78th Annual Academy Award Oscar Nominations

[vashti1999]

Best motion picture of the year
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)

“Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)

“Crash” (Lions Gate)

“Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)

“Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)


Performance by an actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Terrence Howard in “Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
Heath Ledger in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn in “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in “Syriana” (Warner Bros.)
Matt Dillon in “Crash” (Lions Gate)
Paul Giamatti in “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax)
Jake Gyllenhaal in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
William Hurt in “A History of Violence” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Keira Knightley in “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in “Junebug” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine Keener in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Frances McDormand in “North Country” (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz in “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)

Achievement in directing
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Ang Lee
“Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Bennett Miller
“Crash” (Lions Gate)
Paul Haggis
“Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
George Clooney
“Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
Steven Spielberg

[Brian Damage]

I know it is a long shot, but I hope Crash sweeps the Oscars. What a great film that was.

[dlemond]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

I know it is a long shot, but I hope Crash sweeps the Oscars. What a great film that was.

I guess you think it's a long shot because of Brokeback Mountain.
That seems to be the case.

But it also seems that if another film is going to upset it, it will be Crash.

I don't know how Munich and Speilberg got nominations.
Most of the reviews for Munich thought it was seriously flawed, though a decent movie.

The Academy is way too in awe of Speilberg, enough already with nomimating anything he touches.

[Brian Damage]

Exactly, Brokeback has got to be the favorite especially how so many people gush over it. Honestly, if it didn't have a gay theme to it, would it even be recognized?

[-TRANCE-]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

if it didn't have a gay theme to it, would it even be recognized?

No. The reason and only reason why the film has gained so much attention is because its about a gay romance. I would like to see Crash win best picture.

[gilligan fanatic]

what a suprise with the nominations. Why do they only focus on the same ten movies. Almost every movie listed is in three categories. The last movie I saw in theaters was Shrek 2, so I can't comment on this for sure, but I am sure there were a lot better movies than the ten listed.

[Superstar]

I'm sooooo happy that Reese is nominated!

[HuntingtonM15]

When I saw the nods announced this morning, I couldn't believe I predicted the supporting actor category correctly! I'm a bit surprised that Walk the Line didn't get a Best Picture nod. In my opinion, Brokeback deserves everything it's been given. I don't find it overrated at all.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Exactly, Brokeback has got to be the favorite especially how so many people gush over it. Honestly, if it didn't have a gay theme to it, would it even be recognized?

critics kiss Ang Lee's ass anyways, remember Crouching Tiger:Hidden Dragon? I have seen a number of gay/lesbian themed movies that were better than Brokeback that the Academy never even noticed. Peter Sarsgaard did a wonderful performance as a bisexual in Kinsey and was snubbed last year, not even nominated, and I thought he was better in that than Heath or Jake were in Brokeback.

Plus, I've even encountered people who despise all things gay who love Brokeback because they thought it's a beautiful movie, with the type of ending that really makes you think about society.

[vashti1999]

All the other categories:

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Dan Futterman, Capote
Jeffrey Caine, The Constant Gardener
Josh Olson, A History of Violence
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Munich

Best Original Screenplay:
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck
Woody Allen, Match Point
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana

Animated Feature:
Howl's Moving Castle
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Art Direction:
Good Night, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice

Cinematography:
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World

Costumes:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride & Prejudice
Walk the Line

Documentary Feature:
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight

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

Film Editing:
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Munich
Walk the Line

Foreign Language Film:
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux Noël (France)
Paradise Now (Palestinian Authority)
Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days (Germany)
Tsotsi (South Africa)

Make-Up:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Original Score:
Gustavo Santaolalla, Brokeback Mountain
Alberto Iglesias, The Constant Gardener
John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams, Munich
Dario Marianelli, Pride & Prejudice

Original Song:
''In the Deep,'' from Crash
''It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp,'' from Hustle & Flow
''Travelin' Thru,'' from Transamerica

Short Film (Animated):
Badgered
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
9
One Man Band

Short Film (Live Action):
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time Is Up
Six Shooter

Sound Editing:
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds

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

Visual Effects:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
King Kong
War of the Worlds

[PrettyinPink55]

Wow!!! Good for Crash and Reese!

[Johnny S]

King Kong dosen't get a best picture nomination?!?!

I've seriously never heard of 3 of the 5 films nominated for best picture.

[TJL]

I'm surprized "Crash" got a Best Picture nomination.
I heard it was a good movie, but it came out a while ago, and usually the academy forgets about films that came out early in the year.

I'm glad "Good Night And Good Luck" got some recognition. It was a very good film, and George Clooney has proven that he's not just another TV guy who got lucky in films. He's got some talent.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by Johnny S

King Kong dosen't get a best picture nomination?!?!

the academy usually shies away from big blockbuster types like King Kong outside of the technical catagories (if you noticed, no Star Wars, Harry Potter or Narnia either), plus, the movie got too many mixed reviews. There's the occasional Titanic and Lord Of The Rings that comes around and woos the critics, but most of the time, critics don't usually all agree on those films being works of art. King Kong also was not the blockbuster that the studio execs hoped for. It's done well, mind you, but I think Universal was aiming for $300-$350 million and King Kong likely won't make it to $225 million, so it was a little underwhelming in that aspect.

Which three were you not familiar with?

[Brad Russ]

Cinderella Man should have gotten a Best Picture nod, and Russell Crowe not getting nominated for best actor is an outrage!! Munich was overrated, and definitely did not deserve even a nomination, much less a best picture one. I saw it, and it was way too long, and as was already stated, flawed in many ways. Hopefully Crash will win for best picture, March of The Penguins will win for best documentary, and Paul Giamatti will win for supporting actor. Other then that, I really don't give a crap about the entire show.