2008 Oscar Watch: Best Picture
By Kit Bowen, Hollywood.com Staff
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
OK, it’s almost three months before this year’s Oscar noms are announced -- but Hollywood’s already starting to talk about who could be on the list. So we’ve started spinning our own wheels to predict which movies have that certain Best Picture quality. Our bet is on these 10, most of which still have not even hit theaters yet.
In alphabetical order:
Australia
The Academy always loves a grand, sweeping epic -- and Baz Luhrmann’s latest just might fit the bill. It involves a ‘40s English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman), who inherits a cattle ranch in Australia, and a hunky rancher (Hugh Jackman), who helps her drive 2,000 head of cattle across the country’s unforgiving Outback. Of course, they fall in love and even end up facing WWII Japanese forces at the other end of the journey. Sappy and cliché? Maybe, but never underestimate the power of a romantic period piece.
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