20 Weeks to Oscar – Charts
Best Picture Chart
BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Nomination 90% Locks (in alphabetical order) Dec 25 Nine TWC Marshall Day-Lewis Et al In a thin year, getting over the post-production fights, looking like the front-runner May Up Disney Docter Petersen – Could the first animated film to get a BP nod in a year with…
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BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Nomination 90% Locks (in alphabetical order) Dec 11 Invictus WB Eastwood Freeman When Eastwood Met Apartheid Nov 25 Nine TWC Marshall Day-Lewis Et al Lots of beloved actors dance and sing a forgettable score based on an unforgettable movie May Up Disney Docter Petersen – A truly…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Sean Penn – Milk SAG, BFCA (45%) Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler HFPA (45%) Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon (5%) Richard Jenkins – The Visitor (3%) Brad Pitt – Benjamin Button (2%) BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Kate Winslet – The Reader HFPA, SAG in Ssppt (30%) Meryl Streep…
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BEST PICTURE Picture – Studio Slumdog Millionaire FxSch PGA, SAG, BFCA, HFPA Your Oscar Winner (50%) Milk Focus The most passionate Phase II push… but it ain’t Crash and Slumdog ain’t Brokeback (5%) Frost/Nixon U (5%) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Par (3%) The Reader TWC (2%) BEST DIRECTOR Director – Film Comment Danny…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Sean Penn – Milk SAG, BFCA (45%) Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler HFPA (35%) Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon (15%) Richard Jenkins – The Visitor (3%) Brad Pitt – Benjamin Button (2%) BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Kate Winslet – The Reader HFPA, SAG in Ssppt (35%) Meryl Streep…
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BEST PICTURE Picture – Studio Slumdog Millionaire FxSch PGA, SAG, BFCA, HFPA Your Oscar Winner (50%) Milk Focus The most passionate Phase II push… but it ain’t Crash and Slumdog ain’t Brokeback (5%) Frost/Nixon U (5%) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Par (3%) The Reader TWC (2%) BEST DIRECTOR Director – Film Comment Danny…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Sean Penn – Milk SAG, BFCA The most competitive major award of the night… but Penn has the weight of Langella and the stunt of Rourke, which makes him a 40% frontrunner Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler HFPA Just keeps winning stuff… a 30% chance Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon…
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BEST PICTURE Picture – Studio Slumdog Millionaire FxSch PGA, SAG, BFCA, HFPA Your Oscar Winner (80%) Frost/Nixon U Very, very well liked… but is there enough passion? (10%) Milk Focus Those who love, LOVE, those who hate, HATE (5%) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Par Heart = Votes… Button = Admiration (3%) The Reader…
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Milk – – The Wrestler Wall-E – Rachel Getting Married – – – The Visitor Happy Go Lucky – – Seven Pounds – Che – – W. – – Changling – – BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Slumdog Millionaire G Frost/Nixon G…
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BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road G Meryl Streep – Doubt G Cate Blanchett – Benjamin Button – Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married G Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long G Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky G Melissa Leo – Frozen River – Angelina Jolie – Changeling…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Sean Penn – Milk G Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon G Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler G Richard Jenkins – The Visitor Brad Pitt – Benjamin Button G DARK HORSES Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino Benicio Del Toro – Che Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road G BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Actor…
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BEST DIRECTOR Director – Film Comment Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire G Your Oscar Winner David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button G Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon G Gus Van Sant – Milk – Stephen Daldry – The Reader G
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BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Frontrunners (in alphabetical order) Slumdog Millionaire FxSch Boyle Patel Pinto G Frost/Nixon U Howard Langella Sheen G The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Par Fincher Pitt G Milk Focus Van Sant Penn Brolin – The Dark Knight WB Nolan Ledger – Still Hunting Doubt Mir Shanley Streep…
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Wall-E – A win here would be an apology for no BP nod.d Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Woody’s best in a long while. Milk – – Rachel Getting Married – – The Wrestler – Happy Go Lucky – – Seven Pounds – Che – – W. – –…
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BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road G Voters seem to be able to separate her great work in the movie from the softball of the movie, so… Cate Blanchett – Benjamin Button – Sensational as the old lady in make-up only… great CG thighs as a young one Meryl Streep…
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BEST ACTOR Actor – Film Comment Sean Penn – Milk G Deserves the win. Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon G A legendary performance.. may win out Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler G Cynical journalists are dogging him… which might turn back into sincere love Richard Jenkins – The Visitor Will be hailed as a great surprise,…
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BEST DIRECTOR Director – Film Comment Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire G David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button G Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon G Gus Van Sant – Milk – The Big Battle For The Last Slot Steven Soderbergh – Che – Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight – Jonathan Demme –…
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BEST PICTURE Picture Studio Director Stars Comment The Frontrunners (in alphabetical order) Slumdog Millionaire FxSch Boyle Patel Pinto G The prohibitive favorite Frost/Nixon U Howard Langella Sheen G The only legit shot at taking down The ‘Dog The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Par Fincher Pitt G Too big to ignore, too cold to love…
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Writer(s) – Film Comment Wall-E – A win here would be an apology for no BP nod.d Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Woody’s best in a long while. Milk – – Rachel Getting Married – – The Wrestler – Happy Go Lucky – – Seven Pounds – Che – – W. – –…
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BEST ACTRESS Actress – Film Comment Cate Blanchett – Benjamin Button – The old age stuff is the killer… all make-up, no CG Meryl Streep – Doubt G Should really be here for Mamma Mia!, the gutsier performance Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married G Seems to have settled in, but still vulnerable to a…
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