The 2008 Oscar Nominees Are Announced

The 2008 Oscar nominees are announced: The list of 2008 Oscar Nominees provides for what will be an entertaining awards ceremony.

Noteables include George Clooney's nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Michael Clayton), giving Clooney his fourth nomination. Daniel Day-Lewis received his fourth nomination, as well, for There will Be Blood. Johnny Depp and Tommy Lee Jones, recipients of three nominations each, go against Clooney, Day-Lewis, and Viggo Mortensen for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Cate Blanchett's busy year has landed her with her fifth nomination with the inclusion of Elizabeth: The Golden Age and I'm Not There (Best Actress and Supporting Actress, respectively). Julie Christie received her fourth nomination and Laura Linney received her third, both in the Leading Role category.

Viggo Mortensen gets his first nomination for Eastern Promises in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category. Casey Affleck also receives his first nod in the Supporting Role category. Tilda Swinton received her first nomination for her role in Michael Clayton as Best Supporting Actress.

The Coen brothers landed several nominations for No Country for Old Men, with several other films getting more than one nod. Among these are There Will Be Blood, Juno, Michael Clayton, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, The Bourne Ultimatum, Atonement, and American Gangster.

Some family-friendly films seeing nominations include Ratatouille, Enchanted, The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Transformers, and August Rush.

This is the complete list of the 2008 Oscar Nominees:

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

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 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

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

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud -- Persepolis
Brad Bird -- Ratatouille
Ash Brannon and Chris Buck -- Surf's Up

ART DIRECTION
Arthur Max and Beth Rubino -- American Gangster
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer -- Atonement
Dennis Gassner and Anna Pinnock -- The Golden Compass
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo -- Sweeney Todd
Jack Fisk and Jim Erickson -- There Will Be Blood

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins -- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey -- Atonement
Janusz Kaminski -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Deakins -- No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit -- There Will Be Blood

COSTUME DESIGN
Albert Wolsky -- Across the Universe
Jacqueline Durran -- Atonement
Alexandra Byrne -- Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marit Allen -- La Vie En Rose
Colleen Atwood -- Sweeney Todd

DIRECTING
Julian Schnabel -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman -- Juno
Tony Gilroy -- Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen -- No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson-- There Will be Blood

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs -- No End in Sight
Richard E. Robbins -- Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara -- Sicko
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner -- Taxi to the Dark Side
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine -- War/Dance

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth -- Freeheld
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega -- La Corona (The Crown)
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello -- Salim Baba
James Longley -- Sari's Mother

FILM EDITING
Christopher Rouse -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy -- Into the Wild
Roderick Jaynes -- No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor -- There Will be Blood

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Israel -- Beaufort
Austria -- The Counterfeiters
Poland -- Katyn
Kazakhstan -- Mongol
Russia -- 12

MAKEUP
Didier LaVergne and Jan Archibald -- La Vie En Rose
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji -- Norbit
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel -- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

MUSIC (SCORE)
Dario Marianelli -- Atonement
Alberto Iglesias -- The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard -- Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino -- Ratatouille
Marco Beltrami -- 3:10 to Yuma

MUSIC (SONG)
"Falling Slowly" Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova -- Once
"Happy Working Song" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz -- Enchanted
Nominees to be Determined -- August Rush
"So Close" Music by Alan Menkin; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz -- Enchanted
"That's How You Know" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz -- Enchanted

BEST PICTURE
Producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster -- Atonement
Producers Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, and Russell Smith -- Juno
Producers Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox, and Kerry Orent -- Michael Clayton
Producers Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen -- No Country for Old Men
Producers Joanne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Daniel Lupi -- There Will be Blood

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Josh Raskin -- I Met the Walrus
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski -- Madame Tutli-Putli
Samuel Torneux and Simon Vanesse -- Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)
Alexander Petrov -- My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Susie Templeton and Hugh Welchman -- Peter and the Wold

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth -- At Night
Andrea Jublin -- Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Philippe Pollet-Villard -- Le Mozart Des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans -- Tanghi Argentini
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown -- The Tonto Woman

SOUND EDITING
Karen Baker-Landers and Per Hallberg -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay -- No Country for Old Men
Randy Thorn and Michael Silvers -- Ratatouille
Matthew Wood -- There Will Be Blood
Ethan Van Der Ryn and Mike Hopkins -- Transformers

SOUND MIXING
Scott Millan, David Parker, and Kirk Francis -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter Kurland -- No Country for Old Men
Randy Thorn, Michael Semanick, and Doc Kane -- Ratatouille
Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Jim Stuebe -- 3:10 To Yuma
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Peter J. Devlin -- Transformers

VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood -- The Golden Compass
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and John Frazier -- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, and John Frazier -- Transformers

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton -- Atonement
Written by Sarah Polley -- Away From Her
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Written for the Screen by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen -- No Country for Old Men
Written for the Screen by Paul Thomas Anderson -- There Will Be Blood

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Diabo Cody -- Juno
Nancy Oliver -- Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy -- Michael Clayton
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, and Brad Bird -- Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins -- The Savages