The road-trip drama Into the Wild received a leading four Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations Thursday, a week ago (Dec. 20, 2007), including honors for lead actor Emile Hirsch and supporting actors Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener.  The British historical romance, Atonement,” was conspicuously absent from the nominees list after receiving a leading seven nominations for the Golden Globes which were announced two weeks ago.

Directed by Sean Penn and based upon a true story, Into the Wild also was nominated for performance by its overall cast, along with the Western, 3:10 to Yuma, the crime sagas, American Gangster and No Country for Old Men, and the musical, Hairspray.

Film and TV nominees were chosen by two groups of 2,100 people randomly chosen from the guild's 120,000 members. The guild's full membership is eligible to vote for winners.

Nominees for the 14th annual Screen Actors Guild awards:

Movies:

Actor:
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Ryan Gosling, "Lars and the Real Girl"
Emile Hirsch, "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"

Actress:
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away From Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie En Rose"
Angelina Jolie, "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Supporting actor:
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Tommy Lee Jones, "No Country for Old Men"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

Supporting actress:
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"
Catherine Keener, "Into the Wild"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Cast:
"3:10 to Yuma"
"American Gangster"
"Hairspray"
"Into the Wild"
"No Country for Old Men"

Stunt ensemble:
"300"
"The Bourne Ultimatum"
"I Am Legend"
“The Kingdom”
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

Television:

Actor in a movie or miniseries:
Michael Keaton, "The Company"
Kevin Kline, "As You Like It"
Oliver Platt, "The Bronx Is Burning"
Sam Shepard, "Ruffian"
John Turturro, "The Bronx Is Burning."

Actress in a movie or miniseries:
Ellen Burstyn, "Mitch Albom's for One More Day"
Debra Messing, "The Starter Wife"
Anna Paquin, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"
Queen Latifah, "Life Support"
Vanessa Redgrave, "The Fever"
Gena Rowlands, "What if God Were the Sun?"

Actor in a drama series:
James Gandolfini, "The Sopranos"
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"
Jon Hamm, "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie, "House"
James Spader, "Boston Legal."

Actress in a drama series:
Glenn Close, "Damages"
Edie Falco, "The Sopranos"
Sally Field," "Brothers & Sisters"
Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace"
Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer."

Actor in a comedy series:
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"
Steve Carell, "The Office"
Ricky Gervais, "Extras"
Jeremy Piven, "Entourage"
Tony Shalhoub, "Monk."

Actress in a comedy series:
Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?"
America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty"
Tina Fey, "30 Rock"
Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds"
Vanessa Williams, "Ugly Betty."

Drama series cast:
"Boston Legal"
"The Closer"
"Grey's Anatomy"
"Mad Men"
"The Sopranos"

Comedy series cast:
"30 Rock"
"Desperate Housewives"
"Entourage"
"The Office"
"Ugly Betty"

Stunt ensemble:
"24"
"Heroes"
"Lost"
"Rome"
"The Unit"

Guild awards will be presented Jan. 27 in a ceremony televised on TNT and TBS.

Screen Actors Guild: http://www.sagawards.org