9 months ago 22nd Jan 15:22
Pre-Oscar favourites No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are leading the nominations with eight nods each.
Both pictures, which have won rave reviews, find themselves up for Best Picture alongside Atonement, Juno and Michael Clayton.
And while Atonement picked up seven nominations Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and director Joe Wright have all been left out of their respected categories.
Leading the British charge is actor Daniel Day Lewis who has been nominated for Best Actor for his role in There Will Be Blood, alongside Sweeney Todd star Johnny Depp.
George Clooney, Tommy Lee Jones and Viggo Mortensen complete the category.
Best Actress favourite Julie Christie finds herself nominated for Best Actress with Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Laura Linney and Cate Blanchett, who is also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There.
Ethan and Joel Coen hope to make up for their disappointment at the Golden Globes with a Best Director nomination for No Country for Old Men they are joined by Paul Thomas Anderson for There Will Be Blood, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton , Jason Reitman for Juno and Golden Globe winner Julian Schnabel.
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Your Comments:
by Jo - 10:48:45 24th Jan 2008
I'm so surprised that Sweeney Todd failed to make the Best Pic category it truly is worthy of the award not to mention Tim Burton being overlooked in ... READ MORE
by Kelly - 17:36:06 22nd Jan 2008
I'm still stunned George CLooney was nominated. He was great in Syriana, but in Michael clayton, he was like any other blok in a CSI or NYPD episode. ... READ MORE