Thursday, 26 February 2004

Arts

Oscar predictions

Of course, the Loon Award was merely the warm-up. The big show's this Sunday night. In anticipation, here are my predictions for the Academy Awards.

Actor in a leading role Bill Murray in Lost in Translation
Actor in a supporting role Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai
Actress in a leading role Keisha Castle-Hughes in Whale Rider
Actress in a supporting role Renée Zellwegger in Cold Mountain
Animated feature film Finding Nemo
Art direction Ben Van Os and Cecile Heideman for Girl with a Pearl Earring
Cinematography John Schwartzman for Seabiscuit
Costume design Wendy Stiles for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Directing Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation
Documentary feature The Weather Underground (Sam Green and Bill Siegel)
Documentary short subject Ferry Tales (Katja Esson)
Film editing William Goldenberg for Seabiscuit
Foreign language film The Barbarian Invasions
Makeup Ve Neill and Martin Samuel for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Music (original score) Gabriel Yared for Cold Mountain
Music (original song) Benoît Charest and Sylvain Chomet for Belleville Rendez-vous, from The Triplets of Belleville
Best picture Lost in Translation (Ross Katz and Sofia Coppola)
Short film (animated) Boundin' (Bud Luckey)
Short film (live action) Most (The Bridge) (Bobby Garabedian and William Zabka)
Sound editing Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Sound mixing Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Tod A. Maitland for Seabiscuit
Visual effects Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Adapted screenplay Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens and Peter Jackson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Original screenplay Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation

I've been a bit more daring this time, maybe a little over-the-top for Lost in Translation; tune in during the wee hours of Monday morning to find out.

Posted by pab at 22:56