Alan's 2008 Oscar Predictions

I'm really not good at predicting The Oscars.  You'd think, as a huge film buff, I'd have a clue - but apparently I don't.  I'm not sure why, with my lousy track record,  people keep asking me after all this time for my predictions.  You'd have better luck just throwing darts at the ballot.  But for those of you with office pools and money to burn, here's my 2008 selections.  Good luck, you'll need it!

Editor's Note:  I can't remember a time, in all the years that I've watched the Oscars, that I've cared less about the awards.  I've only seen about 3 of the movies nominated for things this year and none of them were favorite films of mine.  To see the movies I really LOVED this year check out my Top 10 List.

Alan's Picks (In Bold Red)

1. __ "Atonement"
2. __ "Juno"
3. __ "Michael Clayton"

4. __ "No Country for Old Men"

5. __ "There Will Be Blood"

1. __ Julian Schnabel ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
2. __ Jason Reitman ("Juno")
3. __ Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton")

4. __ Joel & Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men")

5. __ Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood")

1. __ George Clooney ("Michael Clayton")
2. __ Daniel Day-Lewis ("There Will Be Blood")
3. __ Johnny Depp ("Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street")
4. __ Tommy Lee Jones ("In the Valley of Elah")
5. __ Viggo Mortensen ("Eastern Promises")

1. __ Casey Affleck ("The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford")
2. __ Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men")
3. __ Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Charlie Wilson's War")
4. __ Hal Holbrook ("Into the Wild")
5. __ Tom Wilkinson ("Michael Clayton")

1. __ Cate Blanchett ("Elizabeth: The Golden Age")
2. __ Julie Christie ("Away from Her")
3. __ Marion Cotillard ("La Vie en Rose")
4. __ Laura Linney ("The Savages")
5. __ Ellen Page ("Juno")

1. __ Cate Blanchett ("I'm Not There")
2. __ Ruby Dee ("American Gangster")
3. __ Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement")
4. __ Amy Ryan ("Gone Baby Gone")
5. __ Tilda Swinton ("Michael Clayton")

1. __ "Beaufort" (Israel)
2. __ "The Counterfeiters" (Austria)
3. __ "Katyn" (Poland)
4. __ "Mongol" (Kazakhstan)
5. __ "12" (Russia)

1. __ "No End in Sight"
2. __ "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
3. __ "Sicko"
4. __ "Taxi to the Dark Side"
5. __ "War/Dance"

1. __ "Freeheld"
2. __ "La Corona (The Crown)"
3. __ "Salim Baba"
4. __ "Sari's Mother"

1. __ "Persepolis"
2. __ "Ratatouille"
3. __ "Surf's Up"

1. __ Christopher Hampton ("Atonement")
2. __ Sarah Polley ("Away from Her")
3. __ Ronald Harwood ("Diving Bell and the Butterfly")
4. __ Joel & Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men")
5. __ Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood")

1. __ Diablo Cody ("Juno")
2. __ Nancy Oliver ("Lars and the Real Girl")
3. __ Tony Gilroy ("Michael Clayton")
4. __ Brad Bird ("Ratatouille")
5. __ Tamara Jenkins ("The Savages")

1. __ "American Gangster"
2. __ "Atonement"
3. __ "The Golden Compass"
4. __ "Sweeney Todd"
5. __ "There Will Be Blood"

1. __ "The Assassination of Jesse James ..."
2. __ "Atonement"
3. __ "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
4. __ "No Country for Old Men"
5. __ "There Will Be Blood"

1. __ "The Bourne Ultimatum"
2. __ "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
3. __ "Into the Wild"
4. __ "No Country for Old Men")
5. __ "There Will Be Blood"

1. __ "Across the Universe"
2. __ "Atonement"
3. __ "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
4. __ "La Vie en Rose"
5. __ "Sweeney Todd"

1. __ "La Vie en Rose"
2. __ "Norbit"
3. __ "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

1. __ "Atonement," Dario Marianelli
2. __ "The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias
3. __ "Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard
4. __ "Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino
5. __ "3:10 to Yuma," Marco Beltrami

1. __ "Falling Slowly," Hansard & Irglova ("Once")
2. __ "Happy Working Song," Menken & Schwartz ("Enchanted")
3. __ "So Close," Menken & Schwartz ("Enchanted")
4. __ "That's How You Know," Menken & Schwartz ("Enchanted")
5. __ "Raise It Up" ("August Rush")

1. __ "I Met the Walrus"
2. __ "Madame Tutli-Putli"
3. __ "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)"
4. __ "My Love (Moya Lyubov)"
5. __ "Peter & the Wolf"

1. __ "At Night"
2. __ "Il Supplente (The Substitute)"
3. __ "Le Mozart des Pickpockets
4. __ (The Mozart of Pickpockets)"
5. __ "Tanghi Argentini"
6. __ "The Tonto Woman"

1. __ "The Bourne Ultimatum"
2. __ "No Country for Old Men"
3. __ "Ratatouille"
4. __ "There Will Be Blood"
5. __ "Transformers"

1. __ "The Bourne Ultimatum"
2. __ "No Country for Old Men"
3. __ "Ratatouille"
4. __ "3:10 to Yuma"
5. __ "Transformers"

1. __ "The Golden Compass"
2. __ "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
3. __ "Transformers"