Jeff's 78th Academy Award Pics

Oscar Nominations 2006

Key:
(X) – Who I think SHOULD win

(W) – Whom I think WILL win

*Note* - I have not included the categories 'BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT', 'BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM' and 'BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM' because the films in these categories are difficult to come by and so I have not seen them, therefore I cannot make an accurate decision as to who I think should win.

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
(W) Brokeback Mountain
Capote
(X) Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck.
Munich

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
(W) Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller - Capote
(X) Paul Haggis - Crash
George Clooney - Good Night, And Good Luck.
Steven Spielberg - Munich

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
(X) (W) 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 ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman - TransAmerica
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron - North Country
(X) (W) Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
(W) George Clooney - Syriana
(X) Matt Dillon - Crash
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt - A History of Violence

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
(X) Amy Adams - Junebug
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
(W) Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
(W) Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain
Dan Futterman - Capote
Jeffrey Caine - The Constant Gardener
Josh Olson - A History of Violence
(X) Tony Kushner and Eric Roth - Munich

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(X) (W) 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

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Howl's Moving Castle
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
(X) (W) Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Good Night, And Good Luck.
Art Direction: Jim Bissell
Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
(X) King Kong
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
(W) Memoirs of a Geisha
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
Pride & Prejudice
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batman Begins
Wally Pfister
(W) Brokeback Mountain
Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, And Good Luck.
Robert Elswit
(X) Memoirs of a Geisha
Dion Beebe
The New World
Emmanuel Lubezki

ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Gabriella Pescucci
(X) Memoirs of a Geisha
Colleen Atwood
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sandy Powell
(W) Pride & Prejudice
Jacqueline Durran
Walk the Line
Arianne Phillips

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
(X) (W) March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight

ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Cinderella Man
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
The Constant Gardener
Claire Simpson
Crash
Hughes Winborne
(X) (W) Munich
Michael Kahn
Walk the Line
Michael McCusker

ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
(W) Cinderella Man
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
(X) Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Dave Elsey and Annette Miles

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SCORE)
(X) (W) Brokeback Mountain
Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener
Alberto Iglesias
Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams
Munich
John Williams
Pride & Prejudice
Dario Marianelli

ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES
(ORIGINAL SONG)
(X) "In the Deep" - Crash
Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker
Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - Hustle & Flow
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
(W) "Travelin' Thru" - TransAmerica
Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
King Kong
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
Memoirs of a Geisha
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
(X) (W) Walk the Line
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
War of the Worlds
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins

ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
(X) (W) King Kong
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
Memoirs of a Geisha
Wylie Stateman
War of the Worlds
Richard King

ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
(X) (W) King Kong
Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
War of the Worlds
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick