Best movie of the year and Oscar nominations

31 Jan 2006, 07:19

Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominees: Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Diana Ossana, James Schamus Capote (2005) - Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Grant Heslov Munich (2005) - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominees: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote (2005) Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow (2005) Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain (2005) Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line (2005) David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominees: Judi Dench for Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) Felicity Huffman for Transamerica (2005) Keira Knightley for Pride & Prejudice (2005) Charlize Theron for North Country (2005) Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Nominees: George Clooney for Syriana (2005) Matt Dillon for Crash (2004) Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man (2005) Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain (2005) William Hurt for A History of Violence (2005)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Nominees: Amy Adams for Junebug (2005) Catherine Keener for Capote (2005) Frances McDormand for North Country (2005) Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener (2005) Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Best Achievement in Directing Nominees: George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Paul Haggis for Crash (2004) Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005) Bennett Miller for Capote (2005) Steven Spielberg for Munich (2005)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Nominees: Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - George Clooney, Grant Heslov Match Point (2005) - Woody Allen The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach Syriana (2005) - Stephen Gaghan

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Nominees: Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana Capote (2005) - Dan Futterman The Constant Gardener (2005) - Jeffrey Caine A History of Violence (2005) - Josh Olson Munich (2005) - Tony Kushner, Eric Roth

Best Achievement in Cinematography Nominees: Batman Begins (2005) - Wally Pfister Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Rodrigo Prieto Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Robert Elswit Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Dion Beebe The New World (2005) - Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Achievement in Editing Nominees: Cinderella Man (2005) - Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill The Constant Gardener (2005) - Claire Simpson Crash (2004) - Hughes Winborne Munich (2005) - Michael Kahn Walk the Line (2005) - Michael McCusker

Best Achievement in Art Direction Nominees: Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - James D. Bissell, Jan Pascale Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan King Kong (2005) - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Simon Bright Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - John Myhre, Gretchen Rau Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

Best Achievement in Costume Design Nominees: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - Gabriella Pescucci Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Colleen Atwood Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) - Sandy Powell Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Jacqueline Durran Walk the Line (2005) - Arianne Phillips

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Nominees: Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Gustavo Santaolalla The Constant Gardener (2005) - Alberto Iglesias Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - John Williams Munich (2005) - John Williams Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Dario Marianelli

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song Nominees: Hustle & Flow (2005) - Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard ("It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp") Crash (2004) - Michael Becker, Kathleen York ("In the Deep") Transamerica (2005) - Dolly Parton ("Travelin' Thru")

Best Achievement in Makeup Nominees: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Howard Berger, Tami Lane Cinderella Man (2005) - David LeRoy Anderson, Lance Anderson Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) - Dave Elsey, Annette Miles

Best Achievement in Sound Nominees: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic, Tony Johnson King Kong (2005) - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett Walk the Line (2005) - Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland War of the Worlds (2005) - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ron Judkins

Best Achievement in Sound Editing Nominees: King Kong (2005) - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Wylie Stateman War of the Worlds (2005) - Richard King

Best Achievement in Visual Effects Nominees: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar King Kong (2005) - Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor War of the Worlds (2005) - Pablo Helman, Dennis Muren, Randy Dutra, Daniel Sudick

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year Nominees: Corpse Bride (2005) - Tim Burton, Mike Johnson Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) - Hayao Miyazaki Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) - Steve Box, Nick Park

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year Nominees: Bestia nel cuore, La (2005) - Cristina Comencini (Italy) Joyeux Noël (2005) - Christian Carion (France) Paradise Now (2005) - Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine) Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005) - Marc Rothemund (Germany) Tsotsi (2005) - Gavin Hood (South Africa)

Best Documentary, Features Nominees: Darwin's Nightmare (2004) - Hubert Sauper Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - Alex Gibney, Jason Kliot Marche de l'empereur, La (2005) - Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau Murderball (2005) - Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro Street Fight (2005) - Marshall Curry

Best Documentary, Short Subjects Nominees: God Sleeps in Rwanda (2005) - Kimberlee Acquaro, Stacy Sherman A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005) - Corinne Marrinan, Eric Simonson The Life of Kevin Carter (2004) - Dan Krauss Mushroom Club, The (2005) - Steven Okazaki

Best Short Film, Animated Nominees: Badgered (2005) - Sharon Colman The Moon and the Son (2005) - John Canemaker, Peggy Stern The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005) - Anthony Lucas 9 (2005) - Shane Acker One Man Band (2005) - Mark Andrews, Andrew Jimenez

Best Short Film, Live Action Nominees: Ausreißer (2004) - Ulrike Grote Cashback (2004) - Sean Ellis, Lene Bausager Síðasti bærinn í dalnum (2004) - Rúnar Rúnarsson, Þórir Snær Sigurjónsson Our Time Is Up (2004) - Rob Pearlstein, Pia Clemente Six Shooter (2005) - Martin McDonagh

31 Jan 2006, 07:23

I haven't see any of the 5, though I want to see Munich.

I'm not sure Brokeback Mountain interests me.... I have nothing against gay people, but to watch a gay love story on a giant screen isn't something that will interest me, although I like Heath Ledger (Mr Knight) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Mr Donnie Darko)... but I might wait for the DVD for that one.

Who would have thought we'd see the day where Reese Witherspoon would be nominated for an Oscar... :eek3:

31 Jan 2006, 07:32

I've been hearing nothing but fantastic reports on Capote, so I'd be interested in seeing that.

31 Jan 2006, 07:39

Would like to see 'Munich'....

31 Jan 2006, 07:48

where's King Kong?

best i've seen

:shrug:

31 Jan 2006, 08:23

brokeback mountain. an incredible film and a big up to jim schamus. :clap:

31 Jan 2006, 08:54

bit disappointed there were no real suprise nominations, just what had been expected and what every othert awards ceremony so far has gone with,

31 Jan 2006, 09:05

:O

31 Jan 2006, 09:08

I wouldn't see Brokeback Mountain if you paid me. Not cos of the gay thing, because it's s fcuking love story. Yuck.

Have only seen Crash of the five listed. Wasn't really convinced. It's entertaining, and there's a couple of WTF moments, but a couple of the interweaving tales just seemed a little too unbelievable. It's also an incredibly bad advert for LA. Watch that, and you'd never want to visit. This whole attitude towards race seemed totally alien as well.

31 Jan 2006, 09:47

Funny fact is that the woman that wrote Brokeback Mountain is... from Quebec.

http://www.annieproulx.com

31 Jan 2006, 09:53

I'm not sure Brokeback Mountain interests me....

I really do not like movies that glamorize adultery (been up for 30 hours forgive me spelng) whether hetro or gay. The English Patient was bad enough and I love movies with Nazis in em. Never really cared for cowboy movies either except for Blazing Saddles, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and the Magnificent Seven.

I went to the theatre only for one movie that was nominated--Fookin' Star Wars. IIRC the only other movie I went to the theatre for was Downfall. WHERE ARE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THAT!!!!! The rest of the nominations I could careless about although King Kong and War of the Worlds would probably been best seen on a big screen instead of dvd rental.

Maybe it is me but Hollywood did not get much cash from me in 2005.

31 Jan 2006, 09:57

My God, Hustle&Flo got two nominations?

31 Jan 2006, 10:05

Anyone watched The New World?

31 Jan 2006, 10:25

Anything for Herbie: Fully Loaded?

31 Jan 2006, 12:18

AgentWood wrote: brokeback mountain. an incredible film and a big up to jim schamus.

Is your avatar an old Virginia Slims ad? :confused2: :laugh:

31 Jan 2006, 13:01

it has always intrigued me how a best movie can then fail to win best director.

31 Jan 2006, 13:07

I think that Brokeback Mountain would get the movie of the year.

1 Feb 2006, 04:10

Looking forward to the ceremony. It may get George Clooney's big evening :love2: :love2: :love2: . Though I think the big winners will be "Brokeback Mountain" and "Walk the Line"...

1 Feb 2006, 04:11

Why are there just three songs this year?

1 Feb 2006, 13:32

I'm really going for Munich. It's the best film I saw last year. High production values and very entertaining. Great film.

Hitchcock is the greatest director of all-time, but in my opinion, Spielberg is the greatest living director today.

1 Feb 2006, 13:33

Thought KING DONG wouldn't get a look-in,seeing as the Guild is very anti-fantasy.The only reason they bent over for LOTR is because they were too embarrassed to knock it back 3 years in a row. Would like to see MUNICH.

1 Feb 2006, 15:21

Dan Delgado wrote:

AgentWood wrote: brokeback mountain. an incredible film and a big up to jim schamus.

Is your avatar an old Virginia Slims ad?

my dad and i.

1 Feb 2006, 15:25

Al Jarvis wrote: I wouldn't see Brokeback Mountain if you paid me. Not cos of the gay thing, because it's s fcuking love story. Yuck.

if you want to be very simplistic.

2001: a space odyssey--a film about a spaceship.

dr. strangelove--a film about nuclear war.

the deer hunter--a film about the vietnam war.

1 Feb 2006, 15:34

AgentWood wrote:

Al Jarvis wrote: I wouldn't see Brokeback Mountain if you paid me. Not cos of the gay thing, because it's s fcuking love story. Yuck.

if you want to be very simplistic.

2001: a space odyssey--a film about a spaceship.

dr. strangelove--a film about nuclear war.

the deer hunter--a film about the vietnam war.

just been released here. i'm planning on seeing it soon. i believe it to be an important film.

1 Feb 2006, 23:21

Agent Wood asserts that the following movie is simplistic

the deer hunter--a film about the vietnam war.

