Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Actor, Actress
Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbass in The Visitor
BEST ACTOR
Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Clint Eastwood becomes a sentimental favorite whenever he has a Message to convey;
Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke have been winning awards left and right;
Frank Langella will get his first Oscar nod (a sort of career achievement recognition, like James Garner’s — well-deserved — nomination for Murphy’s Romance back in 1985);
and so will SAG nominee Richard Jenkins.
Runners-up: Unless Dev Patel pulls off a Keisha Castle-Hughes upset (she was pushed as a supporting player for Whale Rider in 2003, but landed a — truly surprising — best actress nod instead), the five [...]
by Andre Soares | December 24, 2008
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Tags: 2009 Oscar, Academy Awards, Film Awards, Happy-Go-Lucky, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, Oscar Predictions, Richard Jenkins, Sally Hawkins, The Visitor
