Oscar Predictions (July 8th Edition)

These are my current Academy Award predictions, complete with who I think may be the Alternate (or "next-in-line") for each award. At this point, I have seen almost none of these films, so this is entirely speculation.


Best Picture

Changeling
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Revolutionary Road
ALT: WALL*E


Best Director

Clint Eastwood, Changeling
David Fincher, Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Baz Luhrmann, Australia
Sam Mendes, Revolutionary Road
ALT: Ridley Scott, Body of Lies


Best Actor

Benicio Del Toro, Che
Leonardo DiCaprio, Body of Lies or Revolutionary Road
Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
ALT: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor


Best Actress

Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Nicole Kidman, Australia
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
ALT: Julianne Moore, Blindness or Savage Grace


Best Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey, Jr., The Soloist
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
ALT: Ben Kingsley, Transsiberian


Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, Doubt
Kathy Bates, Revolutionary Road
Cate Blanchett, Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Kate Winslet, The Reader
ALT: Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading


Best Original Screenplay

Burn After Reading by Joel & Ethan Coen
Changeling by J. Michael Straczynski
Happy Go Lucky by Mike Leigh
Milk by Dustin Lance Black
Synedoche, New York by Charlie Kaufman
ALT: Vicky Cristina Barcelona by Woody Allen


Best Adapted Screenplay

Body of Lies by William Monahan, based on David Ignatius's novel
Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Eric Roth, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley, based on his play
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, based on his play
Revolutionary Road by Justin Haythe, based on Richard Yates's novel
ALT: The Reader by David Hare, based on Bernhard Schlink's novel