Technical issues unfortunately prevented my colleague Scott Von Doviak from live-blogging all the way to the end of the Oscars with me last night, but he got his revenge by stomping me 14 to 12 in the Screengrab Oscar pool, scoring a Bronze Medal in prognostication. Taking the Silver (and spurring rumors of steroid use) was Mr. Paul Clark. And the Gold goes to new-ish kid on the block Nick Schager, who was the only one among us to fully predict the extent to which singing, dancing Slumdog Mania would grip the Academy this year.
Check out our scores below, along with a full list of winners (and the smart Screengrabbers who picked them):
18 - Nick Schager: NS
15 - Paul Clark: PC
14 - Scott Von Doviak: SVD
13 - Iris Steensma: IS
12 - Andrew Osborne: AO (voted in all categories badly)
10 -Sarah Clyne Sundberg: SCS (didn’t vote in all categories)
06 - Leonard Pierce: LP (didn’t vote in all categories)
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson (PC, AO, NS, SCS, SVD, IS)
Best Director
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire (PC, NS, SCS, SVD)
Best Actor
Sean Penn – Milk (AO, SCS)
Best Actress
Kate Winslet – The Reader (PC, AO, NS, SVD, IS)
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Everyone)
Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona (SVD)
Best Original Screenplay
Milk - Dustin Lance Black (PC, AO, NS, SVD, IS)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy (PC, LP, NS, SVD)
Best Animated Feature
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton (Everybody)
Best Foreign Language Film
Departures (Japan) in Japanese
Best Animated Short
La Maison En Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato (NS)
Best Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo (Everyone)
Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle (PC, NS)
Best Costume Design
The Duchess – Michael O'Connor (PC)
Best Documentary Feature
Man on Wire (AO, NS, SCS, SVD, IS)
Best Documentary Short
Smile Pinki (IS)
Best Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens (PC, NS)
Best Live Action Short
Toyland (Spielzeugland) (AO, NS)
Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom (Everyone)
Best Original Score
Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman (NS, SCS, IS)
Best Original Song
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics) (PC, NS)
Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight – Richard King (AO, SVD)
Best Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron (PC, NS, SVD, IS)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Jerry Lewis (Everyone)