The awards season finally comes to a close tomorrow night with the Oscars.<\/p>\n
Whilst there are some certain winners like Helen Mirren and Martin Scorcese, there are also some categories that are much harder to predict. Not least the race for Best Picture, which is the most open in years.<\/p>\n
Here are my predictions for the main categories:<\/p>\n
BEST PICTURE Who will win: Little Miss Sunshine<\/strong> BEST DIRECTOR <\/strong> Who will win: Martin Scorcese<\/strong> (The Departed) BEST ACTOR<\/strong> Who will win: Forest Whitaker <\/strong>(The Last King of Scotland) BEST ACTRESS<\/strong> Who will win: Helen Mirren<\/strong> (The Queen) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR<\/strong> Who will win: Alan Arkin<\/strong> (Little Miss Sunshine) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS<\/strong> Who will win: Jennifer Hudson <\/strong>(Dreamgirls) And in the other categories:<\/p>\n BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY<\/strong> BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY<\/strong> BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM<\/strong> BEST ANIMATED FILM<\/strong> BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE<\/strong> FILM EDITING<\/strong> BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ART DIRECTION COSTUME DESIGN BEST MAKEUP MUSIC – SONG MUSICAL SCORE SOUND MIXING SOUND EDITING VISUAL EFFECTS N.B. I haven’t seen the other candidates for Best Documentary or any of the nominated films for Documentary Short, Short Animated Film or Short Film Live Action, so I’ll have to pass on predictions for them.<\/p>\n If you have any predictions or thoughts then feel free to post them below.<\/p>\n > Full list of nominees at Wikipedia<\/a> The awards season finally comes to a close tomorrow night with the Oscars. Whilst there are some certain winners like Helen Mirren and Martin Scorcese, there are also some categories that are much harder to predict. Not least the race for Best Picture, which is the most open in years. Here are my predictions for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>This is the hardest one to call. I think The Queen is the only film that definitely won’t win, whilst Letters from Iwo Jima has only an outside shot. So it is a three way race between Babel, The Departed and Little Miss Sunshine. My gut feeling is that Little Miss Sunshine will sneak it. It is an enormously popular film within the industry and although The Departed is better crafted and Babel more worthy, I think Oscar voters have fallen for the charms of the little yellow bus.<\/p>\n
\nWho should win: The Departed<\/p>\n
\nIn any other year you could make a strong case for Paul Greengrass (United 93), Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima), Stephen Frears (The Queen) or Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel). But this is no ordinary year. Because now is the time for Hollywood to finally atone for past sins and give Martin Scorcese the Oscar he richly deserves for The Departed.<\/p>\n
\nWho should win: Martin Scorcese (The Departed)<\/p>\n
\nWhilst it looked a while ago that Peter O’Toole (Venus) could be in line for the sentimental vote, Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) is too strong. His powerhouse portrayal of Idi Amin should deservedly win even though Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness), Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond) all offered strong performances.<\/p>\n
\nWho should win: Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)<\/p>\n
\nThere is only one winner here – Helen Mirren (The Queen). Like Forest Whitaker she has cut a swathe through the awards season, picking up almost every award she has been nominated for. Despite a strong field featuring Penelope Cruz (Volver), Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal), Kate Winslet (Little Children) and the Oscar legend that is Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada), this is Dame Helen’s year.<\/p>\n
\nWho should win: Helen Mirren (The Queen)<\/p>\n
\nA trickier category this one. Although Eddie Murphy has long been the frontrunner for his excellent work in Dreamgirls I have a feeling it is a more open race. Djimon Honsou (Blood Diamond) and Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) are also strong candidates but I fancy Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) will get it. My head says Murphy, my gut says Arkin.<\/p>\n
\nWho should win: Eddie Murphy (Dreamgirls)<\/p>\n
\nJennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) is the red hot favourite and I can’t see an upset. She certainly deserves it for her wonderful performance. If there is an upset then maybe it could be Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) but that isn’t going to happen.<\/p>\n
\nWho should win: Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)<\/p>\n
\nWho will win: Michael Arndt<\/strong> (Little Miss Sunshine)
\nWho should win: Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth)<\/p>\n
\nWho will win: William Monahan<\/strong> (The Departed)
\nWho should win: Todd Field & Tom Perrotta (Little Children)<\/p>\n
\nWho will win: Pan’s Labyrinth<\/strong>
\nWho should win: Pan’s Labyrinth (although The Lives of Others is also outstanding)<\/p>\n
\nWho will win: Cars<\/strong>
\nWho should win: Monster House<\/p>\n
\nWho will win: An Inconvenient Truth<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWho will win: Douglas Crise<\/strong>, Stephen Mirrione <\/strong>(Babel)
\nWho should win: Clare Douglas, Richard Pearson & Christopher Rouse (United 93)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: Emmanuel Lubezki<\/strong> (Children of Men)
\nWho should win: Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: Eugenio Caballero<\/strong>, Pilar Revuelta <\/strong>(Pan’s Labyrinth)
\nWho should win: Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta (Pan’s Labyrinth)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: Sharen Davis <\/strong>(Dreamgirls)
\nWho should win: Sharen Davis (Dreamgirls)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: David Mart\u00ed<\/strong>, Montse Rib\u00e9<\/strong> (Pan’s Labyrinth)
\nWho should win: David Mart\u00ed, Montse Rib\u00e9 (Pan’s Labyrinth)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: “Listen”<\/strong> – Dreamgirls
\nWho should win: “Love You I Do” – Dreamgirls<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: Gustavo Santaolalla <\/strong>(Babel)
\nWho should win: Javier Navarrete (Pan’s Labyrinth)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: Michael Minkler<\/strong>, Bob Beemer<\/strong>, Willie D. Burton <\/strong>(Dreamgirls)
\nWho should win: Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer, Willie D. Burton (Dreamgirls)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: Alan Robert Murray<\/strong>, Bub Asman<\/strong> (Letters From Iwo Jima)
\nWho should win: Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman (Letters From Iwo Jima)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Who will win: John Knoll<\/strong>, Hal T. Hickel<\/strong>, Charles Gibson<\/strong>, Allen Hall <\/strong>(Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)
\nWho should win: John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall (Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest)<\/p>\n
\n> A name pronunciation guide to the nominees<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"