Nominations for the 80th Annual Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• George Clooney in “Michael Clayton”
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”
• Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
• Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah”
• Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”
• Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men”
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War”
• Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild”
• Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
• Julie Christie in “Away from Her”
• Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose”
• Laura Linney in “The Savages”
• Ellen Page in “Juno"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There”
• Ruby Dee in “American Gangster”
• Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement”
• Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone”
• Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton”

Best animated feature

• “Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
• “Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird
• “Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Achievement in art direction

• “American Gangster”
  Art Direction: Arthur Max
  Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
• “Atonement”
  Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
  Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Golden Compass”
  Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
  Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
  Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
  Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• “There Will Be Blood”
  Art Direction: Jack Fisk
  Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography

• “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” Roger Deakins
• “Atonement” Seamus McGarvey
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Janusz Kaminski
• “No Country for Old Men” Roger Deakins
• “There Will Be Blood” Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design

• “Across the Universe” Albert Wolsky
• “Atonement” Jacqueline Durran
• “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” Alexandra Byrne
• “La Vie en Rose” Marit Allen
• “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing

• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Julian Schnabel
• “Juno” Jason Reitman
• “Michael Clayton” Tony Gilroy
• “No Country for Old Men” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• “There Will Be Blood” Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature

• “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

Best documentary short

• “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

Achievement in film editing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” Christopher Rouse
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Juliette Welfling
• “Into the Wild” Jay Cassidy
• “No Country for Old Men” Roderick Jaynes
• “There Will Be Blood” Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film

• “Beaufort” A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production
  Israel
• “The Counterfeiters” An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production
  Austria
• “Katyń” An Akson Studio Production
  Poland
• “Mongol” A Eurasia Film Production
  Kazakhstan
• “12” A Three T Production
  Russia

Achievement in makeup

• “La Vie en Rose” Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
• “Norbit” Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Golden Compass”Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
• “Transformers” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

Original score

• “Atonement” Dario Marianelli
• “The Kite Runner” Alberto Iglesias
• “Michael Clayton” James Newton Howard
• “Ratatouille” Michael Giacchino
• “3:10 to Yuma” Marco Beltrami

Original song

• “Falling Slowly” from “Once”
  Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
• “Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
  Music by Alan Menken
  Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• “Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
  Nominees to be determined
• “So Close” from “Enchanted”
  Music by Alan Menken
  Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
• “That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
  Music by Alan Menken
  Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Achievement in sound editing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
• “No Country for Old Men”Skip Lievsay
• “Ratatouille” Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
• “There Will Be Blood” Matthew Wood
• “Transformers” Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Achievement in sound mixing

• “The Bourne Ultimatum” Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
• “No Country for Old Men” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
• “Ratatouille” Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
• “3:10 to Yuma” Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
• “Transformers” Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Best animated short

• “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

Best live-action short

• “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

Best adapted screenplay

• “Atonement” Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
• “Away from Her” Written by Sarah Polley
• “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
• “No Country for Old Men” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “There Will Be Blood” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Best original screenplay

• “Juno” Written by Diablo Cody
• “Lars and the Real Girl” Written by Nancy Oliver
• “Michael Clayton” Written by Tony Gilroy
• “Ratatouille” Screenplay by Brad Bird
• Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
• “The Savages” Written by Tamara Jenkins

Motion picture of the year

• “Atonement” (Focus Features)
  A Working Title Production|
  Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
• "Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
  A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production
  Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
• “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
  A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
  Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
• “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
  A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
  Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
  A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
  JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Best wishes to all of the nominees!