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Oscar Nomination Predictions – We Are Movie Geeks

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Oscar Nomination Predictions

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Woo-Hoo… The Nominations are hours away. Will ‘The Dark Knight’ make it into the fifth slot? Or ‘Gran Torino’? The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 5:30 a.m. PT  in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater by AMPAS President Sid Ganis and Oscar Winning actor  Forest Whitaker. The E! Channel will broadcast them live as usual. Being the year round Oscar Obsessiva that I am, here’s our predictions for the Oscar nominations.

Best Picture:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
Revolutionary Road

Our Predictions:

Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Jeremy
X
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
X
Michelle

Best Director:

Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Our Predictions:

Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle
Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Michelle, Jeremy

Best Actor:

Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Our Predictions:

Ram Man, Michelle
Travis, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy

Best Actress:

Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, The Changeling
Kristin Scott Thomas, I’ve Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Cate Blanchett, Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Our Predictions:

Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man
Ram Man
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Michelle, Jeremy
Michelle
Jeremy

Best Supporting Actor:

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Doubt
James Franco, Milk
Liev Schreiber, Defiance
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Our Predictions:

Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Jeremy
Michelle
Travis, Ram Man, Jeremy
Travis
Ram Man
Michelle, Jeremy

Best Supporting Actress:

Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji Henson, Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Amy Adams, Doubt

Our Predictions:

Travis, Ram Man, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Michelle, Jeremy

Best Original Screenplay:

Gran Torino
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E
The Wrestler
Burn After Reading
The Visitor

Our Predictions:

Ram Man,
Travis, Michelle
Travis, Michelle, Ram Man, Jeremy
Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Michelle
Travis, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Michelle, Jeremy
Ram Man

Best Adapted Screenplay:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Our Predictions:

Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Michelle, Jeremy
Ram Man, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy

Best Animated Feature:

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir

Our Predictions:

Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man

Best Foreign language Film:

The Class – France
Everlasting Moments – Sweden
Waltz With Bashir – Israel
Tear This Heart Out – Mexico
Baader Meinhof Complex – Germany
Three Monkeys – Turkey
Departures – Japan

Our Predictions:

Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Michelle
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle
Travis, Ram Man, Michelle, Jeremy
Ram Man, Jeremy
Jeremy

So whatcha think? Did we miss anything? What will be the big snubs? Feel free to post your own predix. The “High Holy Day” will air on ABC  Sunday, February 22, 2009 from the Kodak Theatre in  West Hollywood.

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