Oscar Nominations For Atonement

Written by Joanna Cole | Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |

British film Atonement has been nominated for seven Oscars this year. With 2 golden globes, another 5 wins and 47 nominations, this film is set to clean up this awards season. Missing out on Oscars however are the films leading actors Keira Knightley and James McAvoy who were snubbed in favour of stars such as George Clooney, Daniel Day Lewis and Cate Blanchett.

Up for supporting actress however is the little known Saoirse Ronan (due to star in the up-coming adaptation ‘The Lovely Bones’). The British film is nominated for motion picture of the year with Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men.

See below for details of the seven Oscar nominations:

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.)

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 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

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

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

Other films cleaning up this year include Michael Clayton (with star George Clooney up for best actor) and Juno.

For a full list of Oscar nominations click here >>>

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