Oscars 2008 - Predict the Winners Game

[netherspirit]

I can't remember if I did this last year or the year before but it was fun, so I'm going to to do again.

The Oscars are on Feb 24th. at 8:00pm EST, so you have until 7:59pm on that day to post your picks. Most points wins, ties will be broken with 2 tie breaker questions. There aren't any significant prizes but, I'll give the winner(s) a title or something, if they already have one we'll figure something outs.

Best Picture - 8 Points
ATONEMENT
JUNO
MICHAEL CLAYTON
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Director - 8 Points
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

Best Actor - 7 Points
George Clooney, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Daniel Day-Lewis, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Johnny Depp, SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Tommy Lee Jones, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Viggo Mortensen, EASTERN PROMISES

Best Actress - 7 Points
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 Actor - 6 Points
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 Supporting Actress - 6 Points
Cate Blanchett, I'M NOT THERE
Ruby Dee, AMERICAN GANGSTER
Saoirse Ronan, ATONEMENT
Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE
Tilda Swinton, MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best Foreign Language Film - 5 Points
12 (Russia)
BEAUFORT (Israel)
KATYN (Poland)
MONGOL (Kazakhstan)
THE THE COUNTERFEITERS (Austria)

Best Original Screenplay - 4 Points
Written by Diablo Cody, JUNO
Written by Nancy Oliver, LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Written by Tony Gilroy, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, RATATOUILLE
Written by Tamara Jenkins, THE SAVAGES

Best Adapted Screenplay - 4 Points
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, ATONEMENT
Written by Sarah Polley, AWAY FROM HER
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Original Song - 4 Points
"Falling Slowly" - ONCE
"Happy Working Song" - ENCHANTED
"Raise It Up" - AUGUST RUSH
"So Close" - ENCHANTED
"That's How You Know" - ENCHANTED

Best Original Score - 4 Points
3:10 TO YUMA - Marco Beltrami
ATONEMENT - Dario Marianelli
THE KITE RUNNER - Alberto Iglesias
MICHAEL CLAYTON - James Newton Howard
RATATOUILLE - Michael Giacchino

Best Cinematography - 4 Points
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

Best Documentary Feature - 3 Points
NO END IN SIGHT - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE - Richard E. Robbins
SICKO - Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE - Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
WAR/DANCE - Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best Animated Feature - 3 Points
PERSEPOLIS
RATATOUILLE
SURF'S UP

Best Visual Effects - 3 Points
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
TRANSFORMERS

Best Costume Design - 3 Points
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
ATONEMENT
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
LA VIE EN ROSE
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

Best Sound - 3 Points
3:10 TO YUMA
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
TRANSFORMERS

Best Sound Editing - 3 Points
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
RATATOUILLE
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
TRANSFORMERS

Best Film Editing - 3 Points
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
INTO THE WILD
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Art/Set Direction - 3 Points
AMERICAN GANGSTER
ATONEMENT
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Make-up - 3 Points
LA VIE EN ROSE
NORBIT
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END

FIRST TIE BREAKERS
Best Documentary Short
FREEHELD
LA CORONA
SALIM BABA
SARI'S MOTHER

Best Live Action Short Film
AT NIGHT
IL SUPPLENTE
LE MOZART DES PICKPOCKETS
TANGHI ARGENTINI
THE TONTO WOMAN

Best Animated Short Film
I MET THE WALRUS
MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI
MêME LES PIGEONS VONT AU PARADIS
MY LOVE
PETER & THE WOLF

SECOND TIE BREAKER
Of the 8 Oscars its nominated for, how many will "THERE WILL BE BLOOD" win?