Ok, no Diving Bell ... and I haven't seen the majority of Best Supporting Actress noms. Nonetheless ... Ladies and Gentlemen, the Zlick Picks:
Best Actor:
George Clooney in
Michael Clayton (Zlick's Acadamy prediction: Daniel Day Lewis)
Best Supporting Actor:
Tom Wilkinson in
Michael Clayton (the actual Oscar will go to Javier Bardem)
Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard in
La Vie en Rose (with the Academy following suit)
Best Supporting Actress:
Tilda Swinton in
Michael Clayton (with the Academy once again agreeing on me on la femme talent)
Best Animated Film:
Ratatouille (with an Oscar for sure)
Best Art Direction:
Sweeney Todd (and the Academy once again agrees with Steve)
Best Cinematography:
No Country for Old Men (and I believe the Oscar-winner will be
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Best Costume Design:
Elizabeth, the Golden Age (and I think the Academy will likewise be swayed by the spendlor of gaudy)
Best Director:
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for
No Country For Old Men (and I feel the Academy will be breaking out the second Oscar when they concur)
Best Documentary Feature:
Sicko (and Michael Moore will once again wow with his acceptance speech)
Best Documentary Short - no selection (I haven't seen
any of them)
Best Editing:
No Country for Old Men (though I think the Academy will be swayed by the flashier work in
The Bourne Ultimatum)
Best Foreign Language Film - no selection (I haven't seen
any of them - but I
will say that
The Orphanage was robbed!)
Best Makeup:
La Vie en Rose (with the Oscar going to
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
Best Musical Score -
Ratatouille (with the Oscar dancing to the beat of the same drummer)
Best Original Song -
Happy Working Song from
Enchanted (with the Oscar going to "That's How You Know," also from
Enchanted)
Best Animated Short Film: A Zlick Oscar Upset:
NONE (but the inevitable Oscar going to
Even Pidgeons Go to Heaven)
Best Live Action Short Film:
Tanghi Argentini (and the Academy
must agree)
Best Sound Editing:
There Will Be Blood (with the Oscar going to
No Country For Old Men)
Best Sound Mixing:
The Bourne Ultimatum (and the Academy agrees)
Best Visual Effects:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (and the Oscar indeed goes to Pirates 3)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
There Will Be Blood (with the Academy choosing
No Country For Old Men)
Best Original Screenplay:
Michael Clayton (and the Academy concurs)
and finally:
Best Picture of the Year:
Michael Clayton (and the Oscar goes to:
No County For Old Men)
Stay Tuned tomorrow night, to see how well I've been right!
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