Oscars

Best Director

Clint Eastwood (Letters from Iwo Jima)	Stephen Frears (The Queen)	Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (Babel)	Paul Greengrass (United 93)	Martin Scorsese (The Departed)

Should Win: Clint Eastwood Could Win: Clint Eastwood/Paul Greengrass Will Win: Martin Scorsese

Standing ovation. "Could you double-check the envelope?".

Noone dares deny Marty this win. I don't think this is his best movie, not even in recent years, but hey... whatever gets it done. I viewed Greengrass as the possible shocking upset and Eastwood as the potential deserving upset, but Eastwood himself would probably be embarassed to win in front of Scorsese one more time. So I guess the voters would save him the awkwardness and actually give it to Marty.