If I Ran the Oscars 2007
If I Ran the Oscars 2007: As a true movie nerd, I've gotta do the Oscars myself. I've used every category the Academy uses, and the same amount of nominees.
Winners are in italics, and are always subject to change.--Winners in italics--
Best Picture
The Darjeeling Limited
Death Proof
No Country for Old Men
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Ethan & Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Julian Schnabel (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof)
Best Actor
Mathieu Amalric (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Best Actress
Helena Bonham Carter (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Marion Cotillard (La môme)
Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Charlize Theron (In the Valley of Elah)
Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood)
Kurt Russell (Death Proof)
Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
Best Supporting Actress
Hiam Abbas (The Visitor)
Zoe Bell (Death Proof)
Jennifer Garner (Juno)
Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, and Jason Schwartzman (The Darjeeling Limited)
Judd Apatow (Knocked Up)
Brad Bird (Ratatouille)
Diablo Cody (Juno)
Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Ronald Harwood (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
John Logan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Best Animated Feature
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Best Art Direction
Ian Bailie and Katie Spencer (Atonement)
David Crank and Jim Erickson (There Will Be Blood)
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Martin Gendron, Troy Sizemore, and Janice Blackie-Goodine (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Aradhana Seth, Adam Stockhausen, and Suzanne Caplan Merwanji (The Darjeeling Limited)
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men)
Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood)
Janusz Kaminski (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof)
Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Mark Bridges (There Will Be Blood)
Milena Canonero (The Darjeeling Limited)
Penny Rose (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
Jany Temime (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Best Documentary Feature
The King of Kong
No End in Sight
Sicko
Best Film Editing
Curtiss Clayton and Dylan Tichenor (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
Ethan & Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men)
Ethan Maniquis, Sally Menke, and Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse)
Andrew Weisblum (The Darjeeling Limited)
Juliette Welfling (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Best Foreign Language Film
La môme
Persepolis
Le scaphandre et le papillon
Best Makeup
Howard Berger, Jake Garber, and Gregory Nicotero (Planet Terror)
Joel Harlow (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
Ivana Primorac (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Best Original Song
"Baby Don't You Cry," Andrew Hollander and Adrienne Shelley (Waitress)
"Le Festin," Michael Giacchino (Ratatouille)
"Grey in L.A.," Loudon Wainwright III (Knocked Up)
"Modern Nature," Sondre Lerche (Dan in Real Life)
"Two Against the World," Rebecca & Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror)
Best Original Score
Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
James Newton Howard (Michael Clayton)
Mateo Messina (Juno)
Christopher Young (Spider-Man 3)
Hans Zimmer (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
Best Live Action Short Film
Hotel Chevalier
Best Sound Mixing
Tony Dawe (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Joseph Geisinger (Spider-Man 3)
Tod A. Maitland (Across the Universe)
Kevin O'Connell (Transformers)
Lee Orloff (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
Best Sound Editing
Karen M. Baker and Per Hallberg (The Bourne Ultimatum)
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
David Evans (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Skip Lievsay (No Country for Old Men)
Francis Wargnier and Boris Chapelle (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
Best Visual Effects
Tim Alexander, Tim Burke, Greg Butler, Paul J. Franklin, Michael Illingworth, John Lockwood, Craig Lyn, Chris Shaw, Steve Street, Kat Szuminska, and Val Wardlaw (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Kevin Baillie, Vincent Cirelli, Charles Gibson, Bryan Grill, Roger Guyett, Bryan Hirota, Matt McDonald, Erik Nash, and Daniel P. Rosen (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
Scott Gordon, Ian Hunter, Richard Kidd, Mark Larranaga, Matt McDonald, Fred Pienkos, Jerry Pooler, Daniel P. Rosen, Lucas Salton, Sean Schur, Scott Stokdyk, and Dominique Vidal (Spider-Man 3)







