Here they are. Pick the winners:
Best Picture:
As Good As It Gets
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
L.A. Confidential
Titanic
Best Actor:
Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
Robert Duvall, The Apostle
Peter Fonda, Ulee's Gold
Dustin Hoffman, Wag the Dog
Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets
Best Actress:
Helena Bonham Carter, The Wings of the Dove
Julie Christie, Afterglow
Judi Dench, Mrs. Brown
Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets
Kate Winslet, Titanic
Best Supporting Actor:
Robert Forster, Jackie Brown
Anthony Hopkins, Amistad
Greg Kinnear, As Good As It Gets
Burt Reynolds, Boogie Nights
Robin Williams, Good Will Hunting
Best Supporting Actress:
Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack, In & Out
Minnie Driver, Good Will Hunting
Juliane Moore, Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart, Titanic
Best Director:
Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty
James Cameron, Titanic
Atom Egoyan, The Sweet Hereafter
Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential
Gus Van Sant, Good Will Hunting
Best Original Screenplay:
As Good As It Gets
Boogie Nights
The Full Monty
Good Will Hunting
Deconstructing Harry
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Donnie Brasco
The Sweet Hereafter
L.A. Confidential
Wag the Dog
The Wings of the Dove
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 12 of 34: Wolf (Wolf) * Sun, Feb 15, 1998 (11:33) * 2 lines
Can't pick any, haven't been to the movies in ages. Last thing I saw was MIB (in
the theatre I mean)
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 13 of 34: Charlotte (Charlotte) * Sun, Feb 15, 1998 (11:39) * 7 lines
Although Jack Nicholson did a damn good job playing Jack Nicholson
in AGAIG, it's still a crime that Kevin Kline got no recognition for
his excellent work in not one, but two films last year. But hey,
what kind of world would it be if everyone AGREED with the Academy, eh?
:)
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 14 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Mar 7, 2002 (07:47) * 101 lines
2002 Academy Awards
Complete list of 74th annual Oscar nominations announced Tuesday in
Beverly Hills, Calif., by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:
1. Best Picture: "A Beautiful Mind," "Gosford Park," "In the Bedroom,"
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Moulin Rouge."
2. Actor: Russell Crowe, "A Beautiful Mind"; Sean Penn, "I Am Sam"; Will
Smith, "Ali"; Denzel Washington, "Training Day"; Tom Wilkinson, "In the
Bedroom."
3. Actress: Halle Berry, "Monster's Ball"; Judi Dench, "Iris"; Nicole
Kidman, "Moulin Rouge"; Sissy Spacek, "In the Bedroom"; Renee Zellweger,
"Bridget Jones's Diary."
4. Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent, "Iris"; Ethan Hawke, "Training Day";
Ben Kingsley, "Sexy Beast"; Ian McKellen, "The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring"; Jon Voight, "Ali."
5. Supporting Actress: Jennifer Connelly, "A Beautiful Mind"; Helen
Mirren, "Gosford Park"; Maggie Smith, "Gosford Park"; Marisa Tomei, "In
the Bedroom"; Kate Winslet, "Iris."
6. Director: Ron Howard, "A Beautiful Mind"; Ridley Scott, "Black Hawk
Down"; Robert Altman, "Gosford Park"; Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"; David Lynch, "Mulholland Drive."
7. Animated Film: "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"; "Monsters, Inc."; "Shrek."
8. Foreign Film: "Amelie," France; "Elling," Norway; "Lagaan," India; "No
Man's Land," Bosnia and Herzegovina; "Son of the Bride," Argentina.
9. Screenplay (written based on material previously produced or
published): Akiva Goldsman, "A Beautiful Mind"; Daniel Clowes and Terry
Zwigoff, "Ghost World"; Rob Festinger and Todd Field, "In the Bedroom";
Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, "The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring"; Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Joe Stillman and
Roger S.H. Schulman, "Shrek."
10. Screenplay (written directly for the screen): Guillaume Laurant and
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, "Amelie"; Julian Fellowes, "Gosford Park"; Christopher
Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, "Memento"; Milo Addica and Will Rokos,
"Monster's Ball"; Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, "The Royal Tenenbaums."
11. Art Direction: "Amelie," "Gosford Park," "Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer's Stone," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,"
"Moulin Rouge."
12. Cinematography: "Amelie," "Black Hawk Down," "The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring," "The Man Who Wasn't There," "Moulin Rouge."
13. Sound: "Amelie," "Black Hawk Down," "The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring," "Moulin Rouge," "Pearl Harbor."
14. Sound Editing: "Monsters, Inc.," "Pearl Harbor."
15. Original Score: "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," John Williams; "A
Beautiful Mind," James Horner; "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,"
John Williams; "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Howard
Shore; "Monsters, Inc.," Randy Newman.
16. Original Song: "If I Didn't Have You" from "Monsters, Inc.," Randy
Newman; "May It Be" from "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring," Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan; "There You'll Be" from "Pearl
Harbor," Diane Warren; "Until" from "Kate & Leopold," Sting; "Vanilla Sky"
from "Vanilla Sky," Paul McCartney.
17. Costume: "The Affair of the Necklace," "Gosford Park," "Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring," "Moulin Rouge."
18. Documentary Feature: "Children Underground," "LaLee's Kin: The Legacy
of Cotton," "Murder on a Sunday Morning," "Promises," "War Photographer."
19. Documentary (short subject): "Artists and Orphans: A True Drama,"
"Sing!," "Thoth."
20. Film Editing: "A Beautiful Mind," "Black Hawk Down," "The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Memento," "Moulin Rouge."
