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ACADEMY AWARDS 2009 OSCAR WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS

For the official list, go to the Academy Awards website

(Winners are denoted by a ·)

 

Best motion picture of the year

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

·Slumdog Millionaire

 

Performance by an actor in a leading role

Richard Jenkins in The Visitor

Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon

·Sean Penn in Milk

Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
 

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie in Changeling

Melissa Leo in Frozen River

Meryl Streep in Doubt

·Kate Winslet in The Reader

 

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Josh Brolin in Milk

Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt

·Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

 

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in Doubt

·Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis in Doubt

Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

 

Achievement in directing

David Fincher in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard in Frost/Nixon

Gus Van Sant in Milk

Stephen Daldry in The Reader

·Danny Boyle in Slumdog Millionaire

 

Best foreign language film of the year

The Baader Meinhof Complex, Germany

The Class, France

·Departures, Japan

Revanche, Austria

Waltz With Bashir, Israel

 

Adapted screenplay

Eric Roth and Robin Swicord in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

John Patrick Shanley in Doubt

Peter Morgan in Frost/Nixon

David Hare in The Reader

·Simon Beaufoy in Slumdog Millionaire

 

Original screenplay

Courtney Hunt in Frozen River

Mike Leigh in Happy-Go-Lucky

Martin McDonagh in In Bruges

·Dustin Lance Black in Milk

Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter in WALL-E

 

Best animated feature film of the year

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

·WALL-E

 

Achievement in art direction

Changeling

·The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Duchess

Revolutionary Road

 

Achievement in cinematography

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Reader

·Slumdog Millionaire

 

Achievement in sound mixing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

·Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

Wanted

 

Achievement in sound editing

·The Dark Knight

Iron Man

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

Wanted

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Alexandre Desplat

Defiance by James Newton Howard

Milk by Danny Elfman

·Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman

WALL-E by Thomas Newman

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

Down to Earth from WALL-E by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman

·Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman and Gulzar

O Saya from Slumdog Millionaire by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

 

Achievement in costume design

Australia

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

·The Duchess

Milk

Revolutionary Road

 

Best documentary feature

The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

Encounters at the End of the World

The Garden

·Man on Wire

Trouble the Water

 

Best documentary short subject

The Conscience of Nhem En

The Final Inch

·Smile Pinki

The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

 

Achievement in film editing

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Frost/Nixon

Milk

·Slumdog Millionaire

 

Achievement in makeup

·The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

 

Best animated short film

·La Maison en Petits Cubes

Lavatory – Lovestory

Oktapodi

Presto

This Way Up

 

Best live action short film

Auf der Strecke (On the Line)

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy

The Pig

·Spielzeugland (Toyland)

 

Achievement in visual effects

·The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

 

Special Awards

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award - Jerry Lewis

Gordon E. Sawyer Award - Ed Catmull (Pixar Animation co-founder)

 

ACADEMY AWARDS 2008 OSCAR WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS

For the official list, go to the Academy Awards website

(Winners are denoted by a ·)

 

Best motion picture of the year

Atonement (Focus Features)

Juno (Fox Searchlight)

Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)

·No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

 

Performance by an actor in a leading role

George Clooney in Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)

·Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah (Warner Independent)

Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises (Focus Features)

 

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner Bros.)

·Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson’s War (Universal)

Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)

Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)

 

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal)

Julie Christie in Away from Her (Lionsgate)

·Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose (Picturehouse)

Laura Linney in The Savages (Fox Searchlight)

Ellen Page in Juno (Fox Searchlight)

 

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Cate Blanchett in I’m Not There (The Weinstein Company)

Ruby Dee in American Gangster (Universal)

Saoirse Ronan in Atonement (Focus Features)

Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone (Miramax)

·Tilda Swinton in Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)

 

Best animated feature film of the year

Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics)

·Ratatouille (Walt Disney)

Surf's Up (Sony Pictures Releasing)

 

Achievement in art direction

American Gangster (Universal)

Art Direction: Arthur Max

Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino

Atonement (Focus Features)

Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood

Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

The Golden Compass (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)

Art Direction: Dennis Gassner

Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

·Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)

Art Direction: Dante Ferretti

Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Art Direction: Jack Fisk

Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

 

Achievement in cinematography

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.) Roger Deakins

Atonement” (Focus Features) Seamus McGarvey

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathi Renn) Janusz Kaminski

No Country for Old Men  (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roger Deakins

·There Will Be Blood  (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Robert Elswit

 

