BEST DIRECTOR
Director - Film	Comment
Martin Scorsese - The Departed (GG) (BFCA)	Just feels right
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls (BFCA)	The most likely to upset in a category unlikely to see an upset
Clint Eastwood - Letters From Iwo Jima (GG) (BFCA)	Powerful, but wouold need to get on a big roll
Stephen Frears - The Queen (GG) (BFCA)	Happy to be nominated... could be a someday "special award" winner
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel (GG)	A foothold... but vulnerable
Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton - Little Miss Sunshine	May be stronger than they look
Paul Greengrass - United 93 (BFCA)	Upset special
Todd Field - Little Children	Been here before
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men	Long shot, but could DGA it
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
Gabriele Muccino - The Pursuit of Happyness
Clint Eastwood - Flags Of Our Fathers(GG)

Charts from December 21 Picturex Director xx...Actor/Supporting Actor XActress/Supporting Actress xScreenplay/Adapted Screenplay

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January 4, 2007
- by David Poland