Film: Oscar Nomination Predictions

Oscar nominations come out this Thursday. Every year I like to predict who will be nominated in each category (except the short films). These are not always who I want in the category but what or who will be chosen. I have also included a 'For Your Conisderation' for people and films I wish the Academy would recogonize. Some of these are more pipe-dreams than others. Some have a chance, some are way out in left field. Anyway, here's the list:

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Frost/Nixon / Milk / Revolutionary Road / Slumdog Millionaire
For Your Consideration: The Dark Knight

Best Actor
Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) / Sean Penn (Milk) / Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) / Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) / Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)
For Your Consideration: James Brolin (W)

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) / Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) / Angelina Jolie (Changeling) / Meryl Streep (Doubt) / Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
For Your Consideration: Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy)

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder) / Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) / Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) / Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire) / Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)
For Your Consideration: Peter Dinklage (Prince Caspian)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Doubt) / Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) / Viola Davis (Doubt) / Taraji P Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) / Kate Winslet (The Reader)
For Your Consideration: Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man)

Best Director
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) / David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) / Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon) / Gus Van Sant (Milk) / Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
For Your Consideration: Sam Mendes (Revolutionary Road)

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) / Dustin Lance Black (Milk) / Tom McCarthy (The Visitor) / Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) / Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon (Wall-E)
For Your Conisderation: Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) / John Patrick Shanley (Doubt) / Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) / Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) / Jonathan & Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
For Your Consideration: Justin Haythe (Revolutionary Road)

Best Foreign Film
Tear This Heart Out / The Baader Meinhof Complex / The Class / Waltz With Bashir/ 3 Monkeys
For Your Consideration: Son of Ranbow

Best Documentary
Man on Wire / Pray the Devil Back to Hell / Fuel / Standard Operating Procedure / Trouble With Water
For Your Consideration: No idea

Best Animated Film
Wall-E / Kung Fu Panda / Waltz With Bashir
For Your Consideration: Horton Hears a Who

Best Song
The Wrestler (The Wrestler) / Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) / I Thought I Lost You (Bolt) / Down to Earth (Wall-E)
For Your Consideration: Rock Me Sexy Jesus (Hamlet 2) & Dracula’s Lament (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) (tie)

Best Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Slumdog Millionaire / Wall-E / The Dark Knight / Australia
For Your Consideration: Indiana Jones

Best Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Slumdog Millionaire / The Dark Knight / The Duchess / Australia
For Your Consideration: Wall-E

Best Cinematography
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Slumdog Millionaire / Australia / The Dark Knight / The Reader
For Your Consideration: Valkyrie

Best Costume
Sex & the City / Prince Caspian / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / The Duchess / Changeling
For Your Consideration: Milk

Best Make-Up
Hellboy II / The Dark Knight / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
For Your Consideration: The Reader

Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / Slumdog Millionaire / Frost/Nixon / In Bruges / The Dark Knight
For Your Consideration: Cloverfield

Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight / Iron Man / Wall-E
For Your Consideration: Cloverfield

Best Sound Mixing
The Dark Knight / Iron Man / Quantum of Solace / Slumdog Millionaire / Wall-E
For Your Consideration: Wanted

Best Visual Effects
The Dark Knight / Iron Man / Journey to the Center of the Earth
For Your Consideration: Hellboy II

So there you have it. We'll find out how close I am on Thursday, January 22 (my birthday incidently). Till then.