Oscar Nominees for 2006

[Trazalca]

Best Picture:
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Munich"

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 Ñ The Final Days," Germany
"Tsotsi," South Africa.

Adapted Screenplay:
Larry McMurtry & 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 & Bobby Moresco, "Crash"
George Clooney & 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"

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

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

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

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

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

Outside of John Stewart's searing and entertaining wit, is there any other reason to watch the Oscar's this year? :confused:

[KingVoyeur]

There's only 3 nominees in the Best Song category? Weird.

[neglet]

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

I thought this category was interesting. Only three contenders (which isn't unusual), but no mainstream studio animation companies in the bunch.

I haven't seen "Howl's Moving Castle," but I can't imagine anything surpassing "Wallace & Gromit" this year.

[Adam54]

I....I....

They recognized Crash.
They recognized Crash.

I....didn't think they were allowed to nominate movies released early in the year.

This....god. I need to re-read this, but did they actually get a lot RIGHT this year?

[Magell]

Why isn't Star Wars nominated for best FX. I think Star Wars should get Movie of the Year so the academy can give George Lucas the recognition that he deserves like they did with Jackson last year. I really don't care about the Oscar awards or any other ones.

I'm glad to see that Kong didn't get any real award nominations because I thought it was bad. I'm proud to say that I didn't see any of the movies nominated until you get to the technical awards.

I'm tempted to watch because John Stewart is hosting but I doubt I will.

[Deacon]

God bless the Clooney.

[fastcar]

God bless the Clooney.


I'm all for the Giamatti myself.

[Penfold]

I'm very happy that Howl's Moving Castle, Corpse Bride, and Wallace & Gromit got nominated for the animated feature...very excited that none of the computer generated garbage that came out this year (Madagascar, Chicken Little, etc.) got nominated because they made a lot of money (like Shark's Tale). Instead, we got a traditionally animated film, stop motion puppets and claymation. Good stuff.

[Jarl]

*sigh*
Peter Jackson spends 5 years and 300 million dollars of someone else's money to make three movies. 17 oscar wins. 13 nominations.
George Lucas spends 28 years and 400 million dollars of his OWN money to make 6 movies. 7 oscar wins. 14 nominations.
Damn.
Damn!

-If it ain't Woody Allen, it's gay cowboys.

[Bill_the_Pony]

It must really suck to be a fanboy.

[Queen Mae]

It must really suck to be a fanboy.


:hugs:

[Adam54]

*grins at Bill*

That was perfect dude. :)

[Jarl]

It must really suck to be a fanboy.
*sobs* You have no idea.

-Do you know how hard it is to defend the Phantom Menace when you really don't like it all that much yourself? Hell. :(

[KingVoyeur]

From IMDB
Brokeback Mountain, which appears to have a lock on the best-picture Oscar, may have defied industry predictions and become profitable, but it has not been seen by a mass audience, the way Titanic and the Lord of the Rings movies were before they helped draw big ratings for the Oscars. Indeed, as several writers have observed, virtually all of the films in the top categories are small low-budget films, none of which has risen to blockbuster status.

My God, you mean they might actually give an award to a movie based on how good it is, not how much it raked in? Hell hath indeed frozen over... :eek:

[Trazalca]

You beat me to it King, posting that bit from IMDB.
However, there was a bit more to it, vindicating what I've felt
about the upcoming telecast of the Oscars. I mean really,
will anyone really care to watch?

Will Indie Movies Pummel Oscar Ratings?
....Los Angeles Times entertainment writer Jim Bates observed today (Wednesday): "All you need to know about how hard it will be to get people to watch the Oscars is that a nominated documentary about penguins has been watched by more moviegoers than any of the five best picture contenders. Or that four out of five people tuning into the broadcast will not have seen any of those movies in a theater." And New York Post entertainment writer Don Kaplan observed today, "ABC may be staring down the barrel of one of the lowest-rated Oscar telecasts in recent memory."

[neglet]

I saw "Capote" this weekend. It was wonderful--a really fascinating portrayal of a "journalist" seemingly selling out his source, and maybe his soul, to get a great story. The whole thing is made possible by Philip Seymour Hoffman's astounding performance. If you're a writer or interested in writing, I'd highly recommend the flick.

[Garber]

Anyboyd wanna boycott the oscars with me for not nominating the doc Favela Rising.
anybody seen it? anybody know what i'm talking about? the doc about the brazilian ghettos, the doc about the real City of God. Bringing cameras into that place must of been crazy.
if you don't know about it: www.favelarising.com
anybody else seen it?

[Jakester]

It must of been. I think they should of made a doco of the doco to see how the got those cameras in there. That would of been really crazy. I take it you seen it.

I took a camera into the bathroom once. I made a doco of the journey. I would of released it internationally, but my brother flushed it.

[neglet]

Jakey, sometimes you're my kind of pervert. :hugs:

[kawaiidragonfoe821]

This year's Oscar nom's are actually good this year; everyone that is nominated deserves to be there... unlike the past few years where the nominations & the winnings have been almost as political as an American Kannel Club dog show :rolleyes:. For the first time in a long time, I don't know who to pull for, there are so many good, deserving movies this year.

[Garber]

the documentary catogorey was odd. no grizzly man. this is like last year when some kind of monster wasn't nominated. Also i heard this small documentary Favela Rising had a shot but I guess they didn't get it.

I am glad to see murderball up there. it should totally win over march of the penguins

[Penfold]

And it's Crash for BP!

[Adam54]

There's hope!!! They actually went for variety this time around, IMO.

I'm VERY surprised they even nominated Crash. Considering it hit theaters more than a year ago now, I figured it would've been long forgotten by the time noms came around, let alone win anything major. Kudos to the academy!

[Deacon]

Just the one win? The Clooney was robbed.

[KingVoyeur]

This is the first Oscar awards in years that I felt like every Best Pic nom actually deserved to be there. Not a whole lot of surprises, except for Crash's upset over Brokeback Mountain, It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp winning best song (why were only 3 songs nominated, what happened to Alanis Morisette's song for Narnia?), and Gustavo Santaolalla beating out John Williams for Best Original Score.

I think Clooney's acceptance speech was the best one of the evening, he totally deserved it. In 50 years he'll definitely be remembered in the annals of classic Hollywood leading men right up there with Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable. I do wish Felicity Huffman would've won, she's great, but I'm not upset that Reese won, I like her a lot, she's also got that classic Hollywood look like Natalie Wood or Doris Day.

Best presenters? Definitely the Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep bit, they were friggin hilarious (even though they were presenting what was basically a pity Oscar to Robert Altman, whom the Academy has never seen fit to give him the credit he deserves with a real Oscar)!

[Kaeos]

Best presenters? Definitely the Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep bit,

What?!? No props to numbnuts Ben Stiller? :dunno: