Mike Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 The 6th. Annual Oscar Pool! A clean and comfortable Songfacts T-shirt to whoever gets the most points. This thread will serve as the pool. Just post a reply with your choices in the following categories: Best Picture (25 points): The Curious case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon Milk The Reader The Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor (15 points): Richard Jenkins “ The Visitor†Frank Langella “Frost/Nixon†Sean Penn “Milk†Brad Pitt “The Curious case of Benjamin Button Mickey Rourke “The Wrestler" Best Actress (15 points): Anne Hathaway “Rachel getting married†Angelina Jolie “Challenging†Melissa Leo “Frozen River†Meryl Streep “Doubt†Kate Winslet “The Reader†Best Supporting Actor (10 points): Josh Brolin “Milk†Robert Downey Jr. “Topic Thunder" Philip Seymour Hoffman “Doubt†Heath Ledger “The Dark Knight†Michael Shannon “Revolutionarty Road†Best Supporting Actress (10 points): Amy Adams “Doubt†Penélope Cruz “Vicky Cristina Barcelona†Viola Davis “Doubt†Taraji P. Henson “The Curious case of Benjamin Button†Marisa Tomei "The Wrestler" Best Director (15 points): “The Curious case of Benjamin Button†- David Fincher “Frost/Nixon†Ron Howard “Milk†Gus Van Sant “The Reader†Stephen Daldry “Slumdog Millionaire†Danny Boyle Best Original Score (15 points): The curious case of Benjamin Button†Alexandre Desplat “Defiance†James Newton Howard “Milk†Danny Elfman “Slumdog Millionaire†A.R. Rahman “Walle•E†Thomas Newman Best Original Song (25 points): “Down to earth†Walle•E†"Jai Ho"A.R. Rahman "O Saya" A.R. Rahman *Best Song is the first tiebreaker, followed by Best Score. The Oscars are Sunday, February 22th. 2009 (5PM PST), so make sure to post your picks by then. Only one entry accepted per person. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor Mickey Rourke-The Wrestler- Best Actress Kate Winslet-The Reader Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight Best Supporting Actress Viola Davis-Doubt Best Director Danny Boyle-Slumdog Millionaire Best Original Score Walle•E-Thomas Newman Best Original Song Down to Earth-Walle•E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Best Picture (25 points): The Curious case of Benjamin Button Best Actor (15 points): Mickey Rourke “The Wrestler" Best Actress (15 points): Kate Winslet “The Reader†Best Supporting Actor (10 points): Heath Ledger “The Dark Knight†Best Supporting Actress (10 points): Marisa Tomei "The Wrestler" Best Director (15 points): “Slumdog Millionaire†Danny Boyle Best Original Score (15 points): “Milk†Danny Elfman Best Original Song (25 points): “Down to earth†Walle•E†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Crap! The absolute only movie on this list in any category that I've seen is Tropic Thunder. I think Robert Downy Jr. was spectacular in that, though. I'm glad he got nominated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Best Picture (25 points): The Curious case of Benjamin Button Best Actor (15 points): Brad Pitt “The Curious case of Benjamin Button Best Actress (15 points): Anne Hathaway “Rachel getting married†Best Supporting Actor (10 points): Heath Ledger “The Dark Knight†Best Supporting Actress (10 points): Penélope Cruz “Vicky Cristina Barcelona†Best Director (15 points): “The Curious case of Benjamin Button†- David Fincher Best Original Score (15 points): “Wall•E†Thomas Newman Best Original Song (25 points): “Down to earth†Wall•E†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 (edited) Best Picture - Milk Best Actor - Sean Penn Best Actress - Kate Winslet Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger Best Supporting Actress - Amy Adams Best Director - Danny Boyle Best Original Score - Alexandre Desplat Best Original Song - Down To Earth - Wall.E Edited January 23, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted January 23, 2009 Report Share Posted January 23, 2009 Best Picture - "Milk" Best Actor - Mickey Rourke ("The Wrestler") Best Actress - Melissa Leo ("Frozen River") Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight") Best Supporting Actress - Viola Davis ("Doubt") Best Director - Ron Howard ("Frost/Nixon") Best Original Score - James Newtown Howard ("Defiance") Best Original Song - "O Saya" - A.R. Rahman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 And my picks this year are... Best picture- The Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor- Mickey Rourke Best Actress - Kate Winslet Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger Best Supporting Actress - Penélope Cruz Best Director - Danny Boyle Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman Best Original Song - Jai Ho - A.R. Rahman (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Best picture- The Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor- Sean Penn Best Actress - Anne Hathaway Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger Best Supporting Actress - Penélope Cruz Best Director - David Fincher Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman Best Original Song - Peter Gabriel - "Down to Earth" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Best Picture: The Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor: Mickey Rourke “The Wrestler" Best Actress: Kate Winslet “The Reader†Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger “The Dark Knight†Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson “The Curious case of Benjamin Button†Best Director: “The Curious case of Benjamin Button†- David Fincher Best Original Score: “Slumdog Millionaire†A.R. Rahman Best Original Song: “Down to earth†Walle•E†These are strictly guesses, based on tv talk. I've not seen any of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Congrats to Mike, for getting 6/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Slumdog must be a real good flick, because it won all the technical stuff as well as best picture. I can see why Peter Gabriel wanted no part of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 I knew the music from Slum would take home the gold, I was really confident of everything I guessed except best actor, now I know why. The pool breakdown is as follows... (check my math) Ryansgirl 25 15 10 15 --- 65 Mindcrime 15 10 15 --- 40 TheLizard 10 10 --- 20 Phil 15 15 15 --- 45 Miamisammy 10 Mike 25 15 10 10 15 15 25 --- 115 Carl 25 15 10 10 15 --- 75 Lucky 25 15 10 15 --- 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Slumdog must be a real good flick, because it won all the technical stuff as well as best picture. I can see why Peter Gabriel wanted no part of that. I though Pete didn't want to tool up for a 32 second gig. Who in their right mind would? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted February 23, 2009 Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Good Job, Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2009 Thanks mindcrime and phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 So Mike, does this mean you get another clean and comfortable Songfacts T shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I can't believe Slumdog Millionaire won that many Oscars. It's a good film... but it's a typical Bollywood film adapted for a western audience. You people must be very deprived. Everyone at home (and me) is absolutely psyched that A.R. Rahman won in his categories. He is pretty fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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