BlackTree TV covers The 80th Annual Academy Awards

Best Supporting Actor

Hal Holbrook

Hal Holbrook is an Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actor who is one of the great craftsman of stage and screen. He is best known for his performance as Mark Twain, for which he won a Tony and the first of his ten Emmy Award nominations. Aside from the stage, Holbrook made his reputation primarily on television, and was memorable as Abraham Lincoln, as Senator Hays Stowe on "The Bold Ones" and as Capt. Lloyd Bucher on "Pueblo". All of these roles brought him Emmy Awards, with "Pueblo" bringing him two, as Best Lead Actor in a Drama and Actor of the Year - Special. On January 22, 2008, he became the oldest male performer ever nominated for a an Academy Award, for his supporting turn in "Into the Wild."

Casey Affleck

Javier Bardem

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Tom Wilkinson

Into the Wild

Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.

Cast

Emile Hirsch
Marcia Gay Harden
William Hurt
Jena Malone
Brian Dierker
Catherine Keener
Vince Vaughn
Kristen Stewart
Hal Holbrook

Production Team

Directed and Written by Sean Penn