Here is our annual official thread which will feature all of the films and people being campaigned by the studios. We will only add names to our list when we find studio campaign websites, magazine ads, screeners, etc. Please provide the link when you discover one of these. This thread is not for your own personal FYC campaigning of films or performances.

PICTURE:
Blindness (Niv Fichman, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Sonoko Sakai)
The Changeling (Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Robert Lorenz)
Defiance (Pieter Jan Brugge, Edward Zwick)
Doubt (Scott Rudin)
The Duchess (Michael Kuhn, Gabrielle Tana)
Flash of Genius (Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Michael Lieber)
Frost/Nixon (Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Simon Channing Williams)
Mamma Mia (Judy Craymer)
Revolutionary Road (Bobby Cohen, John Hart, Sam Mendes, Scott Rudin)

DIRECTOR:
Blindness (Fernando Meirelles)
The Changeling (Clint Eastwood)
Defiance (Edward Zwick)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
The Duchess (Saul Dibb)
Flash of Genius (Marc Abraham)
Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
Mamma Mia (Phyllida Lloyd)
Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes)

ADAPATED SCREENPLAY:
Blindness (Don McKellar)
Defiance (Claytone Frohman, Edward Zwick)
Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
The Duchess (Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, Saul Dibb)
Flash of Genius (Philip Railsback)
Frost/Nixon (Peter Morgan)
Mamma Mia (Catherine Johnson)
Revolutionary Road (Justin Haythe)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
The Changeling (J. Michael Straczynski)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)

LEAD ACTOR:
Blindness (Mark Ruffalo)
Defiance (Daniel Craig)
Doubt (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
Flash of Genius (Greg Kinnear)
Frost/Nixon (Frank Langella)
Frost/Nixon (Michael Sheen)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Eddie Marsan)
Mamma Mia (Pierce Brosnan)
Revolutionary Road (Leonardo DiCaprio)

LEAD ACTRESS:
Blindness (Julianne Moore)
The Changeling (Angelina Jolie)
Doubt (Meryl Streep)
The Duchess (Keira Knightley)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Sally Hawkins)
Mamma Mia (Meryl Streep)
Revolutionary Road (Kate Winslet)

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Blindness (Gael Garcia Bernal)
Blindness (Maury Chaykin)
Blindness (Danny Glover)
Blindness (Yusuke Iseya)
Blindness (Don McKellar)
Blindness (Mitchell Nye)
The Changeling (Jeffrey Donovan)
The Changeling (Colm Feore)
The Changeling (Jason Butler Harner)
The Changeling (Michael Kelly)
The Changeling (John Malkovich)
The Changeling (Denis O'Hare)
The Changeling (Geoff Pierson)
The Changeling (Frank Wood)
Defiance (Jamie Bell)
Defiance (Liev Schreiber)
The Duchess (Dominic Cooper)
The Duchess (Ralph Fiennes)
Flash of Genius (Jake Abel)
Flash of Genius (Alan Alda)
Flash of Genius (Tim Kelleher)
Flash of Genius (Dermot Mulroney)
Flash of Genius (Conor O'Farrell)
Flash of Genius (Mitch Pileggi)
Flash of Genius (Daniel Roebuck)
Flash of Genius (Bill Smitrovich)
Frost/Nixon (Kevin Bacon)
Frost/Nixon (Toby Jones)
Frost/Nixon (Matthew MacFadyen)
Frost/Nixon (Oliver Platt)
Frost/Nixon (Sam Rockwell)
Mamma Mia (Dominic Cooper)
Mamma Mia (Colin Firth)
Mamma Mia (Stellan Skarsgard)
Revolutionary Road (Dylan Baker)
Revolutionary Road (Richard Easton)
Revolutionary Road (David Harbour)
Revolutionary Road (Michael Shannon)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Blindness (Alice Braga)
Blindness (Yoshino Kimura)
The Changeling (Amy Ryan)
Defiance (Alexa Davalos)
Doubt (Amy Adams)
Doubt (Viola Davis)
The Duchess (Hayley Atwell)
The Duchess (Charlotte Rampling)
Flash of Genius (Lauren Graham)
Frost/Nixon (Rebecca Hall)
Mamma Mia (Christine Baranski)
Mamma Mia (Amanda Seyfried)
Mamma Mia (Julie Walters)
Revolutionary Road (Kathy Bates)
Revolutionary Road (Kathryn Hahn)
Revolutionary Road (Zoe Kazan)

