Complete List of the 2008 Academy Awards Nominations
The 80th Academy Awards Features Oscar Nominations in 24 Categories
By JON HOPWOOD, published Jan 22, 2008
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the 2008 Oscar nominations. The Oscars (officially known as the First Award for Merit) will be awarded in 24 categories.
Joel Cohen and Ethan Cohen tied a record for most personal Oscar nominations garnered from a single film with their four nods for No Country for Old Men. They were nominated for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture (as producers). They were also nominated for Best Film Editing under their pseudonym. Hal Holbrook, at 83 years old, became the oldest male performer to be nominated for an Oscar.
The The 80th Academy Awards program is scheduled fort the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on February 24, 2008.
Best motion picture of the year
Atonement: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
Juno: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
Michael Clayton: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
No Country for Old Men: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
There Will Be Blood: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers
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
Achievement in directing
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Complete List of the 2008 Academy Awards Nominations
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Did You Know?
83-year-old Hal Holbrook is the oldest male performer to be nominated for an Oscar. 84-year-old Ruby Dee is the 2nd oldest female performer, surpassed only by Gloria Stuart in "Titanic." These are the first Academy Award nominations for both performers.
Resources
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' Oscar Site: oscars.com/
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