2007 Oscar Predictions

All right folks, last year I was 9th in the nation among Oscar prognosticators according to OscarCentral...let's see if I can top that this year.

BEST PICTUREPrediction: No Country for Old Men
Preference: There Will Be Blood

BEST DIRECTORPrediction: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Preference: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTORPrediction/Preference: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

BEST ACTRESS
Prediction: Julie Christie, Away from Her
Preference: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose

BEST SUPPORTING ACTORPrediction: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Preference: Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSPrediction: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Preference: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYPrediction: Diablo Cody, Juno
Preference: Tamara Jenkins, The Savages

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYPrediction: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Preference: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Prediction/Preference: Dario Marianelli, Atonement

BEST ORIGINAL SONGPrediction/Preference: "Falling Slowly," Once

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYPrediction: Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Preference: Roger Deakins, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

BEST ART DIRECTIONPrediction: Sarah Greenwood, Atonement
Preference: Dante Ferretti, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Prediction: Jacqueline Durran, Atonement
Preference: Alexandra Byrne, Elizabeth: The Golden Age

BEST FILM EDITINGPrediction/Preference: No Country for Old Men

BEST MAKEUP
Prediction/Preference: La Vie En Rose

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Prediction/Preference: Transformers

BEST SOUND MIXINGPrediction/Preference: No Country for Old Men

BEST SOUND EDITINGPrediction/Preference: Transformers

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Prediction: The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Preference: N/A

BEST ANIMATED FEATUREPrediction/Preference: Ratatouille

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATUREPrediction/Preference: Sicko

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Prediction: Peter and the Wolf
Preference: Madame Tutli-Putli

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Prediction: The Mozart of Pickpockets
Preference: N/A

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Prediction: Freehold
Preference: N/A

Check out my full write-up in The Dispatch here and here.