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Oscar/Spirits Ballot: Eric Kohn

by indieWIRE (February 15, 2009)

Eric Kohn, New York Press/indieWIRE [blog]

Film Independent’s Spirit Awards

Best Feature:
Will Win: “Frozen River”
Should Win: “Rachel Getting Married”

Best Director:
Will Win: Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River”
Should Win: Ramin Bahrani, “Chop Shop”

Best First Feature:
Will Win/Should Win: “Medicine for Melancholy”

John Cassavetes Award:
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Will Win/Should Win: “Prince of Broadway”

Best Screenplay:
Will Win: Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York”
Should Win: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, “Sugar”

Best First Screenplay:
Will Win: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Should Win: Jonathan Levine, “The Wackness”

Best Female Lead:
Will Win: Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Should Win: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”

Best Male Lead:
Will Win: Sean Penn, “Milk”
Should Win: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Best Supporting Female:
Will Win/Should Win: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

Best Supporting Male:
Will Win: James Franco, “Milk”
Should Win: JimMyron Ross, “Ballast”

Best Cinematography:
Will Win: Harris Savides, “Milk”
Should Win: James Laxton, “Medicine for Melancholy”

Best Documentary:
Will Win: “Man on Wire”
Should Win: “Encounters at the End of the World”

Best Foreign Film:
Will Win: “Gomorrah”
Should Win: “The Class”


Academy Awards

Best Picture:
Will Win/Should Win: “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Director:
Will Win/Should Win: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”

Best Actress:
Will Win: Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Should Win: Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married”

Best Actor:
Will Win/Should Win: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”

Best Supporting Actress:
Will Win/Should Win: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”

Best Supporting Actor:
Will Win: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Should Win: Robert Downey Jr., “Tropic Thunder”

Best Original Screenplay:
Will Win: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Should Win: Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky”

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Will Win: Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Should Win: John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt”

Best Animated Film:
Will Win/Should Win: “WALL-E”

Best Foreign Language Film:
Will Win/Should Win: “Waltz With Bashir”

Best Documentary:
Will Win: “Man on Wire”
Should Win: “Encounters at the End of the World”

Best Cinematography:
Will Win: Anthony Dod Mantle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Should Win: Claudio Miranda, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”

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posted on February 15, 2009
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