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February 24th, 2009 | Tyler Hauser

TWH Oscar Bowl 2009: Conclusion

So after brutal battle to the death[1], let’s look at how our predictions fared against the real thing.

BEST PICTURE

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Slumdog Millionaire * * * * * * *
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *
Frost/Nixon *
Milk
The Reader

DIRECTING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire * 1/2 * * * * *
Stephen Daldry for The Reader
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 1/2
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon *
Gus Van Sant for Milk *

ACTOR, LEADING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Sean Penn for Milk * *
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor *
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler * * * * * *

ACTRESS, LEADING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Kate Winslet for The Reader * * * * * * * *
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married *
Angelina Jolie for Changeling
Melissa Leo for Frozen River
Meryl Streep for Doubt

ACTOR, SUPPORTING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight * * * * * * *
Josh Brolin for Milk
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder *
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt *
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road

ACTRESS, SUPPORTING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona *
Amy Adams for Doubt * * *
Viola Davis for Doubt
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler * * * *

FILM EDITING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Slumdog Millionaire * * *
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * 1/2 * *
The Dark Knight 1/2 *
Frost/Nixon *
Milk

CINEMATOGRAPHY

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Slumdog Millionaire * * * *
Changeling *
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * * *
The Dark Knight * * *
The Reader

SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Slumdog Millionaire * * * * *
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt * *
Frost/Nixon *
The Reader

SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Milk * * * * * *
Frozen River
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges *
WALL·E * *

SOUND EDITING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
The Dark Knight * * * * *
Iron Man *
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL·E * * *
Wanted

SOUND MIXING

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Slumdog Millionaire * *
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight * * *
WALL·E * * *
Wanted * * *

ORIGINAL SCORE

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Slumdog Millionaire * *
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * * *
Defiance *
Milk *
WALL·E * * *

ORIGINAL MUSIC

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Slumdog Millionaire ("Jai Ho") * * * * *
Slumdog Millionaire ("O Saya") *
WALL·E ("Down to Earth") * * *

VISUAL EFFECTS

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * * * * * *
The Dark Knight
Iron Man * * *

MAKEUP

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * * * * * *
The Dark Knight * *
Hellboy II: The Golden Army *

COSTUME DESIGN

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
The Duchess * * *
Australia * * * *
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *
Milk
Revolutionary Road

ART DIRECTION

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button * * * *
Changeling * * *
The Dark Knight * * *
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road *

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Man on Wire * * * * * *
The Betrayal – Nerakhoon
Encounters at the End of the World *
The Garden
Trouble the Water *

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
Okuribito *
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex *
Entre les murs * 1/2
Revanche
Vals Im Bashir 1/2 * * * *

ANIMATED FEATURE

 WIN Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
WALL·E * * * * * * * *
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda *

TOTALS

 Carlene David Yaschuk Marshall Kevin Tyler Grant Heap Tank
8 5 6.5 9 12 13 9 14
Footnotes
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There are 4 comments

  1. Grant Tingley says:
    February 26, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    Yeah… that guy is totally a jerk…

    Your fault for trusting a jerk…

    Reply
  2. Kevin says:
    February 25, 2009 at 6:53 pm

    Wouldn’t have been a bad strategy if my go to source were reliable for the category I was unsure of. JERK!

    Reply
  3. Grant says:
    February 25, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    Kevin, the greatest thing is if you didn’t guess things like “Repo the genetic opera” you might have won this… but alas you decided to pick winners that weren’t even nominated… which was just BAD STRATEGY!!!

    Reply
  4. Kevin says:
    February 25, 2009 at 10:01 am

    I was sooooooooo Close. I can taste my near victory.
    Damn you Tyler Hauser you brilliant pop culture bastard.

    Reply
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