Achievement in costume design

Across the Universe  (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky

Atonement  (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran

·Elizabeth: The Golden Age  (Universal) Alexandra Byrne

La Vie en Rose  (Picturehouse) Marit Allen

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street  (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount) Colleen Atwood

 

Achievement in directing

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly  (Miramax/Pathi Renn) Julian Schnabel

Juno  (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman

Michael Clayton  (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy

·No Country for Old Men  (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

There Will Be Blood  (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson

 

Best documentary feature

No End in Sight (Magnolia Pictures)

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience  (The Documentary Group)

Sicko  (Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company)

·Taxi to the Dark Side  (THINKFilm)

War/Dance  (THINKFilm)

 

Best documentary short subject

·Freeheld

La Corona (The Crown)

Salim Baba

Sari’s Mother

 

Achievement in film editing

·“The Bourne Ultimatum“ (Universal) Christopher Rouse

“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly“ (Miramax/Pathi Renn) Juliette Welfling

“Into the Wild“ (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment) Jay Cassidy

“No Country for Old Men“ (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Roderick Jaynes

“There Will Be Blood“ (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Dylan Tichenor

 

Best foreign language film of the year

“Beaufort A Metro Communications“ - Movie Plus Production, Israel

·“The Counterfeiters An Aichholzer Filmproduktion“ - Magnolia Filmproduktion Production, Austria

“Katyń An Akson“ -  Studio Production, Poland

“Mongol A Eurasia“ -  Film Production, Kazakhstan

“12 A“ -  Three T Production, Russia

 

Achievement in makeup

·“La Vie en Rose“ (Picturehouse) Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald

“Norbit“ (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount) Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji

“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End“ (Walt Disney) Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

·“Atonement“ (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli

“The Kite Runner“ (DreamWorks, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions, Distributed by Paramount Classics) Alberto Iglesias

“Michael Clayton“ (Warner Bros.) James Newton Howard

“Ratatouille“ (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

“3:10 to Yuma“ (Lionsgate) Marco Beltrami

 

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

·“Falling Slowly“ from “Once“

(Fox Searchlight)

Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

“Happy Working Song“ from “Enchanted“

(Walt Disney)

Music by Alan Menken

Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

“Raise It Up“ from “August Rush“

(Warner Bros.)

Music and lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas 

“So Close“ from “Enchanted“

(Walt Disney)

Music by Alan Menken

Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

“That’s How You Know“ from “Enchanted“

(Walt Disney)

Music by Alan Menken

Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

 

Best animated short film

“I Met the Walrus “

A Kids & Explosions Production

Josh Raskin

“Madame Tutli-Putli“ (National Film Board of Canada)

A National Film Board of Canada Production

Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski

“ Mjme les Pigeons Vont au Paradis“ (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven) (Premium Films)

A BUF Compagnie Production

Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse

“My Love (Moya Lyubov) “ (Channel One Russia)

A Dago-Film Studio, Channel One Russia and Dentsu Tec Production

Alexander Petrov

·“Peter & the Wolf“ (BreakThru Films)

A BreakThru Films/Se-ma-for Studios Production

Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman

 

 

Best live action short film

“At Night“

A Zentropa Entertainments 10 Production

Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth

“Il Supplente (The Substitute) “ (Sky Cinema Italia)

A Frame by Frame Italia Production

Andrea Jublin

·“Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets) “ (Premium Films)

A Kari Production

Philippe Pollet-Villard

“Tanghi Argentini“ (Premium Films)

An Another Dimension of an Idea Production

Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans

“The Tonto Woman“

A Knucklehead, Little Mo and Rose Hackney Barber Production

Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

 

Achievement in sound editing

·“The Bourne Ultimatum“ (Universal)

Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg

“No Country for Old Men“ (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Skip Lievsay

“Ratatouille“ (Walt Disney)

Randy Thom and Michael Silvers

“There Will Be Blood“ (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood

 “Transformers“ (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)

Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

 

Achievement in sound mixing

·“The Bourne Ultimatum“ (Universal)

Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis

“No Country for Old Men“ (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland

“Ratatouille“ (Walt Disney)

Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane

“3:10 to Yuma“ (Lionsgate)

Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe

Transformers“ (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)

Kevin OConnell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

 

Achievement in visual effects

·“The Golden Compass“ (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners)

Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood

“Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End“ (Walt Disney)

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier

“Transformers“ (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro)

Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier

 

Adapted screenplay

“Atonement“ (Focus Features)

Screenplay by Christopher Hampton

“Away from Herv (Lionsgate)

Written by Sarah Polley

“The Diving Bell and the Butterflyv (Miramax/Pathi Renn)

Screenplay by Ronald Harwood

·“No Country for Old Men“ (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)

Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

“There Will Be Blood“ (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)

Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

 

Original screenplay

·Juno“ (Fox Searchlight)

Written by Diablo Cody

“Lars and the Real Girl“ (MGM)

Written by Nancy Oliver

“Michael Claytonv (Warner Bros.)

