Seven Films Advance in
Makeup Oscar® Race
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that seven films remain in competition for achievement in makeup for the 79th Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

“Apocalypto”
“Click”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“The Prestige”
“The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”
“X-Men The Last Stand”

On Saturday, January 20, the Academy’s Makeup Award Nominating Committee will view ten minutes of excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for Oscar consideration.

Nominations for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2007, at 5:30 a.m. PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour arrivals segment, “The Road to the Oscars®.”

Click's makeup? That's like A Beautiful Mind's inclusion; just because it shows people aging over a long period, doesn't mean it's good.

My picks:

“Apocalypto”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

Yeah, those seem to be the 3.

HAHAHAHA

I think I called it in the Click review thread that it's gonna get considered for an Oscar. (Not exactly proud of it, but yeah, I though their aging makeup was pretty good).

The X-Men movies have had a good track in getting considered for the bakeoffs but alas, never nominated.


Predictions:

Well, the three that the people above mentioned, lol.


(Question: There were 4 nominees in 1999 - Austin Powers in Goldmember, Bicentennial Man, Life, and Topsy Turvy. Was that a result of a tie?)

Are there any further categories that shortlist their nominees before the official nomination day? I know that thus far Makeup, Visual Effects, Documentary, Animated Film & Documentary Short have all released a shortlist (and I guess song too, though it's not a "short" list). Am I missing any? Are there any yet to come? Or do we wait until Oscar nomination day now?

The shortlists:

Visual Effects:
“Casino Royale”
“Eragon”
“Night at the Museum”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“Poseidon”
“Superman Returns”
“X-Men The Last Stand”

Makeup:
“Apocalypto”
“Click”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
“The Prestige”
“The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”
“X-Men The Last Stand”

Documentary:
“Blindsight”
“Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?”
“Deliver Us from Evil”
“The Ground Truth”
“An Inconvenient Truth”
“Iraq in Fragments”
“Jesus Camp”
“Jonestown: The Life and Death of People’s Temple”
“My Country, My Country”
“Shut Up & Sing”
“Sisters in Law”
“Storm of Emotions”
“The Trials of Darryl Hunt”
“An Unreasonable Man”
“The War Tapes”

Animated Film:
“The Ant Bully”
“Arthur and the Invisibles”
“Barnyard”
“Cars”
“Curious George”
“Everyone’s Hero”
“Flushed Away”
“Happy Feet”
“Ice Age The Meltdown”
“Monster House”
“Open Season”
“Over the Hedge”
“Paprika”
“Renaissance”
“A Scanner Darkly”
“The Wild”

Documentary Short
“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
“Dear Talula”
“The Diary of Immaculée”
“Phoenix Dance”
“Recycled Life”
“Rehearsing a Dream”
“A Revolving Door”
“Two Hands”

Peace,
Mike.

Those should be it. Sound Editing doesn't have shortlists anymore.

Yeah, I agree with the three that have already been mentioned. Though X3 might replace Apocalypto.

This one has to go to Pan's Labyrinth

Click AND Santa Clause 3 instead of Marie Antoinette? The bastards...


Anyways, my guesses:


“Apocalypto”
“Pan’s Labyrinth”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”

I just realized... I guess it's subtle and not showy, but no Queen.

Yeah, that also!


Both queens got zero royal treatment... and then they nominate stuff like Santa Clause 3. Whatever.

Yeah, I go with the same three as everyone and expect Pirates to take it.