21. Makeup: "A Beautiful Mind," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of
the Ring," "Moulin Rouge."
22. Animated Short Film: "Fifty Percent Grey," "For the Birds," "Give Up
Yer Aul Sins," "Strange Invaders," "Stubble Trouble."
23. Live Action Short Film: "the accountant," "Copy Shop," "Gregor's
Greatest Invention," "A Man Thing (Meska Sprawa)," "Speed for Thespians."
24. Visual Effects: "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," "The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Pearl Harbor."
———Academy Award winners previously announced this year:
Gordon E. Sawyer Award (Oscar statuette): Edmund M. Di Giulio.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (Oscar statuette): Arthur Hiller.
Honorary Awards (Oscar statuettes): Sidney Poitier and Robert Redford.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 15 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Thu, Mar 14, 2002 (18:30) * 36 lines
The real John Forbes Nash will be interviewed by Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes. Below is the story from Reuters.
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Nash to Discuss 'Beautiful Mind' on '60 Minutes'
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - John Forbes Nash, the schizophrenic Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose life was the basis for
the critically acclaimed and controversial film "A Beautiful Mind," will talk publicly about the movie for the first time on CBS's "60
Minutes," the network said on Wednesday.
CBS, which will air the interview between Nash, 72, and correspondent Mike Wallace on March 27, did not provide details or a
transcript about what was said in the meeting.
It said Nash and his wife, Alicia, will comment on "their lifelong struggles, their thoughts on the film and the controversy it has
raised."
The network announced the interview on the same day that Sylvia Nasar, author of Nash's 1998 biography, wrote a letter to the Los
Angeles Times answering recent claims that Nash was gay, an adulterer, a bad father and a rabid anti-Semite.
Critics have also charged that the film oversimplifies Nash's life in order to turn his struggle with psychosis into a love story that
revolves around his relationship with a devoted wife.
In fact, Nash had an affair, fathered an illegitimate child and was divorced by his wife in 1963. They remarried last June. Nasar
dismissed a 1967 letter written by Nash against Jews as a product of his paranoia, and said that while he had "intense emotional
relationships with other men" in his 20s, there was no evidence he was gay.
The film's backers, including Oscar-nominated director Ron Howard, have defended those omissions, saying they were out to capture
the essence of Nash's life not to produce a biography.
"Beautiful Mind" has won numerous awards in the run-up to the Academy Awards (news - web sites), including the Golden Globe
for best dramatic film. Its star, Russell Crowe, won the Globe for best actor in a dramatic movie and the Screen Actors Guild (news -
web sites) Award for top male actor in a film.
The movie is nominated for eight Academy Awards, which will be given out on March 24.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 16 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Mar 20, 2002 (17:20) * 108 lines
These are CNN's Paul Clinton's predictions for the Oscars this year.
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Wide-open race for Oscar
From hobbits to professors to singers, toss-ups for the golden statue March 19, 2002 Posted: 12:42 PM EST (1742 GMT)
By Paul Clinton
CNN Reviewer
(CNN) -- Once again, Hollywood has set an all-time record for box office revenue, with more than $8 billion in ticket sales for 2001. Unfortunately, this does not necessarily translate into great films that will stand the test of time.
As usual, Oscar-worthy movies were few and far between until the waning weeks of the year, when pictures with Academy Award potential hit the country's cineplexes like a tidal wave.
This year is proving to be the most wide-open Oscar race in a long time, with no sure things in any of the major categories. But I'll stick my neck out anyway and make my usual predictions as to "what should win" and "what will win." The great thing is that no matter how wrong -- or right -- I am, in a couple of weeks nobody will remember who won and who didn't -- except the winners, losers and their agents. Quick: Who won best supporting actor last year? See? (See end of story for the answer.)
Best actor: Russell Crowe ("A Beautiful Mind"), Sean Penn ("I Am Sam"), Will Smith ("Ali"), Denzel Washington ("Training Day"), Tom Wilkinson ("In The Bedroom").
Once again, Crowe is one of the main contenders for the top prize, and winning best actor from the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes are good signs. Oscar has agreed with SAG six out of seven times that the award has been available, and the Globes also have a good record.
Crowe gives a masterful performance in this film based (apparently loosely) on the life of John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius, a schizophrenic, and a Nobel laureate. Crowe is one of the most powerful actors on screen today, and if he wins, he'll join the rarefied world of previous consecutive winners, most recently Tom Hanks for 1993's "Philadelphia" and 1994's "Forrest Gump."
If there's another odds-on favorite for best actor, it's Denzel Washington. Not winning the SAG Award could hurt, but he did win the American Film Institute Award. "Training Day" is the first time Washington has played an out-and-out villain, and his awesome power as an actor who can hold the screen like a vise is on full display. However, Oscar usually doesn't like bad guys.
The other three nominees turn in excellent performances, but their chances are slim. Penn's highly sentimental film has not been very successful, and he's disdainful of the very concept of actors competing against each other. Smith's performance as Muhammad Ali is nothing short of miraculous, but not being nominated for a SAG Award is not a good sign, and his movie has not been a hit with critics or the public. And in this field, with these nominees, Wilkinson's nomination for "In the Bedroom" is a long shot to win.
Will win: Washington
Should win: Washington
Clinton predicts Halle Berry will get the best actress Oscar for her role in "Monster's Ball."
Best actress: Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball"), Judi Dench ("Iris"), Nicole Kidman ("Moulin Rouge"), Sissy Spacek ("In The Bedroom"), Renee Zellweger ("Bridget Jones's Diary").
