Tom O'Neil is talking Oscar for ThinkFilm's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" over at Gold Derby, but seems unsure about what to really expect for the film come January.

Well, not for nothing, but a voting member told me today that when the film showed at the Academy this weekend, there was plenty of applause for Sudney Lumet's directorial credit, but nothing much at all for Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke.  Then another uproar came for Marisa Tomei.

For what it's worth...