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Taflinel · Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2003 11:26 pm Post subject: 1

Ok...
Academy Award nominations have been announced and it's time to play...
Guess the winners and get a chance to thank God, your aunt or your armadillo...
Results will be announced after the ceremony (23/03/03)...(d'oh!)
For each correct guess you get a statuette...

Nominees can be found HERE...
Official site
Categories:
1- Best Picture
2- Best Director
3- Best Actor in a leading role
4- Best Actress in a leading role
5- Best Actor in a supporting role
6- Best Actress in a supporting role
7- Best Animated Feature
8- Best Cinematography
9- Best Music, Original score
10- Best Music, song

Send your predictions at my profile e-mail until March 22nd...
Do not post here... (It'll only spoil the fun)
Please sign your e-mail with your GL username...
Have fun...

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[This message has been edited by Taflinel (edited 03-24-2003 05:49 PM).]

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

As they have overlooked Gollums song, I boycot anything that has to do with this years oscars.

Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

Sent....

Taflinel · Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 1:56 pm Post subject: 4

DP:
This game is not, in any way, associated with or sponsored by the Academy...

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The Loser takes it all...

Taflinel · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:47 am Post subject: 5

A month to go...
Just 2 participants up to now...

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Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

What the hell - sent.

Taflinel · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 11:14 pm Post subject: 7

YAAAAAAY!!! 3!!!

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Mentat · Master of Assassins

Sent.

Taflinel · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:18 pm Post subject: 9

10 days to go...

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Taflinel · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 11:03 pm Post subject: 10

Lepty sent...
Anyone else?

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Lepton · 1:41+ Arse Scratcher

I sent so that none of the brave people here would have to fear being in last place.

Taflinel · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 1:32 pm Post subject: 12

We applaud your humanitarian motives but it would be nice if we had more participants...

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Taflinel · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject: 13

The president of the Academy said that there is a possibility to cancel the ceremony but it will be examined one day earlier. We're waiting for anyone else...

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Lepton · 1:41+ Arse Scratcher

Some guy made predictions in my school paper. Want those?

Taflinel · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 1:54 pm Post subject: 15

Any last takers?
Results tomorrow afternoon...

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Bombing for Peace is like F*cking for Virginity...

Taflinel · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:02 pm Post subject: 16

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS FOR 2003
1- Best Picture : Chicago
2- Best Director : Roman Polanski
3- Best Actor in a leading role: Andrien Brody
4- Best Actress in a leading role: Nicole Kidman
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: Chris Cooper
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: Catherine Zeta-Jones
7- Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away
8- Best Cinematography: Road to Perdition
9- Best Music, Original score: Frida
10- Best Music, song: 8 Mile - Eminem (Lose yourself)

Predictions:
(The correct guesses are in italics)
1. Kevinatilusa
1- Best Picture : Chicago
2- Best Director : Martin Scorsese
3- Best Actor in a leading role: Michael Caine
4- Best Actress in a leading role: Nicole Kidman
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: Chris Cooper
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: Catherine Zeta-Jones
7- Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away
8- Best Cinematography: Gangs of New York
9- Best Music, Original score: Far From Heaven
10- Best Music, song: Gangs of New York (Hands that Built America)

2. Duphrates
1- Best Picture : THE PIANIST
2- Best Director : MARTIN SCORCESE
3- Best Actor in a leading role: DANIEL DAY LEWIS
4- Best Actress in a leading role: JULIANNE MOORE
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: CHRIS COOPER
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: KATHY BATES
7- Best Animated Feature: SEN TO CHIHIRO
8- Best Cinematography: EDWARD LACHMAN
9- Best Music, Original score: ELMER BERNSTEIN
10- Best Music, song: U2

3. Dragon Phoenix
1- Best Picture : Chicago
2- Best Director : Chicago
3- Best Actor in a leading role: Nicholas Cage
4- Best Actress in a leading role: Julianne Moore
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: Ed Harris
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: C Zeta-Jones
7- Best Animated Feature: Spirited away
8- Best Cinematography: Chicago
9- Best Music, Original score: Far from heaven
10- Best Music, song: (Did not submit)

4. Mentat
1- Best Picture : LOTR, The Two Towers
2- Best Director : Roman Polanski
3- Best Actor in a leading role: Jack Nicholson
4- Best Actress in a leading role: Nicole Kidman
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: Christopher Walken
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: Catherine Zeta Jones
7- Best Animated Feature: Ice Age
8- Best Cinematography: Gangs of New York (Michael Ballhaus)
9- Best Music, Original score: The Hours (Phillip Glass)
10- Best Music, song: The Wild Thornberry's Movie, (Paul Simon, Father & Daughter)

5. Lepton
1- Best Picture : Chicago
2- Best Director : Rob Marshall
3- Best Actor in a leading role: Micheal Caine
4- Best Actress in a leading role: Renée Zellweger
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: Ed Harris
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: Catherine Zeta-Jones
7- Best Animated Feature: Ice Age
8- Best Cinematography: Chicago
9- Best Music, Original score: Catch me if you can
10- Best Music, song: Gangs of New York - U2 - The Hands That Built America

6. Eykir
1- Best Picture : Chicago
2- Best Director : Chicago
3- Best Actor in a leading role: Daniel Day-Lewis
4- Best Actress in a leading role: Diane Lane
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: Paul Newman
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: Catherine Zeta-Jones
7- Best Animated Feature: Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (Spirited Away)
8- Best Cinematography: Chicago
9- Best Music, Original score: Frida
10- Best Music, song: The Wild Thornberry's Movie

7. Qaqaq
1- Best Picture : Chicago
2- Best Director : Martin Scorsese, Gangs of New York
3- Best Actor in a leading role: Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
4- Best Actress in a leading role: Nicole Kidman, The Hours
5- Best Actor in a supporting role: Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can
6- Best Actress in a supporting role: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago
7- Best Animated Feature: Ice Age
8- Best Cinematography: Far From Heaven
9- Best Music, Original score: Elmer Bernstein, Far From Heaven
10- Best Music, song: The Hands That Built America, U2, Gangs of New York

FINAL RESULTS
Tied for fourth place:

DUPHRATES
LEPTON

Tied for third place:

MENTAT
DRAGON PHOENIX
QAQAQ

Second place:

EYKIR

First place:

KEVINATILUSA!!!

Comments:
Congrats to all our winners and especially Kevin. I hope I haven't made any mistakes. See you next year...
(Bah at me for not noticing earlier that DP did not send me a choice for Best Song, so that I could ask him to re-submit. J'espere que vous m'excusiez, m. DP...

)

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Bombing for Peace is like F*cking for Virginity...

[This message has been edited by Taflinel (edited 03-25-2003 04:08 PM).]

Qaqaq · Daedalian Member

Actually, Mentat should be one place higher (Roman Polanski was correct).

Thanks for the contest!

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Originally posted by DP earlier in this thread:
As they have overlooked Gollums song, I boycot anything that has to do with this years oscars.

I left the best song out on purpose.

Thanks for running it.

Taflinel · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject: 19

Ehem...thx Qaqaq...

DP, no misunderstanding there then...

See you around...
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