The favorites in this category are Kidman and Spacek, with Berry coming up quickly. "Moulin Rouge" was a highly risky venture and Kidman could have fallen flat on her beautiful face. Instead, she soared -- and scored -- as Satine, a French courtesan and nightclub performer at the infamous Moulin Rouge in Paris during the fading years of the 19th century. This is her first nomination. She's both sexy and funny in this tour-de-force performance.
Spacek is not only a gifted actress of the highest order, she's also one of the nicest people in the business. This is her sixth nomination, all in the best actress category; she won in 1980 for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter." Spacek's carefully understated and layered performance in "In the Bedroom" as a mother who loses her son, and then has to fight for justice, is seamless in its complete perfection.
Berry gives the best performance of her life in the deeply disturbing and intensely dramatic "Monster's Ball." This is her first nomination, but her early best actress prize from the National Board of Review and then her surprise win as best actress at the SAG Awards make her a main contender.
The other nominees -- Dench and Zellweger -- are long shots, though Zellweger has already bucked the odds by being nominated for a comedy.
Will win: Berry
Should win: Berry
Clinton says Marisa Tomei's "In the Bedroom" performance is stronger than her 1992 Oscar-winning role in "My Cousin Vinny." Best supporting actress: Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), Helen Mirren ("Gosford Park"), Maggie Smith("Gosford Park"), Marisa Tomei ("In The Bedroom") and Kate Winslet ("Iris").
This is often a wild-card category, and it's no different this year. Connelly has the best role of her young career with "A Beautiful Mind" as Alicia Nash, the wife of Russell Crowe's John Forbes Nash Jr. This is her first nomination. She plays her character from college girl to old woman, and her steady presence is vital to Crowe's success in the far flashier role of her husband.
Mirren is an actor's actor, and this is her second nomination in this category. After her SAG Award win, she must be considered the favorite. "Gosford Park" is the best Robert Altman film in years, and Mirren's role as the head housekeeper at a posh English estate is brilliantly played. The Academy will want to acknowledge "Gosford Park," but it's doubtful it will get best picture.
Smith, a two-time Oscar winner, has stolen nearly every scene in every film she's been in for the last five decades. The danger here is that she's up against fellow "Gosford Park" star Mirren -- the favorite, according to many -- and this could split the vote. Tomei was a wild card when she won this category for "My Cousin Vinny" in 1992. There would be some sweet irony, and well-deserved validation, if she won this year for her strong performance in "In The Bedroom." Winslet's work as the young title character in "Iris" is an exceptionally strong and nuanced performance.
Should win: Connelly (only because I flipped a coin between her and Smith)
Will win: Mirren
Clinton calls Jon Voight's portrayal of Howard Cosell in "Ali" "very convincing" but doesn't predict him to win best supporting actor.
Best supporting actor: Jim Broadbent ("Iris"), Ethan Hawke ("Training Day"), Ben Kingsley ("Sexy Beast"), Ian McKellen ("The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"), Jon Voight ("Ali").
McKellen, probably this category's favorite, can do no wrong in the eyes of many of his peers. This is his second nomination, the first coming for "Gods and Monsters" (1998), and many felt he was robbed that year when he lost to the overacting antics of Roberto Benigni in "Life is Beautiful." "Rings" has been losing all of the pre-Oscar technical awards to "Moulin Rouge," which doesn't bode well for success on Oscar night despite its 13 nominations, but this could work in McKellen's favor. Besides, Sir Ian is a British Knight, and Oscar is a sucker for such titles.
Voight is unrecognizable in his role as Howard Cosell in "Ali." This is his fourth nomination -- he won best actor for "Coming Home" in 1978 -- and he's made the transition from leading man to character actor with style, skill and grace. Kingsley is mesmerizing in "Sexy Beast," but the film was not widely seen or admired by the public, and he's a long shot.
Broadbent was extraordinary in "Iris," and he also turned in a career-defining performance in "Moulin Rouge" this year. This his first nomination. Hawke's nomination -- also is first -- was the big surprise this year in this category. However, if Denzel wins -- which I think he will -- it will be unlikely that the Academy will honor this film twice in the acting category.
Should win: Ian McKellen
Will win: Ian McKellen
Best director: Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind"), Ridley Scott ("Black Hawk Down"), Robert Altman ("Gosford Park"), Peter Jackson ("The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"), David Lynch ("Mulholland Drive").
Howard is the Oscar night favorite after winning the top honor from the
Directors Guild of America. But Howard also won the Guild award in 1995 for Apollo 13" and didn't win the Oscar -- indeed, he wasn't even nominated. Still, the Academy has failed to followed the DGA's lead only five times in its 54-year history.
Altman is an American icon, a total maverick and a Hollywood outsider. This is his seventh nomination, and some may give him their votes because he's not getting any younger and they might look at it as a "lifetime achievement" honor. "Gosford Park" is Altman's most commercial and accessible film in years.
Jackson is in a very strange position. He's a first-time nominee who hasn't just made a film, he's created a universe. But -- herein lies the rub -- he's also arguably made one big movie, which he's dividing into three parts and releasing one at a time over three years. Many voters may just think "Well, he has two more chances to win for the 'Rings' trilogy, so I'll give him my vote later." He's a long shot.
Scott and Lynch have little chance, despite their fine work.
Will win: Howard
Should win: Jackson
Clinton suggests the odds are against "Gosford Park" winning the best picture award.
Best picture: "A Beautiful Mind," "Gosford Park," "In The Bedroom," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Moulin Rouge."
