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2006 Oscar Nominations Opinions by Shawn McKenzie 03/04/2006 The nominations for the 78th Academy Awards are back, and they look to be fairly predictable. The show airs Sunday, March 5, on ABC. It is being hosted for the first time by “The Daily Show's” Jon Stewart this year. Below are all the nominations in every category. My predictions of who I think will win will have a “+” by it (my averages on the Oscars tend to be much better than on the Golden Globes; all predictions are based on expert analysis and the winners of previous awards shows.) My choices of what I think should win (if the world were run by me) will have a “*” by it (not every category has my choice, since I haven’t seen all the nominees, and I don’t feel qualified to pick a choice in the technical categories. I have seen all of the movies in the top eight main categories though.) Update: The winners are in the larger font. I got 17 out 24 predictions correct. I will save my comments about the show itself for the free weekly newsletter (see the left side of any page to learn how to subscribe.)
Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees: +Brokeback Mountain - Diana Ossana, James Schamus Capote - Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven *Crash - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman Good Night, and Good Luck. - Grant Heslov Munich - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees: +*Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees: Judi Dench for Mrs. Henderson Presents Felicity Huffman for Transamerica Keira Knightley for Pride & Prejudice Charlize Theron for North Country +*Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees: George Clooney for Syriana Matt Dillon for Crash +*Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain William Hurt for A History of Violence Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees: Amy Adams for Junebug Catherine Keener for Capote *Frances McDormand for North Country +Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain Best Achievement in Directing Nominees: George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck. *Paul Haggis for Crash +Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain Bennett Miller for Capote Steven Spielberg for Munich Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees: +*Crash - Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney, Grant Heslov Match Point - Woody Allen The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach Syriana - Stephen Gaghan Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees: +Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana Capote - Dan Futterman The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine *A History of Violence - Josh Olson Munich - Tony Kushner, Eric Roth Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees: Batman Begins - Wally Pfister +Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit Memoirs of a Geisha - Dion Beebe The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki Best Achievement in Editing Nominees: Cinderella Man - Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill The Constant Gardener - Claire Simpson +Crash - Hughes Winborne Munich - Michael Kahn Walk the Line - Michael McCusker Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominees: Good Night, and Good Luck. - James D. Bissell, Jan Pascale Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan King Kong - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Simon Bright +Memoirs of a Geisha - John Myhre, Gretchen Rau Pride & Prejudice - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Gabriella Pescucci +Memoirs of a Geisha - Colleen Atwood Mrs. Henderson Presents - Sandy Powell Pride & Prejudice - Jacqueline Durran Walk the Line - Arianne Phillips Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees: Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla The Constant Gardener - Alberto Iglesias +Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams Munich - John Williams Pride & Prejudice - Dario Marianelli Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees: Hustle & Flow - Jordan Houston (Juicy J), Cedric Coleman (Crunchy Black), Paul Beauregard (DJ Paul), a.k.a. Three 6 Mafia (“It’s Hard Out Here For a Pimp” performed by Terrence Howard featuring Taraji P. Henson) Crash - Michael Becker, Kathleen York (“In the Deep” performed by Kathleen “Bird” York) +Transamerica - Dolly Parton (“Travelin’ Thru” performed by Dolly Parton) Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees: +The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Howard Berger, Tami Lane Cinderella Man - David LeRoy Anderson, Lance Anderson Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Dave Elsey, Annette Miles Best Achievement in Sound Nominees: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic, Tony Johnson +King Kong - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek Memoirs of a Geisha - Kevin O’onnell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett Walk the Line - Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland War of the Worlds - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ron Judkins Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees: +King Kong - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn Memoirs of a Geisha - Wylie Stateman War of the Worlds - Richard King Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar +King Kong - Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor War of the Worlds - Pablo Helman, Dennis Muren, Randy Dutra, Daniel Sudick Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees: Tim Robbin’s Corpse Bride - Tim Burton, Mike Johnson Howl’s Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) - Hayao Miyazaki +*Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Steve Box, Nick Park Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees: Don’t Tell (La Bestia nel cuore) - Cristina Comencini (Italy) Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) - Christian Carion (France) Paradise Now - Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine) Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Die letzten Tage) - Marc Rothemund (Germany) +Tsotsi - Gavin Hood (South Africa) Best Documentary, Features Nominees: Darwin’s Nightmare - Hubert Sauper Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - Alex Gibney, Jason Kliot +March of the Penguins (La Marche de l’empereur) - Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau *Murderball - Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro Street Fight - Marshall Curry Best Documentary, Short Subjects Nominees: +God Sleeps in Rwanda - Kimberlee Acquaro, Stacy Sherman A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin - Corinne Marrinan, Eric Simonson The Life of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club - Dan Krauss The Mushroom Club - Steven Okazaki Best Short Film, Animated Nominees: Badgered - Sharon Colman The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation - John Canemaker, Peggy Stern The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello - Anthony Lucas +9 - Shane Acker One Man Band - Mark Andrews, Andrew Jimenez Best Short Film, Live Action Nominees: The Runaway (Ausreißer) - Ulrike Grote Cashback - Sean Ellis, Lene Bausager The Last Farm (Síðasti bærinn í dalnum) - Rúnar Rúnarsson, Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson Our Time Is Up - Rob Pearlstein, Pia Clemente +Six Shooter - Martin McDonagh What do you think of the nominees? 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