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Academy Award Nominations

ScarletKnight41
Jan 31 2006 07:28 AM

The List of Nominees

Brokeback Mountain, predictably, garnered tons of nominations. Munich made a better showing than it did at the Golden Globes, and I'm surprised by the number of nominations that went to Capote.

For me, the biggest surprise is that Scarlett Johansson was not nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category - I thought that she was a shoo-in.

My picks are Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Best Actor and Paul Giamatti for Best Supporting Actor. Yes, those two just won the Golden Globes, but I've been picking them in these categories for months now. I haven't seen most of the female acting nominations, although I'm hoping to see Transamerica some time between now and the Oscars.

seawolf17
Jan 31 2006 07:30 AM

Yet another year when we didn't see any of the "Best Picture" nominees. Although this year, we didn't even want to see any of them, with the exception of "Good Night."

metirish
Jan 31 2006 07:57 AM

Should be a crap night all round, especially with Jon Stewart hosting.

Vic Sage
Jan 31 2006 08:18 AM

Did anybody notice that the title of one of the nominated documentary shorts is:

Documentary (short subject): "The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club"

I had no idea.
Bret must've finally gone postal and killed him.
We need to have a wake...

ScarletKnight41
Jan 31 2006 09:01 AM

metirish wrote:
Should be a crap night all round, especially with Jon Stewart hosting.


Au contraire - Stewart's great. I think he'll be a host in the Carson mold.

Vic Sage
Jan 31 2006 11:18 AM

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain - didn't see it. don't want to.
Capote - didn't see it. don't want to.
Crash - This was the best movie of the year.
Good Night, and Good Luck - well done, though lacking dramatic impact.
Munich - Its no THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR

Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck."

Actress:
Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"
Charlize Theron, "North Country"
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line."

Supporting Actor:
George Clooney, "Syriana";
Matt Dillon, "Crash";
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man";
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain";
William Hurt, "A History of Violence."

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, "Junebug";
Catherine Keener, "Capote";
Frances McDormand, "North Country";
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener";
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain."

Director:
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain";
Bennett Miller, "Capote";
Paul Haggis, "Crash";
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck";
Steven Spielberg, "Munich."

Foreign Film:
"Don't Tell," Italy;
"Joyeux Noel," France;
"Paradise Now," Palestine;
"Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days," Germany;
"Tsotsi," South Africa.

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."

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 Film:
"Howl's Moving Castle";
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride";
"Wallace & Gromit in 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."

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."

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

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

Original Song:
-"In the Deep" from "Crash," Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker;
-"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow," Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard;
-"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica," Dolly Parton.

Costume:
"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."

metirish
Jan 31 2006 12:13 PM

Irish playwright Martin McDonagh was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Live Action Short Film category.


do you know him Norrin, it might seem like a stupid question but I'm sure he probably banged around NY over the years.

Vic Sage
Jan 31 2006 12:20 PM

nyc is a big town, irish.

metirish
Jan 31 2006 12:33 PM

Of course, sorry it was a dumb question.

Edgy DC
Jan 31 2006 12:35 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 31 2006 12:37 PM

McDonagh has been a top import though.

I am out of the loop on film. I do follow film music though, and John Williams produced four top-notch scores this year, each very different from the others, and he's like 160 years old.

His Lost in Space music (as Johnny Williams) was released recently also.

Willets Point
Jan 31 2006 12:37 PM

I just saw Syriana and would say George Clooney was a leading actor not a supporting actor. How are these things determined in ensemble films of this sort?

sharpie
Jan 31 2006 01:24 PM

Studios decide and place people in categories where they think they might win.

Frayed Knot
Jan 31 2006 08:59 PM

Yeah, those things are often manipulated.
I haven't seen Brokeback, for instance, but is Gyllenhall really only a supporting while Ledger is a lead? Sounds like a way to get more nominations to me.

ScarletKnight41
Feb 01 2006 05:22 AM

FK - I understand your point, but in this case Ledger's character has a significantly larger role than Gyllenhaal's does. Much more time and attention are given to Ledger's relationships with his wife, family, etc. than to Gyllenhaal's, and Ledger has a lot more screen time than Gyllenhaal.

Willets Point
Feb 01 2006 08:30 AM

I always wondered if they had to debate whether to nominate Jaye Davidson for best supporting actor or best supporting actress for The Crying Game.

ScarletKnight41
Feb 25 2006 09:25 PM

This evening we went to a Trenton Film Society screening of the Documentary (Short Subject) nominees. Apartheid, Rwandan Genocide and Hiroshima, followed by Norman Corwin, who was a radio great I had never heard of until this evening. The first three were very heavy, while the last one was much easier to watch.

BTW, Kevin Carter was a South African photojournalist. Shortly before his death he won the Pulitzer Prize for this photograph of a starving South African child who was being monitored by a vulture -

Rotblatt
Mar 04 2006 01:59 PM

metirish wrote:
Irish playwright Martin McDonagh was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Live Action Short Film category..


I fucking love McDonagh. I saw the "The Cripple of Inishmaan" during a semester in London back in 1997 and it was amazing. There was recently a really interesting profile of him in either New York or the New Yorker or the New York Times (you'd think I'd be able to keep them separate but we subscribe to all three, so it gets a little confusing).

I haven't seen the Pillowman, but it's on my list, as is his newest work, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore."

I also haven't seen the short film, but I'd like to . . .

