Predicting LA

[sijmen]

I'll go for THE WESTLER for Best Picture.
Runner up: The Dark Knight.

[flipp525]

Best Picture: Milk
r/u: The Dark Knight

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
r/u: Gus van Sant, Milk

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
r/u: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
r/u: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky
r/u: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
r/u: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
r/u: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best Cinematography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
r/u: Sean Penn, The Wrestler

Best Original Score: Alexander Desplat, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
r/u: Clint Eastwood, Changeling

Best Production Design: Changeling
r/u: Revolutionary Road

Best Animated Film: Wall*E
r/u: Waltz with Bashir

Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
r/u: I've Loved You So Long

Best Documentary: Man on Wire
r/u: ??

Next Generation Award: Dev Patel (actor), Slumdog Millionaire
r/u: Courtney Hunt (director), Frozen River



Edited By flipp525 on 1228760500

[VanHelsing]

BEST ACTRESS
KATE BECKINSALE
"NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH"

RUNNER-UP: KATE WINSLET ("THE READER")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
PENELOPE CRUZ
"VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA"

RUNNER-UP: VERA FARMIGA ("NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH")

[rudeboy]

Best Picture – Milk
(Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Director – Gus Van Sant - Milk
(David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button)

Best Actor – Sean Penn - Milk
(Richard Jenkins – The Visitor)

Best Actress - Melissa Leo - Frozen River
(Ann Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married)

Best Supporting Actor – Josh Brolin - Milk
(Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight )

Best Supporting Actress - Viola Davis - Doubt
(Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

Best Screenplay – Slumdog Millionaire
(Rachel Getting Married)

Best Cinematography – Slumdog Millionaire
(The Dark Knight)

Best Original Score – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(WALL-E)

Best Production Design - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(Revolutionary Road)

Best Animated Film – WALL-E
(Waltz with Bashir)

Best Foreign-Language Film - The Class
(A Christmas Tale)

Best Documentary – Waltz with Bashir
(Man on Wire)

New Generation Award – Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married

[Reza]

Best Picture - Wall-e
(r.u. - Milk)

A cartoon?????

[Damien]

Best Picture - Wall-e
(r.u. - Milk)

Best Director - Gus van Sant for Paranoid Park and Milk
(r.u. - Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Actor - Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
(r.u. - Sean Penn in Milk )

Best Actress - Melissa Leo in Frozen River
(r.u. - Sally Hawkins in Happy Go Lucky)

Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder
(r.u. - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight )

Best Supporting Actress - Viola Davis in Doubt
(r.u. - Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

Best Screenplay - Wall-e
(r.u. - Milk)

Best Cinematography - Paranoid Park
(r.u. - Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Original Score - – Alex Beaupain for Chansons d'Amour
(r.u. - Alexander Desplat for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button)

Best Production Design - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(r.u. - Changeling)

Best Animated Film - Wall*e
(r.u. - Waltz with Bashir)

Best Foreign-Language Film - The Class
(r.u. - A Christmas Tale)

Best Documentary - Man on Wire
(r.u. - Trouble The Water)

New Generation Award - Dustin Lance Black for Milk



Edited By Damien on 1228780100

[Sabin]

Best Picture - Milk
(r.u. - Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Director - Gus Van Sant, Milk
(r.u. - Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler)

Best Actor - Sean Penn, Milk
(r.u. - Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler)

Best Actress - Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
(r.u. - Melissa Leo, Frozen River)

Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
(r.u. - Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder)

Best Supporting Actress - Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
(r.u. - Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

Best Screenplay - Milk
(r.u. - The Dark Knight)

Best Cinematography - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(r.u. - The Dark Knight)

Best Original Score - Thomas Newman, Revolutionary Road & WALL*E
(r.u. - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, The Dark Knight)

Best Production Design - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(r.u. - Revolutionary Road)

Best Animated Film - WALL*E
(r.u. - Waltz with Bashir)

Best Foreign-Language Film - A Christmas Tale
(r.u. - Let the Right One In)

Best Documentary - Man on Wire
(r.u. - Roman Polanski)

New Generation Award - Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married

[paperboy]

Best Film: Milk
ru: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
ru: Sean Penn (Milk)

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
ru: Kristen Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long)

Best Sup. Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
ru: Robert Downey Jnr (Tropic Thunder)

Best Sup. Actress: Elsa Zylberstein (I've Loved You So Long)
ru: Rosemary DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)

Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
ru: Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)

Best Screenplay: Rachel Getting Married
ru: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography: The Dark Knight
ru: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
ru: Australia

Best Score: Wall E
ru: The Dark Knight

Best Animated Film: Wall E
ru: Waltz with Bashir

[Damien]

To help with predictions here are the winners from the last 2 years:

2007 (What shitty choices!)

BEST PICTURE
"THERE WILL BE BLOOD"

RUNNER-UP: "THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY"

BEST DIRECTOR
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
"THERE WILL BE BLOOD"

RUNNER-UP: JULIAN SCHNABEL ("THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY")

BEST ACTOR
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
"THERE WILL BE BLOOD"

RUNNER-UP: FRANK LANGELLA ("STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING")


BEST ACTRESS
MARION COTILLARD
"LA VIE EN ROSE"

RUNNER-UP: ANAMARIA MARINCA ("4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
VLAD IVANOV
"4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS"

RUNNER-UP: HAL HOLBROOK ("INTO THE WILD")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY RYAN
"GONE BABY GONE" AND "BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD"

RUNNER-UP: CATE BLANCHETT ("I’M NOT THERE")

BEST SCREENPLAY
TAMARA JENKINS
"THE SAVAGES"