To some, "A Beautiful Mind" is the no-brainer (no pun intended) winner for 2002. Critics filled the skies with hosannas over Crowe's performance and Howard's direction of this story about a brilliant mathematician and Nobel Prize winner who fought a decades-long battle with severe schizophrenia. Then things got nasty. (See story.) Still, "A Beautiful Mind" is one of the best films of this -- or any other -- year, and should be judged on its own merits.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is a magnificent achievement for all involved. This is one of those very rare films in which the screenplay lived up to the standards of the original books. But the same logic -- or lack thereof -- mentioned above regarding Jackson's chances to win best director also apply here.
I would love to see "Gosford Park" win (I feel that way about two or three other nominees as well), but the odds are against it. And the odds are even longer against "In The Bedroom" and "Moulin Rouge" -- though the latter did win a Golden Globe and the Producers Guild award. Keep that in mind: the PGA has picked the best picture winner nine out of the last 12 years.
Should win: "Moulin Rouge"
Will win: "Lord of the Rings"
And who won best supporting actor last year? Benicio Del Toro for "Traffic."
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 17 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Mar 20, 2002 (17:35) * 45 lines
This is from the Associated Press.
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The movie "A Beautiful Mind," a front-runner for Oscar, has come under criticism for taking liberties with Nash's life -- but its makers say the criticism is part of a whisper campaign to hurt the movie's Oscar chances.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- The makers of "A Beautiful Mind" have objected to what they say is a whisper campaign to hurt the Oscar chances of their movie, which is up for eight Academy Awards including best picture.
Although no evidence has surfaced that proves a conspiracy, Universal Pictures, director Ron Howard and star Russell Crowe said they suspectsome Hollywood rivals of secretly badmouthing their film to sway academy voters.
"If there's an attack strategy, that's an impolitic tool," Howard said. "It's not about reminding people of your virtues, it's about undermining the other candidate's credibility. That's a shame."
Competing studios have denied involvement in the alleged smear campaign.
Various news reports in recent weeks have noted that "A Beautiful Mind" leaves out some unflattering aspects of the life of John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose life it chronicles.
In a CBS "60 Minutes" interview, Nash and his wife, Alicia, denied allegations that he was gay, anti-Semitic or a poor father. And Sylvia Nasar, author of the 1998 biography, "A Beautiful Mind," on which the film was based, wrote a commentary in the Los Angeles Times last week that accused many media outlets, including The Associated Press, of misstating details of Nash's life.
The film, which stars Crowe and Jennifer Connelly as the Nashes, portrays them throughout Nash's decades-long struggle with mental illness and its eventual remission, culminating in his winning the Nobel Prize for economics in 1994. Among its Oscar nominations are best director, actor, supporting actress and adapted screenplay, for Akiva Goldsman. (Read the CNN review.)
Changing things for the movie
Both Nash and Nasar said his anti-Semitic remarks were made while he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
"I did have strange ideas during certain periods of time," Nash, 73, said on "60 Minutes." "It's really my subconscious talking. It was really that. I know that now."
Other aspects of his life not mentioned in the movie were a son he fathered by another woman before he married Alicia, and the fact that Nash and Alicia later divorced. The divorced couple lived together for many years and eventually remarried in 2001.
Some reports, including one by the AP, implied that the affair took place while Nash was married, instead of before he was married, as Nasar wrote.
Nasar also criticized some reports that said Nash was a homosexual. Despite a 1954 indecency arrest and allusions in her book to his flirtatious behavior with men, she said he is an avowed heterosexual. The indecency charge was later dropped, she said.
Howard and screenwriter Goldsman said they changed some aspects of Nash's life to make the film more dramatic, and omitted other elements they considered unimportant to the story.
Oscar voting concludes Tuesday and the Academy Awards are given out next Sunday.
Crowe: Money 'takes people to a different place'
Films that win major Academy Awards can usually count on significant extra box-office sales and a long shelf-life on video, and studios spend millions to promote their films to Oscar voters.
Crowe said he believes the amount of money at stake leads to some dirty campaigning.
"As soon as they toss that much money, that takes people to a different place," the actor said. "And this is supposed to be about the joy of filmmaking."
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 18 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Mar 20, 2002 (17:43) * 22 lines
More from CNN, this time it's Paul Tatara.
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Who knows who will win Oscar?
The Oscar picks for a weak year
March 19, 2002
By Paul Tatara
CNN.com reviewer
(CNN) -- Let's face it, 2001 was an exceptionally weak year for movies. Not a single picture or performance flattened everyone who saw it, so several awards are up for grabs.
Best actor: Russell Crowe ("A Beautiful Mind"); Sean Penn ("I Am Sam"); Will Smith ("Ali"); Denzel Washington ("Training Day"); and Tom Wilkinson ("In the Bedroom").
It's a standoff between Crowe and Washington, and it might come down to a good old fashioned congeniality contest. Crowe may have blown it by throwing a widely reported fit after a poem he recited at the British version of the Oscars was cut from the TV broadcast, while Washington is a consistently terrific actor who's well-liked in the industry.
Smith, oddly enough, was barely given anything to play after spending a year boxing and duplicating Muhammad Ali's voice and body language in preparation for the role. Wilkinson's work is too subdued for less perceptive voters to take notice. And Penn's movie was so full of sugary goop, it could have been produced by Krispy Kreme.
The winner: It seems like Washington will get it. But if Crowe does, rest assured he'll be allowed to recite T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land," complete with footnotes, if the mood strikes him.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 19 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Mar 20, 2002 (17:52) * 61 lines
Will Crowe go two for two (from canoe)
Q: Will Crowe go two for two?
(A: If he doesn't, he has only himself to blame)
By LOUIS B. HOBSON -- Calgary Sun
Take heed, all ye serfs.
Julia, queen of all Hollywood, has decreed that the academy anoint Denzel Washington best actor at Sunday's Oscars.
Having won best actress for Erin Brockovich, Julia Roberts will be handing out the best actor Oscar this year. She of the roving eye was practically tearful last month when she announced: "I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor. He should be on his third Oscar by now, and that might not be enough."
Washington was nominated in 1992 for Malcolm X but he, and an equally deserving Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven, lost to Al Pacino's overwrought performance in Scent of a Woman. In 2000, Washington and Russell Crowe for The Insider were toppled by Kevin Spacey, who won for American Beauty.
Roberts, who starred opposite Washington in 1993's The Pelican Brief, is right when she observes that Washington deserved an Oscar for either or both Malcolm X and The Hurricane, but she's out to lunch if she thinks he should be recognized for his performance in Training Day, which, by the way, is available on video and DVD today. It's exactly the same kind of hammy acting that swayed voters into Pacino's corner back in 1992.
If Washington wins - and there's a good chance he could - it will be more for his continued excellence rather than for his corrupt cop in Training Day.
It will also be because Crowe has been working overtime to convince academy members not to vote for the star of A Beautiful Mind. Crowe's temper tantrum at the British film awards did little to dispel the growing feeling in Hollywood that this is one bad boy whose ego is growing in proportion to his paycheque. Make no mistake, Crowe deserves to win back-to-back Oscars for his masterful performance as schizophrenic genius John Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind.
Julia, dear, if anyone deserves to be getting his second Oscar in as many years, it's Crowe. The fact he's a troubled genius did not prevent him from getting the endorsement from your colleagues at this year's Screen Actors Guild awards. If Crowe loses this year, he has no one to blame but himself because he has been the frontrunner with critics since the film premiered in December.
Like Crowe, British actor Tom Wilkinson is far more deserving of the best actor Oscar this year than Washington. As the grieving father of In the Bedroom, Wilkinson's quietly understated agony was often overshadowed by Sissy Spacek's and Marisa Tomei's understandable emotional outbursts.
Wilkinson may be a relatively unknown quantity on this side of the Atlantic, but in his native Britain he is highly respected. His film and television performances have earned him five British film nominations, including his win in 1998 for best supporting actor in The Full Monty.
Wilkinson is one of those revered character actors who can rise above his mediocre material in movies like Rush Hour and The Black Knight while turning in staggering performances in such little-seen British movies as Wilde, Priest and The Story of Father Damien.
Wilkinson won't win this year but perhaps his nomination will alert producers and directors on both sides of the Atlantic to his underappreciated and underused talents.
Even Will Smith's loving and careful impersonation of boxing legend Muhammad Ali in Michael Mann's unfocused biopic Ali is deserving of recognition, more for what Smith might have accomplished given a better script and better direction. Smith will steal some of the votes that would have gone to Washington had he been the only African-American actor nominated in this category.
Anyone who feels this is not a factor is naive. Even Smith himself pointed out recently, "most of the 8,000 members (of the academy) are white, and you vote for what you associate with. If black people are voting, then a black person will probably win. It's not racism. It's what we relate to."
Forget Sean Penn because academy voters will.
If his far, far superior performance in 1995 in Dead Man Walking couldn't nab him the Oscar, his histrionics this year in I Am Sam certainly won't. It's the kind of performance that works well for TV but seems grating on the big screen. It doesn't help that Penn's disdain for Hollywood in general, and the Oscars in particular, is well documented.
HOW THE OTHERS VOTED
Golden Globe Awards: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind.
Screen Actors Guild: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind.
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Denzel Washington, Training Day.
New York Film Critics Circle: Tom Wilkinson, In the Bedroom.
National Board of Review: Billy Bob Thornton, The Man Who Wasn't There.
Broadcast Film Critics Association: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind.
British Academy of Film and Television Arts: Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind.
American Film Institute: Denzel Washington, Training Day.
Last year's winner: Russell Crowe, Gladiator.
All-time champ: It's a seven-way tie for the most best actor wins (two), but Spencer Tracy holds the distinction of being the one with the most nominations (nine) and the only back-to-back wins in this category before Tom Hanks.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 20 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Sun, Mar 24, 2002 (15:00) * 3 lines
If you want to check out "Entertainment Weekly's" Oscar odds, check this link:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,214932~1~0~seewhoewpicks,00.html
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 21 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 24, 2002 (20:13) * 9 lines
Best Costume Design.
Moulin Rouge.
Angus and Cathy.
80 people working on this task.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 22 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 24, 2002 (20:43) * 2 lines
Thoth. One man opera. Best documentary short. It's on HBO?
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 23 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 24, 2002 (20:57) * 10 lines
best animated feature.
My guess.
Shrek.
The winner.
Shrek.
Aaron Warner Producer. "It will be a benchmark for a day or two." Katzenberg. It took 5 years and 500 people to bring to life. Good choice.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 24 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Mar 24, 2002 (20:59) * 2 lines
Go to topic 24!
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Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 25 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jan 5, 2006 (09:45) * 13 lines
Breaking news.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060105/en_nm/oscars_dc
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the clock ticks ever closer to the
78th Annual Academy Awards on March 5, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences has finally found a host in Jon Stewart.
Sources confirmed Stewart's selection, which was reported Wednesday
evening by the Los Angeles Times' Oscar watch site,
http://www.theenvelope.latimes.com. An Academy spokesman declined comment.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 26 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Tue, Jan 10, 2006 (14:24) * 62 lines
More info on handicapping your Oscar picks. These are the winners of the chosen by the National Scociety of Film Critics.