Written by Tony Gilroy

“Ratatouille“ (Walt Disney)

Screenplay by Brad Bird

Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird

“The Savages“ (Fox Searchlight)

Written by Tamara Jenkins

 

 

 

ACADEMY AWARDS 2007 OSCAR WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS

For the official list, go to the Academy Awards website

(Winners are denoted by a ·)

 

79th Academy Awards PosterBest Motion Picture Of The Year

“Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

·“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

“Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

“Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

 

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio - “Blood Diamond

Ryan Gosling - “Half Nelson”

Peter O’Toole - “Venus”

Will Smith - “The Pursuit of Happyness”

·Forest Whitaker - “The Last King of Scotland”

 

Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role

·Alan Arkin - “Little Miss Sunshine”

Jackie Earle Haley - “Little Children”

Djimon Hounsou - “Blood Diamond” 

Eddie Murphy - “Dreamgirls”

Mark Wahlberg - “The Departed”

 

Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role

Penélope Cruz - “Volver” 

Judi Dench - “Notes on a Scandal”

·Helen Mirren - “The Queen

Meryl Streep - “The Devil Wears Prada”

Kate Winslet - “Little Children” 

 

Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role

Adriana Barraza - “Babel” 

Cate Blanchett - “Notes on a Scandal” 

Abigail Breslin - “Little Miss Sunshine”

·Jennifer Hudson - “Dreamgirls”

Rinko Kikuchi - “Babel”

 

Best Animated Feature Film Of The Year

“Cars” - John Lasseter (Buena Vista)

·“Happy Feet” - George Miller (Warner Bros.)

“Monster House” - Gil Kenan (Sony Pictures Releasing)

 

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” - Vilmos Zsigmond (Universal)

“Children of Men” - Emmanuel Lubezki (Universal)

“The Illusionist” - Dick Pope (Yari Film Group)

·“Pan’s Labyrinth” - Guillermo Navarro (Picturehouse)

“The Prestige” - Wally Pfister (Buena Vista)

 

Achievement In Costume Design

“Curse of the Golden Flower” - Yee Chung Man (Sony Pictures Classics)

“The Devil Wears Prada” - Patricia Field (20th Century Fox)

“Dreamgirls” - Sharen Davis (DreamWorks and Paramount)

·“Marie Antoinette” - Milena Canonero (Sony Pictures Releasing)

The Queen” - Consolata Boyle (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

 

Achievement In Directing

“Babel” - Alejandro González Iñárritu (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

·“The Departed” - Martin Scorsese (Warner Bros.)

“Letters from Iwo Jima” - Clint Eastwood (Warner Bros.)

The Queen” - Stephen Frears (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

“United 93” - Paul Greengrass (Universal and StudioCanal)

 

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 - Fragments” (Typecast Releasing)

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” - Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Blood Diamond” - Steven Rosenblum (Warner Bros.)

“Children of Men” - Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón (Universal)

·“The Departed” - Thelma Schoonmaker (Warner Bros.)

“United 93” - Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson (Universal and StudioCanal)

 

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” - Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano (Buena Vista)

“Click” - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso (Sony Pictures Releasing)

·“Pan’s Labyrinth” - David Marti and Montse Ribe (Picturehouse)

 

Achievement In Music Written For Motion Pictures (Original Score)

·“Babel” - Gustavo Santaolalla (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

“The Good German” - Thomas Newman (Warner Bros.)

“Notes on a Scandal” - Philip Glass (Fox Searchlight)

“Pan’s Labyrinth” - Javier Navarrete (Picturehouse)

The Queen” - Alexandre Desplat (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

 

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 Animated Short Film

·“The Danish Poet” (National Film Board of Canada)

“Lifted” (Buena Vista)

“The Little Matchgirl” (Buena Vista)

“Maestro” (Szimplafilm)

“No Time for Nuts” (20th Century Fox)

 

Best Live Action Short Film

“Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)”

“Éramos Pocos (One Too Many)” (Kimuak)

“Helmer & Son”

“The Saviour” (Australian Film Television and Radio School)

·“West Bank Story”

 

Achievement In Sound Editing

“Apocalypto” - Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar (Buena Vista)

Blood Diamond” - Lon Bender (Warner Bros.)