ART DIRECTION:
Blindness (Matthew Davies, Joshu de Cartier, Erica Milo, Tule Peake)
The Changeling (James J. Murakami)
Defiance (Veronique Melery, Dan Weil)
Doubt (Ellen Christiansen, David Gropman, Peter Rogness)
The Duchess (Rebecca Alleway, Michael Carlin)
Flash of Genius (Patrick Banister, Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski)
Frost/Nixon (Susan Benjamin, Michael Corenblith, Brian O'Hara, Gregory Van Horn)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Michelle Day, Patrick Rolfe, Denis Schnegg, Mark Tildesley)
Mamma Mia (Maria Djurkovic, Barbara Herman-Skelding, Nick Palmer)
Revolutionary Road (Debra Schutt, Kristi Zea)

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Blindness (Cesar Charlone)
The Changeling (Tom Stern)
Defiance (Eduardo Serra)
Doubt (Roger Deakins)
The Duchess (Gyula Pados)
Flash of Genius (Dante Spinotti)
Frost/Nixon (Salvatore Totino)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Dick Pope)
Mamma Mia (Haris Zambarloukos)
Revolutionary Road (Roger Deakins)

COSTUME DESIGN:
Blindness (Renee April)
The Changeling (Deborah Hopper)
Defiance (Jenny Beavan)
Doubt (Ann Roth)
The Duchess (Michael O'Connor)
Flash of Genius (Luis Sequeira)
Frost/Nixon (Daniel Orlandi)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Jacqueline Durran)
Mamma Mia (Ann Roth)
Revolutionary Road (Albert Wolsky)

FILM EDITING:
Blindness (Daniel Rezende)
The Changeling (Joel Cox, Gary Roach)
Defiance (Steven Rosenblum)
Doubt (Dylan Tichenor)
The Duchess (Masahiro Hirakubo)
Flash of Genius (Jill Savitt)
Frost/Nixon (Daniel Hanley, Mike Hill)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Jim Clark)
Mamma Mia (Lesley Walker)
Revolutionary Road (Tariq Anwar)

ORIGINAL SCORE:
Blindness (Marco Antonio Guimaraes)
The Changeling (Clint Eastwood)
Defiance (James Newton Howard)
Doubt (Howard Shore)
The Duchess (Rachel Portman)
Flash of Genius (Aaron Zigman)
Frost/Nixon (Hans Zimmer)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Gary Yershon)
Mamma Mia (Benny Andersson)
Revolutionary Road (Thomas Newman)

ORIGINAL SONG:

MAKEUP:
Blindness (Debra Johnson, Micheline Trepanier)
The Changeling (Tania McComas, Carol O'Connell)
Defiance (Trefor Proud)
Doubt (Alan D'Angerio, Todd Kleitsch)
The Duchess (Jan Archibald, Daniel Phillips)
Flash of Genius (Kelly Brennan, Linda Dowds)
Frost/Nixon (Edouard Henriques)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Christine Blundell)
Mamma Mia (Zoe Tahir)
Revolutionary Road (Michele Paris, Karen Specht)

SOUND EDITING:
Defiance (Lon Bender)
The Duchess (Catherine Hodgson)
Revolutionary Road (Warren Shaw)

SOUND MIXING:
Defiance (Anna Behlmer, Petur Hliddal, Andy Nelson)
The Duchess (Simon Fraser, Paul Hamblin)
Revolutionary Road (Danny Michael, Scott Milan, David Parker)

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Defiance (Neil Corbould, William Mesa)
The Duchess (Fay McConkey, Charlie Noble)
Revolutionary Road (Randy Balsmeyer)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT (official AMPAS eligible list):
The Conscience of Nhem En
David McCullough: Painting with Words
Downstream
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
Tongzhi in Love
Viva La Causa
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

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Universal´s "For Your Consideration"-website

FYC:

Changeling
Frost/Nixon
Mamma Mia!
Flash of Genius
The Tale of Desperaux

Miramax´ "For Your Consideration"-website

FYC:

Doubt
Blindness
Happy-Go-Lucky

Paramount Vantage´s "For Your Consideration"-website

FYC:

The Duchess
Defiance
Revolutionary Road

I'm afraid I don't remember the rules of the Campaign thread, and whether or not we're allowed to make any comments on certain people being pushed... but I would like to just go ahead and say:

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Lead in Doubt? If that's the case, I don't think the poor guy has a friggin' chance.

And Langella and Sheen both for Lead will also be tough. If they both deserve to be nominated, I hope they both get one each. But if it comes down to one and the other, I'll be a little upset. Langella is favorite right now, but Sheen just looks too good from the trailer clips.

Yes, feel free to comment on all of the campaigns and their placements.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman for Lead in Doubt? If that's the case, I don't think the poor guy has a friggin' chance.

So true.
I know it's probably the right category, but if he was submited in Supporting he could've gave Heath a run for the award.
And the same can be said about Michael Sheen.
If it didn't work at the Tonys why would it work at the Oscars?

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Originally posted by east/west:

quote:

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Lead in Doubt? If that's the case, I don't think the poor guy has a friggin' chance.

So true.
I know it's probably the right category, but if he was submited in Supporting he could've gave Heath a run for the award.
And the same can be said about Michael Sheen.
If it didn't work at the Tonys why would it work at the Oscars?

Um, that's assuming the same people who were nominated for the Tonys that year will be nominated for the Oscars nest year.

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Originally posted by east/west:

quote:

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Lead in Doubt? If that's the case, I don't think the poor guy has a friggin' chance.

So true.
I know it's probably the right category, but if he was submited in Supporting he could've gave Heath a run for the award.
And the same can be said about Michael Sheen.
If it didn't work at the Tonys why would it work at the Oscars?

I mean, this is seriously going to jerk around with my predictions now. Placing Sheen in Lead could very well ruin his Oscar chances again (he was snubbed for The Queen, if you recall), or he could end up accidentally knocking Langella out of the race. I'd love to see a Finch/Holden double Actor nom scenario play out, but I'm seriously beginning to doubt it.

And speaking of Doubt, I don't think PSH has a chance riding that film to the Actor race, especially with how other contenders are lining up so strongly. If anything, he might slip in with the Synedoche, New York bizarro-comedy game.

Don't knock Hoffman out until you have seen the performance. Word has leaked that Sean Penn is not as strong in MILK as many expected. Sheen won't stand a chance against Langella for Lead. I predict Downey Jr, Hoffman, Langella, Penn and maybe Roarke. I am not convinced Hollywood is going to embrace Roarke.

Oh, and I just noticed on the Miramax for your consideration site, they yanked Blindness lol

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Originally posted by VegasMovieMan:
Don't knock Hoffman out until you have seen the performance. Word has leaked that Sean Penn is not as strong in MILK as many expected.

Where is this "word" you're hearing about? Because I'm reading the exact opposite on Jeffrey Wells' and Michael D'Angelo's sites. They say he's excellent and a lock for a nom. (Wells is reporting from colleagues of his; he didn't see the film yet.)

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The word came off Incontention. Here it is: David Poland takes stock 22 weeks out, and somehow thinks early buzz on Sean Penn’s “Milk” performance is “soft.” [Movie City News]

It is under the 9/26 Oscar Roundup

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quote:

Originally posted by VegasMovieMan:
The word came off Incontention. Here it is: David Poland takes stock 22 weeks out, and somehow thinks early buzz on Sean Penn’s “Milk” performance is “soft.” [Movie City News]

It is under the 9/26 Oscar Roundup

First of all, I found the Christopher Tapley article referencing David Poland's article, but I'm having trouble finding the article itself. I'd like to see the primary source of that quoted 'soft'.

Because, secondly, it looks to me like you misread it. He didn't say the performance was soft. He said, at this point there is very little buzz. The BUZZ is soft, not the performance. Which could mean not many people have seen the performance for it to be talked up yet. Or at least, that was the situation two weeks ago.

In any event, here's the Jeffrey Wells article I mentioned:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/10/more_milk_prias.php

quote:

"I was able to catch an early screening of Milk in Portland this weekend, and can confirm that it's stellar," a critic friend wrote last night. "It's impassioned and immediate, with beautiful use of light. It looks as if Gus Van Sant shot every major scene around 4:30 pm -- not the 'golden hour' but that especially crisp hour right before.

"I'm not much of a Sean Penn fan --- I generally find his showiness distracting -- but he disappears into Harvey Milk. I think he's a lock for a Best Actor nomination. James Franco is also exceptionally subtle, though I suspect his low-key work will be ignored in favor of Josh Brolin's performance as Dan White, who gets a couple of emotive clips in, and Emile Hirsch, who plays completely against expectations as a street hustler who Milk convinces to politically organize his fellow tricks.

"The most interesting thing to me about the movie -- and the reason why I thought I'd write you about it -- is that I don't think it would have been possible without Brokeback Mountain's mainstream success. This is a picture focusing on an activist gay man with a flamboyant streak and several lovers (mostly offscreen) and despite the poignant ending, it focuses less on gay suffering and more on the thrill of finding personal identity and a political voice. It isn't afraid to come busting joyfully out of the closet, and I'm not sure it could have gotten the traction it will get, if not for Brokeback."

