BEST PICTURE
Release Date	Picture	Studio	Comment
Nov 9	No Country For Old Men	Miramax	The most talked about movie right now
Oct 5	Michael Clayton	WB	The little engine that is
8 Fighting For 3, 4, 5
Dec 7	Atonement	Focus	Danger, Will Robinson! Frontrunner-itis threatens!
Oct 26	Before The Devil Knows You're Dead	Think	One "they" like
Dec 21	Sweeney Todd	DW	A movie that gets better on multiple viewings... but can they get Academy members to see the quality for the blood?
July 20	Hairspray	NL	It's there for the taking
Sept 21	Into The Wild	ParVan	Looks better & better
Nov 2	American Gangster	U	Is there much residual love?
Dec 5	Juno	FoxS	Still not convinced that the elders will buy it
Dec 21	Charlie Wilson's War	U	Good... not quite great
The Next 10
Sept 7	3:10 To Yuma	Lions	Lots of ads... need more Russell or Bale
Dec 25	The Bucket List	WB	Much, much better than expected... but probably just commercial... think Grumpy Old (Dying) Men... a very outside shot
Nov 28	The Savages	FoxS	Still swinging
Dec 14	The Kite Runner	ParVan	Is it real? Press is getting on board
Nov 30	The Diving Bell & The Butterfly	Mir	Ars Gratis Ars
Sept 7	3:10 To Yuma	Lions	Needs to re-launch
Dec 25	The Great Debaters	TWC	An unknown quantity
Oct 12	Lars & The Real Girl	MGM/Kim	No love from Indie Spirits... can Kimmel resurrect one of the movies that should?
Dec 26	There Will Be Blood	ParVan	There will be walkouts... in spite of lots of genius on display
Nov 21	I'm Not There	TWC	Six times too good
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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 28	Lust, Caution	Focus
Sept 29	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS
Oct 12	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	U
Oct 26	Things We Lost In The Fire	DW
Nov 9	Lions For Lambs	UA
Nov 16	Beowulf	Par
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	The Golden Compass	NL
Dec 14	Youth Without Youth	SPC

November 29, 2007
- by David Poland

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