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain - didn't see it. want to. Will win.
Capote - Saw it. Liked it.
Crash - Watching it tonight.
Good Night, and Good Luck - meh. Not interested. Dark horse.
Munich - meh.

Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" - Probably will win. Like him in it.
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow" -Love him in it.
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line" -watching it tonight
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck."

Actress:
Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents" - didn't see.
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica" -didn't see. Want to. Think she'll win.
Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice" -didn't see. Want to.
Charlize Theron, "North Country" - didn't see.
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line." -Watching tonight.

Supporting Actor:
George Clooney, "Syriana"; - didn't see. want to.
Matt Dillon, "Crash"; - watching tonight.
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"; - didn't see. meh.
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"; - Probably win.
William Hurt, "A History of Violence." - Really want to see. Might win.

Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, "Junebug"; - didn't see.
Catherine Keener, "Capote"; - Might win.
Frances McDormand, "North Country"; - didn't see. Might win.
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"; - Movie was way over the top but entertaining. She doesn't deserve to win, though.
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain." - Probably win.

Director:
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"; - Probably win.
Bennett Miller, "Capote";
Paul Haggis, "Crash";
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"; - Dark horse.
Steven Spielberg, "Munich."

Foreign Film:
"Don't Tell," Italy;
"Joyeux Noel," France;
"Paradise Now," Palestine; - Probably win. I really want to see this.
"Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days," Germany;
"Tsotsi," South Africa. I loved this movie. Kind of schmaltzy, but enjoyable.

Adapted Screenplay:
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"; - probably win.
Dan Futterman, "Capote";
Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener";
Josh Olson, "A History of Violence"; - dark horse
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich."

Original Screenplay:
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash";
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck"; - probably win.
Woody Allen, "Match Point"; - might win.
Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale"; - should win, won't.
Stephen Gaghan, "Syriana."

Animated Feature Film:
"Howl's Moving Castle"; - want to see. Will probably win
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"; - liked it. but not over the top..
"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit." ditto.

Art Direction:
"Good Night, and Good Luck,"
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,"
"King Kong,"
"Memoirs of a Geisha," - Oscars love movies like this, although I haven't actually seen it, so . . .
"Pride & Prejudice."

Cinematography:
"Batman Begins," - might win.
"Brokeback Mountain," - probably win.
"Good Night, and Good Luck,"
"Memoirs of a Geisha,"
"The New World."

Sound Mixing:
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,"
"King Kong," - probably win.
"Memoirs of a Geisha,"
"Walk the Line,"
"War of the Worlds."

Sound Editing:
"King Kong," - probably win.
"Memoirs of a Geisha,"
"War of the Worlds."

Original Song:
-"In the Deep" from "Crash," Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker;
-"It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow," Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard; - Should win,
-"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica," Dolly Parton.

Costume:
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,"
"Memoirs of a Geisha,"
"Mrs. Henderson Presents,"
"Pride & Prejudice," - probably this or Geisha.
"Walk the Line."

Documentary Feature:
"Darwin's Nightmare,"
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,"
"March of the Penguins,"
"Murderball," -awesome movie, Should win. Might
"Street Fight."

ScarletKnight41
Mar 04 2006 02:21 PM

Here are my guesses, for better or worse -


Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain - I prefer Munich, But I think there's a Brokeback juggernaut

Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote" - He was incredible, both in emulating Capote as well as in the general acting. Hoffman is a total chameleon, and this was a tour de force performance.

Actress:
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line." -Huffman is her closest competition, but I think that Whitherspoon's performance was more compelling.

Supporting Actor:
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"; - He was great, plus the Academy wants to make it up to him for snubbing him for failing to nominate him for "Sideways" last year.

Supporting Actress:
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"; - She won the Golden Globe, and her closest competition IMO (Scarlett Johanssen in "Match Point" wasn't nominated for the Oscar), so I think she'll take this one.

Director:
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"; - Probably win.

Foreign Film - didn't see any nominees


Adapted Screenplay:
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain"; - probably win, despite the holes in the script. Munich was better.


Original Screenplay:
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash"; - it was compelling, and I think it will win.

Animated Feature Film: - Didn't see any

Art Direction:
"King Kong," - just a guess, but it was big and splashy.

Cinematography:
"Brokeback Mountain," - it was beautifully filmed

Sound Mixing:
"King Kong," - just guessing

Sound Editing:
"King Kong," - just guessing

Original Song:
-"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica," Dolly Parton. It's a safe choice

Costume:
"Walk the Line." I thought this recreated the era very well

Documentary Feature: - didn't see any

Documentary Short Subject - "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin." Very well produced, and the only "upper" in a very, very heavy category this year.

Vic Sage
Mar 06 2006 12:40 PM

i was happy CRASH won. I didn't see BROKEBACK but Mrs. Sage did, and she agreed that CRASH was the best movie of the year.

the best movie won... that hardly ever happens!

Jon Stewart was entertainingly smartassed all night. After they showed that self-congratulatory montage of moments from "important films", he said something about how, because of those movies, all of those problems were solved! Yea, us!

beautiful.

of course, this is the year that "its hard out here for a pimp" joins the prestiguous lineage of Oscar-winning songs, so i loved it when Stewart said something about how "Scorsese = 0 oscars; 3-6 Mafia = 1 Oscar" and he clearly thought it absurd.

The CRASH song featured people running from burning cars in slow motion, presenting the obligatory "surreal production number" moment for the evening.

Jennifer Garner almost tripped over her dress. And what was that thing Charlize Theron was wearing? Uma looked unbelievable.