Best Film
Winner: Capote
Best Actor
Winner: Capote - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Best Actress
Winner: Walk the Line - Reese Witherspoon
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: A History of Violence - Ed Harris
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: A Junebug - Amy Adams
Best Director
Winner: History of Violence - David Cronenberg
Best Screenplay
Winner: The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
Best Cinematography
Winner: 2046 - Christopher Doyle; Pung-Leung Kwan; Yiu-Fai Lai
Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Gegen die Wand
Best Non-Fiction Film
Winner: Grizzly Man
Special Citation
Winner: Kenneth Turan
Special Award
Winner: David Shepard; Bruce Posner; Anthology Film Archive - Special Film Heritage Award. - For "Unseen Cinema", a seven-disc DVD collection of pre-1942 American avantgarde movies.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 27 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Tue, Jan 10, 2006 (14:37) * 284 lines
More awards, the Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations. Actors constitutute the largest membership within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. There are also television awards in this list.
SAG Award Nominations Announced
(CBS) LOS ANGELES Screen Actors Guild nominated the actors of "Brokeback Mountain" for their top award, best ensemble cast in a movie, in addition to recognizing film and television actors for the dramas "Crash," "Capote," "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Hustle and Flow" for best ensemble cast in a movie.
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Russell Crowe / CINDERELLA MAN – Jim Braddock (Universal Pictures)
Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE – Truman Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Heath Ledger / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ennis Del Mar (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix / WALK THE LINE – John R. Cash (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Edward R. Murrow (Warner Independent Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench / MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Mrs. Laura Henderson (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman / TRANSAMERICA – Bree (The Weinstein Company)
Charlize Theron / NORTH COUNTRY – Josey Aimes (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon / WALK THE LINE – June Carter (20th Century Fox)
Ziyi Zhang / MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Sayuri (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Don Cheadle / CRASH – Graham (Lions Gate Films)
George Clooney / SYRIANA – Bob Barnes (Warner Bros.)
Matt Dillon / CRASH – Officer Ryan (Lions Gate Films)
Paul Giamatti / CINDERELLA MAN – Joe Gould (Universal Pictures)
Jake Gyllenhaal / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Jack Twist (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams / JUNEBUG – Ashley (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine Keener/ CAPOTE – Nelle Harper Lee (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Frances McDormand / North Country – Glory (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz / THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Tessa Quayle (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Alma (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Focus Features)
Linda Cardellini - Cassie
Anna Faris - Lashawn Malone
Jake Gyllenhaal - Jack Twist
Anne Hathaway - Lureen Phillips
Heath Ledger - Ennis Del Mar
Randy Quaid - Joe Aguirre
Michelle Williams - Alma
CAPOTE (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Bob Balaban - William Shawn
Clifton Collins, Jr. - Perry Smith
Chris Cooper - Alvin Dewey
Bruce Greenwood - Jack Dunphy
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Truman Capote
Catherine Keener - Nelle Harper Lee
Mark Pellegrino - Dick Hickock
CRASH (Lions Gate Films)
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Anthony
Sandra Bullock - Jean Cabot
Don Cheadle - Graham
Matt Dillon - Officer Ryan
Jennifer Esposito - Ria
Brendan Fraser - Rick Cabot
Terrence Howard - Cameron Thayer
Thandie Newton - Christine Thayer
Ryan Phillippe - Thomas Hansen
Larenz Tate - Peter
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Rose Abdoo - Millie Lerner
Alex Borstein - Natalie
Robert John Burke - Charlie Mack
Patricia Clarkson - Shirley Wershba
George Clooney - Fred Friendly
Jeff Daniels - Sig Mickelson
Reed Diamond - John Aaron
Tate Donovan - Jesse Zousmer
Robert Downey, Jr. - Joe Wershba
Grant Heslov - Don Hewitt
Peter Jacobson - Jimmy
Frank Langella - William Paley
Tom McCarthy - Palmer Williams
Diane Reeves - Jazz Singer
Matt Ross - Eddie Scott
David Strathairn - Edward R. Murrow
Ray Wise - Don Hollenbeck
HUSTLE & FLOW (Paramount Classics)
Anthony Anderson - Key
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Skinny Black
Isaac Hayes - Arnel
Taraji P. Henson - Shug
Terrence Howard -DJay
Taryn Manning - Nola
Elise Neal - Yevette
Paula Jai Parker - Lexus
D.J. Qualls - Shelby
PRIMETIME TELEVISION
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kenneth Branagh / WARM SPRINGS – Franklin Delano Roosevelt (HBO)
Ted Danson / KNIGHTS OF THE SOUTH BRONX – David MacEnulty (A&E)
Ed Harris / EMPIRE FALLS – Miles Roby (HBO)
Paul Newman / EMPIRE FALLS – Max Roby (HBO)
Christopher Plummer / OUR FATHERS – Cardinal Bernard Law (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Tonantzin Carmelo / INTO THE WEST – Thunder Heart Woman (TNT)
S. Epatha Merkerson / LACKAWANNA BLUES – Rachel "Nanny" Crosby (HBO)
Cynthia Nixon / WARM SPRINGS – Eleanor Roosevelt (HBO)
Joanne Woodward / EMPIRE FALLS – Francine Whiting (HBO)
Robin Wright Penn / EMPIRE FALLS – Grace Roby (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Alan Alda / THE WEST WING – Arnold Vinick (NBC)
Patrick Dempsey / GREY'S ANATOMY – Dr. Derek Shepherd (ABC)
Hugh Laurie / HOUSE – Dr. Gregory House (FOX)
Ian McShane / DEADWOOD – Al Swearengen (HBO)
Kiefer Sutherland / 24 – Jack Bauer (FOX)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Patricia Arquette / MEDIUM – Allison Dubois (NBC)
Geena Davis / COMMANDER IN CHIEF – Mackenzie Allen (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay / LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – Det. Olivia Benson (NBC)
Sandra Oh / GREY'S ANATOMY – Dr. Cristina Yang (ABC)
Kyra Sedgwick / THE CLOSER – Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Larry David / CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM – Himself (HBO)
Sean Hayes / WILL & GRACE – Jack McFarland (NBC)
Jason Lee / MY NAME IS EARL – Earl Hickey (NBC)
William Shatner / BOSTON LEGAL – Denny Crane (ABC)
James Spader / BOSTON LEGAL – Alan Shore (ABC)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Candice Bergen / BOSTON LEGAL – Shirley Schmidt (ABC)
Patricia Heaton / EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND – Debra Barone (CBS)
Felicity Huffman / DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES – Lynette Scavo (ABC)
Megan Mullally / WILL & GRACE – Karen Walker (NBC)
Mary-Louise Parker / WEEDS – Nancy Botwin (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CLOSER (TNT)
G.W. Bailey Det. - Lt. Provenza
Tony Denison - Det. Andy Flynn
Robert Gossett - Captain Taylor
Corey Reynolds - Sgt. David Gabriel
Kyra Sedgwick - Dep. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
J.K. Simmons - Asst. Chief Will Pope
Jon Tenney - FBI Agent Fritz Howard
GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
Justin Chambers - Alex Karev
Patrick Dempsey - Derek Shepherd
Katherine Heigl - Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
T.R. Knight - George O'Malley
Sandra Oh - Cristina Yang
James Pickens, Jr. - Richard Webber
Ellen Pompeo - Meredith Grey
Kate Walsh - Addison Forbes Montgomery Shepherd
Isaiah Washington - Preston Burke
Chandra Wilson - Miranda Bailey
LOST (ABC)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje - Mr. Eko
Naveen Andrews - Sayid
Emilie de Ravin - Claire
Matthew Fox - Jack
Jorge Garcia - Hurley
Maggie Grace - Shannon
Josh Holloway - Sawyer
Malcolm David - Kelley Walt
Daniel Dae Kim - Jin
Yunjin Kim - Sun
Evangeline Lilly - Kate
Dominic Monaghan - Charlie
Terry O'Quinn - Locke
Harold Perrineau - Michael
Michelle Rodriguez - Ana Lucia
Ian Somerhalder - Boone
Cynthia Watros - Libby
SIX FEET UNDER (HBO)
Lauren Ambrose - Claire Fisher
Joanna Cassidy - Margaret Chenowith
Frances Conroy - Ruth Fisher
James Cromwell - George Sibley
Rachel Griffiths - Brenda Chenowith
Michael C. Hall - David Fisher
Tina Holmes - Maggie Sibley
Peter Krause - Nate Fisher
Justina Machado - Vanessa Diaz
Freddy Rodriguez - Federico Diaz
Jeremy Sisto - Billy Chenowith
Mathew St. Patrick - Keith Charles
THE WEST WING (NBC)
Alan Alda - Arnold Vinick
Kristin Chenoweth - Annabeth Schott
Janeane Garofalo - Louise Thornton
Dulé Hill - Charlie Young
Allison Janney - C.J. Cregg
Joshua Malina - Will Bailey
Mary McCormack - Kate Harper
Janel Moloney - Donna Moss
Teri Polo - Helen Santos
Richard Schiff - Toby Ziegler
Martin Sheen - Josiah Bartlet
Jimmy Smits - Matthew Santos
John Spencer - Leo McGarry
Bradley Whitford - Josh Lyman
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (FOX)
Will Arnett - Gob Bluth
Jason Bateman - Michael Bluth
Michael Cera - George-Michael Bluth
David Cross - Tobias Fünke
Portia de Rossi - Lindsay Bluth Fünke
Tony Hale - Buster Bluth
Alia Shawkat - Maeby Fünke
Jeffrey Tambor - George Bluth, Sr./Oscar Bluth
Jessica Walter - Lucille Bluth
BOSTON LEGAL (ABC)
Rene Auberjonois - Paul Lewiston
Ryan Michelle Bathe - Sara Holt
Candice Bergen - Shirley Schmidt
Julie Bowen - Denise Bauer
Justin Mentelli - Garrett Wells
Rhona Mitra - Tara Wilson
Monica Potter - Lori Colson
William Shatner - Denny Crane
James Spader - Alan Shore
Mark Valley - Brad Chase
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO)
Shelley Berman - Nat David
Larry David - Himself
Susie Essman - Susie Greene
Jeff Garlin - Jeff Greene
Cheryl Hines - Cheryl David
Richard Lewis - Himself
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC)
Roger Bart - George Williams
Andrea Bowen - Julie Mayer
Mehcad Brooks - Matthew Applewhite
Ricardo Antonio Chavira - Carlos Solis
Marcia Cross - Bree Van De Kamp
Steven Culp - Rex Van De Kamp
James Denton - Mike Delfino
Teri Hatcher - Susan Mayer
Felicity Huffman - Lynette Scavo
Brent Kinsman - Preston Scavo
Shane Kinsman - Porter Scavo
Eva Longoria - Gabrielle Solis
Mark Moses - Paul Young
Doug Savant - Tom Scavo
Nicollette Sheridan - Edie Britt
Brenda Strong - Mary Alice Young
Alfre Woodard - Betty Applewhite
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (CBS)
Peter Boyle - Frank Barone
Brad Garrett - Robert Barone
Patricia Heaton - Debra Barone
Monica Horan - Amy McDougal-Barone
Doris Roberts - Marie Barone
Ray Romano - Raymond Barone
Madlyn Sweeten - Ally Barone
MY NAME IS EARL (NBC)
Jason Lee - Earl Hickey
Jaime Pressly - Joy Darville
Eddie Steeples - Darnell
Ethan Suplee - Randy Hickey
Nadine Velazquez - Catalina
Screen Actors Guild Awards 42st Annual Life Achievement Award
Shirley Temple Black
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 28 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Tue, Jan 10, 2006 (14:45) * 17 lines
Okay, last, but certainly not least, the DGA Awards. Translation the Directors' Guild of America Awards, which are generally a really good indicator of what will probably win the Oscar for Best Picture.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
GEORGE CLOONEY - Good Night, And Good Luck - (Warner Independent Pictures)
PAUL HAGGIS - Crash - (Lions Gate Films)
ANG LEE - Brokeback Mountain - (Focus Features)
BENNETT MILLER - Capote - (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
STEVEN SPIELBERG - Munich - (Universal Pictures)
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 29 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Jan 10, 2006 (22:48) * 4 lines
I'llI'll change the title of this topic. It's no longer 2002.