I thought it was a movie about a wedding. I rented it once and the wedding scene went on and on and on and on until something like two hours passed and I took the POS out of the dvd player and returned it to the store. My God, my wedding ceremony was much shorter and it was a Catholic wedding. Never made it to the Viet Nam scenes.

2 Feb 2006, 06:32

twist wrote: Agent Wood asserts that the following movie is simplistic

the deer hunter--a film about the vietnam war.

if you re-read my post, i'm making the point that to claim that it's about the vietnam war is simplistic.

but you are right; the wedding scene does last forever. when i first saw the film in my vietnam war class in high school i think i slept through most of that part.

that film takes russian roulette to a new level.

2 Feb 2006, 07:19

Russian Roullette? Now that an idea on what to do during the wedding scene!

2 Feb 2006, 07:20

I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, the obvious magnet of the season. I will probably see it sooner or later, intentionally or by chance. It doesn't matter. :) But there's something I feel awkard towards to. What makes me cringe is "daring". It's a daring movie. Basically, if it were a story between a man and a woman, would it be of the same interest and intrigue? Or is it only the "gay" aspect that moves our curious souls? :scratch:

No doubt, a dare always causes a fuss. But a dare so pitifully superficial and unimaginative? Let any Holliwood tycoon make a movie about Hitler the man, you'll get the spotlight, tell the wrong rendition of Christ, you'll be there, too. Et cetera. These are codes of our mindset that can be easily irritated. These recepes of dare are quite predictive and not daring because each of us simultaneously posseses different and opposite opinions on the most subjects. :shrug:

2 Feb 2006, 07:29

Haven't seen any of them. Can't opine on them :shrug:

What I'm sick of is the way that movies that get the most nominations...come out at the end of the year. After all those perfectly good (or bad) movies come out during the bulk of the year, and get forgotten. The more "artistic" films, of course, get nominated because they're fresh in the minds of the two or three people outside of New York and LA who got to see it. :skeptic:

Whassup wit dat? :hat:

Anyway...:p

2 Feb 2006, 07:52

Not always true Trevor.. remember Gladiator and Titanic? ;)

But it's normal.. popcorn movies are for the summer, more serious movies are for Christmas... it's always been like that, and yes, obviously, to be fresh in mind, but all the academy members get DVDs of the nominated movies, so they will see them all at the same time although they might have seen them before.

2 Feb 2006, 07:55

AgentWood wrote:

Dan Delgado wrote:

AgentWood wrote: brokeback mountain. an incredible film and a big up to jim schamus.

Is your avatar an old Virginia Slims ad?

my dad and i.

Pretty funny picture, you are really a wonderful woman full or resources aren't you? ;)

2 Feb 2006, 09:00

[orange]|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3[/orange] wrote: I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, the obvious magnet of the season. I will probably see it sooner or later, intentionally or by chance. It doesn't matter. :) But there's something I feel awkard towards to. What makes me cringe is "daring". It's a daring movie. Basically, if it were a story between a man and a woman, would it be of the same interest and intrigue? Or is it only the "gay" aspect that moves our curious souls?

but who calls the film daring? the critics. many of whom use cliches abundantly.

what ang lee made was a film that has moments of humour, empathy, surprise and sadness (probably all cliches, but there you go). there is actually very little interaction between ledger and gyllenhaal after the first 30 minutes of the film. i suppose the best way to describe brokeback mountain is as a story about adaptation: the adaptation one must make when one lives his or her life as a lie (and i do include her as there are strong female roles in this film) and how it affects family and emotional well-being.

2 Feb 2006, 09:32

I just saw "Kontroll" last night and hereby give it the Oskar for best picture. Time to give Hungary some award love.

(OK, so it came out in 2003, but that doesn't disqualify it for the Oskarz.)

The award for visual effects goes to David Hasselhoff.

2 Feb 2006, 11:59

AgentWood wrote:

[orange]|| | ||| 6217|| 8 || 3[/orange] wrote: I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, the obvious magnet of the season. I will probably see it sooner or later, intentionally or by chance. It doesn't matter. :) But there's something I feel awkard towards to. What makes me cringe is "daring". It's a daring movie. Basically, if it were a story between a man and a woman, would it be of the same interest and intrigue? Or is it only the "gay" aspect that moves our curious souls?

but who calls the film daring? the critics. many of whom use cliches abundantly.

what ang lee made was a film that has moments of humour, empathy, surprise and sadness (probably all cliches, but there you go). there is actually very little interaction between ledger and gyllenhaal after the first 30 minutes of the film. i suppose the best way to describe brokeback mountain is as a story about adaptation: the adaptation one must make when one lives his or her life as a lie (and i do include her as there are strong female roles in this film) and how it affects family and emotional well-being.

May be so. Like I said I have yet to see it. But admit, the director kept an eye for an epatage (not just gays, but gay cowboys, poor women used to camouflage men's opposite feelings).

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