Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of
Fleet Street
Parkes/MacDonald and Zanuck
Company; DreamWorks/Paramount
Distribution / Warner Bros. Pictures
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of
Fleet Street stars Johnny Depp, Helena
Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, and
Timothy Spall. The musical is about a
barber who is put away for 15 years
for a crime he did not commit.
The
other nominees for the 2008 Best
Picture - Musical or Comedy award
were:
Across The Universe
Revolution Studios; Sony
Pictures Releasing
Across the Universe is a musical
written by Dick Clement and Ian La
Frenais, and directed by Julie Taymor.
The movie has 34 compositions written
by members of The Beatles.
Charlie Wilson's War
Universal Pictures/Relativity
Media/Participant Productions/Playtone;
Universal Pictures
Charlie Wilson's War is based on the
book Charlie Wilson's War: The
Extraordinary Story of the Largest
Covert Operation in History, by George
Crile. The movie, directed by Mike
Nichols, stars Tom Hanks, Julia
Roberts, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Amy
Adams, and Ned Beatty. Charlie
Wilson's war has been written by Aaron
Sorkin.
The movie is the story of
Democratic Texas Congressman Charlie
Wilson, who tries to help the Afghan
Mujahideen with the help of a CIA
operative.
Hairspray
Zadan/Meron Productions / New
Line Cinema in association with
Ingenious Film Partners; New Line
Cinema
Hairspray is a musical based on the
Tony Award-winning 2002 Broadway
musical Hairspray. The Broadway
musical was based on a comedy film of
the same name. Direct by Adam Shankman,
the movie is about a plump teen who
wants to become a dancing sensation
and takes on racial segregation. The
movie features John Travolta, Michelle
Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda
Bynes, James Marsden, Queen Latifah,
Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah
Kelley, Allison Janney, and Nikki
Blonsky.
Juno
Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd
Production; Fox Searchlight Pictures
Juno is a comedy starring Ellen Page,
Michael Cera,Jennifer Garner, and
Jason Bateman. The movie is directed
by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo
Cody. Juno revolves around a a
sarcastic young teen, Juno, who has to
deal with an unplanned pregnancy.