“Flags of Our Fathers” - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

·“Letters from Iwo Jima” - Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (Warner Bros.)

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” - Christopher Boyes and George Watters II (Buena Vista)

 

Achievement In Sound Mixing

“Apocalypto” - Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara (Buena Vista)

Blood Diamond” - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock (Warner Bros.)

·“Dreamgirls” - Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton (DreamWorks and Paramount)

“Flags of Our Fathers” - John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff (Buena Vista)

 

Achievement In Visual Effects

·“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” - John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall (Buena Vista)

“Poseidon” – Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett and John Frazier (Warner Bros.)

“Superman Returns” - Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum (Warner Bros.)

 

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” - Written by Guillermo Arriaga (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

“Letters from Iwo Jima” - Screenplay by Iris Yamashita, Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis (Warner Bros.)

·“Little Miss Sunshine” - Written by Michael Arndt (Fox Searchlight)

“Pan’s Labyrinth” - Written by Guillermo del Toro (Picturehouse)

The Queen” - Written by Peter Morgan (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

 

 

ACADEMY AWARDS 2006 OSCAR WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS

For the official list, go to the Academy Awards website

(Winners are denoted by a ·)

 

Actor in a Leading Role

·Philip Seymour Hoffman  - Capote

Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

Joaquin Phoenix - Walk The Line

David Strathairn - Good Night, And Good Luck.

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

·George Clooney - Syriana

Matt Dillon - Crash

Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man

Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain

William Hurt - A History Of Violence

 

Actress in a Leading Role

Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents 

Felicity Huffman - Transamerica 

Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice 

Charlize Theron - North Country 

·Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams - Junebug 

Catherine Keener - Capote 

Frances Mcdormand - North Country 

·Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener 

Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

 

Animated Feature

Howl's Moving Castle

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

·Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit

 

Art Direction

Good Night, And Good Luck.

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

King Kong

·Memoirs Of A Geisha

Pride & Prejudice

 

Cinematography

Batman Begins

Brokeback Mountain

Good Night, And Good Luck.

·Memoirs Of A Geisha

The New World

 

Costume Design

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

·Memoirs Of A Geisha

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Pride & Prejudice

Walk The Line

 

Directing

·Brokeback Mountain

Capote

Crash

Good Night, And Good Luck.

Munich

 

Documentary Feature

Darwin's Nightmare

Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room

·March Of The Penguins

Murderball

Street Fight

 

Documentary Short

The Death Of Kevin Carter: Casualty Of The Bang Bang Club

God Sleeps In Rwanda

The Mushroom Club

·A Note Of Triumph: The Golden Age Of Norman Corwin

 

Film Editing

Cinderella Man

The Constant Gardener

·Crash

Munich

Walk The Line

 

Foreign Language Film

Don't Tell

Joyeux Noël

Paradise Now

Sophie Scholl - The Final Days

·Tsotsi

 

Makeup

·The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

Cinderella Man

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge Of The Sith

 

Music (Score)

·Brokeback Mountain

The Constant Gardener

Memoirs Of A Geisha

Munich

Pride & Prejudice

 

Music (Song)

"In The Deep" from Crash

·"It's Hard Out Here for A Pimp" From Hustle & Flow

"Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica

 

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain

Capote

·Crash

Good Night, And Good Luck.

Munich

 

Short Film (Animated)

Badgered

·The Moon And The Son: An Imagined Conversation

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations Of Jasper Morello

9

One Man Band

 

Short Film (Live Action)

Ausreisser (The Runaway)

Cashback

The Last Farm

Our Time Is Up

·Six Shooter

 

Sound Editing

·King Kong

Memoirs Of A Geisha

War Of The Worlds

 

Sound Mixing

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

·King Kong

Memoirs Of A Geisha

Walk The Line

War Of The Worlds

 

Visual Effects

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

·King Kong

War Of The Worlds

 

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

·Brokeback Mountain

Capote

The Constant Gardener

A History Of Violence

Munich

 

Writing (Original Screenplay)

·Crash

Good Night, And Good Luck.

