Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard are back in consideration for an Oscar nomination, according to
Variety.
The Music Branch Executive Committee of the Academy has reversed its Nov. 10 decision declaring their score for
The Dark Knight ineligible for the 2008 Academy Awards.
The score was disqualified due to five names being listed as composers on the music cue sheet.
After reviewing information submitted by the affected parties, the committee concluded that two, Zimmer and Howard, were responsible for the score's authorship.
Neither nomination ballots nor lists of eligible scores had been distributed so there is no impact on the actual voting process.
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And if it t wins 10, or even gets nominated for 10, I'll do more than just scream for joy. I'll...............................(better not post that online. just kidding).
Sadly, I don't think it'll win 10, but one can hope!
And (shawn), I'm dead certain Heath will be in the Supporting category, and by the looks of the films coming out Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt) might be his competition (not sure who else will be in the category). But like you said, if he's in the Best Actor category, I don't think he'll have a chance.
But as we've seen before, there's always room for surprises.
Once again....
The Oscar goes to...THE DARK KNIGHT
Heath Ledger is a lock if they put him as Best Supporting Actor, but if they put him in the Best Actor category he'll have to contend with Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Will Smith (Seven Pounds).
Best Picture is a possibility because Return of the King was based on a popular book, and took in record box office numbers. However, Return of the King swept the oscars as a consolation prize due to the fact that Peter Jackson and the crew completed such a huge undertaking with the films.
That being said, I think that Darren Aronofsky will take Best Director for The Wrestler, which will also win best picture and Mickey Rourke will probably take best actor.
We shall see though!
I would love to see The Dark Knight win Best Picture; though I haven't seen many of the other "possible contenders" coming out this month. The Academy will most likely pick more "traditional" films over a "superhero flick" (But a "superhero flick" is a bit of an understatement for such a well crafted film).
Possible Nominations:
Best Picture (maybe...depends), Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (maybe), Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Makeup (maybe...a lot of strong contenders), Best Original Score (Now seems possible), Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing.
You can write The Dark Knight in ink on the Artistic/Technical nominations, the others remain to be seen. By my account, the maximum nominations is 10 (For Sure: 5-6).
I look forward to January, and the release of the nominations!
And the Oscar goes to...THE DARK KNIGHT
GO DARK KNIGHT!!! CLEAN SWEEP THOSE OTHER B****ES!!! LOL
I never said "the Best Picture award only goes to masterpieces". Through the perspective of a member of the Academy, a war-love story in early 20th century Australia and a born old man growing younger with age would be more appealing to the artsy "acolytes" of Hollywood than a super hero movie. However, there IS a first for everything. Return of the King won almost everything it was nominated for, while it's predecessors were nominated too, and left in the dust. There's still hope, Clocky my friend, but I'm not counting all my peas and carrots just yet. Nothing would make me holler and shout more than TDK landing the most coveted award of the year, but the odds are not 50/50 like Two-face's coin.
Thanks Moviebuff. You know what I'm talking about.
What hurts the most is that Dark Knight is based on a comic book. That may turn the voters off. Let's hope not. We'll see.
Best Screenplay.
And I agree with Diaigma about that smile if TDK does win.It would feel so good if a Batman movie won best pic,but we will see.
And... The most popular film of the year hardly ever wins best picture, Chad. You really think that Annie Hall was more popular than Star Wars in 1977? Million Dollar Baby over Finding Neverland in 2004? The top grossing films of each year rarely gets nominated for anything more than technical achievements. However, if TDK does win, that will bring a smile to my face. First Super Hero Best Picture ever. History in the making for us fan boys.