Lesson ... don't date topics.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 30 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Wed, Jan 11, 2006 (09:53) * 3 lines
I really should have read more carefully. Please don't ask if I feel stupid.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 31 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 13, 2006 (09:07) * 1 lines
That's ok Cheryl. I can move your post if you want me to.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 32 of 34: Cheryl (CherylB) * Fri, Jan 13, 2006 (09:39) * 1 lines
Thanks Terry. If you think it would be better to move them, that's okay with me. Do what you think best.
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 33 of 34: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Jan 13, 2006 (17:59) * 2 lines
OK. I'll move them wherever is best for them.
Thanks for coming up with this list!
Topic 12 of 73 [movies]: Academy Awards 2002
Response 34 of 34: moviegoer (cfadm) * Sat, Feb 24, 2007 (21:36) * 273 lines
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)
Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Film Council)
Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)
Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)
Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Best animated feature film of the year
“Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter
“Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller
“Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan
Achievement in art direction
“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
“The Good Shepherd” (Universal)
Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau and Leslie E. Rollins
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Art Direction: Eugenio Caballero
Set Decoration: Pilar Revuelta
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs
Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
“The Prestige” (Buena Vista)
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Julie Ochipinti
Achievement in cinematography
“The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond
“Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki
“The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro
“The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister
Achievement in costume design
“Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man
“The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field
“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis
“Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle
Achievement in directing
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears
“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass
Best documentary feature
“Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)
A Disarming Films Production
Amy Berg and Frank Donner
“An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production
Davis Guggenheim
“Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing in association with HBO Documentary Films)
A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production
James Longley and John Sinno
“Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)
A Loki Films Production
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
“My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)
A Praxis Films Production
Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer
Best documentary short subject
“The Blood of Yingzhou District”
A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
“Recycled Life”
An Iwerks/Glad Production
Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad
“Rehearsing a Dream”
A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
“Two Hands”
A Crazy Boat Pictures Production
Nathaniel Kahn and Susan Rose Behr
Achievement in film editing
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Steven Rosenblum
“Children of Men” (Universal)
Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Thelma Schoonmaker
“United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson
Best foreign language film of the year
“After the Wedding” A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production
Denmark
“Days of Glory (Indigènes)” A Tessalit Production
Algeria
“The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production
Germany
“Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production
Mexico
“Water” A Hamilton-Mehta Production
Canada
Achievement in makeup
“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista) Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Click” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) David Martí and Montse Ribé
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
“The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman
“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)
Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge
“Listen” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler
Lyric by Anne Preven
“Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Siedah Garrett
“Our Town” from “Cars”
(Buena Vista)
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Patience” from “Dreamgirls”
(DreamWorks and Paramount)
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyric by Willie Reale
Best motion picture of the year
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Graham King, Producer
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub, Producers
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
A Granada Production
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
Best animated short film
“The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)
A Mikrofilm and National Film Board of Canada Production
Torill Kove
“Lifted” (Buena Vista)
A Pixar Animation Studios Production
Gary Rydstrom
“The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)
A Walt Disney Pictures Production
Roger Allers and Don Hahn
“Maestro” (SzimplaFilm)
A Kedd Production
Géza M. Tóth
“No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox)
A Blue Sky Studios Production
Chris Renaud and Michael Thurmeier
Best live action short film
“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”
A Peliculas Pendelton and Tus Ojos Production
Javier Fesser and Luis Manso
“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)
An Altube Filmeak Production
Borja Cobeaga
“Helmer & Son”
A Nordisk Film Production
Søren Pilmark and Kim Magnusson
“The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
An Australian Film Television and Radio School Production
Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn
“West Bank Story”
An Ari Sandel, Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ravi Malhotra and Ashley Jordan Production
Ari Sandel
Achievement in sound editing
“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Lon Bender
“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Christopher Boyes and George Watters II
Achievement in sound mixing
“Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)
Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Cámara
“Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock
“Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)
Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton
“Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)
John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff
Achievement in visual effects
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall
“Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)
Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier
“Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)
Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum
Adapted screenplay
“Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips
“Children of Men” (Universal)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by William Monahan
“Little Children” (New Line)
Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta
“Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)
Screenplay by Patrick Marber
Original screenplay
“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Written by Guillermo Arriaga
“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Iris Yamashita
Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis
“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Michael Arndt
“Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)
Written by Guillermo del Toro
“The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
Written by Peter Morgan
There you have it, this year's nominees for tomorrow nights Oscars.
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