Academy Awards/Oscars 2005 - nominees are...

[Chris R]

BEST PICTURE

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS

DIRECTING

THE AVIATOR - Martin Scorsese
MILLION DOLLAR BABY - Clint Eastwood
RAY - Taylor Hackford
SIDEWAYS - Alexander Payne
VERA DRAKE - Mike Leigh

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER


ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2

ART DIRECTION

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE AVIATOR
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

COSTUME DESIGN

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
RAY
TROY

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

BORN INTO BROTHELS
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
SUPER SIZE ME
TUPAC: RESURRECTION
TWIST OF FAITH

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

AUTISM IS A WORLD
THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY
HARDWOOD
MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH
SISTER ROSE'S PASSION

FILM EDITING

THE AVIATOR
COLLATERAL
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN - Sweden
THE CHORUS - France
DOWNFALL - Germany
THE SEA INSIDE - Spain
YESTERDAY - South Africa

MAKEUP

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE SEA INSIDE

MUSIC (SCORE)

FINDING NEVERLAND
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
THE VILLAGE

MUSIC (SONG)

"Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2
"Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
"Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS
"Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS



SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

BIRTHDAY BOY
GOPHER BROKE
GUARD DOG
LORENZO
RYAN

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
LITTLE TERRORIST
7:35 IN THE MORNING
TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
WASP

SOUND EDITING

THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
SPIDER-MAN 2

SOUND MIXING

THE AVIATOR
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RAY
SPIDER-MAN 2

VISUAL EFFECTS

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
I, ROBOT
SPIDER-MAN 2

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
SIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE
______________________________

Where are Passion Of The Christ, Fahrenheit 911, Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement and Javier Bardem??? :confused:

[Chris R]

Haven't decided yet who I think will win in all of the major categories, but here's who I'd like to win.

Best Pic - Sideways
Best Director - Alexander Payne
Best Actor - Don Cheadle
Best Actress - Kate Winslet
Supporting Actor - Clive Owen or Thomas Haden Church
Supporting Actress - Virginia Madsen

Unfortunately I suspect most of my picks won't be the Academy's choices. They'll probably give Aviator best pic/director and Jamie Foxx best Actor for Ray, which I saw the other day and thought was a so-so movie.

[bartels76]

I'm hoping Sideways cleans up. It's my movie of the year.

[bartels76]

Isn't someone missing?
Where is Paul Giamatti?


I know. He got dissed.

[grbl]

Haven't seen Sideways or Million Dollar Baby yet, but I'm just hoping The Aviator doesn't clean up.

[Aquateen]

Isn't someone missing?
Where is Paul Giamatti? What does it take for him to get nominated???? Leo should be booted off the list for having mearly a solid preformance in the most over-rated movie of the year.

[reechie]

Leo should be booted off the list for having mearly a solid preformance in the most over-rated movie of the year.
But he did the obligatory "hand washing" scene so well! :D ;)

[Jimbo]

Not likely to happen, but it'd be interesting to see Jamie Foxx win for both Best Actor and Supporting Actor.

Surprised to see Ray in the Best Picture category. Great performance by Foxx, great music of course, but the film is right out of "Biopic Moviemaking 101."

Neither Hero nor House of Flying Daggers in the Foreign Language category? I admit I haven't seen any of the nominated films, but I can't imagine them being better than either of those two.

Kill Bill, Vol. 2 is completely shut out. Arghhhh! :mad:

[Jos]

I'm a bit dissapointed because "The Alzheimer Affair" didn't make it in the Foreign Language category, especially since Sony Classics bought the distribution rights for the US yesterday for quite some $$$$$……

Anyway so be it….. Watch it if you can… Worth its money…. :righton:

[Stateless]

Kill Bill, Vol. 2 is completely shut out. Arghhhh! :mad:

Yeah that sucks. Uma should have been nominated at least. She was great in those movies.

[Jeff H.]

Not likely to happen, but it'd be interesting to see Jamie Foxx win for both Best Actor and Supporting Actor.

Surprised to see Ray in the Best Picture category. Great performance by Foxx, great music of course, but the film is right out of "Biopic Moviemaking 101."




I'd definitely be happy to see Jamie Foxx win Best Actor, but in the Supporting Actor category, I really feel Morgan Freeman is long overdue to win. I'm quite surprised also that Paul Giamatti wasn't nominated.

