from Enchanted
That's How You Know from Enchanted
Best animated short film
I Met the Walrus
Madame "Tutli-Putli"
My Love
Peter & the Wolf
Best live action short film
At Night
Il Supplente
Le Mozart Des Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Achievement in sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Achievement in sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 To Yuma
Transformers
Achievement in visual effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
