Academy Awards 2007 - Scores

BEST PICTURE
Prediction: No Country for Old Men
WINNER: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

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BEST DIRECTOR
Prediction: Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
WINNER: JOEL & ETHAN COEN - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

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BEST ACTOR
Prediction: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
WINNER: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS - THERE WILL BE BLOOD

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BEST ACTRESS
Prediction: Julie Christie - Away from Her
WINNER: MARION COTILLARD - LA VIE EN ROSE

WRONG - Cotillard was my alternate.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Prediction: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
WINNER: JAVIER BARDEN - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Prediction: Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
WINNER: TILDA SWINTON - MICHAEL CLAYTON

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Prediction: Diablo Cody - Juno
WINNER: DIABLO CODY - JUNO

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Prediction: Joel & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
WINNER: JOEL & ETHAN COEN - NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

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BEST ART DIRECTION
Prediction: There Will Be Blood
WINNER: SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

WRONG - I should've gone with Sweeney like everyone else but I really didn't think it would.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Prediction: Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
WINNER: ROGER ELSWIT - THERE WILL BE BLOOD

WRONG - I'm an idiot for not picking There Will Be Blood. I don't know why I chose Atonement.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Prediction: Atonement
WINNER: ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE

WRONG - I was just plain wrong. I denied the power of Victorian regality over iconography.

BEST MAKE-UP
Prediction: La Vie en Rose
WINNER: LA VIE EN ROSE

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BEST EDITING
Prediction: The Bourne Ultimatum
WINNER: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Prediction: Dario Marianelli - Atonement
WINNER: DARIO MARIANELLI - ATONEMENT

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Prediction: "Falling Slowly" - Once
WINNER: "FALLING SLOWLY" - ONCE

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BEST SOUND EDITING
Prediction: Transformers
WINNER: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

WRONG - Ouch. Transformers should've won this one.

BEST SOUND MIXING
Prediction: Transformers
WINNER: THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM

WRONG - Ouch again. Transformers should've won this too. Combined nominations for the mixing team: 32. Wins: 0.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Prediction: Transformers
WINNER: THE GOLDEN COMPASS

WRONG - OUCH. At least, The Bourne Ultimatum is a worthy winner. But The Golden Compass? I think the visual effects designers for Transformers made the robots look TOO real, confusing the academy, which is why they didn't vote for it.

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Prediction: Ratatouille
WINNER: RATATOUILLE

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BEST FOREIGN FILM
Prediction: The Counterfeiters - Austria
WINNER: THE COUNTERFEITERS - AUSTRIA

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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Prediction: No End in Sight
WINNER: TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

WRONG - As long as it wasn't Sicko. YES! Too bad the director came to Austin at a showing and I couldn't go...

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Prediction: The Mozart of Pickpockets
WINNER: THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS

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BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Prediction: Peter & the Wolf
WINNER: PETER & THE WOLF

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BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Prediction: Freeheld
WINNER: FREEHELD

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SCORE: 16/24. I think that's pretty average for me. I really want to get 20 one year. That will be my goal for next!