Oscar nominations: British hopes rest with Christie and Day Lewis

Published on Tuesday 22 January 2008 13:50

DANIEL Day-Lewis and Julie Christie will lead Britain's bid for success at this year's Academy Awards.

Day-Lewis is among the eight nominations received by Texas oil drama There Will Be Blood. Modern western No Country for Old Men also received eight nominations.

Christie was nominated for her performance as a victim of Alzheimer's Disease in Away From Her.

British film Atonement has scored seven Oscar nominations, including best picture.

Its 13-year-old star, Irish schoolgirl Saoirse Ronan, is in the running for the title of best supporting actress.

There was disappointment for Scotsman James McAvoy, who misses out despite being widely tipped to receive a best actor nomination for his role in Atonement.

Nominations in full (click on the links in bold to view trailers:

Best picture: Atonement; Juno; Michael Clayton; No Country for Old Men; There Will Be Blood

Best actor: George Clooney (Michael Clayton); Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood); Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd); Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises); Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)

Best actress: Julie Christie (Away From Her); Laura Linney (The Savages); Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age); Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose); Ellen Page (Juno)

Best supporting actor: Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton); 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)

Best supporting actress: Ruby Dee (American Gangster); Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There); Saoirse Ronan (Atonement); Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone); Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

Best director: PT Anderson (There Will Be Blood); Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men); Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton); Jason Reitman (Juno); Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)