If I Picked the Winners of the 2007 Oscars

Here they are. This is a "who should win," not a "who will win." Please don't bet money based on this.

BEST PICTURE
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men - Pick
There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno - Pick


BEST ACTOR
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood - Pick
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster - Pick
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men - Pick
Hal Holbrook, Into The Wild
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men- Pick
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman, Juno

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno - Pick
Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men - Pick
Sarah Polley, Away From Her

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Persepolis
Ratatouille - Pick
Surf's Up

BEST ART DIRECTION
American Gangster
Atonement
The Golden Compass - Pick
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
There Will Be Blood

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Atonement
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country For Old Men - Pick
There Will Be Blood

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Across the Universe, Albert Wolsky
Atonement, Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Alexandra Byrne - Pick
La Vie En Rose, Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, Colleen Atwood

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance - Pick

BEST FILM EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum, Christopher Rouse - Pick
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juliette Welfling
Into the Wild, Jay Cassidy
No Country for Old Men, Roderick Jaynes
There Will Be Blood, Dylan Tichenor

BEST MAKEUP
La Vie en Rose
Norbit
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Pick

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Atonement, Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner, Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton, James Newton Howard
Ratatouille, Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma, Marco Beltrami - Pick

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Bourne Ultimatum - Pick
No Country For Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Transformers

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country For Old Men - Pick
Ratatouille
3:10 to Yuma
Transformers

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers - Pick

This article will be followed up by the Red Tie Year In Review - my analysis of 2007 as movies and market, what we saw and what we should have saw, and what the industry needs to do. Also, Red Tie Oscar Review will be next.