Performance by an actor in a leading role
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
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.)
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)
Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)

Best animated feature film of the year
“Howl’s Moving Castle” (Buena Vista)
Hayao Miyazaki
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (Warner Bros.)
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
“Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box

Achievement in art direction
“Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
Art Direction: Jim Bissell
Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“King Kong” (Universal)
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
“Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

Achievement in cinematography
“Batman Begins” (Warner Bros.)
Wally Pfister
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Rodrigo Prieto
“Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures)
Robert Elswit
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Dion Beebe
“The New World” (New Line)
Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in costume design
“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Warner Bros.)
Gabriella Pescucci
“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
“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
“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
“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

Achievement in film editing
“Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax)
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
“The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features)
Claire Simpson
“Crash” (Lions Gate)
Hughes Winborne
“Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks)
Michael Kahn
“Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Michael McCusker

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
“Tsotsi”
A Moviworld Production
South Africa

Achievement in makeup
“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
“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)
“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
“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
“One Man Band”
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

Best live action short film
“Ausreisser (The Runaway)”
A Hamburg Media School, Filmwerkstatt Production
Ulrike Grote
“Cashback” (The British Film Institute)
A Left Turn Films Production
Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
“The Last Farm”
A Zik Zak Filmworks Production
Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
“Our Time Is Up”
A Station B Production
Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
“Six Shooter” (Sundance Film Channel)
A Missing in Action Films and Funny Farm Films Production
Martin McDonagh

Achievement in sound editing
“King Kong” (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
“War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King

Achievement in sound mixing
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista)
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
“King Kong” (Universal)
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
“Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
“Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
“War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins

Achievement in visual effects
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista)
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
“King Kong” (Universal)
Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
“War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick

Adapted screenplay
“Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
“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
“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

A movie about gay cowboys? Do they eat pudding?

Fuck the Oscars. They know nothing.

Sadly, the most competitive categories this year are the undercard of the Oscars.

I just saw Crash last night. Damn good movie.

I'd register my disgust about Bareback Mountin, but it would make me look like a hater of queers.

No, you're allowed to hate that movie. I haven't seen it yet, so I don't have an opinion, but I have heard a few people say that it dragged on too long.

Well, I disgust the motherfucker and I haven't seen it. NOTE TO THE ACADEMY. STOP GETTING A HARD ON FOR EVERY MOVIE WITH RETARDED PEOPLE, GAY PEOPLE, TRANSVESTITES, OR THAT ARE BASED OFF TRUE STORIES.

Thank you............and fuck Brokeback Mountain.

Note to 'self: If I ever become a film maker, target audiences are queers, women who cry over anything tragic that happens to a pretty boy that can't act, and the zombies.

I'll comment on what I can:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
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)
-Though Strathairn was impeccable as in "Good Night," and Hoffman was awesome in "Capote," I'd give this to Phoenix. He nailed Johnny Cash and made a good movie great. Of course you could say that I'm just a massive Cash mark, but that made it even more impressive that I'd actually say this. I expected Phoenix to suck, and he played a damn near perfect Johnny Cash. My guess is,though, that Hoffman will take it. He's not your typical leading man, playing an atypical role, and doing it well. Add in the gay factor and he's a lock.

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.)
Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox)
-Honestly, Witherspoon was unimpressive in Walk The Line, and Knightly was good but not great in Pride & Prejudice. Okay, so she was great looking, but her performance was only good. If you ask me, it's between Huffman and Dench. I'd say Dench because of the "beloved old lady" factor, but the fact that Huffman was playing a transexual kicks her rating up a bit. Add in Desperate Housewives and Huffman gets it.

Best animated feature film of the year
“Howl’s Moving Castle” (Buena Vista)
Hayao Miyazaki
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (Warner Bros.)
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
“Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
Nick Park and Steve Box
-Seriously, Corpse Bride wasn't that great. And I'm a HUGE Burton mark. That leaves it to either Cute & British, or intelligent & Japanese. Miyazaki's already won a feature Oscar, and Wallace & Gromit is an Oscar fave. I'll say W&G.

Achievement in directing
“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
-This is actually a VERY tight race. Clooney is definitely out, as he's a first time director. His nod was more for coming out with something very good on a first try. As DK's mentioned, Brokeback was a bit long in parts, and that will play against it. Spielberg gets considered due to the fact that he's Spielberg taking on a serious film about terrorism. I honestly think that Ang Lee will get left out, and that Spielberg may take this one. He did a movie about terrorism involving Jews in Germany. Remember the last time he did a movie about Jews in Germany? OSCAR.


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
“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
-This is gonna be the make up award for Brokeback. They'll get snubbed in nearly everything else, and will take home the big one. Good Night's here because it was the first big political movie this year, and it was about Edward R. Murrow. Capote will win other awards, and it will win big, but Brokeback will take home a shiny bald guy on this one.

Seriously, the only reason I've been reluctant to see Brokeback Mountain is because Ang Lee directed it. His movies have a tendency to drag on to the point where I wonder if I still enjoyed the good parts in the movie or not.

I'm reluctant of seeing Brokeback Mountain because it's a lame attempt to suck up to GLAAD and every other homo group that will jerk off anything that hints gayness. Remember how glad they were to mount the WWE for their "gay wedding?"

I just saw Brokeback Mountain and it was a damn good movie.

HOMO!

That's exactly the intelligent response I was expecting.

From me or everyone in general? How can you support that movie? 2 gay cowboys eating chocolate pudding is lame and an idea stolenf rom friggin' South Park.

At least see the movie before you call the Rowe Machine a fanny bandit.

I didn't mean it... and I refuse! I'd rather watch Cena talk for an hour than watch Brokeback Mountain.

Although they'd have the same effect on you.




And I don't mean disgust.







More like lust.

... PIPE DOWN!

And if I offended the Rowester in any way, I offer a humble and most sincere apology. :)

I think Scrooge's learned a valuable lesson about something...... I don't really care.

1) Actually, it's based on a short story. It wasn't "ripped off" from anything.

2) Two gay cowboys sit around eating pudding? Give me a break.

3) Try WATCHING the movie before you blindly bash it beforehand. While you're at it, watch Punk/Joe II.


And for the record, I hope Crash gets best picture this Sunday. I expect Brokeback Mountain will get it, but I'm okay if it does.

Hahaha. :P No offense taken.

MAKE ME! This is America, so unless I'm kidnapped and dragged across the border into some other country, then I'll bash it all I want! (makes more LEGO scenes)

You'll also be pleased to know I saw a poster for Kane's movie while I was at the theater. It was neat to see proof that it isn't heading straight to cable afterall B)

:lol: I can't wait to see that disaster. KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANE~!! (ejaculates)

It's just a shame that it's too late for it to qualify for the Razzie Awards this year. Then again, there's always 2007 ;)

I guarantee See No Evil will be more entertaining and welcomed than Brokeback Mountain (except from GLAAD and every other gay rights group)

Why do you think Brokeback Mountain was made to suck up to GLAAD? Did you read this somewhere? Ang Lee really wanted to make good with gay people so he made Brokeback Mountain?

If you actually watch the movie you might find that it is one of the most unique "love" stories portrayed on film... ever. It breaks stereotypes and the acting was top notch all around. It's a tragic movie, and you don't have to be a "homo" to enjoy it.

I didn't call you a homo for liking it... I said that for you watching it. And I suggest we drop the topic and forget this conversation ever happend. This is a good example why we don't have Current Events/Politic folders here. It causes too much arguments.

More than usual.

Yes, I shudder to think of what a current events folder would look like here.

Me: I hate them black people, jews, dentists, and 7-11 clerks!

Everyone Else: You suck and have Kane's dick in your mouth.

Me: So?

Everyone Else: VIRGIN!

Me: GO TO HELL!!!!!!!

:lol: It's like having our very own "what if" machine.

That's pretty accurate. But you forgot about the part where we taunt LFV.

LFV gets enough shit. At least I enjoy it.

Nobody likes shit quite like you, Scrooge "The Cleavland Steamer" McSuck.






I can't even help it anymore.

I thought that "nobody eats shit quite like Scrooge".

Anyway, I wanna go see Brokeback. Just haven't had time lately. Its definitely first on my list of movies to see -- not that there is any competition lately.

I hardly ever go see movies anymore. Last one I saw was King Kong, which was a good flashy blockbuster type, but it won't win much.

Side note, Scrooge: your new signature just cracked me up.


Secondly, I think King Kong has a good shot at "Best Visual Effects" but that is about it. I liked King Kong, but there wasn't really enough substance in it for me to leave feeling completely satisfied, though there was a lot of cool stuff in it.

I think they did a terrific job with King Kong himself, even though I thought the melodrama was a bit much at times.