Martin Scorsese for The Aviator
PRO: If he can't get an Oscar with a guy who throws ice water on his penis, he might as well get one for a guy who pees in a bottle
CON: All he'll get from the Academy is a bag of peanuts
Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby
PRO: Delivers two movies in one
CON: Unfortunately, each is nearly two hours long
Taylor Hackford for Ray
PRO: Nice job of milking the Ray Charles story without even getting to the present.
CON: Ridiculously long biopic; if this movie went on for ten more minutes, Charles would have had to fight Howard Hughes.
Alexander Payne for Sideways
PRO: Leftover goodwill from fantastic Election
CON: Failure of lead Paul Giamatti to be nominated is going to hurt him, as will non-epic-length of movie
Mike Leigh for Vera Drake
PRO: Gripping tale of 50's-era British nurse who performs secret abortions
CON: Hollywood expected contemporary version in which the lead character secretly performs plastic surgeries
As it Is In Heaven (Sweden)
The Chorus (France)
Downfall (Germany)
The Sea Inside (Spain)
Yesterday (South Africa)
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