this year's academy awards celebration comes closer and closer!

i think this year the nominations are really interesting, because there's no nomination for a
blockbuster-movie in the main-categorys...ok, brokeback mountain becamed a suprising success, but
the story is not really mainstream...
I'm strained...

has someone here seen "sophie scholl - the final days" already?

as the film startet in our cinemas one year ago i wanted to see it, but my friends were not interested in (
so i bought the dvd last summer...i think it's a great movie...julia jentsch is a fantastic actress..
it brought me so much joy as i heard that the movie is nominated for "best foreign language movie"

I've seen one of the movies nominated, Munich and it could possibly win.

bump

um, yeah, the Oscars.

Hope someone falls over their dress, that's always funny.

My fave bit is where they show a film clip of all the people who have died sonce the last Oscars. I feel sorry for the people who don't get huge applause

brokeback mountain wasnt a surprising success

I've just seen Brokeback Mountain and I'm still torn between it and Munich.

I heard it on the radio and I read it on different pages that nobody thought a story about 2 cowboys who
are gay could have this surprising / huge success!!

If no one made a fuss about it or banned it, no one would see it. Banning a movie makes for great publicity.

Does anyone know the nominiees?

the nominees are as follows
- NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY - 78TH AWARDS -





Performance by an actor in a leading role



Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)



Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow" (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)



Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)



Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)



David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)





Performance by an actor in a supporting role



George Clooney in "Syriana" (Warner Bros.)



Matt Dillon in "Crash" (Lions Gate)



Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax)



Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)



William Hurt in "A History of Violence" (New Line)





Performance by an actress in a leading role



Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company)



Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)



Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)



Charlize Theron in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)



Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox)





Performance by an actress in a supporting role



Amy Adams in "Junebug" (Sony Pictures Classics)



Catherine Keener in "Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)



Frances McDormand in "North Country" (Warner Bros.)



Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features)



Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features)







Best animated feature film of the year



"Howl's Moving Castle" (Buena Vista)

Hayao Miyazaki



"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" (Warner Bros.)

Tim Burton and Mike Johnson



"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (DreamWorks Animation SKG)

Nick Park and Steve Box





Achievement in art direction



"Good Night, and Good Luck." (Warner Independent Pictures)

Art Direction: Jim Bissell

Set Decoration: Jan Pascale



"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (Warner Bros.)

Art Direction: Stuart Craig

Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan



"King Kong" (Universal)

Art Direction: Grant Major

Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright



"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing)



Art Direction: John Myhre

Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau



"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features)

Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood

Set Decoration: Katie Spencer





Achievement in cinematography



"Batman Begins" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister



"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Rodrigo Prieto



"Good Night, and Good Luck." Robert Elswit

(Warner Independent Pictures)



"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dion Beebe



"The New World" (New Line) Emmanuel Lubezki





Achievement in costume design



"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (Warner Bros.) Gabriella Pescucci



"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colleen Atwood



"Mrs. Henderson Presents" (The Weinstein Company) Sandy Powell



"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran



"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Arianne Phillips





Achievement in directing



"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Ang Lee



"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller



"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis



"Good Night, and Good Luck." George Clooney

(Warner Independent Pictures)



"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Steven Spielberg





Best documentary feature



"Darwin's Nightmare" (International Film Circuit) Hubert Sauper

A Mille et Une Production



"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot

(Magnolia Pictures)

An HDNet Films Production



"March of the Penguins" (Warner Independent Pictures) Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau

A Bonne Pioche Production



"Murderball" (THINKFilm) Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro

An Eat Films Production



"Street Fight" Marshall Curry

A Marshall Curry Production





Best documentary short subject



"The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty Dan Krauss

of the Bang Bang Club"

A Dan Krauss Production



"God Sleeps in Rwanda" Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman

An Acquaro/Sherman Production



"The Mushroom Club" Steven Okazaki

A Farallon Films Production



"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson

of Norman Corwin"

A NomaFilms Production



Achievement in film editing



"Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley



"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Claire Simpson



"Crash" (Lions Gate) Hughes Winborne



"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Michael Kahn



"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Michael McCusker





Best foreign language film of the year



"Don't Tell" Italy

A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production



"Joyeux Noël" France

A Nord-Ouest Production



"Paradise Now" Palestine

An Augustus Film Production



"Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" Germany

A Goldkind Filmproduktion and

Broth Film Production



"Tsotsi" South Africa

A Moviworld Production





Achievement in makeup



"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch Howard Berger and Tami Lane

and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista)



"Cinderella Man" (Universal and Miramax) David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson



"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley

(20th Century Fox)





Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)



"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla



"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias



"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams



"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams



"Pride & Prejudice" (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli





Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)



