Not sure about the geography of the middle east? No Country for Old Men. Check winners and nominees of 2008 Academy Awards. Sunday, February 24, 2008. [54] Many media outlets pointed out that the Writers Guild strike and the niche popularity amongst the field of major nominees contributed to the low ratings. The 80th Academy Award Winners. Atonement The Diving Bell and the Butterfly No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood, BEST COSTUME DESIGN Across the Universe Atonement Elizabeth: The Golden Age La Vie en Rose Sweeney Todd, BEST DOCUMENTARY No End in Sight Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience Sicko Taxi to the Dark Side War/Dance, BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT Freeheld La Corona (The Crown) Salim Baba Sari?s Mother, BEST EDITING The Bourne Ultimatum The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Into the Wild No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood, BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM Beaufort (Israel) The Counterfeiters (Austria) Katyn (Poland) Mongol (Kazakhstan) 12 (Russia), BEST MAKEUP La Vie en Rose Norbit Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Atonement The Kite Runner Michael Clayton Ratatouille 3:10 to Yuma, BEST ORIGINAL SONG ”Falling Slowly,” Once ”Happy Working Song,” Enchanted ”Raise It Up,” August Rush ”So Close,” Enchanted ”That’s How You Know,” Enchanted, BEST SOUND EDITING The Bourne Ultimatum No Country for Old Men Ratatouille There Will Be Blood Transformers, BEST SOUND MIXING The Bourne Ultimatum No Country for Old Men Ratatouille 3:10 to Yuma Transformers, BEST VISUAL EFFECTS The Golden Compass Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Transformers, BEST ANIMATED SHORT 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 At Night Il Supplente (The Substitute) Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) Tanghi Argentini The Tonto Woman, Credit: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter. The following 21 films received multiple nominations: The following four films received multiple awards: The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers. [15] Daniel Day-Lewis became the eighth person to win Best Actor twice. Directing: No Country for Old Men - … A list of films that won the Academy Awards "Oscar" for "Best Motion Picture of the Year". Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. ... (For the concept and his continued leadership in the further development of the Hylén Lens System for motion picture effects photography. Offers may be subject to change without notice. [20] At age 82, Best Supporting Actor nominee Hal Holbrook was at the time, the oldest male acting nominee in Oscar history until Christopher Plummer was nominated for All the Money in the World in the 90th Academy Awards. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J, Horvitz. [13] Best Director winners Joel and Ethan Coen became the second pair of directors to win the award for the same film. [53] In addition, it garnered a lower 18–49 demo rating with a 10.7 rating over a 26 share among viewers in that demographic. Paul Newman for "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler and The Color of Money; Al Pacino for Michael Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II; Peter O'Toole for King Henry II in Becket and The Lion in Winter; Bing Crosby for Father O'Malley in Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's; and later, Sylvester Stallone for Rocky and Creed, Films with multiple nominations and awards, Box office performance of nominated films, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, win for a non-English speaking performance, double acting nominations in the same year, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets), Even Pigeons Go to Heaven (Même les pigeons vont au paradis), Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, List of submissions to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, "In election years, Oscar hosts have many candidates for laughs", "The 80th Annual Academy Awards — From Your Couch", "Cates tapped for record 14th Oscars telecast", "Academy to Invite Jon Stewart Back as Oscar Host", "Update: Wow, Worst-Rated Oscars Since Nielsen Started Tracking Them in 1974! © 2019 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem, Documentary Feature winners for Taxi to the Dark Side, Documentary Short Subject winners for Freeheld, Sound Mixing - Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe, Art Direction - Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino, Actress in a Supporting Role - Ruby Dee in "American Gangster", The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Actor in a Supporting Role - Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford", Short Film (Live Action) - Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth, Art Direction - Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer, Actress in a Supporting Role - Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement", Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, Best Picture - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers, Music (Original Song) - Raise It Up in "August Rush" Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas, Actress in a Leading Role - Julie Christie in "Away from Her", Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written by Sarah Polley, Actor in a Supporting Role - Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War", Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Ronald Harwood, Actor in a Leading Role - Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises", Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", Music (Original Song) - Happy Working Song in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, Music (Original Song) - So Close in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, Music (Original Song) - That's How You Know in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, Art Direction - Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock, Actress in a Supporting Role - Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone", Actress in a Supporting Role - Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There", Actor in a Leading Role - Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah", Actor in a Supporting Role - Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild", Actress in a Leading Role - Ellen Page in "Juno", Best Picture - Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers, Music (Original Score) - Alberto Iglesias, Documentary (Short Subject) - Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega, Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Nancy Oliver, Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets), Short Film (Animated) - Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, Actor in a Leading Role - George Clooney in "Michael Clayton", Music (Original Score) - James Newton Howard, Best Picture - Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers, Actor in a Supporting Role - Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton", Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Tony Gilroy, Sound Mixing - Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland, Documentary (Feature) - Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Documentary (Feature) - Richard E. Robbins, Animated Feature Film - Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud, Visual Effects - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier, Music (Original Score) - Michael Giacchino, Sound Editing - Randy Thom and Michael Silvers, Sound Mixing - Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane, Writing (Original Screenplay) - Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, Documentary (Short Subject) - Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello, Documentary (Short Subject) - James Longley, Actress in a Leading Role - Laura Linney in "The Savages", Writing (Original Screenplay) - Written by Tamara Jenkins, Documentary (Feature) - Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara, Animated Feature Film - Ash Brannon and Chris Buck, Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Actor in a Leading Role - Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street", Short Film (Live Action) - Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans, Art Direction - Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson, Sound Editing - Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood, Best Picture - JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers, Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Written for the Screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, Short Film (Live Action) - Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown, Sound Editing - Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins, Sound Mixing - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin, Visual Effects - Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier, Documentary (Feature) - Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine, Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo, Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino, Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer, Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock, Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson, Falling Slowly in "Once" Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Happy Working Song in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, Raise It Up in "August Rush" Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas, So Close in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, That's How You Know in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz, Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers, Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers, Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers, JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers, Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth, Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland, Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane, Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin, Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood, John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier, Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier, Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Written for the Screen by Paul Thomas Anderson, Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird.