Pronunciation Guide to the 80th Academy Award Nominees

Best Actor

• George Clooney - Michael Clayton
• Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
• Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
• Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Supporting Actor

• Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson’s War
• Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
• Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
• Julie Christie - Away from Her
• Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
• Laura Linney - The Savages
• Ellen Page - Juno

Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
• Ruby Dee - American Gangster
• Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
• Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
• Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Director

• Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Jason Reitman - Juno
• Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
• Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Best animated feature film of the year

• Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud - Persepolis
• Brad Bird - Ratatouille
• Ash Brannon and Chris Buck - Surf's Up

Adapted screenplay

• Atonement
  • Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
• Away from Her
  • Written by Sarah Polley
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
• No Country for Old Men
  • Written for the screen by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• There Will Be Blood
  • Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Original screenplay

• Juno
  • Written by Diablo Cody
• Lars and the Real Girl
  • Written by Nancy Oliver
• Michael Clayton
  • Written by Tony Gilroy
• Ratatouille
  • Screenplay by Brad Bird
  • Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
• The Savages
  • Written by Tamara Jenkins