Cinema Audio Society Nominees

Cinema Audio Society, honoring sound mixing (the MPSE, Motion Picture Sound Editors honor sound editing) as reported by InContention:

"Flags of Our Fathers"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
"Babel"
"Blood Diamond"
"Dreamgirls"

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Last year the CAS went (4/5):
Walk the Line (winner)
Crash (Narnia got in with Oscar instead)
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds

Previous year (3/5):
The Aviator (winner)
Bourne Supremacy (The Incredibles instead)
Finding Neverland (Polar Express instead)
Ray (won Oscar)
Spider-Man

Previous year (5/5)
Master and Commander (won CAS)
The Last Samurai
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (won Oscar)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Seabiscuit

From incontention.com:

Finally, yet another guild mention for "Babel" is great news for the film indeed, and well-deserved. But one might want to consider that, in the Society's 13 year history, their nominations have only lined-up 100% with the AMPAS twice. Four of the films that have been left off in the cross over were eventual Best Picture nominees, including last year's "Babel" comparison (though I still don't personally GET the comparison beyond sprawling ensemble), "Crash."

This year, if one of the Society's choices falls off, I expect it could be "Babel." Six times the replacement has been a Best Picture nominee, so there's hope for "The Departed" yet. Seven times the replacement has been an actioner with lots of noise, also boading well for "The Departed," but perhaps more so for "Apocalypto," mixed by veteran Oscar almost-champs Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell.

Peace,
Mike.

Dreamgirls won, and it should win the Oscar as well.