The Academy announced the nominations, and BoDog has now announced the first day odds for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:
Best Picture:
No Country For Old Men 10/11
Atonement 3/1
Michael Clayton 3/1
Juno 7/2
There Will Be Blood 4/1
Best Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood 3/1
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men 3/1
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton 11/4
Jason Reitman - Juno 5/2
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 9/4
Best Actor:
George Clooney - Michael Clayton 7/2
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood 1/4
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd 15/4
Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah 17/4
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises 6/1
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age - 9/4
Julie Christie - Away from Her 2/1
Marion Cotillard - La vie en Rose 7/2
Laura Linney - Savages - 4/1
Ellen Page - Juno 5/2
Best Supporting Actor:
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 3/1
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men 1/2
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War 11/4
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild 6/1
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton 9/2
Best Supporting Actress:
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There 10/11
Ruby Dee - American Gangster 5/1
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement 13/4
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone 11/4
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton 5/2
January 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
WTF!!!!!! Denzel Washington gets NO nods for his work in American Gangster AND the great debators BUT Viggo Mortesen and Johnny Depp do. Hollywood has officially gone crazy
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
I wouldn’y say CRAZY, Viggo did a fantastic job in EP…as for Depp, I loveh im..but I don’t think he’s Best Actor worthy over Denzel.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
In terms of odds, I’d have to disagree with putting Jason Reitman above Paul Thomas Anderson for best director.
Juno has very high awareness, so do Page and Cody. Reitman doesn’t. I would also put Page as the highest for the winning Best Actress…
Juno will most likely take home Best Original Screenplay and plus an Oscar for page.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:20 pm
@thomas: There will always be different opinions. But I agree with most of the Academy nominations. Denzel Washington’s performance was good, but there are only five Best Actors - to include him they whould have to leave another one out. I haven’t seen Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” yet, but the other four actors definitely deserved their nominations. At the moment I would even consider James McAvoy’s performance as the runner-up to those five noms.
Regardless of the performances I’m not really a great fan of “American Gangster”. Like I wrote in the other thread it’s inferior to “The Departed” and Ridley Scott has his usual problems with the final cut.
January 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
And can somebody please explain to me, what these strange numbers mean (like 10/11 or 3/1)? Is a greater or a smaller number “good”?
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
It depends on what you think is good. A lower number means there is a higher chance a particular film will be a winner. A higher number means the odds are longer but the payoff is greater (if you were actually using these odds for wagering).
So if you bet on Old Men for Best Picture and bet a dollar, you’d win 91 cents (10/11). 10 divided by 11 = .91. That’s the payout. Not very good for risking a dollar - that means it’s an extreme favorite by their calculations.
On the other hand, if you’re Peter Sciretta, you’ll bet your buck on Juno for Best Picture at 7/2 odds. 7 divided by 2 = 3.50. That means Peter will win $3.50 if the dark horse comes in.
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Daniel Day Lewis won this oscar two weeks ago.