The 80th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2007. The award ceremony took place on February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Comedian Jon Stewart hosted the show for the second time, having previously presided over the 78th ceremony held in 2006. On February 9, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Alba.
No Country for Old Men won four awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Bourne Ultimatum with three awards, La Vie en Rose and There Will Be Blood with two, and Atonement, The Counterfeiters, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Freeheld, The Golden Compass, Juno, Michael Clayton, Le Mozart des Pickpockets, Once, Peter & the Wolf, Ratatouille, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Taxi to the Dark Side with one. The telecast garnered 31 million viewers, making it the least watched Oscar broadcast since 1974, when Nielsen began keeping records of viewership.
Winners and nominees The nominations were announced on January 22, 2008, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and actress Kathy Bates. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood tied for the most nominations with eight each. Cate Blanchett became the eleventh performer to receive two acting nominations in the same year, as well as being the first actress and fifth performer overall to be nominated for portraying the same character in two different films, by virtue of her nomination for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (she had previously been nominated for playing Elizabeth I in 1998's Elizabeth).<ref>Oscars: 6 Actors Nominated for Playing the Same Character Twice Other actors nominated for the same character in multiple films were</p>Paul Newman for "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler and The Color of Money;Al Pacino for Michael Corleone in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II;Peter O'Toole for King Henry II in Becket and The Lion in Winter;Bing Crosby for Father O'Malley in Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's;and later, Sylvester Stallone for Rocky and Creed</ref> At age 82, Best Supporting Actor nominee Hal Holbrook became the oldest male acting nominee in Oscar history at the time.
Best Director winners Joel and Ethan Coen became the second pair of directors to win the award for the same film, after Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise for 1961's West Side Story). This was the second time in Oscar history that none of the four acting winners was American (the first being the 37th Academy Awards). Daniel Day-Lewis became the eighth person to win Best Actor twice, while Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard became the fifth person to win for a non-English language performance, the second Best Actress winner to do so after Sophia Loren (1961's Two Women), and the first to win for a French-language performance. Robert F. Boyle became the oldest recipient of the Academy Honorary award at the age of 98.
Awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
No Country for Old Men – Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, producers Atonement – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, producers Juno – Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, producers Michael Clayton – Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, producers There Will Be Blood – JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, producers | valign="top" width="50%"|
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jason Reitman – Juno Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview George Clooney – Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as Benjamin Barker / Sweeney Todd Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah as Hank Deerfield Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises as Nikolai Luzhin Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose as Édith Piaf Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Queen Elizabeth I Julie Christie – Away from Her as Fiona Anderson Laura Linney – The Savages as Wendy Savage Elliot Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Robert Ford Philip Seymour Hoffman – Charlie Wilson's War as Gust Avrakotos Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild as Ron Franz Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There as Jude Quinn Ruby Dee – American Gangster as Mama Lucas Saoirse Ronan – Atonement as Briony Tallis Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCready Juno – Diablo Cody Lars and the Real Girl – Nancy Oliver Michael Clayton – Tony Gilroy Ratatouille – Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco and Brad Bird The Savages – Tamara Jenkins No Country for Old Men – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy Atonement – Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Ian McEwan Away from Her – Sarah Polley based on the short story "The Bear Came Over The Mountain" by Alice Munro The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood based on the memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson based on the novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair Ratatouille – Brad Bird Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud Surf's Up – Ash Brannon and Chris Buck The Counterfeiters (Austria) in German – Stefan Ruzowitzky 12 (Russia) in Russian – Nikita Mikhalkov Beaufort (Israel) in Hebrew – Joseph Cedar Katyń (Poland) in Polish – Andrzej Wajda Mongol (Kazakhstan) in Russian – Sergei Bodrov Taxi to the Dark Side – Alex Gibney and Eva Orner No End in Sight – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience – Richard E. Robbins Sicko – Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara War/Dance – Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine Freeheld – Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth La Corona – Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega Salim Baba – Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello Sari's Mother – James Longley Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) – Philippe Pollet-Villard At Night – Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth (Il Supplente) The Substitute – Andrea Jublin Tanghi Argentini – Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans The Tonto Woman – Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown Peter & the Wolf – Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman Even Pigeons Go to Heaven (Même les pigeons vont au paradis) – Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse I Met the Walrus – Josh Raskin Madame Tutli-Putli – Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski My Love (Moya Lyubov) – Alexander Petrov Atonement – Dario Marianelli 3:10 to Yuma – Marco Beltrami The Kite Runner – Alberto Iglesias Michael Clayton – James Newton Howard Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino "Falling Slowly" from Once – Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová "Happy Working Song" from Enchanted – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz "Raise It Up" from August Rush – Music and Lyrics by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas "So Close" from Enchanted – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz "That's How You Know" from Enchanted – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz The Bourne Ultimatum – Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg No Country for Old Men – Skip Lievsay Ratatouille – Randy Thom and Michael Silvers There Will Be Blood – Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood Transformers – Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins The Bourne Ultimatum – Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis 3:10 to Yuma – Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe No Country for Old Men – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland Ratatouille – Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane Transformers – Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo American Gangster – Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth Rubino Atonement – Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer The Golden Compass – Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock There Will Be Blood – Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson There Will Be Blood – Robert Elswit The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – Roger Deakins Atonement – Seamus McGarvey The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Janusz Kamiński No Country for Old Men – Roger Deakins La Vie en Rose – Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald Norbit – Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – Ve Neill and Martin Samuel Elizabeth: The Golden Age – Alexandra Byrne Across the Universe – Albert Wolsky Atonement – Jacqueline Durran La Vie en Rose – Marit Allen (posthumous nomination) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Colleen Atwood The Bourne Ultimatum – Christopher Rouse The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Juliette Welfling Into the Wild – Jay Cassidy No Country for Old Men – Roderick Jaynes There Will Be Blood – Dylan Tichenor The Golden Compass – Michael L. Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End – John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier Transformers – Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
Honorary Award To Robert Boyle in recognition of one of cinema's great careers in art direction.
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following 21 films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 8 No Country for Old Men There Will Be Blood 7 Atonement Michael Clayton 5 Ratatouille 4 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Juno 3 The Bourne Ultimatum Enchanted La Vie en Rose Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Transformers 2 3:10 to Yuma American Gangster The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Away from Her Elizabeth: The Golden Age The Golden Compass Into the Wild Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End The Savages
The following four films received multiple awards:
Awards Film 4 No Country for Old Men 3 The Bourne Ultimatum 2 La Vie en Rose There Will Be Blood
Presenters and performers The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.
Presenters