| | This year was a politically charged one for the movies,and the 2006 Oscars certainly reflect that. Brokeback Mountain (2005) tops the nominees list with 8 nominations. Crash (2004), Good Night And Good Luck (2005) and Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) each came in with 6 nominations.Finally, Capote (2005), Munich (2005) and Walk The Line (2005)came in with 5 nominations each. Brokeback, Good Night, Munich and Crash will battle tonight for the top honors, but we predict here that Munich and Good Night are at a disadvantage because they are either too unfaithul or not committed enough. Brokeback and Crash feel much more genuine in their central message. For the other movies, Capote will probably get an Oscar for Philip Seymour Hoffman, but this fantastic actor has been ignored countless times before, so i am worried. Both him and Paul Giamatti seem to be Oscar-cursed. I haven't seen Walk The Line, so i can't comment. Finally, Memoirs was such a visual feast (as i have noted in my review here) that i think it will win most of its "artistic" nominations such as Costumes, Art Direction and Cinematography.
With the table below, you can see all the nominees, in each category, and the winners. Clicking on the table headers (Film, or Category for example), you can sort the data accordingly. If you type WON in teh Filter box, you will be able to see all the films that won tonight. Have fun. After the table, you'll see a summary of tonight's winners.
| Film | Category | Nominee | WON |
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| Batman Begins (2005) | Cinematography | Wally Pfister | | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Leading Actor | Heath Ledger | | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Supporting Actor | Jake Gyllenhaal | | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Supporting Actress | Michelle Williams | | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto | | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Directing | Ang Lee | WON | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Score | Gustavo Santaolalla | WON | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Picture | Diana Ossana and James Schamus | | | Brokeback Mountain (2005) | Adapted Screenplay | Larry McMurtry, E. Annie Proulx | WON | | Capote (2005) | Leading Actor | Philip Seymour Hoffman | WON | | Capote (2005) | Supporting Actress | Catherine Keener | | | Capote (2005) | Directing | Bennett Miller | | | Capote (2005) | Picture | Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven | | | Capote (2005) | Adapted Screenplay | Gerald Clarke, Dan Futterman | | | Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (2005) | Costumes | Gabriella Pescucci | | | Chronicles Of Narnia, The (2005) | Makeup | Howard Berger and Tami Lane | WON | | Chronicles Of Narnia, The (2005) | Sound Mixing | Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson | | | Chronicles Of Narnia, The (2005) | Visual Effects | Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar | | | Cinderella Man (2005) | Supporting Actor | Paul Giamatti | | | Cinderella Man (2005) | Editing | Mike Hill and Dan Hanley | | | Cinderella Man (2005) | Makeup | David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson | | | Constant Gardener, The (2005) | Supporting Actress | Rachel Weisz | WON | | Constant Gardener, The (2005) | Editing | Claire Simpson | | | Constant Gardener, The (2005) | Score | Alberto Iglesias | | | Constant Gardener, The (2005) | Adapted Screenplay | Jeffrey Caine, John Le Carré | | | Crash (2004) | Supporting Actor | Matt Dillon | | | Crash (2004) | Directing | Paul Haggis | | | Crash (2004) | Editing | Hughes Winborne | WON | | Crash (2004) | Song | Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker | | | Crash (2004) | Picture | Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman | WON | | Crash (2004) | Original Screenplay | Paul Haggis | WON | | Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room (2005) | Documentary | Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot | | | Don'T Tell (2005) | Foreign Film | Cristina Comencini | | | Darwin's Nightmare (2004) | Documentary | Hubert Sauper | | | Good Night And Good Luck (2005) | Leading Actor | David Strathairn | | | Good Night And Good Luck (2005) | Art Direction | Jim Bissell, Jan Pascale | | | Good Night And Good Luck (2005) | Cinematography | Robert Elswit | | | Good Night And Good Luck (2005) | Directing | George Clooney | | | Good Night And Good Luck (2005) | Picture | Grant Heslov | | | Good Night And Good Luck (2005) | Original Screenplay | George Clooney, Grant Heslov | | | Harry Potter 4, The Goblet Of Fire (2005) | Art Direction | Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan | | | History Of Violence, A (2005) | Supporting Actor | William Hurt | | | History Of Violence, A (2005) | Adapted Screenplay | Vince Locke, John Wagner | | | Howl's Moving Castle (2004) | Animated Feature | Hayao Miyazaki | | | Hustle And Flow (2005) | Leading Actor | Terrence Dashon Howard | | | Hustle And Flow (2005) | Song | Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard | WON | | Junebug (2005) | Supporting Actress | Amy Adams | | | King Kong (2005) | Art Direction | Grant Major, Dan Hennah and Simon Bright | | | King Kong (2005) | Sound Editing | Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn | WON | | King Kong (2005) | Sound Mixing | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek | WON | | King Kong (2005) | Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor | WON | | March Of The Penguins (2005) | Documentary | Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau | WON | | Joyeux Noel (2005) | Foreign Film | Christian Carion | | | Match Point (2005) | Original Screenplay | Woody Allen | | | Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) | Art Direction | John Myhre, Gretchen Rau | WON | | Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) | Cinematography | Dion Beebe | WON | | Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) | Costume | Colleen Atwood | WON | | Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) | Score | John Williams | | | Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) | Sound Mixing | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett | | | Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) | Sound Editing | Wylie Stateman | | | Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) | Leading Actress | Judi Dench | | | Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) | Costume | Sandy Powell | | | Munich (2005) | Directing | Steven Spielberg | | | Munich (2005) | Editing | Michael Kahn | | | Munich (2005) | Score | John Williams | | | Munich (2005) | Picture | Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel | | | Munich (2005) | Adapted Screenplay | George Jonas, Tony Kushner | | | Murderball (2005) | Documentary | Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro | | | New World, The (2005) | Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki | | | North Country (2005) | Leading Actress | Charlize Theron | | | North Country (2005) | Supporting Actress | Frances McDormand | | | Paradise Now (2005) | Foreign Film | Hany Abu-Assad | | | Pride And Prejudice (2005) | Leading Actress | Keira Knightley | | | Pride And Prejudice (2005) | Art Direction | Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer | | | Pride And Prejudice (2005) | Costume | Jacqueline Durran | | | Pride And Prejudice (2005) | Score | Dario Marianelli | | | Sophie Scholl (2005) | Foreign Film | Marc Rothemund | | | Squid And The Whale, The (2005) | Original Screenplay | Noah Baumbach | | | Star Wars, Revenge Of The Sith (2005) | Makeup | Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley | | | Street Fight (2005) | Documentary | Marshall Curry | | | Corpse Bride (2005) | Animated Feature | Mike Johnson, Tim Burton | | | Syriana (2005) | Supporting Actor | George Clooney | WON | | Syriana (2005) | Original Screenplay | Robert Baer, Stephen Gaghan | | | Transamerica (2005) | Leading Actress | Felicity Huffman | | | Transamerica (2005) | Song | Dolly Parton | | | Tsotsi (2005) | Foreign Film | Gavin Hood | WON | | Walk The Line (2005) | Leading Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | | | Walk The Line (2005) | Leading Actress | Reese Witherspoon | WON | | Walk The Line (2005) | Costume | Arianne Phillips | | | Walk The Line (2005) | Editing | Michael McCusker | | | Walk The Line (2005) | Sound Mixing | Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland | | | Wallace And Gromit: The Curse... (2005) | Animated Feature | Nick Park and Steve Box | WON | | War Of The Worlds, The (2005) | Sound Editing | Richard King | | | War Of The Worlds, The (2005) | Sound Mixing | Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins | | | War Of The Worlds, The (2005) | Visual Effects | Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick | |
In the end, four films took top honnors and tied with 3 Oscars each. Tonight, there was no big sweep, no big winner. It was a collective victory that highlighted the diversity and quality of the year.
On the purely technical and whiz-bang effects side, King Kong (2005) was the clear winner, pretty much as expected, with best Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, and Visual Effects. On the visual side, nothing compared to Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) this year and it comes home tonight with Art Direction, Costumes and Cinematography.
For the "great" Oscars, two films battled at the top but none dominated clearly. Brokeback Mountain (2005) got the nod for best Director, Score and Adapted Screenplay, while Crash (2004) won best Picture, Editing and Original Screenplay. The Best Picture win for Crash was quite unexpected as Brokeback was the favorite.
For the individual Oscars, Philip Seymour Hoffman finally won what was due to him for so many years and will go home tonight with a Best Actor Oscar. With so many great performances in the past, many nominations but no award, it was about time. On the ladies side, a surprise win went for Reese Witherspoon. For best supporting roles, Rachel Weisz and George Clooney took home the prize. |
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