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The 2007 Oscar nominations were released today, and overall there really weren’t too many surprises. Yeah, Sweeney Todd didn’t nab Best Picture or Best Director, but that wasn’t a total shock. I’m still pulling for No Country for Old Men over There Will Be Blood (which was totally snubbed in the Original Score department). I’m hoping to check out more of the nominated films over the next few weeks, but I have to admit that I’m not totally looking forward to the process. Atonement looks like it might be a chore-and-a-half to sit through, but then again, it might wind up being the best unintentional comedy of the year. I mean, when a movie is full of that much British stuffiness, it can’t help but to be a royal romp.
The full list of all the nominees, courtesy of Oscars.org, after the jump…

Performance by an actor in a leading role
  George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
  Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
  Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
  Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
  Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)
 
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
  Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
  Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
  Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
  Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
  Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
 
Performance by an actress in a leading role
  Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
  Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
  Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
  Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
  Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
 
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
  Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
  Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
  Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
  Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
 
Best animated feature film of the year
  Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird
  Surf’s Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
 
Achievement in art direction
  American Gangster” (Universal)
Art Direction: Arthur Max
Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
  Atonement” (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
  The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
 
Achievement in cinematography
  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins
  Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit
 
Achievement in costume design
  Across the Universe” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
  Atonement” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran
  Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal) Alexandra Byrne
  La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Marit Allen
  Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood
 
Achievement in directing
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel
  Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson
 
Best documentary feature
  No End in Sight” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Representational Pictures Production
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
  Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience” (The Documentary Group)
A Documentary Group Production
Richard E. Robbins
  Sicko” (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)
A Dog Eat Dog Films Production
Michael Moore and Meghan O’Hara
  Taxi to the Dark Side” (THINKFilm)
An X-Ray Production
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
  War/Dance” (THINKFilm)
A Shine Global and Fine Films Production
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
 
Best documentary short subject
  Freeheld
A Lieutenant Films Production
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
  La Corona (The Crown)
A Runaway Films and Vega Films Production
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
  Salim Baba
A Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Production
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
  Sari’s Mother” (Cinema Guild)
A Daylight Factory Production
James Longley
 
Achievement in film editing
  The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal) Christopher Rouse
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling
  Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road
Entertainment) Jay Cassidy
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount
Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor
 
Best foreign language film of the year
  Beaufort
A Metro Communications, Movie Plus Production
Israel
  The Counterfeiters
An Aichholzer Filmproduktion, Magnolia Filmproduktion Production
Austria
  Katyń
An Akson Studio Production
Poland
  Mongol
A Eurasia Film Production
Kazakhstan
  12
A Three T Production
Russia
 
Achievement in makeup
  La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
  Norbit” (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
(Walt Disney)
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  Atonement” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
  The Kite Runner” (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
  3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
  Falling Slowly” from “Once”
(Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and
Marketa Irglova
  Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
  Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
(Warner Bros.)
Nominees to be determined
  So Close” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
  That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
 
Best motion picture of the year
  Atonement” (Focus Features)
A Working Title Production
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
  Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and
Daniel Lupi, Producers
 
Best animated short film
  I Met the Walrus
A Kids & Explosions Production
Josh Raskin
  Madame Tutli-Putli” (National Film Board of Canada)
A National Film Board of Canada Production
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
  Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons
Go to Heaven)
” (Premium Films)
A BUF Compagnie Production
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
  My Love (Moya Lyubov)” (Channel One Russia)
A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production
Alexander Petrov
  Peter & the Wolf” (BreakThru Films)
A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
 
Best live action short film
  At Night
A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production
Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
  Il Supplente (The Substitute)” (Sky Cinema Italia)
A Frame by Frame Italia Production
Andrea Jublin
  Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of
Pickpockets)
” (Premium Films)
A Karé Production
Philippe Pollet-Villard
  Tanghi Argentini” (Premium Films)
An Another Dimension of an Idea Production
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
  The Tonto Woman
A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
 
Achievement in sound editing
  The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Matthew Wood
  Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
 
Achievement in sound mixing
  The Bourne Ultimatum” (Universal)
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
  3:10 to Yuma” (Lionsgate)
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
  Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
 
Achievement in visual effects
  The Golden Compass” (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and
Trevor Wood
  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
(Walt Disney)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and
John Frazier
  Transformers” (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and
John Frazier
 
Adapted screenplay
  Atonement” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
  Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley
  The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé
Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
  No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount
Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
 
Original screenplay
  Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody
  Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver
  Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy
  Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird
Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
  The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins