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March 04, 2006

Oscar Predictions!
The Academy Awards are on tomorrow...here's my predictions:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
 x 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
 x 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.)
 x 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)
 x Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
 
Best animated feature film of the year
 x Howl’s Moving Castle” (Buena Vista)
Hayao Miyazaki
  Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (Warner Bros.)
Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
  Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box
 
Achievement in costume design
  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Warner Bros.)
Gabriella Pescucci
 x Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Colleen Atwood
  Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company)
Sandy Powell
  Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
Jacqueline Durran
  Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Arianne Phillips
 
Achievement in directing
 x 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
 
Best documentary feature
  Darwin’s Nightmare” (International Film Circuit)
A Mille et Une Production
Hubert Sauper
  Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (Magnolia Pictures)
An HDNet Films Production
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
 x March of the Penguins” (Warner Independent Pictures)
A Bonne Pioche Production
Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
  Murderball” (THINKFilm)
An Eat Films Production
Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
  Street Fight
A Marshall Curry Production
Marshall Curry
 
Best documentary short subject
  The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
A Dan Krauss Production
Dan Krauss
 x God Sleeps in Rwanda
An Acquaro/Sherman Production
Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
  The Mushroom Club
A Farallon Films Production
Steven Okazaki
  A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
A NomaFilms Production
Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
 
Best foreign language film of the year
  Don’t Tell
A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production
Italy
  Joyeux Noël
A Nord-Ouest Production
France
  Paradise Now
An Augustus Film Production
Palestine
  Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
A Goldkind Filmproduktion and Broth Film Production
Germany
 x Tsotsi
A Moviworld Production
South Africa
 
Achievement in makeup
 x The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(Buena Vista)
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
  Cinderella Man
(Universal and Miramax)
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
  Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
(20th Century Fox)
Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla
  The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
 x Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
  Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
 
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
 x In the Deep” from “Crash” (Lions Gate)
Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker
Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York
  It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from“Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
  Travelin’ Thru” from “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton
 
Best motion picture of the year
  Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
A River Road Entertainment Production
Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
  Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
An A-Line Pictures/Cooper’s Town/ Infinity Media Production
Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
 x Crash” (Lions Gate)
A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar’s Bridge/ Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production
Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
  Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production
Grant Heslov, Producer
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production
Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers
 
Best animated short film
  Badgered
A National Film and Television School Production
Sharon Colman
  The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
A John Canemaker Production
John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
  The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” (Monster Distributes)
A 3D Films Production
Anthony Lucas
  9
A Shane Acker Production
Shane Acker
 x One Man Band
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
 
Adapted screenplay
  Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
 x Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Screenplay by Dan Futterman
  The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
  A History of Violence” (New Line)
Screenplay by Josh Olson
  Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
 
Original screenplay
 x Crash” (Lions Gate)
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Story by Paul Haggis
  Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
  Match Point” (DreamWorks)
Written by Woody Allen
  The Squid and the Whale” (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing)
Written by Noah Baumbach
  Syriana” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Stephen Gaghan
 
Truthfully, I haven't seen any of the major contenders this year - been too busy. But based on the buzz and my "feeling", that's how I chose my winners!

What are your choices? Let's make it into a little contest for my trivia people - whoever gets the best guess from my trivia people gets to choose the trivia topic for 4 days this month! The best guess out of everyone gets a little prize! Bring it on! Posted by Yano at March 4, 2006 02:20 PM

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Posted by: Linda on March 4, 2006 06:59 PM

Here are my picks:

Best actor in a leading role – Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best actor in a supporting role – George Clooney
Best actress in a leading role – Reese Witherspoon
Best actress in a supporting role – Rachel Weisz
Best animated feature film – “Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit”
Best costume design – “Memoirs of Geisha”
Best director – Ang Lee for “Brokeback Mountain”
Best documentary – “March of the Penguins”
Best short documentary – “God Sleeps in Rwanda”
Best foreign film – “Paradise Now”
Best makeup – “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”
Best original score – “Memoirs of Geisha” (John Williams)
Best original song – “In the Deep” from “Crash”
Best picture – “Brokeback Mountain”
Best animated short film – “The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conservation”
Best adapted screenplay – “Brokeback Mountain”
Best original screenplay – “Crash”

Posted by: Linda on March 4, 2006 07:14 PM

best actor-philip seymor hoffmon
best supporting actor-paul giamatti
best actress-felicity huffman
best supporting actress-michelle williams
best animated-wallace and gromit
costume design-pride and prejudice
best director-ang lee
best documentary-march of the peguins
best documentary short-god sleeps in rwanda
best forgein film-tsotsi
best makeup-narnia
original score-munich
best song-in the deep (crash)
best picture-crash
best animated short-the mysterious geographic explorations of jasper morello
adapted screenplay-brokeback mountain
original screenplay-crash

Posted by: yellowledbetter on March 4, 2006 11:42 PM

OOH! Prediction contest. I like those. Thanks for having one 'cause the prize is awesome. ;)

I realized I've only seen 1 movie nominated in any of the categories, so this is like throwing darts, but here goes:

best actor-philip seymor hoffmon
best supporting actor-jake gyllenhaal
best actress-charlize theron
best supporting actress-catherine keener
best animated-wallace and gromit
costume design-pride and prejudice
best director-ang lee
best documentary-march of the peguins
best documentary short-god sleeps in rwanda
best forgein film-paradise now
best makeup-narnia
best original score-constant gardener
best original song-in the deep (crash)
best picture-capote
best animated short-9
best adapted screenplay-brokeback mountain
best original screenplay-syriana

Posted by: noelle on March 5, 2006 08:59 AM

Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix (only because I love him..but I'm thinking that Terrence Howard might just pull this off. He's come along way.)
Best Supp-Actor: George Clooney
Best Actress:Reese Witherspoon
Best Supp-Actress:Rachel Weisz
Best Animated:Wallace & Gromit
Costume Design: Colleen Atwood Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Director: Ang Lee Brokeback Mt.
Best Doc: March of the Penguins
Best Doc Short:? A Note of Triumph
Best Foreign Film:Tsotsi
Makeup:Chronicles of Narnia
Original Score:Memoirs of a Geisha
Original Song:In the Deep
Best Picture:Brokeback Mt.
Best Animated Short:9
Adapted Screenplay:Brokeback Mt.
Original Screenplay:Crash

Posted by: Shannon on March 5, 2006 03:34 PM


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