Final Oscar Predictions

The nominations for the 2008 Academy Awards will be announced tomorrow. Here are my predictions (listed in alphabetical order):


Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Possible: Any picture knocking out one of these five would be a major shock.


DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Possible: Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler


ACTOR
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Possible: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor


ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
SallyHawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie, The Changeling
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Possible: Melissa Leo, Frozen River


SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Dav Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Possible: Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road


SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Possible: Amy Adams, Doubt


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall-E
The Wrestler
Possible: Happy-Go-Lucky


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
Possible: The Reader


FILM EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Possible: None that I can see


CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Possible: Australia


ART DIRECTION
The Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Possible: Slumdog Millionaire


SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Possible: Quantum of Solace


SOUND EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wall-E
Possible: Slumdog Millionaire


COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Possible: The Dark Knight


ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Possible: Defiance


ORIGINAL SONG
Down to Earth, Wall-E
Gran Torino, Gran Torino
I Thought I Lost You, Bolt
Jai-Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler, The Wrestler
Possible: Once in a Lifetime, Cadillac Records


MAKE-UP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Tropic Thunder
Possible: The Reader


VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Possible: Australia


ANIMATED FEATURE
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Waltz with Bashir
Possible: Bolt


FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baadar Meinhof Complex
The Class
Everlasting Moments
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir
Possible: The Necessities of Life


DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man On Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water
Possible: They Killed Sister Dorothy