"In the Deep" from Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker

"Crash" (Lions Gate) Lyric by Kathleen "Bird" York



"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman

"Hustle & Flow" and Paul Beauregard

(Paramount Classics, MTV Films and

New Deal Entertainment)

"Travelin' Thru" from Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton "Transamerica"

(The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)





Best motion picture of the year



"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers

A River Road Entertainment Production



"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven,

An A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town/ Producers

Infinity Media Production



"Crash" (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers

A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar's Bridge/

Harris Company/ApolloProscreen

GmbH & Co./Bull's Eye Entertainment

Production



"Good Night, and Good Luck." Grant Heslov, Producer

(Warner Independent Pictures)

A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production



"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Barry Mendel, Producers

Pictures Production





Best animated short film



"Badgered" Sharon Colman

A National Film and Television

School Production



"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined John Canemaker and Peggy Stern

Conversation"

A John Canemaker Production



"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations Anthony Lucas

of Jasper Morello" (Monster Distributes)

A 3D Films Production



"9" Shane Acker

A Shane Acker Production



"One Man Band" Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews

A Pixar Animation Studios Production





Best live action short film



"Ausreisser (The Runaway)" Ulrike Grote

A Hamburg Media School,

Filmwerkstatt Production



"Cashback" (The British Film Institute) Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager A Left Turn Films Production



"The Last Farm" Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson

A Zik Zak Filmworks Production



"Our Time Is Up" Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente

A Station B Production



"Six Shooter" (Sundance Film Channel) Martin McDonagh

A Missing in Action Films and

Funny Farm Films Production





Achievement in sound editing



"King Kong" (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn



"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman



"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King







Achievement in sound mixing



"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson

and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista)



"King Kong" (Universal) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick,

Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek



"Memoirs of a Geisha" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett



"Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland



"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins





Achievement in visual effects



"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and

and the Wardrobe" (Buena Vista) Scott Farrar



"King Kong" (Universal) Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and

Richard Taylor



"War of the Worlds" (Paramount and DreamWorks) Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and

Daniel Su-





Adapted screenplay



"Brokeback Mountain" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana



"Capote" (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Dan Futterman



"The Constant Gardener" (Focus Features) Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine



"A History of Violence" (New Line) Screenplay by Josh Olson



"Munich" (Universal and DreamWorks) Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth





Original screenplay



"Crash" (Lions Gate) Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco

Story by Paul Haggis



"Good Night, and Good Luck." Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov

(Warner Independent Pictures)



"Match Point" (DreamWorks) Written by Woody Allen



"The Squid and the Whale" (Samuel Goldwyn Films Written by Noah Baumbach

and Sony Pictures Releasing)



"Syriana" (Warner Bros.) Written by Stephen Gaghan







- MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS - 78th AWARDS -



- NOMINATIONS BY PICTURE -



(This list does not include Short Films or Documentary Short Subjects.)





"Batman Begins," a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (1 Nomination)

Cinematography



"Brokeback Mountain," a River Road Entertainment Production (Focus Features) (8 Nominations)

Heath Ledger - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Jake Gyllenhaal - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Michelle Williams - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Cinematography

Directing

Original score

Best picture

Adapted screenplay



"Capote," an A-Line Pictures/Cooper's Town/Infinity Media Production (5 Nominations)

(UA/Sony Pictures Classics)

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Catherine Keener - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Directing

Best picture

Adapted screenplay



"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," a Warner Bros. Productions Ltd. Production (1 Nomination)

(Warner Bros.)

Costume design



"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," (3 Nominations)

a Walt Disney Pictures/Walden Media Production (Buena Vista)

Makeup

Sound mixing

Visual effects



"Cinderella Man," a Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Production (3 Nominations)

(Universal and Miramax)

Paul Giamatti - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Film editing

Makeup



"The Constant Gardener," a Potboiler Production (Focus Features) (4 Nominations)

Rachel Weisz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Film editing

Original score

Adapted screenplay















"Crash," a Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar's Bridge/Harris Company/ApolloProscreen (6 Nominations)

GmbH & Co./Bull's Eye Entertainment Production (Lions Gate)

Matt Dillon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Directing

Film editing

Original song

Best picture

Original screenplay



"Darwin's Nightmare," a Mille et Une Production (International Film Circuit) (1 Nomination)

Documentary - features



"Don't Tell," a Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production (1 Nomination)

Best foreign language film (Italy)



"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," an HDNet Films Production (1 Nomination)

(Magnolia Pictures)

Documentary - features



"Good Night, and Good Luck.," a Good Night Good Luck LLC Production (6 Nominations)

(Warner Independent Pictures)

David Strathairn - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Art direction

Cinematography

Directing

Best picture

Original screenplay



"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," a Warner Bros. Productions Ltd. Production (1 Nomination)

(Warner Bros.)

