THE FIRST ANNUAL OWL PELLETS FILM AWARDS

1-28-08

And the winners are…

BEST MALE ACTOR (SUPPORTING)

Third Place: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson’s war)

Second Place: Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)

BEST FEMALE ACTOR (SUPPORTING)

Third Place: Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men)

Second Place: Cate Blanchett (I’m Not There)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: Marketa Irglova (Once)

BEST USE OF MUSIC

Third Place: Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim)

Second Place: Once (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: There Will Be Blood (Jonny Greenwood)

BEST WRITER

Third Place: Wes Anderson (The Darjeeling Limited)

Second Place: Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

BEST MALE ACTOR

Third Place: Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd)

Second Place: Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)

BEST FEMALE ACTOR

Third Place: Zoe Bell (Death Proof)

Second Place: Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: Helena Bonham-Carter (Sweeney Todd)

BEST ENSEMBLE

Third Place: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei)

Second Place: Superbad (Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: Sweeney Todd (Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham-Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baren Cohen, Ed Sanders)

BEST DIRECTOR

Third Place: Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)

Second Place: Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)

And The Owl Pellet goes to: Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)

BEST FILM

Third Place: Sweeney Todd

Second Place: No Country for Old Men

And The Owl Pellet goes to: There Will Be Blood

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How do The Owl Pellets Film Awards work?

There are ten nominees for each of the nine categories. Unlike conventional film awards, there will not be a single “winner” in each category. Instead, there will be three winners in each category: 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place.

How are the top three places in each category decided?

The co-founders of Owl Pellets will rank all ten nominees in each category from 1st to 10th. A nominee ranked “1st” will receive 1o points, a nominee ranked “2nd” will receive 9 points, a nominee ranked “3rd” will receive 8 points, a nominee ranked “4th” will receive 7 points… a nominee ranked “10th” will receive 1 point.

In the event of a tie, a ballot will be sent out to all Owl Pellets contributors with the two nominees. The nominee to receive the most votes gains one additional point. In the event of a tie following contributor voting, the co-founders will deliberate on the subject until a winner can be established – the “winner” will gain one additional point for the victory.

The nominee to receive the most points in a category will achieve a 1st place spot, and so on until 3rd place.

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