RUNNER-UP: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON ("THERE WILL BE BLOOD")

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
JANUSZ KAMINSKI
"THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY"

RUNNER-UP: ROBERT ELSWIT (“THERE WILL BE BLOOD")

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
JACK FISK
"THERE WILL BE BLOOD"

RUNNER-UP: DANTE FERRETTI ("SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET")

BEST MUSIC SCORE
GLEN HANSARD & MARKETA IRGLOVA
"ONCE"
RUNNER-UP: JONNY GREENWOOD ("THERE WILL BE BLOOD")

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS"
DIRECTED BY CRISTIAN MUNGIU

RUNNER-UP: "THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY" DIRECTED BY JULIAN SCHNABEL

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
"NO END IN SIGHT"
DIRECTED BY CHARLES FERGUSON

RUNNER-UP: "SICKO“ DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MOORE

BEST ANIMATION
"RATATOUILLE"
DIRECTED BY BRAD BIRD
&
"PERSEPOLIS"
DIRECTED BY VINCENT PARANNAUD & MARJANE SATRAPI
(TIED)

THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/
INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD

"COLOSSAL YOUTH"
DIRECTED BY PEDRO COSTA

NEW GENERATION AWARD
SARAH POLLEY
“AWAY FROM HER”

LEGACY FILM AWARD
MILESTONE FILMS
&
OUTFEST LEGACY PROJECT

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SIDNEY LUMET

SPECIAL CITATIONS
THE NEW CROWNED HOPE SERIES CELEBRATING THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMADEUS MOZART'S BIRTH.

=======================
2006

BEST PICTURE
"LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA"

RUNNER-UP: "THE QUEEN"

BEST DIRECTOR
PAUL GREENGRASS
"UNITED 93" (Christ!!!! )

RUNNER-UP: CLINT EASTWOOD ("FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS", "LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA")


BEST ACTOR
SACHA BARON COHEN
"BORAT"
&
FOREST WHITAKER
"THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND"
(TIED)


BEST ACTRESS
HELEN MIRREN
"THE QUEEN"

RUNNER-UP: PENELOPE CRUZ ("VOLVER")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
MICHAEL SHEEN
"THE QUEEN"

RUNNER-UP: SERGI LÓPEZ ("PAN'S LABYRINTH")

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LUMINITA GHEORGHIU
"THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU"

RUNNER-UP: JENNIFER HUDSON ("DREAMGIRLS")

BEST SCREENPLAY
PETER MORGAN
"THE QUEEN"

RUNNER-UP: MICHAEL ARNDT ("LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE")

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI
"CHILDREN OF MEN"

RUNNER-UP: TOM STERN ("FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS" & "LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA")

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
EUGENIO CABALLERO
"PAN'S LABYRINTH"

RUNNER-UP: JIM CLAY, VERONICA FALZON, & GEOFFREY KIRKLAND ("CHILDREN OF MEN")

BEST MUSIC SCORE
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
"THE PAINTED VEIL" & "THE QUEEN"

RUNNER-UP: THOMAS NEWMAN ("THE GOOD GERMAN" & "LITTLE CHILDREN")

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
"THE LIVES OF OTHERS"
DIRECTED BY FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK

RUNNER-UP: "VOLVER" DIRECTED BY PEDRO ALMODÓVAR

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM
"AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH"
DIRECTED BY DAVIS GUGGENHEIM

RUNNER-UP: "DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE" DIRECTED BY HERBERT SAUPER

BEST ANIMATION
"HAPPY FEET"
DIRECTED BY GEORGE MILLER

RUNNER-UP: "CARS" DIRECTED BY JOHN LASSETER & JOE RANFT

THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/
INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD
"OLD JOY"
DIRECTED BY KELLY REICHARDT
&
"IN BETWEEN DAYS"
DIRECTED BY SO YONG KIM

NEW GENERATION AWARD
MICHAEL ARNDT (SCREENWRITER), JONATHAN DAYTON AND VALERIE FARIS (CO-DIRECTORS)
"LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE"

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ROBERT MULLIGAN

SPECIAL CITATIONS
TO JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE'S 1969 FILM "ARMY OF SHADOWS" UPON THE OCCASION OF ITS LONG-OVERDUE U.S. RELEASE.
TO JONAS MEKAS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN FILM CULTURE AS A FILMMAKER, CRITIC, AND CO-FOUNDER OF ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES.

[Mister Tee]

The critics' groups come fast and furious now, so multiple predictions threads will have to be begun at one time.

LA is the most schizophrenic of the groups: apt to choose American Splendor as best picture, or a foreign-language performer, but also often more supportive of Hollywood fare than their compatriots.

LA releases a winner and runner-up, so that's what I'm offering.

Best Film: Milk
ru: The Dark Knight

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
ru: Sean Penn (Milk)

Best Actress: Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) and (The Reader)
ru: Kristen Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long)

Best Sup. Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
ru: Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)

Best Sup. Actress: Elsa Zylberstein (I've Loved You So Long)
ru: Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)

Best Director: Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
ru: David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Best Screenplay: Revolutionary Road
ru: In Bruges

Best Cinematography: The Dark Knight
ru: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Design: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
ru: Changeling

Best Score: Wall E
ru: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Documentary: Man on Wire
ru: Gonzo

Best Foreign Language Film: A Christmas Tale
ru: The Class

Best Animated Film: Wall E
ru: Waltz with Bashir

New Generation: Courtney Hunt, director (Frozen River)
ru: Michael Shannon, actor (Revolutionary Road)

If there's some category I've forgotten, please let me know.