You can bet on one thing at this year’s 79th annual Academy Awards (literally, as it happens): Helen Mirren will win the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in The Queen. Online gambling site bodog.com has put her odds at 1/25 (as of press time). Slap down a hundred bucks on Mirren to win, and you could rake in a whole $4 profit!
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center.
Best Motion Picture
Babel (GG) Odds: 7/2 The Departed * (BSFC, BFCA, CFCA, FFCC, LVFCA, SA, SEFCA)Odds: 3/2 Letters from Iwo Jima (LAFCA, NBR) Odds: 5/2 Little Miss Sunshine (PGA) Odds: 5/6 The Queen (BAFTA, TFCA) Odds: 19/1
Achievement in Directing
Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu Odds: 10/1 The Departed * (BSFC, BFCA, DFWFCA, DGA, FFCC, GG, NBR, NYFCC, OFCS, PFCS, SEFCA, WAFCA) Martin Scorsese Odds: 1/5 Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood Odds: 4/1 The Queen Stephen Frears (TFCA) Odds: 14/1 United 93 Paul Greengrass (KCFCC, LAFCA, NSFCA, SFFCC) Odds: 17/1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond Odds: 8/1 Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson Odds: 18/1 Peter O’Toole in Venus Odds: 6/1 Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness Odds: 3/1 Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland * (BAFTA, BSFC, BFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, LAFCA, NBR, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCS, SA, SAG, SEFCA, WAFCA) Odds: 1/4
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine (BAFTA) Odds: 1/1 Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children (CFCA, DFWFCA, NYFCC, OFCS, SFFCC, SEFCA) Odds: 10/1 Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond (LVFCS, NBR, WAFCA, SAG) Odds: 9/1 Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls * (BFCA, GG) Odds: 2/3 Mark Wahlberg in The Departed (BFCA, NSFCA) Odds: 5/1
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Penélope Cruz in Volver (EFA, GOYA) Odds: 20/1 Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal Odds: 22/1 Helen Mirren in The Queen * (BAFTA, BSFCA, BFCA, COFCA, CFCA, DFWFCA, FFCC, GG, LVFCS, LAFCA, NBR, NSFCA, NYFCC, OFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFFCC, SA, SAG, SEFCA, TFCA, WAFCA) Odds: 1/25 Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada Odds: 15/1 Kate Winslet in Little Children Odds: 7/1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza in Babel (SFFCC) Odds: 14/1 Cate Blanchett in Notes on a Scandal (DFWFCA, FFCC, PFCS, TFCA) Odds: 11/1 Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine (OFCS) Odds: 2/1 Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls * (BAFTA, BFCA, GG, LVFCS, NYFCC, SA, SAG, SEFCA, WAFCA) Odds: 1/8 Rinko Kikuchi in Babel (CFCA)Odds: 11/1
Original Screenplay
Babel Letters from Iwo Jima Little Miss Sunshine (BAFTA, BFCA, DFWFCA, SEFCA, WAFCA, WGA) Pan’s Labyrinth The Queen * (BIFA, CFCA, GG, KCFCC, LAFCA, NSFCA, NYFCC, SA, TFCA)
Adapted Screenplay
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Children of Men (OFCS) The Departed * (BFCA, CFCA, FFCC, SA, SEFCA, WGA) Little Children (SFFCC) Notes on a Scandal
Best Animated Feature
Cars Happy Feet Monster House
Best Foreign Language Film
After the Wedding Denmark Days of Glory (Indigènes) Algeria The Lives of Others Germany Pan’s Labyrinth Mexico Water Canada
Achievement in Art Direction
Dreamgirls The Good Shepherd Pan’s Labyrinth Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest The Prestige
Achievement in Cinematography
The Black Dahlia Children of Men The Illusionist Pan’s Labyrinth The Prestige
Achievement in Costume Design
Curse of the Golden Flower The Devil Wears Prada Dreamgirls Marie Antoinette The Queen
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 Blood Diamond Children of Men The Departed United 93
Achievement in Makeup
Apocalypto Click Pan’s Labyrinth
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Babel The Good German Notes on a Scandal Pan’s Labyrinth The Queen
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
“I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth “Listen” from Dreamgirls “Love You I Do” from Dreamgirls “Our Town” from Cars “Patience” from Dreamgirls
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 Blood Diamond Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Apocalypto Blood Diamond Dreamgirls Flags of Our Fathers Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Achievement in Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Poseidon Superman Returns
