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I amaze even myself | February 20, 2007

So, remember when I had a list of movies a mile long to see before the Oscars in order to see everything nominated for picture, director, all acting awards and the screenplay awards? Well, I've come a long way since then. I have three movies left to see this week (in addition to the short films, which I'll be seeing too!) in order to have seen all of those categories.

Here's a full breakdown (including who I'd vote for if I were a member of the Academy -- NOT a reflection of who I think will actually win):

Note: Titles of films I have NOT seen are in bold.

Major categories:

BEST PICTURE
“Babel”
“The Departed”
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (MY VOTE)
“Little Miss Sunshine”
“The Queen”

BEST DIRECTOR
“Babel”
“The Departed”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“The Queen”
“United 93” (MY VOTE)

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (MY VOTE)
Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (seeing it this week)
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (MY VOTE)

BEST ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (seeing it this week)
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (MY VOTE)
Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (in my TiVo; will watch this week)
Kate Winslet in “Little Children”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza in “Babel”
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (MY VOTE)
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips

“Children of Men”
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

“The Departed”
Screenplay by William Monahan

“Little Children” (MY VOTE)
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

“Notes on a Scandal”
Screenplay by Patrick Marber

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Babel”
Written by Guillermo Arriaga

“Letters from Iwo Jima”
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis

“Little Miss Sunshine”
Written by Michael Arndt

“Pan’s Labyrinth” (MY VOTE)
Written by Guillermo del Toro

“The Queen”
Written by Peter Morgan

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“After the Wedding”
“Days of Glory"
“The Lives of Others” (MY VOTE)
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Water” (have the DVD; will watch this week)

Lesser categories:

ANIMATED FEATURE
“Cars”
“Happy Feet”
“Monster House”

ART DIRECTION
“Dreamgirls”
“The Good Shepherd”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (MY VOTE)
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“The Prestige”

CINEMATOGRAPHY
“The Black Dahlia”
“Children of Men” (MY VOTE)
“The Illusionist”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“The Prestige”

COSTUME DESIGN
“Curse of the Golden Flower”
“The Devil Wears Prada”
“Dreamgirls”
“Marie Antoinette”
“The Queen” (MY VOTE)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Deliver Us from Evil”
“An Inconvenient Truth”
“Iraq in Fragments”
“Jesus Camp”
“My Country, My Country”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
“Recycled Life”
“Rehearsing a Dream”
“Two Hands”

EDITING
“Babel”
“Blood Diamond”
“Children of Men”
“The Departed”
“United 93” (MY VOTE)

MAKEUP
“Apocalypto”
“Click”
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (MY VOTE)

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE
“Babel” Gustavo Santaolalla
“The Good German” Thomas Newman
“Notes on a Scandal” Philip Glass
“Pan’s Labyrinth” Javier Navarrete (MY VOTE)
“The Queen” Alexandre Desplat

MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG
“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” (MY VOTE)
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven

“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett

“Our Town” from “Cars”
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

“Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale

SOUND EDITING
“Apocalypto” (MY VOTE)
“Blood Diamond”
“Flags of Our Fathers”
“Letters from Iwo Jima”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

SOUND MIXING
“Apocalypto” (MY VOTE)
“Blood Diamond”
“Dreamgirls”
“Flags of Our Fathers”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

VISUAL EFFECTS
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Poseidon”
“Superman Returns”

Categories I've seen none of, but will have seen all of by Sunday -- my vote to come later:

ANIMATED SHORT
“The Danish Poet”
“Lifted”
“The Little Matchgirl”
“Maestro”
“No Time for Nuts”

LIVE ACTION SHORT
“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)
“Helmer & Son”
“The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
“West Bank Story”

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