2007 Flak Film Also-Ran Awards: The Steak Knives
Ineligible Candidates

ACTOR
Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland (Golden Globes)
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine (Oscars, Independent Spirit Awards)
Raymond J. Barry, Steel City (Independent Spirit Awards)
Sasha Baron Cohen, Borat (Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Daniel Craig, Infamous (Independent Spirit Awards)
Paul Dano, Little Miss Sunshine (Independent Spirit Awards)
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Golden Globes)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed (Golden Globes)
Robert Downey, Jr., A Scanner Darkly (Indiewire)
Aaron Eckhart, Thank You for Smoking (Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kinky Boots (Golden Globes)
Will Ferrell, Stranger Than Fiction (Golden Globes)
Ion Fiscuteanu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Indiewire)
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson (Oscars, Independent Spirit Awards, Indiewire)
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children (Oscars, Indiewire)
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond (Oscars)
Sergi Lopez, Pan's Labyrinth (Indiewire)
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Jack Nicholson, The Departed (Golden Globes)
Nick Notle, Clean (Indiewire)
Edward Norton, The Painted Veil (Independent Spirit Awards)
Will Oldham, Old Joy (Indiewire)
Peter O'Toole, Venus (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Brad Pitt, Babel (Golden Globes)
Ahmad Razvi, Man Push Cart (Independent Spirit Awards)
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Channing Tatum, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Independent Spirit Awards)
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Forest Whitaker, American Gun (Independent Spirit Awards)
Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)

ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza, Babel (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Annette Bening, Running with Scissors (Golden Globes)
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada (Golden Globes)
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine (Oscars)
Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine (Golden Globes)
Penelope Cruz, Volver (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Laura Dern, Inland Empire (Indiewire)
Melonie Diaz, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (Independent Spirit Awards)
Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson (Independent Spirit Awards, Indiewire)
Luminita Gheorghiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Indiewire)
MaGolden Globesie Gyllenhall, Sherrybaby (Golden Globes)
Marcia Gay Harden, American Gun (Independent Spirit Awards)
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Sandra Huller, Requiem (Indiewire)
Mary Beth Hurt, The Dead Girl (Independent Spirit Awards)
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Beyonce Knowles, Dreamgirls (Golden Globes)
Frances McDormand, Friends with Money (Independent Spirit Awards)
Helen Mirren, The Queen (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration (Independent Spirit Awards, Indiewire)
Elizabeth Reaser, Sweet Land (Independent Spirit Awards)
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Meryl Streep, A Prairie Home Companion (Indiewire)
Amber Tamblyn, Stephanie Daley (Independent Spirit Awards)
Michelle Williams, Land of Plenty (Independent Spirit Awards)
Kate Winslet, Little Children (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Robin Wright Penn, Sorry, Haters (Independent Spirit Awards)
Renee Zellweger, Miss Potter (Golden Globes)

SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, Babel (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Paynham & Dan Mazer, Borat (Oscars)
Rian Johnson, Brick (Indiewire)
Alfonso Cuaron & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, Children of Men (Oscars)
William Monahan, The Departed (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Nicole Holofcener, Friends with Money (Independent Spirit Awards)
Neil Burger, The Illusionist (Independent Spirit Awards)
Iris Yamashita, Letters from Iwo Jima (Oscars)
Todd Field & Tom Perrotta, Little Children (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine (Oscars)
Patrick Marber, Notes on a Scandal (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Ron Nyswaner, The Painted Veil (Independent Spirit Awards)
Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth (Oscars)
Peter Morgan, The Queen (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly (Indiewire)
Jeff Stanzler, Sorry, Haters (Independent Spirit Awards)
Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking (Independent Spirit Awards)
Frank Cottrell Boyce, Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (Indiewire)

DIRECTOR
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu, Babel (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Steven Soderbergh, Bubble (Independent Spirit Awards)
Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men (Indiewire)
Karen Moncrieff, The Dead Girl (Independent Spirit Awards)
Cristi Puiu & Razvan Radulescu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Indiewire)
Martin Scorsese, The Departed (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, L'Enfant (Indiewire)
Clint Eastwood, Flags of Our Fathers (Golden Globes)
Ryan Fleck, Half Nelson (Independent Spirit Awards)
David Lynch, Inland Empire (Indiewire)
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton, Little Miss Sunshine (Independent Spirit Awards)
Robert Altman, A Prairie Home Companion (Independent Spirit Awards)
Stephen Frears, The Queen (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Paul Greengrass, United 93 (Oscars)

PICTURE
Army of Shadows (Indiewire)
American Gun (Independent Spirit Awards)
Babel (Oscars, Golden Globes)
Bobby (Golden Globes)
Borat (Golden Globes)
The Dead Girl (Independent Spirit Awards)
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Indiewire)
The Departed (Oscars, Golden Globes, Indiewire)
The Devil Wears Prada (Golden Globes)
Dreamgirls (Golden Globes)
L'Enfant (Indiewire)
Half Nelson (Independent Spirit Awards)
Inland Empire (Indiewire)
Letters from Iwo Jima (Oscars)
Little Miss Sunshine (Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards)
Little Children (Golden Globes)
Pan's Labyrinth (Independent Spirit Awards)
The Queen (Oscars)
Thank You For Smoking (Golden Globes)

— graphic by Derek Evernden (derek@ocellus.net)