BEST PICTURE
Release Date	Picture	Studio	Comment
Oct 5	Michael Clayton	WB	A soft front-runner, but a great little film
Dec 21	Charlie Wilson's War	U	The 800 lb gorilla over the hill
Nov 9	No Country For Old Men	Mir/ ParVan	Just plain strong... very challenging
Dec 7	Atonement	Focus	Costume drama... not a classic, but unique and working momentum from P&P
Sept 21	Into The Wild	ParVan	Well loved, but box office challenged
-
Dec 21	Sweeney Todd	DW	Could the operetta emerge?
July 20	Hairspray	NL	The $100m+ dark horse comedy
Oct 12	Lars & The Real Girl	MGM/Kim	The heart film that needs to be seen
Dec 26	The Savages	FoxS	The black hearted comedy that hits home
Oct 26	Before The Devil Knows You're Dead	Think	Lumet still bringing it in his 80s
-
Dec 17	The Diving Bell & The Butterfly	Mir	The great art film... such a challenge
Dec 14	Juno	FoxS	Terrific little comedy... but will The Academy go for the knocked up teen?
Nov 2	American Gangster	U	Big, slick, but does it linger?
Dec 26	There Will Be Blood	ParVan	PTA's opus. Geeks dig it!
Sept 7	3:10 To Yuma	Lions	The western riding high at the box office
-
The Current Long Shots (in aphabetical order)
Nov 16	Beowulf	Par	Could it be important?
TBA	The Bucket List	WB	The dark horse warm comedy
TBA	Crossing Over	TWC	Wayne Kramer is great with actors and this is an interesting story... if it's ready
TBA-Dec	The Great Debaters	TWC	"Officially" announced in defense in a NYT story... Denzel's 2nd Contender
Nov 21	I'm Not There	TWC	Sublime... but perhaps too challenging
Nov 9	Lions For Lambs	UA	Apparently needs some mint jelly to make it less dry
TBA	The Lucky Ones	Lions	3 soldiers ona road trip... may or may not get a 2007 berth
Sept 28	Lust, Caution	Focus	Perhaps too close to someone else's home
Oct 26	Things We Lost In The Fire	DW	Dark, small, and intimate... tough
Dec 14	Youth Without Youth	SPC	Coppola holding this one so tight, it is already bleeding to death
-
Pretty Much Out Of The BP Race (by release date)
June 8	La Vie En Rose	PictH
June 22	A Mighty Heart	ParVan
May 4	Away From Her	Lions
July 13	Rescue Dawn	MGM
Aug 24	Ressurecting The Champ	Yari
Sept 14	The Brave One	WB
Sept 14	Eastern Promises	Focus
Sept 14	In The Valley Of Elah	WIP
Sept 29	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS
Oct 12	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	U
Nov 16	In Bloom	Mag
Nov 16	Love In the Time Of Cholera	NL
Nov 16	Margot At The Wedding	ParVan
Dec 7	Grace Is Gone	TWC
Dec 7	His Dark Materials	NL
Dec 14	The Kite Runner	ParVan

October 18, 2007
- by David Poland

---

The Post-Toronto Chart - September 21, 2007
The Pre-Toronto Chart - September 6, 2007
The First Chart of The Season- June 21, 2007

---