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80th Annual Academy Awards - The OSCARS 2008

The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 was presented on Sunday, February 24th, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, LA, USA

The event was hosted by Jon Stewart and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT

The OSCARS 2008

Please find winners highlighted in red below 

NOMINEES: 

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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie in Away from Her
Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney in The Savages
Ellen Page in Juno

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There
Ruby Dee in American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan in Atonement
Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton

Best animated feature film of the year
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

Achievement in art direction
American Gangster Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
Atonement Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
There Will Be Blood Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Achievement in cinematography
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Roger Deakins
Atonement Seamus McGarvey
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Janusz Kaminski
No Country for Old Men Roger Deakins
There Will Be Blood Robert Elswit

Achievement in costume design
Across the Universe Albert Wolsky
Atonement Jacqueline Durran
Elizabeth: The Golden Age Alexandra Byrne
La Vie en Rose Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Colleen Atwood

Achievement in directing
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Julian Schnabel
Juno Jason Reitman
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy
No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson

Best documentary feature
No End in Sight Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Richard E. Robbins
Sicko Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
Taxi to the Dark Side Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
War/Dance Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Best documentary short subject
Freeheld Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
La Corona (The Crown) Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
Salim Baba Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
Sari's Mother James Longley

Achievement in film editing
The Bourne Ultimatum Christopher Rouse
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Juliette Welfling
Into the Wild Jay Cassidy
No Country for Old Men Roderick Jaynes
There Will Be Blood Dylan Tichenor

Best foreign language film of the year
Beaufort
The Counterfeiters
Katyn
Mongol
12

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Atonement Dario Marianelli
The Kite Runner Alberto Iglesias
Michael Clayton James Newton Howard
Ratatouille Michael Giacchino
3:10 to Yuma Marco Beltrami

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from Once Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from Enchanted Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from August Rush Nominees to be determined
"So Close" from Enchanted Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from Enchanted Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Best motion picture of the year
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Best animated short film
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf

Best live action short film
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

Adapted screenplay
Atonement Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Away from Her Written by Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
No Country for Old Men Written for the screen by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
There Will Be Blood Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay
Juno Written by Diablo Cody
Lars and the Real Girl Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages Written by Tamara Jenkins