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Oscar Predictions 2007
« on: February 01, 2007, 07:44:39 PM »
The Oscars are virtually upon us, and whether you like them or hate them, it's still loads of fun to try to predict them. This year we have two excellent prizes for whoever picks the most winners:

First, everyone who correctly picks the winners in at least 6 of the 10 categories will receive a lovely forum to display next to their avatar.

Second, the person who correctly picks the greatest number of winners in these 10 categories will receive a 6', free-standing, cardboard cut-out of Oscar himself, which will be mailed free of charge. How awesome is that? Very awesome.

The rules are simple, post your picks in the following 10 categories, and whoever picks the most wins a prize. In the event of a tie we will look at the categories in descending order, eliminating entries as soon as they guess wrong, and the last one standing wins. In the event that more than one person picked all 10 perfectly, we will declare you all tim-traveling cheaters and keep the prizes for ourselves.

All entries must be posted on or before Saturday, February 24, at 11:59 pm. Anything later than that will not be counted.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Babel
The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

Best Achievement in Directing
Clint Eastwood for Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears for The Queen
Paul Greengrass for United 93
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Babel
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio for Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole for Venus
Will Smith for The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Penelope Cruz for Volver
Judi Dench for Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren for The Queen
Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet for Little Children

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children
Djimoun Hounsou for Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Mark Wahlberg for The Departed

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza for Babel
Cate Blanchett for Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin for Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi for Babel

Best Original Screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga for Babel
Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis for Letters From Iwo Jima
Michael Arndt for Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo del Toro for Pan's Labrynth
Peter Morgan for The Queen

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby for Children of Men
William Monahan for The Departed
Todd Field, Tom Perrotta for Little Children
Patrick Marber for Notes on a Scandal

Best Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond for The Black Dahlia
Emmanuel Lubezki for Children of Men
Dick Pope for The Illusionist
Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labrynth
Wally Pfister for The Prestige

Best Documentary Feature
Amy Berg, Frank Donner for Deliver Us from Evil
Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
James Longley, Yahya Sinno for Iraq in Fragments
Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady for Jesus Camp
Laura Poitras, Jocelyn Glatzer for My Country My Country
« Last Edit: February 01, 2007, 09:01:04 PM by Fellfrosch »
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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2007, 09:10:38 PM »
A photo of Oscar will be forthcoming. Probably Saturday or Monday or something.

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2007, 09:44:34 PM »
I'm going to add that to get the forum award that you only need 6 out of 10 predictions correct to win, the other stuff is for determining the winner of Oscar.

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2007, 11:02:24 PM »
So here are mine.  Do I just post them here?

Best Motion Picture of the Year: Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Achievement in Directing: Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga for Babel

Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labrynth

Best Documentary Feature: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2007, 02:14:41 PM »
I think we should have them here, yes. In the event that two people have the same winning predictions, the first one to post them wins. Sound fair?

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2007, 03:00:35 PM »
I win!

Best Picture
Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Director
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Actor

Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Actress
Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Supporting Actor

Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Original Screenplay
Peter Morgan for The Queen*


Best Adapted Screenplay
Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby for Children of Men

Best Cinematography

Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labrynth

Best Documentary
Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth



*Edited on 2-5-07
« Last Edit: February 05, 2007, 04:35:07 PM by House of Mustard »
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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2007, 05:16:20 PM »
Man, both Mustard and Parker are guessing almost exactly what I would guess--and the one where they differ is the main one I can't make up my mind on.
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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2007, 05:40:28 PM »
Mustard just saw how right I was and cut and pasted my post, then changed a few to make sure he didn't look like too much of a follower.  It's alright.  Don't feel bad about it.  Just send me the Oscar Cutout Thingy now, and use my answers to win yourself the forum trophy.

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2007, 05:58:05 PM »
I hold the carboard Oscar. I shall not part with it. It is my prescious....
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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #9 on: February 02, 2007, 06:41:38 PM »
Ok, we'll see how I do, it is normally very badly ;)

Best Picture:  Babel
Best Director: Clint Eastwood (as much as I would like to think Martin Scorsese will win, history is against us)
Best Actor:  Will Smith (the sentimental favorite for me)
Best Actress: Helen Mirren
Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy (it would be great to see, and I think he has a real shot)
Best Supporting Actress:  Cate Blanchett
Best Original Screenplay:  Guillermo del Toro
Best Adapted Screenplay:  The Borat Crew
Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro
Best Documentary: Davis Guggenheim

There they are, I don't know how they will do, but do any of us really know what the Academy finds Oscar worthy anymore?
« Last Edit: February 02, 2007, 06:45:58 PM by dawncawley »

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2007, 02:42:01 AM »
Best Picture: The Departed
Best Director:  Martin Scorsese for The Departed
Best Actor:   Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress:  Meryl Streep for The Devil Wears Prada
Best Supporting Actor:  Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress:  Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Original Screenplay:  Iris Yamashita, Paul Haggis for Letters From Iwo Jima
Best Adapted Screenplay:  Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, Dan Mazer, Todd Phillips for Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister for The Prestige
Best Documentary: Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2007, 07:52:48 PM »
Well crap.  I just saw The Queen last night, and now I think I need to revise my list.  I assume it's okay to edit anything before the deadline?
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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2007, 09:38:57 AM »
I am not a creator of the game, but as a fellow contestant, I see no reason why you shouldn't be allowed to edit before the event.

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #13 on: February 05, 2007, 01:46:47 PM »
edit, and please mark which were edited with a * or something.

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Re: Oscar Predictions 2007
« Reply #14 on: February 15, 2007, 05:45:00 PM »
Okay, here we go:

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Departed

Best Achievement in Directing
Martin Scorsese for The Departed

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Helen Mirren for The Queen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls

Best Original Screenplay
Guillermo Arriaga for Babel

Best Adapted Screenplay
William Monahan for The Departed

Best Cinematography
Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labrynth

Best Documentary Feature
Davis Guggenheim for An Inconvenient Truth
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