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Official 79th Annual Academy Awards GAF Thread (+Pool Closed)

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Is the thread title long enough?

Anyway, for the third year going I believe, we're gonna have an Oscar Pool. It's not really about the nominations... if you like them or not, whatever. It's just about getting the right answers and competing with fellow GAFers and hopefully winning a prize :D

And since this thread isn't HUGE yet, I'll turn this into the official one.

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NOMINATIONS
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Here they are:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)
Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Film Council)
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)
Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Best animated feature film of the year

“Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
“Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller
“Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan

Achievement in art direction

“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“The Good Shepherd” (Universal)
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
“The Prestige” (Buena Vista)
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti

Achievement in cinematography

“The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond
“Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro
“The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister

Achievement in costume design
“Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man
“The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field
“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis
“Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle

Achievement in directing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears
“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass

Best documentary feature

“Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)
A Disarming Films Production
Amy Berg and Frank Donner
“An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production
Davis Guggenheim
“Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing in association with HBO Documentary Films)
A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production
James Longley and John Sinno
“Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Loki Films Production
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
“My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)
A Praxis Films Production
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Best documentary short subject

“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
“Recycled Life”
An Iwerks/Glad Production
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
“Rehearsing a Dream”
A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Two Hands”
A Crazy Boat Pictures Production
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr

Achievement in film editing

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Steven Rosenblum
“Children of Men” (Universal)
Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Thelma Schoonmaker
“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Best foreign language film of the year

“After the Wedding” A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production
Denmark
“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” A Tessalit Production
Algeria
“The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production
Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production
Mexico
“Water” A Hamilton-Mehta Production
Canada

Achievement in makeup

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Martí and Montse Ribé

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
“The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman
“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” from “Cars”
(Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale

Best motion picture of the year

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Graham King, Producer
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
A Granada Production
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Best animated short film

“The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)
A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production
Torill Kove
“Lifted” (Buena Vista)
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Gary Rydstrom
“The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)
A Walt Disney Pictures Production
Roger Allers and Don Hahn
“Maestro” (SzimplaFilm)
A Kedd Production
Géza M. Tóth
“No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox)
A Blue Sky Studios Production
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier

Best live action short film

“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)
An Altube Filmeak Production
Borja Cobeaga
“Helmer & Son”
A Nordisk Film Production
Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
“The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
“West Bank Story”
An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
Ari Sandel

Achievement in sound editing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Lon Bender
“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Achievement in sound mixing

“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Achievement in visual effects

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
“Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
“Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Adapted screenplay

“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men” (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children” (New Line)
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Michael Arndt
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Written by Peter Morgan
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Just whipped up, obviously, and not formated right. So for the elegant look at the nominations, visit here.

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OSCAR WINNERS
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--To Be Filled Upon End Of Oscar Night--

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DETAILS ON THE OSCAR POOL
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To sign up, visit Oscar.com 79th' Annual Academy Awards "Predict the Winners" page. If you already have an ABC.com account from previous years playing this, it will still work.

If you live in Canada you can't claim prizes. But, since this is just for fun, just make up some shit about where you live and join anyway for the competition.

After you sign up, join the following GROUP:

Group name: TTB and GAFots
Password:
dustynails

After you join, POST IN THIS THREAD with the name you used on the Oscar Pool site so I can add you to the list :)

PREDICTIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. Unfortunately, oscar.com slyly changed the rules this year to close all predictions at 1:00PM(PST). This changes things dramatically, so since I did not read the rules as closely as I perhaps should, I apologize to everyone who thought they would have more time.

