[grellis]

As much as I would love to see him win the Oscar for direction I don't think he has a chance. I think Sofia Coppola will win, not based on merit, but because of who she is and because a woman has never won as a director. I hope I'm wrong!

[Mamzelle]

They may well snub the most significant achievement in movie-making since The Jazz Singer. It would be just like those perverse jimcracks to do exactly that.

In which case, it'll also be interesting to see the *feedback* they get.

[maquiladora]

Pete is a cert to win the Oscar.

[HairOfTheDog]

As much as I would love to see him win the Oscar for direction I don't think he has a chance.

I not only think he has a chance, I hope and expect it! I will be really dissappointed if it doesn't win Picture and Director, to acknowledge and reward the sheer magnitude of the three films.

[My back yard]

I think they gave her the nomination, that is enough. She might win one of the other categories she is nominated for though.

[sneakers]

I don't know. They listed ROTK as a drama - not fantasy or science fiction. That makes me believe they are seriously positioning it for Best Picture. They just don't seem to give Oscars for films in those categories. Gives me hope that they consider it important enough that they would put it in the 'drama' category. I don't remember if they classified the first two movies as dramas or not.