Oscar 2008 Predictions: Acting Categories

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George Clooney in Michael Clayton
George Clooney in Michael Clayton

Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Film, Director, Foreign Language Film

Best Actor:

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Possibly: Denzel Washington, American Gangster; Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening; James McAvoy, Atonement; Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild; Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl; Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah

 

Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose

Best Actress:

Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page, Juno
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart

Possibly: Amy Adams, Enchanted; Keira Knightley, Atonement; Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Laura Linney, The Savages

 

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Supporting Actor:

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Possibly: Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War; Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood; Max von Sydow, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

 

Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress:

Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton )
Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)

Possibly: Saoirse Ronan, Atonement; Ruby Dee, American Gangster; Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement; Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead; Catherine Keener, Into the Wild


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