My fellow film fans have I scored a treat for you. When the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences wakes up and does the bright and shiny early in the morning nominations this Tuesday the 15th of February... You... You lucky readers of AICN will already know the nominees... not only that... but as they name them... You can check it off of this list... which has the 8 nominees listed by category prior to cutting them down to the pre-determined number. Like down to just 5 nominees in most... but just 3 in others like Special Effects. Why print this list? Because... for the history of the Oscars we get to see on Feb 15 the nominees... BUT... we always wonder who didn't quite make the cut, who was 6th, 7th and 8th? What you will see here is the list that they narrow down from. 3 films or names from each category will be cut. And you will be left with the final nominees. I got the list from Doctor Evil's Evil Lite Son. And along with massive research with Robogeek, we were able to decode the statistics and make rhyme and reason out of it all. Now... Let's see if we can find out the OSCARS a day early. We are currently working on getting the final 5 in each category, as well as the Foreign Film Nominees... which didn't come in here. Enjoy the list...

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

Jim Carrey... MAN ON THE MOON
Jim Broadbent... TOPSY TURVY
Russell Crowe... THE INSIDER
Matt Damon.... THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY
Richard Farnsworth.... THE STRAIGHT STORY
Sean Penn... SWEET AND LOWDOWN
Kevin Spacey.... AMERICAN BEAUTY
Denzel Washington... THE HURRICANE

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Michael Caine.... THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
Chris Cooper.... AMERICAN BEAUTY
Tom Cruise... MAGNOLIA
Michael Clarke Duncan... THE GREEN MILE
Jude Law..... THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY
John Malkovich.... BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
Haley Joel Osment... THE SIXTH SENSE
Christopher Plummer.... THE INSIDER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Kate Winslet..... HOLY SMOKE
Annette Bening..... AMERICAN BEAUTY
Janet McTeer.... TUMBLEWEEDS
Julianne Moore.... THE END OF THE AFFAIR
Meryl Streep.... MUSIC OF THE HEART
Hilary Swank.... BOYS DON’T CRY
Emily Watson.... ANGELA’S ASHES
Sigourney Weaver.... A MAP OF THE WORLD

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett.... THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Toni Collette.... THE SIXTH SENSE.
Cameron Diaz....BEING JOHN MALKOVICH.
Angelina Jolie... GIRL, INTERRUPTED
Catherine Keener.... BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
Samantha Morton.... SWEET AND LOWDOWN
Gwyneth Paltrow.... THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
Chloe Sevigny... BOYS DON'T CRY

ART DIRECTION

ANNA AND THE KING Lucianna Arrighi
AMERICAN BEAUTY Naomi Shohan and Jan K Bergstrom.
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH K.K. Barrett, Gene Serdena & Richard Hoover
THE END OF THE AFFAIR Anthony Pratt
SLEEPY HOLLOW Rick Heinrichs
STAR WARS EPISODE ONE Gavin Bocquet & Peter Walpole
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY... Roy Walker
THE SIXTH SENSE Andrew Mondshein

BEST PICTURE

Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks AMERICAN BEAUTY
Stephen Woolley and Neil Jordan.... THE END OF THE AFFAIR
David Valdes and Frank Darabont.... THE GREEN MILE
Armyan Bernstein,John Ketchum & Norman Jewison..THE HURRICANE
Michael Mann and Pieter Jan Brugge.... THE INSIDER
Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Barry Mendel THE SIXTH SENSE
Simon Channing-Williams ... TOPSY TURVY
William Horberg, Tom Sternberg and Sydney Pollack THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Conrad L. Hall AMERICAN BEAUTY
Michael Seresin ANGELA’S ASHES
Roger Pratt THE END OF THE AFFAIR
Dion Beebe HOLY SMOKE
Dante Spinotti THE INSIDER
Emmanuel Lubezki... SLEEPY HOLLOW
Robert Richardson... SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS
John Seale THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY

COSTUME DESIGN

ANNA AND THE KING...Jenny Beavan
THE END OF THE AFFAIR...Sandy Powell
THE MESSENGER:THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC..Catherine Leterrier
THE MUMMY... John Bloomfield
SLEEPY HOLLOW.... Colleen Atwood
STAR WARS EPISODE ONE ...Trisha Biggar
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY..Gary Jones,,Ann Roth
WILD WILD WEST... Deborah L. Scott

DIRECTING

MAGNOLIA...Paul Thomas Anderson
THE HURRICANE...Norman Jewison
TOPSY TURVY...Mike Leigh
THE INSIDER... Michael Mann
AMERICAN BEAUTY...Sam Mendes
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY...Anthony Minghella
THREE KINGS David O. Russell
THE SIXTH SENSE...M. Night Shyamalan

FILM EDITING

AMERICAN BEAUTY...Tariq Anwar,,Christopher Greenbury
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY Stuart Levy,,Thomas J. Nordberg,,Keith Salmon,,Stuart Waks
THE FIGHT CLUB...Jim Haygood
THE HURRICANE...Stephen E. Rivkin
THE INSIDER...William Goldenberg,,David Rosenbloom,,Paul Rubell
STAR WARS EPISODE ONE....Ben Burtt,,Paul Martin Smith

MAKEUP

ANNA AND THE KING....Morag Ross,, Marilyn MacDonald
AUSTIN POWERS 2: THE SPY WHO SHAG ME ..Cheryl Nick,, Will Huff,, Brian Penikas
BLAST FROM THE PAST... Ben Nye, Jr.,, Heidi Seeholzer,, Matthew Mungle
END OF DAYS.... Jeff Dawn
LIFE.... Rick Baker,, Will Huff
MAN ON THE MOON...Brian Penikas,, Bob Zmuda
THE MUMMY...Aileen Seaton,, Sarita Allison,, Sarah Berry,, Jane Buxton,, Joanne Manning,, Ben Nye, Jr.,, Jane Walker
SLEEPY HOLLOW...Peter Owen
STAR WARS EPISODE ONE...Paul Engelen,, Mark Coulier
TOPSY TURVY Christine Blundell,, Trefor Proud
BICENTENNIAL MAN... Rick Bongiovanni

ORIGINAL SCORE

AMERICAN BEAUTY by Thomas Newman
ANGELA’S ASHES by John Williams
THE END OF THE AFFAIR by Michael Nyman
THE INSIDER by Lisa Gerraro and Pieter Bourke
LEGEND OF 1900 by Ennio Morricone
MUSIC OF THE HEART by Mason Daring
THE STRAIGHT STORY by Angelo Badalamenti
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY by Gabriel Yared
TOY STORY 2 by Randy Newman

ORIGINAL SONG

"How Can I Not Love You" by George Fenton ANNA AND THE KING
"Beautiful Stranger" by Madonna. AUSTIN POWERS 2: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME
"Save Me" by Aimee Mann. MAGNOLIA
"Music of My Heart" by Mason Daring MUSIC OF THE HEART
"Blue Eyes Blue" by James Newton Howard RUNAWAY BRIDE
"Walking Tall" by Alan Silvestri STUART LITTLE
"You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins... TARZAN
"When She Loved Me" by Randy Newman ... TOY STORY II

SCREENPLAY - ADAPTATION

ANGELAS’S ASHES Screenplay by Laura Jones and Alan Parker
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES Screenplay by John Irving
THE END OF THE AFFAIR Screenplay by Neil Jordan
THE GREEN MILE Screenplay by Frank Darabont
THE HURRICANE Screenplay by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon
THE INSIDER Screenplay by Eric Roth & Michael Mann
THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY Screenplay by Anthony Minghella
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY Written by John Logan and Oliver Stone,, Story by Daniel Pyne and John Logan

SCREENPLAY - ORIGINAL

AMERICAN BEAUTY Written by Alan Ball
BEING JOHN MALKOVICH Written by Charlie Kaufman
MAGNOLIA Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
THE SIXTH SENSE Written by M. Night Shyamalan
SWEET AND LOWDOWN Written by Woody Allen
THREE KINGS Written by David O. Russell,, Story by John Ridley
TOY STORY 2 Written by Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlain and Chris Webb,, Story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Ash Brannon and Andrew Stanton

SOUND EFFECTS EDITING

THE MATRIX.... Dane A. Davis
THE MUMMY...Leslie Shatz
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY... Wylie Stateman and Kelly Cabral
THE FIGHT CLUB... Richard Hymns and Ren Klyce
THE GREEN MILE Mark Mangini
STAR WARS EPISODE ONE.....Tom Bellfort and Ben Burtt
THREE KINGS ... Bruce Fortune

VISUAL EFFECTS

THE MATRIX by Jon Thum, Steve Courtley, Janek Sirrs and John Gaeta
THE MUMMY by Ben Snow, Chris Corbould, Daniel Jeannette and John Andrew Berton, Jr.
STAR WARS EPISODE ONE by Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, John Knoll and Rob Coleman.
STUART LITTLE by John Dykstra, Eric Allard, Henry F. Anderson, III and Jerome Chen
WILD WILD WEST by Eric Brevig, Michael Lantieri, Don Elliott and Pablo Hellman.
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH by John Richardson, Chris Corbould and Mara Bryan
SLEEPY HOLLOW by Jim Mitchell, Joss Williams, Kevin Yagher and Paddy Eaton