Match Point

The Squid And The Whale

Syriana

 

 

ACADEMY AWARDS 2005 OSCAR WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS

For the official list, go to the Academy Awards website

(Winners are denoted by a ·)

Best Performance by an 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

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role
Alan Alda - The Aviator
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
· Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen - Closer

Best Performance by an 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

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role
· Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Laura Linney - Kinsey
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman - Closer

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
· The Incredibles
Shark Tale
Shrek 2

Achievement in Art Direction
· The Aviator (Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo)
Finding Neverland (Art Direction: Gemma Jackson; Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards)
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl A. Carasik)
The Phantom Of The Opera (Art Direction: Anthony Pratt ; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak)
A Very Long Engagement (Art Direction: Aline Bonetto)

Achievement in Cinematography
· The Aviator
House Of Flying Daggers
The Passion Of The Christ
The Phantom Of The Opera
A Very Long Engagement

Achievement in Costume Design
· The Aviator (Sandy Powell)
Finding Neverland (Alexandra Byrne)
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (Colleen Atwood)
Ray (Sharen Davis)
Troy (Bob Ringwood)

Achievement in Directing
The Aviator (Martin Scorsese)
· Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood)
Ray (Taylor Hackford)
Sideways (Alexander Payne)
Vera Drake (Mike Leigh)

Best Documentary Feature
· Born Into Brothels
The Story Of The Weeping Camel
Super Size Me
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist Of Faith

Best Documentary Short Subject
Autism Is A World
The Children Of Leningradsky
Hardwood
· Mighty Times: The Children's March
Sister Rose's Passion

Achievement in Film Editing
· The Aviator (Thelma Schoonmaker)
Collateral (Jim Miller and Paul Rubell)
Finding Neverland (Matt Chesse)
Million Dollar Baby (Joel Cox)
Ray (Paul Hirsch)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
As It Is In Heaven
The Chorus
Downfall
· The Sea Inside
Yesterday

Achievement in Makeup
· Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (Valli O’Reilly and Bill Corso)
The Passion Of The Christ (Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley)
The Sea Inside (Jo Allen and Manuel García)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
· Finding Neverland (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (John Williams)
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (Thomas Newman)
The Passion Of The Christ (John Debey)
The Village (James Newton Howard)

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
"Accidentally In Love" - Shrek 2 (Music by: Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Mallery and David Bryson; Lyric by: Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey)
· "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - The Motorcycle Diaries (Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler)
"Believe" - The Polar Express (Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri)
"Learn To Be Lonely" - The Phantom Of The Opera (Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by: Charles Hart)
"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - The Chorus (Music by: Bruno Coulais; Lyric by: Christophe Barratier)

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
· Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways

Best Animated Short Film
Birthday Boy
Gopher Broke
Guard Dog
Lorenzo
· Ryan

Best Live Action Short Film
Everything In This Country Must
Little Terrorist
7:35 In The Morning
Two Cars, One Night
· Wasp

Achievement in Sound Editing
· The Incredibles (Michael Silvers and Randy Thom)
The Polar Express (Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard)
Spider-Man 2 (Paul N.J. Ottosson)

Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Aviator (Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal)
The Incredibles (Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane)
The Polar Express (Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan)
· Ray (Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa)
Spider-Man 2 (Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger)

Achievement in Visual Effects
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George)
I, Robot (John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri)
· Spider-Man 2 (John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier)

Adapted Screenplay
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke)
Finding Neverland (David Magee)
Million Dollar Baby (Paul Haggis)
The Motorcycle Diaries (José Rivera)
· Sideways Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor)

Original Screenplay
The Aviator (John Logan)
· Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Charlie Kaufman)
Hotel Rwanda (Keir Pearson & Terry George)
The Incredibles (Brad Bird)
Vera Drake (Mike Leigh)

2004 ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS


Best Actor in a leading role: Sean Penn in Mystic River
Best Actor in a supporting role: Tim Robbins in Mystic River
Best Actress in a leading role: Charlize Theron in Monster
Best Actress in a supporting role: Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain
Animated feature film: Finding Nemo
Art direction: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee)
Cinematography: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Russell Boyd)
Costume design: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor)
Directing: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson)
Documentary feature: The Fog of War (Errol Morris and Michael Williams)
Documentary short subject: Chernobyl Heart (Maryann DeLeo)
Film editing: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jamie Selkirk )
Foreign language film: The Barbarian Invasions
Makeup: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Richard Taylor and Peter King)
Music (original score): The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
Music (original song): Into the West” from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Music and Lyric by Fran Walsh and Howard Shore and Annie Lennox)
Best picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Short film (animated): Harvie Krumpet
Short film (live action): Two Soldiers
Sound editing: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Richard King)
Sound mixing: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Cristopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek)
Visual effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke)

Adapted Screenplay: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson)
Original Screenplay: Lost in Translation (Written by Sofia Coppola)

 

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