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GROUP LIST
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● Amir0x
● aztrex
● BatterseaPS (Battersea Power Station)
● Bebpo
● BigGreenMat
● Bloodwake
● BrandNew
● brandonh83
● bridgerw
● Bud
● Cait
● CajoleJuice
● Cheebs
● Cornballer
● CowGirl
● dmczaf
● eieio
● FoneBone
● Gobo
● GreatRumbler
● Grundlterror
● heavyliquid
● helios
● Iamthegamer
● JD79 (Immo)
● jpraup
● KDups
● Lathentar
● Mac Stalker (Macabre Stalker)
● Manabyte
● Meier
● Memles
● Newbie
● NomarTyme
● Ryan
● Sactown
● Sanjuro
● scottnak
● Shard
● SolidSqrrl
● StrikerObi
● Tim-E
● Triphibian
● Triumph (Triumph Dolomite 1300cc)
● typo
● VALIS
● vistranorrez
● Wes
● whytemyke
● woodchuck

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SECONDARY GROUP LIST
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Group Name: TTB and GAFots Stragglers
Password:
dustynails

● Hotarubi
● J2 Cool
● mepoos
● XMonkey
● Ratcage
● Peru
● tempwoh (temp)
● JScott (MacGuffin)
● wedgex
● armubaba
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What now?
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It's just for fun, so have fun. If you want a good look at the nominations, visit THE NOMINATIONS PAGE.

The first year's winner was Amir0x, the second year's winner was Amir0x (and Cheebs was second place), can you guys beat my streak? ;)
 
Amir0x said:
The first year's winner was Amir0x, the second year's winner was Amir0x (and Cheebs was second place), can you guys beat my streak? ;)
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Are you implying that you have good taste in films? :P

In as Bebpo
 
Amir0x said:
Hell no, I always guess based on how I think the stupid Academy Board will vote :P
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Yeah, thats not really movie appreciation skill. It just means you watch a lot of E! Or can filter out what the hell the E! rumors mean.
 
acidviper said:
Yeah, thats not really movie appreciation skill. It just means you watch a lot of E! Or can filter out what the hell the E! rumors mean.
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Man what, I can easily tell you what my personal favorites are and it's totally separate from what I am going to guess because the Academy is dumb :D
 
All right I'll get in on this later. I remember last year, starting off great with the first awards and then plummeting down to some low position. I'll spend some more time on it this year.
 
Amir0x said:
Man what, I can easily tell you what my personal favorites are and it's totally separate from what I am going to guess because the Academy is dumb :D
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Same for me. I would liken Oscar picks to trying to predict the winner of:
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Ehh, I'm not 18 yet, but can I still participate? I might as well lie about my age cause chances are I won't win.

EDIT: The hell with it, in as BrandNew.
 
BrandNew said:
Ehh, I'm not 18 yet, but can I still participate? I might as well lie about my age cause chances are I won't win.
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yeah, definitely. It's just for fun, mainly for bragging rights at GAF since none of us will win a prize in all likelihood :D
 
Battersea Power Station said:
Ami, do you guess on the lesser categories or have you actually seen all those short films?
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Well, it's impossible for me to see all of them. Usually, for the really obscure categories, I just watch the television for the people making predictions and choose the first one I hear :lol
 
I'm in. I realyl should have seen some of these movies. :X Should I predict the Scorcese upset? I JUST DON'T KNOW.
 
Jesus, the best picture is a toughy. Word on the street says The Departed should win, but it' scorcese. I'm just gonna have to go with Eastwood on this one, you can't really go wrong there. Children of Men better win all of it's nominations (seriously though, Little Miss Sunshine...better than Children of Men? Get the **** Out of Here, Academy). What's up with all of these Dead Man's Chest nominations, I though critics hated this movie (I've grown to love it). The Presitge got noms too!...for a categories it won't win (Going against Pan's Labrynth for Art Direction and Children of Men for Cinematography. :[ ) It should be an interesting show, better than last year.
 
Iamthegamer said:
What's up with all of these Dead Man's Chest nominations, I though critics hated this movie (I've grown to love it).
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All of the Pirates nominations are on technical categories...

And it'll win Effects. Easily.
 
For some reason I'm wary of using the same film in more than one category but of course I shouldn't be. This is going to get interesting..
 
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