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Here's a quick, primarily pictorial, rundown of films nominated for an Oscar this year in the category of Visual Brilliance (a.k.a. Best Art Direction). My guess is that the Award will go to either Sweeney Todd or Atonement. I'd love to see Sweeney Todd take it, if only for the fact that the film stars Johnny Depp and Alan Rickman. Talk about visual gratification.





American Gangster
(Universal)
Art Direction: Arthur Max
Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino





Atonement
(Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer





The Golden Compass
(New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock







Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo





There Will Be Blood
(Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk
Set Decoration: Jim Erickson





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