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2007 Academy Award Predictions

UPDATE: Predicted- 21, Correct*- 6, Incorrect- 15

JAHS viewed 15 of the Oscar nominated films in advance. Many of the award winners were shocking, specifically Alan Arkin for best supporting actor and An Inconvenient Truth for best documentary. The politics behind giving the statue to Al Gore are not worth getting into but even worse, an incredible picture (Iraq in Fragments) went completely overlooked. Although JAHS didn't expect to achieve great results in these predictions (since they were biased and based on an incomplete viewing of all the films) it was an even more outrageous 79th year than expected. Still, the difficulty of making these predictions is a testament to hollywood for producing some incredible pictures this year as well as to the academy who at least got most of the nominations right. Final notes- Ellen Degeneres as host was strikingly entertaining and touche to Jack Black and Will Ferrell for jokingly presenting a serious topic that movie lovers want discussed: why not give awards for comedic films/performances? We'll wait another year before we ask again.

Actor in a Leading Role
JAHS picks: Forest Whitaker *
Actor in a Supporting Role
JAHS picks: Djimon Hounsou
Actress in a Leading Role
JAHS picks: Helen Mirren *
Actress in a Supporting Role
JAHS picks: Jennifer Hudson *
Animated Feature Film
JAHS picks: Cars
Art Direction
JAHS picks: Pan’s Labyrinth
Cinematography
JAHS picks: Children of Men
Costume Design
JAHS picks: Marie Antoinette *
Directing
JAHS picks: Babel
Documentary Feature
JAHS picks: Iraq in Fragments
Documentary Short
NO PICK
Film Editing
JAHS picks: United 93
Foreign Language Film
JAHS picks: Pan’s Labyrinth
Makeup
JAHS picks: Apocalypto
Music (Score)
JAHS picks: Pan’s Labyrinth
Music (Song)
JAHS picks: Dreamgirls
Best Picture
JAHS picks: Letters from Iwo Jima
Short Film

NO PICK
Short Film (Live Action)

NO PICK
Sound Editing
JAHS picks: Blood Diamond
Sound Mixing
JAHS picks: Dreamgirls *
Visual Effects
JAHS picks: Superman Returns
Writing (Adapted)
JAHS picks: The Departed *
Writing (Original)
JAHS picks: Babel