It doesn't include the Dan White trail and the twinkie defense, the subsequent aquittal and the White Night Riots at City Hall that followed, he says. "It ends at the candlelight vigil," he explains. The other stuff is covered in a "where are they now?" text.

And here's Mike D'Angelo's blurb off of Twitter. (He didn't like the film.)

http://twitter.com/gemko/statuses/936414013

"Milk ('08 Van Sant): 51. Just a competent textbook prestige biopic with GVS in self-effacing mode. Penn and Brolin are both excellent."

In other words, don't knock Penn off your predictions list yet.

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Originally posted by stevie:
And here's Mike D'Angelo's blurb off of Twitter. (He didn't like the film.)

http://twitter.com/gemko/statuses/936414013

"Milk ('08 Van Sant): 51. Just a competent textbook prestige biopic with GVS in self-effacing mode. Penn and Brolin are both excellent."

In other words, don't knock Penn off your predictions list yet.

Are we supposed to know (or care) who Mike D'Angelo is?

Former film critic for Esquire, current film critic for Las Vegas Weekly. He sees about 8 million movies a year and goes to the Cannes, Toronto and N.Y. festivals every year.

http://www.panix.com/~dangelo/

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Please... no more reviews in this thread. It will get cluttered with too much stuff not related to the campaigns.

Start a "Milk" thread if you want.

Here are the 8 short films that are officially eligible for the Documentary Short category...

The Conscience of Nhem En
David McCullough: Painting with Words
Downstream
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
Tongzhi in Love
Viva La Causa
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306

I saw a lot of trailers yesterday for some of the early contenders. So I have rethought my predictions.

Best Picture

-Changeling
-The Dark Knight
-Doubt
-Milk
-Revolutionary Road

Best Director

-Clint Eastwood for Changeling
-David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Sam Mendes for Revolutionary Road
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant for Milk

Best Actor

-Benicio Del Toro for The Argentine
-Leonardo DiCaprio for Revolutionary Road
-Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
-Sean Penn for Milk
-Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler

Best Actress

-Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married
-Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
-Angelina Jolie for Changeling
-Nicole Kidman for Australia
-Merryl Streep for Doubt

Best Supporting Actor

-Josh Brolin for Milk
-Robert Downey Jr. for The Soloist
-Emile Hirsch for Milk
-Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
-John Malkovich for Changeling or Burn After Reading

Best Supporting Actress

-Amy Adams for Doubt
-Cate Blanchett for The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button
-Penelope Cruz for Vicky Christina Barcelona
-Viola Davis for Doubt
-Frances McDormand for Burn After Reading

Best Original Screenplay

-Burn After Reading
-Changeling
-Milk
-Synecdoche New York
-WALL-E

Best Adapted Screenplay

-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-The Dark Knight
-Doubt
-Revolutionary Road
-The Road

Best Documentary Feature

-American Teen
-Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
-Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson
-Shine a Light
-Sputnik Mania

Best Animated Feature

-9
-Kung Fu Panda
-WALL-E

Best Film Editing

-Australia
-Changeling
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-The Dark Knight
-Revolutionary Road

Best Sound Mixing

-Australia
-The Dark Knight
-Defiance
-Iron Man
-WALL-E

Best Sound Editing

-Australia
-The Dark Knight
-Defiance
-Iron Man
-WALL-E

Best Original Score

-Australia
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-The Dark Knight
-Doubt
-The Soloist

Best Art Direction

-Australia
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Defiance
-Doubt
-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Best Costume Design

-Australia
-Changeling
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Doubt
-The Duchess

Best Make Up

-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-The Dark Knight
-Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Best Cinematography

-Australia
-Changeling
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-The Dark Knight
-Doubt

Best Visual Effects

-The Dark Knight
-Iron Man
-Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Nine Nominations:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Doubt
Eight Nominations: Australia, Changeling

Seven Nominations

None

Six Nominations

None

Five Nominations

Revolutionary Road

Four Nominations

WALL-E

Three Nominations

Defiance, Burn After Reading, Iron Man
Two Nominations
Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Soloist

One Nomination

American Teen,
The Argentine, Bigger, Stronger, Faster*, Frost/Nixon, The Duchess, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson, Happy-Go-Lucky, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Rachel Getting Married, The Road, Shine a Light, Sputnik Mania, The Wrestler

Films not to count on
Flash of Genius
Prince Caspian
Miracle at St/ Anna/s
Films You can count on
W.
Appaloosa
The Road