BEST PICTURE
Picture - Studio	Comment
Dreamgirls	Can it be beat?
The Good German	Has Soderbergh got the shocker of the season up his sleeve? No one at WB seems to have an opinion
The Queen	A fine film with a winning performance... but they need to avoid the Walk The Line problem.
The Departed	Suddenly, in a soft year, a real contender for a nod
World Trade Center	Paramount's true passion... where there's a will...
Little Children	The film splits audiences, but there is great passion to be mined
Babel	A fine piece of work... is Inarritu/Arriaga still too tough for The Academy?
Little Miss Sunshine	Plenty of passionate fans... and could end up with crix awards to boot
Flags of Our Fathers	Never bury Clint... but the danger signs are there
The Good Shepherd	Can Robert DeNiro find the next gear behind the camera?
The History Boys	Searchlight is playing it cool... too cool?
The Painted Veil	There is hope... and the passion of Edward Norton
The Illusionist	Yari's Revenge has done more business than expected... is there more love out there than expected?
Bobby	Harvey's shot... a blank?
Catch A Fire	Nice movie, but is apartheid ready for a comeback?
The Pursuit of Happyness	Will Smith looks like a lock, but the movie might be too M.O.W.
Stranger Than Fiction	Looks like a commercial hit that leans female, but may fade in the Sunshine
Home of the Brave	Little seen Irwin Winkler film
Rescue Dawn	A great, tough movie, but MGM needs to prove it can mount a campaign before we take it seriously
The Last King of Scotland	Not really... but with a strong supporting performance being sold as lead, #20 fits
Out Of The Season
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Goya's Ghosts, Margaret, Red Sun, Black Sand, Youth Without Youth, Zodiac
Other Possibles - By Studio
Columbia/Tri-Star
All The King's Men
The Da Vinci Code
Marie Antoinette
Running With Scissors
Disney
Apocalypto
The Prestige
Focus
Hollywoodland
Scoop
Fox
Borat
A Good Year
Fox Searchlight
Fast Food Nation
Notes On A Scandal
Miramax
The Hoax
Venus
New Line
The Nativity Story
Picturehouse
Fur
Pan's Labyrinth
Sony Pictures Classics
Volver
Universal
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
United 93
Warner Bros
The Fountain
Warner Indie
For Your Consideration
The Weinstein Company
Breaking & Entering

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