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FACTBOX-List of main Oscar nominations

LOS ANGELES
Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:57pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations on Tuesday for the 80th annual Academy Awards.

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Following is a list of the main Oscar contenders. The awards will be handed out in Hollywood on Feb 24.

BEST PICTURE

"Atonement"

"Michael Clayton"

"No Country for Old Men"

"There Will Be Blood"

"Juno"

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"

BEST ACTOR

George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"

Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd"

Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"

Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"

BEST 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 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 DIRECTOR

Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Jason Reitman, "Juno"

Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"

Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Persepolis"

"Ratatouille"

"Surf's Up"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"Beaufort" (Israel)

"The Counterfeiters" (Austria)

"Katyn" (Poland)

"Mongol" (Kazakhstan)

"12" (Russia)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"

Sarah Polley, "Away From Her"

Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country For Old Men"

Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Diablo Cody, "Juno"

Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"

Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"

Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco "Ratatouille"

Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages"



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