Michael Tully, Hammer to Nail [blog]
Film Independent’s Spirit Awards
Best Feature:
Will Win: “Rachel Getting Married“
Should Win: “Wendy and Lucy”
Best Director:
Will Win: Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River”
Should Win: Lance Hammer, “Ballast”
Best First Feature:
Will Win: “Synecdoche, New York“
Should Win: “Medicine For Melancholy“
John Cassavetes Award:
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Will Win: “Prince of Broadway“
Should Win: “Take Out“
Best Screenplay:
Will Win: Charlie Kaufman, “Synechdoche, New York”
Should Win: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck , “Sugar”
Best First Screenplay:
Will Win: Jenny Lumet, “Rachel Getting Married”
Should Win: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Best Female Lead:
Will Win: Melissa Leo, “Frozen River”
Should Win: Michelle Williams, “Wendy and Lucy”
Best Male Lead:
Will Win/Should Win: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Supporting Female:
Will Win: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Should Win: Rosemarie DeWitt, “Rachel Getting Married”
Best Supporting Male:
Will Win: James Franco, “Milk”
Should Win: JimMyron Ross, “Ballast”
Best Cinematography:
Will Win: Harris Savides, “Milk”
Should Win: Lol Crowley, “Ballast”
Best Documentary:
Will Win: “Man on Wire“
Should Win: “Up the Yangtze“/”The Order of Myths“
Best Foreign Film:
Will Win: “Hunger“
Should Win: “Secret of the Grain“
Academy Awards
Best Picture:
Will Win: “Slumdog Millionaire“
Should Win: “Milk”
Best Director:
Will Win: Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Should Win: Gus van Sant, “Milk”
Best Actress:
Will Win: Kate Winslet, “The Reader”
Should Win: N/A
Best Actor:
Will Win: Sean Penn, “Milk”
Should Win: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Supporting Actress:
Will Win: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Should Win: N/A
Best Supporting Actor:
Will Win: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Should Win: Josh Brolin, “Milk”
Best Original Screenplay:
Will Win: Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River”
Should Win: Dustin Lance Black, “Milk”
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Will Win: Eric Roth, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Should Win: N/A
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: “Trouble the Water“
Best Cinematography:
Will Win: Claudio Miranda, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Should Win: N/A
Best Makeup:
Will Win: Greg Cannom, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Should Win: N/A
If you could wish for one thing to happen the night of the Oscars, what would it be?
That I don’t have to watch them.
Comments
Hell no I don’t have any comments about the Oscars except that I wish they would go away.
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