‘No Country’ and ‘There Will Be Blood’ lead Oscar race
By Behind The Scenes TV on Jan 22, 2008 in Awards, News
Dark and violent themes colored the Oscars nominations Tuesday as crime thriller “No Country for Old Men” and epic oil industry drama “There Will Be Blood” topped the list of contenders for this year’s Academy Awards with eight nods each.
The two films edged out British historical drama “Atonement” and legal thriller “Michael Clayton,” which both scored seven nominations in the much-anticipated shortlist for the marquee film awards on February 24.
The nominations were revealed in an early morning ceremony Tuesday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in front of several hundred media in Beverly Hills.
FULL LIST OF OSCAR NOMINATIONS
(Source: Associated Press)
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