Buuxi weedha soo socota: Mortensen waxaa sidoo kale loo magacaabay abaalmarinta Academy Award ee Jilaaga ugu Fiican Abaalmarinta 80aad ee Academy Awards, laakiin wuxuu u sheegay Associated Press: "Haddii ay jirto shaqo joojin ma aadi doono". <unk> tixraac ku saabsan shaqo joojinta Writers Guild of America ee socota. 12-kii Febraayo 2008-dii,
Markii ay dhamaatay shaqo joojintii, wuxuu ka qeyb galay xaflada, inkastoo uu ku guuldareystay inuu ku guuleysto abaalmarinta Daniel Day-Lewis oo uu ku guulaystay "Waxaa jiri doona Dhiig". "Ballamada Bariga" waxay heshay laba iyo toban magacaabista Abaalmarinta 28aad ee Genie, oo ay la xiriirto filimka "Shake Hands with the Devil" ee loogu talagalay magacaabista ugu badan, waxayna ku guuleysatay toddobo, Jilaaga Taageerada ugu Fiican (Mueller-Stahl), Shaashadda, Sawir-gacmeedka, Tafatirka, Dhibcaha Muusikada, Codka Guud, Tafatirka Codka.