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Less is more, right?

He will no doubt be entertaining, but don't expect a win for Jack Nicholson tonight.

BEST SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL

After getting stiffed for "In
the Bedroom" in 2002,
Todd Field may have paid
his dues to the Academy and be
poised to take his first Oscar with
the adapted screenplay for "Little
Children." Then again, Alfonso
Cuaron ("Children of Men") has
also paid his dues with "Y tu mama
tambifn"in2003. Thisyear,Cuaron
makes an even stronger bid than he
did then. Rule out "Notes on a Scan-

dal," penned by closer playwright
Patrick Marber, because as witty as
itmightbe,no oneliked (orsaw) the
movie. Don't completely discount
"Borat," but Sacha Baron Cohen is
an extremely very dark horse for
this award, and, let's admit it, more
of a sentimental favorite than a
worthy candidate. It's a tough cat-
egory, but most signs point to this
being all about "The Departed."
ELIE ZWIBEL

VERDICT
NOMINEES
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, "Notes ona Scandal"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jennifer Hudson, "Dreamgirls"
Binko Kikuchi, "Babel"
Will win: Monahan for "The
Departed
Should win: Monahan

They're the awards only the
show's most avid watches
seem to care about, but
that happens to be us. Some other
awards in contention on Sunday:
The best cinematography race
is one of the more interesting of
the non-major categories, a duel
between "Pan's Labyrinth" and
"Children of Men." Inexplicable
nomination for "The Black Dahl-
ia" notwithstanding, the category
is unusually strong this year, but
we're betting on "Children of Men"
to edge forward with its flawless
single-shot chase sequence and
climax. "Pan's," though, will take
the bigger honor, the film a sure
thing to take home foreign-lan-
guage film.
If you've seen no other movie
that wins anything, rest assured
you will hear the scrappy score
to "Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest" as the visual
effects artists walk away with that
award.
The other best-picture awards
will likely go to "Cars" and "An
Inconvenient Truth," not really
because they are the best but
Daily Arts.
We won't drink
a drop until the
show is finished.
Well, at least
some of us.

"Pan's Labyrinth" is the front runner in the best foreign film race.

because they have the industry
heavyweights behind them.
Meanwhile, look for perennial
Martin Scorsese editor Thelma
Schoonmaker to take best edit-
ing for "The Departed" and for
"Dreamgirls" to score on one of
its three (!) nominations in the
best-song category (we couldn't

care less which one that turns
out to be). Best score is a toss-up
between "The Queen" and "Pan's
Labyrinth," but we'll give the lat-
ter the edge, possibly because we
liked it better. And all that hyper-
bolic praise can't be for nothing:
"Marie Antoinette" looks good to
take home best costume design.

BEST SCREENPLAY - ADAPTED
uillermo Arriaga's "Babel" is too similar to last
year's "Crash" to win for best original screenplay,
and the Academy rarely grants foreign films this
award, so adult fairy tale "Pan's Labyrinth" is unfortu-
nately out. You may really want "Little Miss Sunshine"
to win, but don't get your hopes up (some are grumbling
about an upset, though). "Letters From Iwo Jima" and
"The Queen" are both stronger candidates. In the end,
"The Queen" will win because of its masterful restraint
in dramatizing a more recent event and its ability to
* influence perception of British monarchy still very much
alive today.
ELIE ZWIBEL

VERDICT
NOMINEES
Adriana Barraza, "Babel"
Cate Blanchett, Notes ona Scandal"
Abigail Breslin, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Jennifer Hudson,"Dreamgirls"
Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel"
Will win: Peter Morgan for "The Queen"
Should win: Iris Yamashita for "Letters
From Iwo Jima

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