By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Best Picture Chart
BEST PICTURE
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Picture
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Studio
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Director
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Awards – Poss Stars |
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THE TOP 20 POSSIBILITIES AS OF TODAY | |||||
The Rare Lighter Fare | |||||
July 20
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Hairspray
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NL
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Shankman
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Travolta
Blonsky |
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Sept 29
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The Darjeeling Limited
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FoxS
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W Anderson
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Wilson
Brody |
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Dec 26
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The Savages |
FoxS
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Jenkins
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Hoffman
Linney Bosco |
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The Political Dramas | |||||
Sept 14
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In The Valley Of Elah
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WIP
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Haggis
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Jones
Theron |
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Oct 19
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Rendition
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NL
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Hood
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Nov 2
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The Kite Runner
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ParVan
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Forster
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Nov 9
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Lions For Lambs
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UA
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Redford
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Cruise
Streep Redford |
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The Departed Slot Hopefuls | |||||
Sept 14
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The Brave One
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WB
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Jordan
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Foster
Howard |
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Sept 14
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Eastern Promises
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Focus
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Cronenberg
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Mortenson
Watts |
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Nov 2 |
American Gangster
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U
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R. Scott
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Denzel Crowe |
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Nov 16
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Beowulf
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Par
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Zemeckis
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Serious Studio Muscle | |||||
Oct 5
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Michael Clayton
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WB
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Gilroy
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Clooney
Wilkinson |
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Oct 12
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age |
U
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Kapur
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Blanchett
Rush Owen Morton |
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Dec 21
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Sweeney Todd
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DW
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Burton
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Depp
Bonham- Carter |
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Dec 21
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Charlie Wilson’s War
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U
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Nichols
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Hanks
Roberts Hoffman |
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The Arty Battlers | |||||
Sept 21
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Into The Wild
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ParVan
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Penn
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Holbrook
Hirsch |
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Nov 9
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No Country For Old Men
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Mir/
ParVan |
Coens
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Bardem Jones |
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Nov 9
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Reservation Road
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Focus
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George
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Phoenix |
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Nov 21
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I’m Not There
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TWC
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Haynes
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Blanchett
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Dec 7
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Atonement
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Focus
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Wright
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Knightley Redgrave |
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Dec 17 | Le Scaphandre et le papillon |
Mir
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Schnabel
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Dec 26
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There Will Be Blood
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ParVan
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Anderson
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Day-Lewis
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OTHER CONTENDERS… With High Potential Noms In Other Categories | |||||
May 4
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Away From Her
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Lions
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Polley
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Christie
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Actress/Screenplay |
June 8
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La Vie En Rose
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PictH
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Dahan |
Cotillard
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Actress |
July 24
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Ressurecting The Champ
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Yari
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Lurie
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Jackson
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Supp Actor |
Oct 26
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Things We Lost In The Fire |
DW
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Bier
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Del Toro
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Actor |
AND THE REST… | |||||
June 22
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A Mighty Heart
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ParVan
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Winterbottom
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Jolie
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June 29
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Evening
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Focus
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Koltai
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Streep
Close Redgrave |
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July 13
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Rescue Dawn
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MGM
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Herzog
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Bale
Zahn |
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Aug 14
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Feast Of Love
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MGM
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Benton
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Freeman
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Sept 28
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Lust, Caution
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Focus
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Lee
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Leung
Wei |
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Oct 12
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Grace Is Gone
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TWC
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Strouse
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Cusack
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Oct 12
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We Own The Night
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Sony
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Gray
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Phoenix
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Oct 19
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Margot At The Wedding |
ParVan
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Baumbach
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Kidman
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Nov 2
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In Bloom
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2929
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Perelman
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Thurman
Wood |
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Nov 16
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Love In the Time Of Cholera
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NL
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Newell
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Bardem
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Nov 30
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Cassandra’s Dream
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TWC
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Allen
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McGregor
Wilkinson |
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Dec 7
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His Dark Materials
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NL
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Weitz
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Dec 14
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Youth Without Youth
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SPC
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Coppola
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Roth
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OUT of 2007
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The Other Boleyn Girl
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Sony
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Chadwick
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La Misma Luna
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FoxS
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Riggen
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Fererra
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x
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Guerilla
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Focus
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Soderbergh
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x
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Margaret
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FoxS
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Lonergan
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x
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Synecdoche, New York
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SK
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Kaufman
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