Regarding your comment about "Ray" being right out of "Biopic Moviemaking 101", you are right. Taylor Hackford is also responsible for one of my favorite films "The Idolmaker"(his first film as a director), and he produced "La Bamba". So he definitely knows how to do those kind of movies with the kind of detail that makes em great.

[davenav]

No Paul Giamatti? D'oh!!!

[Oatsdad]

I can't believe they totally ignored "Lord of the Rings" :laugh:

[JohnG]

No Uma in Kill Bill's 1 and 2. Sacrilege!!:(

[JohnG]

Looks like The Aviator with 11 nods will be big that night.

[vinyl anachronist]

Since The Aviator has 11 nominations, 4 more than the next film, it is almost a shoo-in for Best Picture statistically. The film with the most nominations doesn't always win, but it does when it's this far ahead of the rest (+3 or more). Let's face it, the Academy has been jonesing to give Scorsese some recognition for a long time. He should win for Best Director, too, although everyone really wants to point out the incredible work Clint Eastwood has done two years in a row.

I can't see anyone but Jamie Foxx winning for Best Actor, either. His moving speech at the Golden Globes endeared him to a huge amount of people. He's a shoo-in, too.

If I had to put my money down on Best Actress, I'd probably go with Hilary Swank, although "two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank" doesn't sound right. She has two great performances to her credit, but her career has been pretty spotty otherwise. A lot is being made about her showdown with Annette Bening, but no one has seen Being Julia, so she won't win. Imelda Staunton is the dignified choice, and you can't underestimate the Academy's love for all things British, which is why I won't be surprised if Kate Winslet wins, because people really like her a lot in the industry. Then again, don't be surprised if Catalina Sandino Moreno wins. I call it the Adrien Brody Factor...if confronted with a field of accomplished veterans, vote for the newcomer. This category is really up in the air.

I think Virginia Madsen is a lock for Supporting Actress, and Thomas Haden Church is the front-runner for Supporting Actor, but lately these two categories have been very unpredictable. I can see Morgan Freeman winning because people can't believe he hasn't won one already (he was the front-runner in 1989 for Best Actor and lost to Daniel Day-Lewis).

[Oatsdad]

Thomas Haden Church is the front-runner for Supporting Actor,

Someone from the cast of "Wings" with an Oscar? *shudder*

[Oatsdad]

I can see Morgan Freeman winning because people can't believe he hasn't won one already (he was the front-runner in 1989 for Best Actor and lost to Daniel Day-Lewis).

I disagree - I think that was the year many thought it would go to Tom Cruise for "Born on the Fourth of July". In my memory, at least, he was seen as the front-runner...

[Robin L]

Isn't someone missing?
Where is Paul Giamatti?
Until he does a sympathetic performance of an insane character...
...now wait a minute...
Anyway, I hope Sideways cleans up.

[d.r.cook]

Yeah that sucks. Uma should have been nominated at least. She was great in those movies.

shoulda been 1 movie w/intermission; may yet be.

having two movies (and the far better one being first) pretty much screwed the pooch.

can i say that?

doug

[d.r.cook]

I can't believe they totally ignored "Lord of the Rings" :laugh:

it had its day; "the academy" is so over mr. jackson . . . till the big monkey hits town.

doug

[d.r.cook]

I can't believe they totally ignored "Lord of the Rings" :laugh:

oh, was it eligible?

doug

[davenav]

No. The Lord Of The Rings was over last year.

In the writing credits (everyone's fave, right?) I'd take Sideways in Adapted and Eternal Sunshine (underrepresented in these nominations, if'n you ask me) in Original.

[FredCamp]

Haven't seen Sideways or Million Dollar Baby yet, but I'm just hoping The Aviator doesn't clean up.

I don't understand this sentiment at all. Granted, it's always more fun when the Oscars are more evenly distributed, and granted that it may be Scorsese's "time" to receive a much deserved Oscar, but the fact remains that The Aviator is one fine film. If Scorsese gets Best Director, then there is comfort in knowing he is getting it for some of his better, if not best work. It still haunts me that Paul Newman got his Oscar for The Color of Money, Dustin Hoffman for Kramer vs Kramer, and Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman. In the ever-evolving CGI world of modern filmmaking, Scorsese remains one of the few remaining "organic" directors.

I enjoyed Sideways and Ray very much, and I am looking forward to Million Dollar Baby. If The Aviator cleans up, though, I will be happy. :edthumbs:

[mhvbear]

I am glad that 'Finding Neverland' did so well in the nominations. IMHO probably the best film of 2004 and it might finally get the audience that it deserves.