Early (VERY Early) Oscar Predictions

Because I have nothing better to do.....

BEST PICTURE
*Atonement
Into The Wild
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Joel & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Mike Nichols, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
Sean Penn, INTO THE WILD
*Joe Wright, ATONEMENT

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Daniel Day-Lewis, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Emile Hirsch, INTO THE WILD
*Tommy Lee Jones, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
James McAvoy, ATONEMENT

BEST ACTRESS
*Julie Christie, AWAY FROM HER
Jodie Foster, THE BRAVE ONE
Angelina Jolie, A MIGHTY HEART
Keira Knightly, ATONEMENT
Ellen Page, JUNO

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY COWARD ROBERT FORD
Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Hal Holbrook, INTO THE WILD
Philip Seymour Hoffman, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
*Tom Wilkinson, MICHAEL CLAYTON

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*Cate Blanchett, I'M NOT THERE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, MARGOT AT THE WEDDING
Saoirse Ronan, ATONEMENT
Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE
Tilda Swinton, MICHAEL CLAYTON

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Judd Apatow, KNOCKED UP
Brad Bird, RATATOUILLE
Diablo Cody, JUNO
*Tony Gilroy, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Tamara Jenkins, THE SAVAGES

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
*Paul Thomas Anderson, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Joel & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Christopher Hampton, ATONEMENT
Sean Penn, INTO THE WILD
Aaron Sorkin, CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
*Roger Deakins, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Robert Elswit, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Seamus McGarvey, ATONEMENT
Rodrigo Prieto, LUST, CAUTION
Roberto Schaefer, THE KITE RUNNER

BEST ART DIRECTION
Dante Ferretti, SWEENY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
Jack Fisk, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Mark Friedberg, THE DARJEELING LIMITED
Dennis Gassner, THE GOLDEN COMPASS
*Sarah Greenwood, ATONEMENT

BEST EDITING
Jay Cassidy, INTO THE WILD
John Gilroy, MICHAEL CLAYTON
Roderick Jaynes, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Tatiana Riegel & Dylan Tichenor, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
*Paul Tothill, ATONEMENT

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, THE GOLDEN COMPASS
Alexandre Desplet, LUST, CAUTION
Michael Giacchino, RATATOUILLE
Alberto Iglesias, THE KITE RUNNER
*Dario Marianelli, ATONEMENT

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Coleen Atwood, SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF THE FLEET STREET
Alexandra Byrne, ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Jacqueline Durran, ATONEMENT
Patricia Norris, ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY COWARD ROBERT FORD
*Lai Pan, LUST, CAUTION

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
*Ratatouille
Persepolis
Bee Movie