2008 Oscar Nominations; Academy Awards 2008 Nominees List

January 22nd, 2008 by Castina

Tagged as: 2008 Academy Awards, Movies

The Oscar nods are in! ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘There Will Be Blood’ both earned more nominations than any other film, eight, including Best Picture. They’ll be competing for the top prize with ‘Atonement,’ ‘Juno’ and ‘Michael Clayton.’ The 2008 Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to air live on February 24 on ABC. No word on whether or not the Writer’s Guild of America strike will influence the telecast, but check out the full list of nominations after the jump.

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Performance by an 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

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Performance by an 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

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood