Oscar Nominees were announced this morning by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. I count 31 nominations for the Walt Disney Company and its divisions. Not too shabby. Oddly enough there are multiple categories where Disney is competing against itself, which either makes it easy to earn some gold, or more difficult, since multiple nominations tend to balance each other out when it comes to voting.
But without further ado, here are Disney’s nominations for this year’s Academy Awards.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" – Paramount Vantage and MiramaxPerformance by an actor in a supporting role
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” – MiramaxPerformance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” – MiramaxBest animated feature film of the year
“Ratatouille” – Walt Disney (Brad Bird)Achievement in art direction
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Jim EricksonAchievement in cinematography
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Janusz Kaminski
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert ElswitAchievement in directing
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas AndersonAchievement in film editing
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Juliette Welfling
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan TichenorAchievement in makeup
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin SamuelAchievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Michael GiacchinoAchievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“So Close” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen SchwartzBest motion picture of the year
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, ProducersAchievement in sound editing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Matthew WoodAchievement in sound mixing
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc KaneAchievement in visual effects
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” (Walt Disney)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John FrazierAdapted screenplay
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas AndersonOriginal screenplay
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird
Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
Ratatouille" is up against two other films for the Best animated feature film of the year. "Persepolis" is an amazing controversial film from France and "Surf’s Up" is a pop-culture junket from Sony Pictures. Disney should win this one, but with "Persepolis" the voting will probably be close.
With three of the five numbers for Best Original Song going to Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz for their work on "Enchanted" there is a real danger of vote cannibalization. So watch out for a sneak winner from one of the other two nominees here.
As usual Disney’s Miramax division is doing its job of racking up the Oscar nominations. I’m surprised that there were only two nods to "Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End", perhaps it will be more recognized in the technical achievement awards. It would be nice to see a film as well crafted as "Ratatouille" be nominated for Best Picture like "Beauty & The Beast" was.
What do you think? Were there any surprises to you?
I hadn’t seen the song awards, and I’m surprised Enchanted got so many of them. However, “Happy Little Working Song” absolutely has to win. That song had me rolling in the theaters.
Mark
I hadn’t seen the song awards, and I’m surprised Enchanted got so many of them. However, “Happy Little Working Song” absolutely has to win. That song had me rolling in the theaters.
Mark
By my count, you missed 2:
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Daniel Day Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Achievement in directing
“There Will Be Blood” – Paul Thomas Anderson (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
It seems that anyone who searches the internet for insider Disney info stumbles across Jim Hill. He has a long and dicey history with Disney (which I’ll leave out in the interest of staying focused.) He’s a frequent podcast guest because much like RATATOUILLE’S Anton Ego, his criticism is often fun to read.
But while he claims to be a fan of the mouse, his articles often paint a different picture. (This is the guy who wrote article after article about what an embarrassing failure RATATOUILLE was before finally admitting to its tremendous success.)
What has me hopping mad now is a recent post to his site (Jim Hill : Oscar Watch ’08: Miramax maxes out while the Mouse gets skunked) about the Oscar nominations. He writes about “a pretty impressive performance by Miramax Films. Particularly when you take into consideration the meager number of nominations that the Walt Disney Pictures side of the studio received this year.”
FACT: Buena Vista earned 10 nominations, tied with Warner Bros. for 3rd. Only Miramax and Paramount Vantage received more, and he credits the Max with PV’s nominations.
While he lists each and every Miramax nomination to make it look so impressive, he waves off Disney with a simple, “The Walt Disney Pictures side of the studio had to settle for a number of tech-related nominations.”
“To just to recap here … If you work for the Miramax Films side of the Mouse House, Tuesday was a very “good news day” indeed. If — on the other hand — you work for the Walt Disney Pictures side of the studio and/or ABC … Well, let’s just say that Blue Monday arrived one day late.”
The article is just mean, mean, mean. I can only read into it that Jim Hill has some kind of grudge with Disney and doesn’t miss an opportunity to take cheap shots.
Anyone else notice this?
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