No Country For Old Men
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2008 Academy Awards Winners

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman - Juno
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
George Clooney - Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Marion Cotillard - La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney - The Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
Ruby Dee - American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Hampton - Atonement
Sarah Polley - Away From Her
Ronald Harwood - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody - Juno
Nancy Oliver - Lars and the Real Girl
Tony Gilroy - Michael Clayton
Brad Bird - Ratatouille
Tamara Jenkins - The Savages

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Beaufort (Israel)
The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Katyn (Poland)
Mongol (Kazakhstan)
12 (Russia)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
American Gangster
Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
Atonement
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
There Will Be Blood
Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
Janusz Kaminski - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Roger Deakins - No Country for Old Men
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Albert Wolsky - Across the Universe
Jacqueline Durran - Atonement
Alexandra Byrne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Marit Allen - La Vie en Rose
Colleen Atwood - Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
No End in Sight
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Sicko
Taxi to the Dark Side
War/Dance

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Christopher Rouse - The Bourne Ultimatum
Juliette Welfling - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jay Cassidy - Into the Wild
Roderick Jaynes - No Country for Old Men
Dylan Tichenor - There Will Be Blood

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald - La Vie en Rose
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji - Norbit
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE)
Dario Marianelli - Atonement
Alberto Iglesias - The Kite Runner
James Newton Howard - Michael Clayton
Michael Giacchino - Ratatouille
Marco Beltrami - 3:10 to Yuma

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)
"Falling Slowly" - Once
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" - August Rush
Nominees to be determined "So Close" - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" - Enchanted
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane - Ratatouille
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe - 3:10 to Yuma
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin - Transformers

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg - The Bourne Ultimatum
Skip Lievsay - No Country for Old Men
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers - Ratatouille
Matthew Wood - There Will Be Blood
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins - Transformers

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood - The Golden Compass
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier - Transformers

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
Freeheld
La Corona (The Crown)
Salim Baba
Sari's Mother

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
I Met the Walrus
Madame Tutli-Putli
Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
Peter & the Wolf

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
At Night
Il Supplente (The Substitute)
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
Tanghi Argentini
The Tonto Woman

This post has been edited by aiman04: Feb 25 2008, 01:24 PM

Apis, I think the last sentence is the situation RX is having.

I've tried what you did with "Pure Direct" too, and I agree. But RX's problem only when the BD audio source is PCM. The legacy DTS/DD is OK even with PS3 maintains PCM output.

RX scenario like I posted before:

BD PCM source --> PCM --> Amp ... Low audio
BD DTS/DD source --> PCM --> Amp ... Loud audio


So, his problem is weird I think. He need to have some HT expert to visit his home.

Cool la RX.

Guys, kesian la wei... At least give support.

So it's only a couple of titles.

Maybe it's not the hardwares after all. Maybe just the 2 BDs got issues.

I don't have both Botti & Protege, anyone else have them? Can you confirm what RX is experiencing with the audio?

Or, RX could be having defective discs, if that's so, should be able to return?

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Added on February 25, 2008, 3:06 pmYou can hop in when you buy the PS3 already, no need to wait for first BD.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Feb 25 2008, 03:06 PM

Yes, I think mpyw also have Botti? Got same problem or not?

I'm sure this is because of defective discs, because all other discs are fine.

What you can try, is bring the discs to other systems.

1. Those with PS3 and any receivers.
2. Those who uses PS3 with the same Onky 605 receiver, that will be the best.

If the problem is still there for both option, you can confirm that the discs are defective.

If only on the option 2, then it could be the disc and/or the Onky.

But if the problem disappears with both option, than bad news, your system may be the problem.

But other discs OK ma...

If speaker not sound good/problem, any audio source, cd, tuner, PS3 will have the same problem.

But just PS3 overall, certain discs only. Kesian your speakers being called cheapskate!

av and bd is directly related. and how is helping someone with amp problem is show off?

we metal one!

Glad you like the movie Apis. Yes, the BD itself is top-rated picture & audio quality.

Anybody want Stranger Than Fiction? "Two Thumbs Way Up" - Ebert & Roeper

You have HTiB ar? With built in DVD player?

That one usually don't have much audio in option, because it's getting the source internally from the player, it's not a full-fledged receiver.

Bad news that you may not able to enjoy multi-channel audio from PS3.

Anybody got Dave Matthews or Celine want to sell?

A friend is coming to my house this saturday, we might have new blu-ray adopter here. But other than movies, he also want to see and hear some concert to get himself convinced.

Anybody? This is urgent!

Already tested to check out, $54 meaning RM175. Only one title is not worth priority shipping.

Too expensive, plus because I don't really like Dave Matthews, just buying for demo material. Secondhand is good enough with reasonable price.

Anyone? Please, for the blu-ray cause!

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Added on February 26, 2008, 2:38 pmGot no projector la, my LCD is good enough.

Thought you don't like Celine, wanna sell?

This post has been edited by aiman04: Feb 26 2008, 02:38 PM

Only problem is where to get fast and cheap enough...

Needs concert. Movies already got many.

Already sms him, already sold!!

If I order from amazon today, confirm arrive friday or not ar?

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Added on February 26, 2008, 3:13 pmThat's an option. But come to think of it, I may want this permanent for future demo material.

We'll see how it goes. Thanks for the offer mpyw!

This post has been edited by aiman04: Feb 26 2008, 03:13 PM

Best Denki also got this promotion for Sharp Aquos.

Yes, all BD player can play DVD, upscaled.

I have both.

Kuali, haven't watch, but got 7.1 audio.

Black Hawk, superb 5.1 PCM audio, superb PQ.

You mean like a shop? Don't think so. Only way to get it is here in LY forums

I got Stranger Than Fiction for sale, want?

When a movie is no more showing in cinemas around the world, most BDs are region free, or ABC.

Only when some countries are still showing, or just finish showing, they'll be more strict for region coding. They want people to go to cinemas first before get it on home video.

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Added on February 26, 2008, 4:11 pmPlace your order la... You can do it, c'mon...

I already placed my order for dave matthews. To minimize cost per title, I also added shoot'em up to the order. This is really unplanned one.

Hope will get it by Friday.

I Am Legend, already pre-ordered separately.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Feb 26 2008, 04:12 PM

Arks... Elite detected!!!

Yammy RX-V1800 is HDMI 1.3a what...

http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/av...ht/rxv1800.html

Less than 4K only...