Oscar Predictions

With the Oscars fast approaching, I’m going to take this time to lock in my predictions.

Last year I was 50% (it was my best score in 5 years). These are nothing more than educated guesses. Also, for what it’s worth, I went only 25% with last year’s sports championships (my only correct pre-playoff pick was NBA, and I went all the way with Celtics taking the Lakers).

I listed out the nominees for the major categories, my pick in green.

Best Picture
– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
– Frost/Nixon
– Milk
– The Reader
– Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
– David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
– Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
– Gus Van Sant for Milk
– Stephen Daldry for The Reader
– Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire.

Best Lead Actor
– Richard Jenkins for The Visitor
– Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
– Sean Penn for Milk
– Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
– Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Lead Actress
– Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
– Angelina Jolie for Changeling
– Melissa Leo for Frozen River
– Meryl Streep for Doubt
– Kate Winslet for The Reader

Best Supporting Actor
– Josh Brolin for Milk
– Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder
– Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt
– Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
– Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress
– Amy Adams for Doubt
– Penelope Cruz for Vicky Christina Barcelona
– Viola Davis for Doubt
– Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
– Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler

Best Adapted Screenplay
– Eric Roth and Robin Swicord for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
– John Patrick Shanley for Doubt
– Peter Morgan for Frost/Nixon
– David Hare for The Reader
– Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Screenplay
– Courtney Hunt for Frozen River
– Mike Leigh for Happy-Go-Lucky
– Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
– Dustin Lance Black for Milk
– Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Doctor for WALL-E

Best Foreign Film
– The Baader Meinhoff Complex – Germany
– The Class – France
– Departures – Japan
– Revanche – Austria
– Waltz With Bashir – Israel

Best Animated Feature
– Bolt
– Kung Fu Panda
– WALL-E

Best Art Direction
– The Dark Knight

Best Cinematography
– The Dark Knight

Best Sound Mixing
– WALL-E

Best Sound Editing
– WALL-E

Best Original Score
– A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Song
– “O Saya” – A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam (M.I.A.) for Slumdog Millionaire

Best Costume Design
– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Documentary Feature
– Man on Wire

Best Documentary Short Subject
– The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306

Best Film Editing
– The Dark Knight

Best Make Up
– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Animated Short
– Presto

Best Live Action Short
– Toyland (Spielzeugland)

Best Visual Effects
– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Tune in on Sunday for a Live Blog-o-thon as I update you with the winners as they are announced! Fun for all.