Lost in Seattle

Man, those Academy Awards are right around the corner — the curtain goes up this Sunday at 5 PT/8 ET. I thought I had a little more time to fully contemplate the Oscar Buzz™ but, alas, I fear I had to make some hasty picks. Nonetheless, here they are (after the jump).

My picks are in bold and denoted by an asterisk. I also have the full ballot available as a PDF file, so you can play along at home!

• BEST PICTURE
  • Atonement
  • Juno
  • Michael Clayton
  • No Country for Old Men *
  • There Will Be Blood

• DIRECTOR
  • Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men *
  • Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
  • Jason Reitman, Juno
  • Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

• ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • Juno *
  • Lars and the Real Girl
  • Michael Clayton
  • Ratatouille
  • The Savages

• ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • Atonement
  • Away from Her
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • No Country for Old Men *
  • There Will Be Blood

• ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
  • George Clooney, Michael Clayton
  • Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood *
  • Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
  • Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
  • Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

• ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
  • Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Julie Christie, Away from Her *
  • Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
  • Laura Linney, The Savages
  • Ellen Page, Juno

• ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
  • Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men *
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
  • Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
  • Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

• ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
  • Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There *
  • Ruby Dee, American Gangster
  • Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
  • Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
  • Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
  • 12 (Russia)
  • Beaufort (Israel)
  • Counterfeiters (Austria)
  • Katyn (Poland) *
  • Mongol (Kazakhstan)

• ANIMATED FEATURE
  • Persepolis
  • Ratatouille *
  • Surf’s Up

• DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • No End in Sight *
  • Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
  • Sicko
  • Taxi to the Dark Side
  • War/Dance

• SHORT FILM - ANIMATED
  • I Met the Walrus
  • Madame Tutli-Putli
  • My Love (Moya Lyubov)
  • Peter & the Wolf *

• SHORT FILM - LIVE ACTION
  • At Night
  • Il Supplente (The Substitute)
  • Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) *
  • Tanghi Argentini
  • The Tonto Woman

• DOCUMENTARY SHORT
  • Freeheld
  • La Corona (The Crown)
  • Salim Baba
  • Sari’s Mother *

• ORIGINAL SCORE
  • Atonement *
  • The Kite Runner
  • Michael Clayton
  • Ratatouille
  • 3:10 to Yuma

• ORIGINAL SONG
  • “Falling Slowly” - Once *
  • “Happy Working Song” - Enchanted
  • “Raise It Up” - August Rush
  • “So Close” - Enchanted
  • “That’s How You Know” - Enchanted

• ART DIRECTION
  • American Gangster
  • Atonement *
  • The Golden Compass
  • Sweeney Todd
  • There Will Be Blood

• CINEMATOGRAPHY
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  • Atonement
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • No Country for Old Men
  • There Will Be Blood *

• COSTUME DESIGN
  • Across the Universe
  • Atonement *
  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • La Vie en Rose
  • Sweeney Todd

• MAKEUP
  • La Vie en Rose
  • Norbit
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End *

• SOUND MIXING
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Ratatouille
  • 3:10 to Yuma
  • Transformers *

• SOUND EDITING
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Ratatouille
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Transformers *

• VISUAL EFFECTS
  • The Golden Compass
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
  • Transformers *

• FILM EDITING
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Into the Wild
  • No Country for Old Men *
  • There Will Be Blood