2007 Oscar Nominees' Reactions!
Including Eddie Murphy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese
January 23, 2007
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Ryan Gosling, 2007 Best Actor Oscar nominee for "Half Nelson."
"I have tremendous respect for all the actors in this category and it's a great honor to be in their company. It's extremely encouraging to see a small film be recognized at this level. By recognizing me I feel that it honors everyone I love and for that I am truly grateful."
Martin Scorsese, 2007 Best Director Oscar nominee for "The Departed."
“I am very pleased that The Departed has been honored with five nominations for this year’s Academy Awards. I am particularly happy that the hard work of the entire cast and crew has been rewarded with a Best Picture nomination and that the specific contributions of Mark Wahlberg, our screenwriter William Monahan, and my longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker have been recognized with nominations as well.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, 2007 Best Actor Oscar nominee for "Blood Diamond."
"I am honored to receive this nomination from the Academy -- especially in a year full of such worthy nominees. I'm grateful to everyone who has supported Blood Diamond. Being nominated is a tribute to everyone who worked on this film -- especially Ed Zwick. I am also thrilled for Djimon, Mark and Marty - all so deserving of this recognition.”
Eddie Murphy, 2007 Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee for "Dreamgirls."
“I am deeply honored and humbled that the Academy has chosen to recognize my performance in Dreamgirls. Without a doubt receiving this nomination will stand out as one of the highlights of my career, and I graciously share it with Bill Condon, my castmates and the producers of Dreamgirls.”
Will Smith, 2007 Best Actor Oscar nominee for "The Pursuit of Happyness."
"Congratulations to all the nominees. It is a great honor to be considered among this caliber of performers. No competition, all celebration. Let the parties begin."
Clint Eastwood, 2007 Best Director Oscar nominee for "Letters From Iwo Jima"
“I want to thank the Academy for recognizing both Letters from Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers. It is particularly gratifying that Letters from Iwo Jima was included as a Best Picture nominee. When we were working on Flags, I knew there was another part of the story that deserved to be told, but I could not have imagined where we’d be today. I share these nominations with our entire creative team."
PARAMOUNT PICTURES PICKS UP MOST "2007 OSCAR NOMINATIONS"
Nancy Kirkpatrick, current Executive Vice President of Worldwide Publicity at Paramount Pictures released this statement to Wild About Movies this afternoon.
"When the nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced today, Paramount Pictures Corporation led all other studios with 19 nominations with films that were released by Paramount Pictures and Paramount Vantage in 2006.
DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures’ “Dreamgirls,” garnered 8 nominations, the most of any film, in the following categories: Supporting actor - Eddie Murphy; Supporting actress – Jennifer Hudson; Art direction – John Myhre (Production Designer), Tomas Voth (Supervising Art Director), Nancy Haigh (Set Decorator); Costume Design – Sharen Davis; Best song – “Listen” written by Henry Krieger, Anne Preven, Scott Cutler and Beyoncé Knowles; Best song – ”Love You I Do” written by Henry Krieger and Sedah Garrett; Best song – “Patience” written by Henry Krieger and Willie Reale; and Sound Mixing - Willie Burton (Production Sound Mixer), Michael Minkler, C.A.S. and Bob Beemer (Re-Recording Mixers).
Paramount Vantage’s “Babel” received 7 nominations, for Best Picture - Producers Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin; Best Director – Alejandro González Iñárritu; Best Supporting Actress – Rinko Kikuchi; Best Supporting Actress – Adriana Barraza; Film Editing – Stephen Mirrione, A.C.E. & Douglas Crise; Original Score – Gustavo Santaolalla; and Original Screenplay – Guillermo Arriaga.
Dreamworks Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures “Flags of Our Fathers,” distributed by Paramount Pictures, took 2 nominations, for Sound Editing - Alan Robert Murray (Supervising Sound Editor), Bub Asman (Co-Supervising Sound Editor) and Sound Mixing - Walt Martin (Sound Mixer), John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff (Re-Recording Mixers).
“An Inconvenient Truth,” released by Paramount Vantage, was nominated for Best Documentary – Davis Guggenheim, Director; and Best Song – “I Need To Wake Up,” written and performed by Melissa Etheridge."
