Saranno quattro le possibilità per l’Italia di aggiudicarsi un Oscar 2008. Archiviata la delusione per la mancata nomination de La Sconosciuta di Giuseppe Tornatore, i portabandiera del tricolore nazionale saranno due musicisti, Dario Marianelli autore della colonna sonora di Espiazione, già premiato con il Golden Globe e Marco Beltrami, ormai americanizzato, per il film Quel treno per Yuma. Soddisfazione per Andrea Jublin, nominato per il cortometraggio Il Supplente prodotto da Sky Cinema Italia. In gara per la migliore scenografia ci saranno Dante Ferretti e Francesca Lo Schiavo per il loro lavoro in Sweeney Todd di Tim Burton. Ben 8 nomination per l’ultimo lavoro dei fratelli Coen, Non è un paese per vecchi, che concorre fra gli altri come miglior film, regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia e montaggio. Sorprendono positivamente le 4 nomination per Juno di Jason Reitman, già vincitore della Festa del Cinema di Roma (miglior film, regia, sceneggiatura originale e miglior attrice). L’impegno di George Clooney è stato invece ricompensato con 6 nomination, nonostante il suo Michael Clayton non abbia impressionato la giuria all’ultima Mostra del Cinema di Venezia.

Espiazione conferma le 7 nomination ricevute anche ai Golden Globe. Infine 4 nomination per Lo scafandro e la farfalla, passato con successo all’ultimo Festival di Cannes e Il petroliere di Paul Thomas Anderson.
La premiazione, ammesso che lo sciopero degli sceneggiatori non riesca a bloccarla come accaduto per i Golden Globe, si terrà come tradizione al Kodak Theater di Hollywood, nella notte di domenica 24 febbraio.

Ecco l’elenco completo delle nomination:

Miglior Film
ESPIAZIONE - "Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
JUNO - "Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
MICHAEL CLAYTON - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
NON E’ UN PAESE PER VECCHI - "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
IL PETROLIERE - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Miglior Regia
LO SCAFANDRO E LA FARFALLA - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
JUNO - "Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
MICHAEL CLAYTON - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
NON E’ UN PAESE PER VECCHI - "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
IL PETROLIERE - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Miglior Film Straniero
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia

Migliore Sceneggiatura Non Originale
ESPIAZIONE - "Atonement" (Focus Features), Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
LONTANO DA LEI - "Away from Her" (Lionsgate), Written by Sarah Polley
LO SCAFANDRO E LA FARFALLA - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
NON E’ UN PAESE PER VECCHI - "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
IL PETROLIERE - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Migliore Sceneggiatura Originale
JUNO - "Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl" (MGM), Written by Nancy Oliver
MICHAEL CLAYTON - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Written by Tony Gilroy
RATATOUILLE - "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
LA FAMIGLIA SAVAGE - "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight), Written by Tamara Jenkins

Migliore Attore Protagonista
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Miglior Attore Non Protagonista
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Miglior Attrice Protagonista
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal)
Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in "The Savages" (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Migliore Attrice Non Protagonista
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Miglior Film Animato
PERSEPOLIS - "Persepolis" (Sony Pictures Classics): Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
RATATUILLE - "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Brad Bird
SURF’S UP - "Surf's Up" (Sony Pictures Releasing): Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Miglior Scenografia
AMERICAN GANGSTER - "American Gangster" (Universal): Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
ESPIAZIONE - "Atonement" (Focus Features): Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
LA BUSSOLA D’ORO - "The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
SWEENEY TODD - "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount): Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
IL PETROLIERE - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Miglior Fotografia
L’ASSASSIONIO DI JESSE JAMES - "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.): Roger Deakins
ESPIAZIONE - "Atonement" (Focus Features): Seamus McGarvey
LO SCAFANDRO E LA FARFALLA - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
NON E’ UN PAESE PER VECCHI - "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Roger Deakins
IL PETROLIERE - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Robert Elswit

Migliori Costumi
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE - "Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
ESPIAZIONE - "Atonement" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE - "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
LA VIE EN ROSE - "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
SWEENEY TODD - "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

Miglior Documentario
"No End in Sight" (Magnolia Pictures) A Representational Pictures Production: Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience" (The Documentary Group) A Documentary Group Production: Richard E. Robbins
"Sicko" (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company) A Dog Eat Dog Films Production: Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
"Taxi to the Dark Side" (THINKFilm) An X-Ray Production: Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
"War/Dance" (THINKFilm) A Shine Global and Fine Films Production: Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Miglior Corto Documentario
"Freeheld" A Lieutenant Films Production: Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
"La Corona (The Crown)" A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production: Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
"Salim Baba" A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production: Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
"Sari's Mother" (Cinema Guild) A Daylight Factory Production: James Longley

Miglior Montaggio
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Christopher Rouse
LO SCAFANDRO E LA FARFALLA - "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
INTO THE WILD - "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment): Jay Cassidy
NON E’ UN PAESE PER VECCHI - "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
IL PETROLIERE - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Dylan Tichenor

Miglior Trucco
LA VIE EN ROSE - "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
NORBIT - "Norbit" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount): Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
I PIRATI DEI CARAIBI – LA FINE DEL MONDO - "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Migliore Colonna Sonora
ESPIAZIONE - "Atonement" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
IL CACCIATORE DI AQUILONI - "The Kite Runner" (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics): Alberto Iglesias
MICHAEL CLAYTON - "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
RATATUILLE - "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
QUEL TRENO PER YUMA - "3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

Miglior Canzone Originale
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush" (Warner Bros.): Nominees to be determined
"So Close" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted" (Walt Disney): Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Miglior Corto Animato
"I Met the Walrus" A Kids & Explosions Production: Josh Raskin
"Madame Tutli-Putli" (National Film Board of Canada) A National Film Board of Canada Production Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski "Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" (Premium Films) A BUF Compagnie Production Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)" (Channel One Russia) A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production Alexander Petrov
"Peter & the Wolf" (BreakThru Films) A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

Miglior Corto
"At Night" A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production: Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" (Sky Cinema Italia) A Frame by Frame Italia Production: Andrea Jublin
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)" (Premium Films) A Karé Production: Philippe Pollet-Villard
"Tanghi Argentini" (Premium Films) An Another Dimension of an Idea Production: Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
"The Tonto Woman" A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production: Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Miglior Montaggio Sonoro
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal): Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
NON E’ UN PAESE PER VECCHI - "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay
RATATUILLE - "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
IL PETROLIERE - "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax): Matthew Wood
TRANSFORMERS - "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Miglior Mix Sonoro
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - "The Bourne Ultimatum" (Universal) Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
NON E’ UN PAESE PER VECCHI - "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
RATATUILLE - "Ratatouille" (Walt Disney): Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
QUEL TRENO PER YUMA - "3:10 to Yuma" (Lionsgate): Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
TRANSFORMERS - "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Migliori Effetti Visivi
LA BUSSOLA D’ORO - "The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
I PIRATI DEI CARAIBI – LA FINE DEL MONDO - "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
TRANSFORMERS - "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

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