79th Academy Awards - Our Selections

The choices below are not what we think will win, but who we would give the Oscar to if we were in the Academy.

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Best motion picture of the year “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers		 “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers		 “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
Achievement in directing “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass

"Babel" ( Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu
Performance by an actor in a leading role Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight) Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight) Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Performance by an actress in a leading role Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight) Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Best animated feature film of the year “Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller “Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter “Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
Achievement in art direction “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta		 “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta		 “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
Achievement in cinematography “Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro “Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki
Achievement in costume design “Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle "Curse of the Golden Flower" (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man
Best documentary feature “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production
Davis Guggenheim		 “My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)
A Praxis Films Production
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

"Jesus Camp" (Magnolia Pictures)
A Loki Films Production
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

Best documentary short subject “Two Hands”
A Crazy Boat Pictures Production
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr		 “The Blood of Yingzhou
District”
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon		 " The Blood of Yingzhou District"
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
Achievement in film editing “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise		 “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson		 "United 93" (Universal and StudioCanal)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best foreign language film of the year “The Lives of Others”
A Wiedemann & Berg Production
Germany		 “Pan’s Labyrinth”
A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production
Mexico		 "Pan's Labyrinth"
A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production
Mexico
Achievement in makeup “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano		 "Pan's Labyrinth " (Picturehouse) David Martí and Montse Ribé
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla "Babel " (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett		 “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett		 "Listen" from "Dreamgirls"
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven
Best animated short film   “Maestro” (SzimplaFilm)
A Kedd Production
Géza M. Tóth		 “The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)
A Walt Disney Pictures Production
Roger Allers and Don Hahn		 "No Time for Nuts" (20th Century Fox)
A Blue Sky Studios Production
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Best live action short film “Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)
An Altube Filmeak Production
Borja Cobeaga		 “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso

"West Bank Story "
An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
Ari Sandel
Achievement in sound editing “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman		 “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

"Letters from Iwo Jima " (Warner Bros.)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Achievement in sound mixing “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton		 “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara

"Apocalypto" (Buena Vista )
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
Achievement in visual effects “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall		 “Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum		 "Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest" (Buena Vista)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
Adapted screenplay “Children of Men” (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby		 “Children of Men” (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby		 "Children of Men" (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
Original screenplay “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga		   “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga		 "Little Miss Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Michael Arndt