
Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin, Joel Coen, James McAvoy
Oscar 2008: Best Picture, Actor, Actress
Best adapted screenplay
Atonement (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Away from Her (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
* No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Best original screenplay
* Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins
Best cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins
Atonement (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski
No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
* There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit
Best film editing
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) Christopher Rouse
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling
Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy
No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) "Roderick Jaynes" (Joel and Ethan Coen)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor
Best original score
* Atonement (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
Ratatouille (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
Best original song
* "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.)
Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack, and Tevin Thomas
"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
Best art direction
American Gangster (Universal)
Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
Atonement (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
* 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
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Best costume design
Across the Universe (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
Atonement (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
* Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
La Vie en Rose (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood
Photos: Darren Decker (Hansard), Michael Yada (Byrne, Cody, Roth, Lavergne, Westenhofer, Lo Schiavo, Landers, Elswit, Coen brothers & Brolin & McAvoy, Rouse, Boyle, Marianelli). All photos: © A.M.P.A.S.






