The 78th Annual academy Awards

[Laice07]

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

78th Annual Academy Awards Nominations

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE

Terrence Howard - HUSTLE & FLOW

Heath Ledger - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Joaquin Phoenix - WALK THE LINE

David Strathairn - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

George Clooney - SYRIANA

Matt Dillon - CRASH

Paul Giamatti - CINDERELLA MAN

Jake Gyllenhaal - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

William Hurt - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Judi Dench - MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA

Keira Knightley - PRIDE & PREJUDICE

Charlize Theron - NORTH COUNTRY

Reese Witherspoon - WALK THE LINE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Amy Adams - JUNEBUG

Catherine Keener - CAPOTE

Frances McDormand - NORTH COUNTRY

Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER

Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE

WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

(OMG! No Crappy Animated films!!)

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

KING KONG

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

BATMAN BEGINS

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

THE NEW WORLD

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTSPRIDE & PREJUDICE

WALK THE LINE

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

CAPOTE

CRASH

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MUNICH

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE

ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

MURDERBALL

STREET FIGHT

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

THE DEATH OF KEVIN CARTER: CASUALTY OF THE BANG BANG CLUB

GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA

THE MUSHROOM CLUB

A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

CINDERELLA MAN

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

CRASH

MUNICH

WALK THE LINE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

DON'T TELL

JOYEUX NOèL

PARADISE NOW

SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS

TSOTSI

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

CINDERELLA MAN

STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES

(ORIGINAL SCORE)

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

MUNICH

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

(John Williams is taking home another Oscar!!)

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES

(ORIGINAL SONG)

"In the Deep" - CRASH

"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW

"Travelin' Thru" - TRANSAMERICA

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

CAPOTE

CRASH

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

BADGERED

THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION

THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO

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ONE MAN BAND

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY)

CASHBACK

THE LAST FARM

OUR TIME IS UP

SIX SHOOTER

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

KING KONG

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

KING KONG

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

WALK THE LINE

WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

KING KONG

WAR OF THE WORLDS

(No Star Wars!! You knew one of them had to go, either War of The Worlds or Sith)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

CAPOTE

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

MUNICH

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

CRASH

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.

MATCH POINT

THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

SYRIANA

[Number of the Breast]

Son of a bitch, posted like 5 seconds before me

[Laice07]

lol, so I was first?? Talk about a close race (Y)

[Pepsi]

Wow...not a single movie I didn't like is nominated for Best Picture this year. Glad to see Batman was shown some love in the Cinematography field at least.

Damn, gonna be hard to choose who to root for.

[fourstarfizzle]

As I said in the other thread, Capote all the way for me, and Dillon in Crash too.

[ACCBiggz]

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

78th Annual Academy Awards Nominations

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Philip Seymour Hoffman - CAPOTE

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

George Clooney - SYRIANA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Felicity Huffman - TRANSAMERICA

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR

WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY

BATMAN BEGINS

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING

MUNICH

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING

CRASH

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR

DON'T TELL

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP

STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES

(ORIGINAL SCORE)

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES

(ORIGINAL SONG)

"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - HUSTLE & FLOW

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

MUNICH

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

THE LAST FARM

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING

WAR OF THE WORLDS

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS

WAR OF THE WORLDS

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE CONSTANT GARDENER

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

CRASH

[Number of the Breast]

Matt Dillon has to win. Nothing else really bothers me.

[EWFan2004]

Man not even a Mickey Rourke nod for Sin City. Wow that should tell how the Academy is. I hope Crash wins.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I agree with Pepsi.

The Batman nomination is great.

Love for Howls Moving Castle cheers me up also.

Otherwise a bit pile of 'meh' as ALWAYS.

Roll on Venice Film Festival.....

(any awards festival that gave Zatoichi four awards is loved by me)

Edited January 31, 2006 by ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster

[Ananas]

I want to see the other two films nominated in the best picture category before making predictions, but of the three I've seen Crash is fantastic, Munich is really good and Brokeback Mountain is ridiculously overrated. Heath Ledger was pretty awesome in it though, so his nomination is fine.

[GoGo Yubari]

I generally like the nominations this year. Brokeback was good after the terrible first act, Crash was great, and Good Night and Good Luck was a wonderful movie too. I really want to see Capote and I'll be making a point out of seeing it before the Oscars happen.

Ideally, Crash would win Best Picture but I don't see it happening.

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

Wallace and Gromit for the win!

It'll be brilliant if Nick Adams wins an Oscar.

[ROC]

Coming from someone who liked Brokeback Mountain, I thought Anne Hathaway did a better job than Williams. Williams's performance mostly consisted of her looking depressed the entire time with the one moment that mostly consisted of crying and sobbing while Hathaway showed a much more composed and yet heartbroken look in the final scenes that required a solid amount of talent to pull off. Nothing against Williams, she did good, but Hathaway was the better of the two.

So, other than that, sounds slick. I needs to see me Good Night, And Good Luck. That line said by Strathairn in the trailer is delivered so badass that I must see it.

[Quom]

If Crash was in the best 5 movies released last year it pretty much confirms that last years movies were shit. I would also like to state that I'm sick of the academy overlooking comedies.

[GoGo Yubari]

Coming from someone who liked Brokeback Mountain, I thought Anne Hathaway did a better job than Williams. Williams's performance mostly consisted of her looking depressed the entire time with the one moment that mostly consisted of crying and sobbing while Hathaway showed a much more composed and yet heartbroken look in the final scenes that required a solid amount of talent to pull off. Nothing against Williams, she did good, but Hathaway was the better of the two.

I agree entirely. I'm baffled at Williams being chosen over Hathaway, but maybe they just didn't want Ella Enchanted to be nominated for an Oscar or something.

[syck]

Personally, I thought Brokeback Mountain was incredibly boring and Crash to me is the best out of all of those nominated, but Heath did a great jobin Brokeback, so he deserves his nod, but I'd really like to see Terrence Howard get the award. But Reese should get the win for Best Actress, althought I have yet to see North Country.

[Quom]

I'm really not getting the love for Crash. I found it beyond redemption, it seemed as if a high school senior had dreamt it up. The major white characters along with the Persian father showed the biggest gap in logic to the films intentions. Sandra Bullock isn't suddenly going to love minorities just because she makes the realisation that her foreign house bitch is her only true friend. Nor do I think that the Persian father would hunt down the Latino guy. Sure if he had of come back into the shop after the robbery I see things being heated and there would be a possibility of the gun coming into play. But I doubt that the growing feeling of impotence would lead him to actively stalk him.

I could see the intentions and where the story was aiming to go, but I found it an insult to my intelligence that all of the characters would have singular epiphanies that would 'cure' them of their racism. Racism is something that is slowly gained, it is also something that takes years to remove. I think American History X dealt with the issue in a much more satisfying and honest way. In short Crash was a decent movie to pass away a couple of hours but it was far from an honest depiction of racism.

[GoGo Yubari]

Quick note; though I don't feel the urge to argue about a movie that I honestly enjoyed, I will note that I HATED the Sandra Bullock subplot. Hated it.

[Laice07]

Quick note; though I don't feel the urge to argue about a movie that I honestly enjoyed, I will note that I HATED the Sandra Bullock subplot. Hated it.

[Guest Chaos Theory]

I can't beleive that Batman movie only got nominated for one award. The movie was great.