The 2007 Acadamy Awards

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Nominees:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
      Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond”
      Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson”
      Peter O’Toole in “Venus”
      Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness”
      Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland”
 
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
      Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine”
      Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children”
      Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond”
      Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls”
      Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed”
 
Performance by an actress in a leading role
      Penélope Cruz in “Volver”
      Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal”
      Helen Mirren in “The Queen”
      Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada”
      Kate Winslet in “Little Children”
 
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
      Adriana Barraza in “Babel
      Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal”
      Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine"
      Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls”
      Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel”
 
Best animated feature film of the year
      “Cars”
      “Happy Feet”
      “Monster House”
 
Achievement in art direction
      “Dreamgirls” Art Direction: John Myhre, Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
      “The Good Shepherd” Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall, Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
      “Pan’s Labyrinth” Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero, Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
      “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs, Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik
      “The Prestige” Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
 
Achievement in cinematography
      “The Black Dahlia” Vilmos Zsigmond
      “Children of Men” Emmanuel Lubezki
      “The Illusionist” Dick Pope
      “Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Navarro
      “The Prestige” Wally Pfister
 
Achievement in costume design
      “Curse of the Golden Flower” Yee Chung Man
      “The Devil Wears Prada” Patricia Field
      “Dreamgirls” Sharen Davis
      “Marie Antoinette” Milena Canonero
      “The Queen” Consolata Boyle
 
Achievement in directing
      “Babel” Alejandro González Iñárritu
      “The Departed” Martin Scorsese
      “Letters from Iwo Jima” Clint Eastwood
      “The Queen” Stephen Frears
      “United 93” Paul Greengrass
 
Best documentary feature
      “Deliver Us from Evil”
      “An Inconvenient Truth”
      “Iraq in Fragments”
      “Jesus Camp”
      “My Country, My Country”
 
Best documentary short subject
      “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
      “Recycled Life”
      “Rehearsing a Dream”
      “Two Hands”
 
Achievement in film editing
      “Babel” Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
      “Blood Diamond” Steven Rosenblum
      “Children of Men” Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
      “The Departed” Thelma Schoonmaker
      “United 93” Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
 
Best foreign language film of the year
      “After the Wedding”
      “Days of Glory (Indigènes)”
      “The Lives of Others”
      “Pan’s Labyrinth”
      “Water”
 
Achievement in makeup
      “Apocalypto” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
      “Click” Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
      “Pan’s Labyrinth” David Marti and Montse Ribe
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
      “Babel” Gustavo Santaolalla
      “The Good German” Thomas Newman
      “Notes on a Scandal” Philip Glass
      “Pan’s Labyrinth” Javier Navarrete
      “The Queen” Alexandre Desplat
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
      “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth” Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
      “Listen” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler, Lyric by Anne Preven
      “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Siedah Garrett
      “Our Town” from “Cars” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
      “Patience” from “Dreamgirls” Music by Henry Krieger, Lyric by Willie Reale
 
Best motion picture of the year
      “Babel”
      “The Departed”
      “Letters from Iwo Jima”
      “Little Miss Sunshine”
      “The Queen”
 
Best animated short film
      “The Danish Poet”
      “Lifted”
      “The Little Matchgirl”
      “Maestro”
      “No Time for Nuts”
 
Best live action short film
      “Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
      “Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)”
      “Helmer & Son”
      “The Saviour”
      “West Bank Story”
 
Achievement in sound editing
      “Apocalypto” Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
      “Blood Diamond” Lon Bender
      “Flags of Our Fathers” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
      “Letters from Iwo Jima” Alan Robert Murray
      “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
 
Achievement in sound mixing
      “Apocalypto” Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara
      “Blood Diamond” Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
      “Dreamgirls” Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
      “Flags of Our Fathers” John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
      “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
 
Achievement in visual effects
      “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
      “Poseidon” Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier
      “Superman Returns” Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
 
Adapted screenplay
      “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”
      “Children of Men”
      “The Departed”
      “Little Children”
      “Notes on a Scandal”

Original screenplay
      “Babel”
      “Letters from Iwo Jima”
      “Little Miss Sunshine”
      “Pan’s Labyrinth”
      “The Queen”

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