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Published on Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 20:22, Updated on Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 03:25 in Entertainment section
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Beverly Hills (California): No Country For Old Men, a gory meditation on moral decline, and There Will Be Blood, a gritty drama about a pioneering California oilman, led the nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards on Tuesday, organisers said.
Each film collected eight nominations, including a nod for best picture.
Atonement, a British period romance revolving around unrequited passion and a devastating lie, picked up seven nominations, as did the legal thriller Michael Clayton.
All four films were nominated for best picture, along with the quirky teen pregnancy comedy Juno. The animated hit Ratatouille earned five nominations, while Juno and the French-language drama The Diving Bell and the Butterfly scored four each.
The directors of No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Juno, Michael Clayton and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly were also nominated.
In the lead actor race, Michael Clayton star George Clooney will compete against Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood, Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah and Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises.
Australian actress Cate Blanchett received two nominations, for her lead role in Elizabeth: The Golden Age and for her supporting role as Bob Dylan in I'm Not There.
The other lead-actress contenders were British veteran Julie Christie for Away From Her, French actress Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose, Laura Linney for The Savages and Canadian actress Ellen Page for Juno.
The 80th annual Academy Awards will be handed out in Hollywood on February 24. The Hollywood writers strike, now in its 12th week, could force organisers to change the format if the walkout is not resolved by then.
The Writers Guild of America has said it would protest the event, and the Screen Actors Guild reiterated on Monday that its members would not cross the picket line to attend Hollywood's biggest night of the year.
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Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie in Away from Her
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney in The Savages
Ellen Page in Juno
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
Ruby Dee in American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton
Best animated feature film of the year
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Achievement in art direction
American Gangster - Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration - Beth A. Rubino
Atonement - Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass - Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
There Will Be Blood Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Achievement in cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Roger Deakins
Atonement - Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Janusz Kaminski
No Country for Old Men - Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood - Robert Elswit
Achievement in costume design
Across the Universe - Albert Wolsky
Atonement - Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Alexandra Byrne
La Vie en Rose - Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Colleen Atwood
Achievement in directing
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Julian Schnabel
Juno - Jason Reitman
Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best documentary feature
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance
Best documentary short subject
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother
Achievement in film editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Into the Wild
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best foreign language film of the year
Beaufort Israel
The Counterfeiters Austria
Katyn Poland
Mongol Kazakhstan
12 Russia
Achievement in makeup
La Vie en Rose - Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Norbit - Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Atonement - Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner - Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton - James Newton Howard
Ratatouille - Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma - Marco Beltrami
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Falling Slowly from Once
Happy Working Song from Enchanted
Raise It Up from August Rush
So Close from Enchanted
That's How You Know from Enchanted
Best motion picture of the year
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Best animated short film
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf
Best live action short film
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman
Achievement in sound editing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers
Achievement in sound mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers
Achievement in visual effects
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers
Adapted screenplay
Atonement - Christopher Hampton
Away from Her - Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Ronald Harwood
No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
Juno - Written by Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl - Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton - Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille - Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages - Written by Tamara Jenkins
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