Art direction



"A History of Violence," a Benderspink Production (New Line) (2 Nominations)

William Hurt - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Adapted screenplay



"Howl's Moving Castle," a Studio Ghibli Production (Buena Vista) (1 Nomination)

Best animated feature film



"Hustle & Flow," a Crunk Pictures/Homegrown Pictures Production (2 Nominations)

(Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)

Terrence Howard - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Original song



"Joyeux Noël," a Nord-Ouest Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 Nomination)

Best foreign language film (France)



"Junebug," an Epoch Films Production (Sony Pictures Classics) (1 Nomination)

Amy Adams - Performance by an actress in a supporting role



"King Kong," a Universal Pictures Production (Universal) (4 Nominations)

Art direction

Sound editing

Sound mixing

Visual effects



"March of the Penguins," a Bonne Pioche Production (1 Nomination)

(Warner Independent Pictures)

Documentary - features



"Match Point," a Jada in association with BBC Films and Thema S.A. Production (1 Nomination)

(DreamWorks)

Original screenplay



"Memoirs of a Geisha," a Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures/Spyglass (6 Nominations)

Entertainment Production (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Art direction

Cinematography

Costume design

Original score

Sound editing

Sound mixing



"Mrs. Henderson Presents," a Heyman Hoskins Production (The Weinstein Company) (2 Nominations)

Judi Dench - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Costume design



"Munich," a Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production (5 Nominations)

(Universal and DreamWorks)

Directing

Film editing

Original score

Best picture

Adapted screenplay



"Murderball," an Eat Films Production (THINKFilm) (1 Nomination)

Documentary - features



"The New World," a Virginia Company, LLC Production (New Line) (1 Nomination)

Cinematography



"North Country," a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (2 Nominations)

Charlize Theron - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Frances McDormand - Performance by an actress in a supporting role



"Paradise Now," an Augustus Film Production (Warner Independent Pictures) (1 Nomination)

Best foreign language film (Palestine)



"Pride & Prejudice," a Working Title/Scion Films Production (Focus Features) (4 Nominations)

Keira Knightley - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Art direction

Costume design

Original score



"Sophie Scholl - The Final Days," a Goldkind Filmproduktion and Broth Film Production (1 Nomination)

(Zeitgeist Films)

Best foreign language film (Germany)



"The Squid and the Whale," a Squid and Whale, Inc. Production (1 Nomination)

(Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing)

Original screenplay



"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith," a Lucasfilm Ltd. Production (1 Nomination)

(20th Century Fox)

Makeup



"Street Fight," a Marshall Curry Production (1 Nomination)

Documentary - features



"Syriana," a Warner Bros. Pictures Production (Warner Bros.) (2 Nominations)

George Clooney - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Original screenplay



"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride," a Warner Bros. Productions Ltd. Production (1 Nomination)

(Warner Bros.)

Best animated feature film



"Transamerica," a Belladonna Production (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films) (2 Nominations)

Felicity Huffman - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Original song



"Tsotsi," a Moviworld Production (Miramax) (1 Nomination)

Best foreign language film (South Africa)



"Walk the Line," a Fox 2000 Pictures Production (20th Century Fox) (5 Nominations)

Joaquin Phoenix - Performance by an actor in a leading role

Reese Witherspoon - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Costume design

Film editing

Sound mixing



"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit," an Aardman Animations (1 Nomination)

Limited Production (DreamWorks Animation SKG)

Best animated feature film



"War of the Worlds," an Amblin Entertainment/C|W Production (3 Nominations)

(Paramount and DreamWorks)

Sound editing

Sound mixing

Visual effects









- MOTION PICTURE NOMINATIONS - 78th AWARDS -



FEATURE FILMS WITH TWO OR MORE NOMINATIONS



(This list does not include Short Films

or Documentary Short Subjects.)





Picture Distribution Company Nominations



"Brokeback Mountain" Focus Features 8



"Crash" Lions Gate 6



"Good Night, and Good Luck." Warner Independent Pictures 6



"Memoirs of a Geisha" Sony Pictures Releasing 6



"Capote" UA/Sony Pictures Classics 5



"Munich" Universal and DreamWorks 5



"Walk the Line" 20th Century Fox 5



"The Constant Gardener" Focus Features 4



"King Kong" Universal 4



"Pride & Prejudice" Focus Features 4



"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,

the Witch and the Wardrobe" Buena Vista 3



"Cinderella Man" Universal and Miramax 3



"War of the Worlds" Paramount and DreamWorks 3



"A History of Violence" New Line 2



"Hustle & Flow" Paramount Classics, MTV Films

and New Deal Entertainment 2



"Mrs. Henderson Presents" The Weinstein Company 2



"North Country" Warner Bros. 2



"Syriana" Warner Bros. 2



"Transamerica" The Weinstein Company and

IFC Films 2




sorry about the lay out.