Oscars 2006
- The nominations.
Europe’s presence is strong throughout the 78th edition of the Academy Awards. Thanks to the lack of a language barrier, British films have numerous nominations in many categories: The Constant Gardener [+see also:
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Italy can once again dream about the statue, seven years after the triple win of Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful, this time with Don’t Tell [+see also:
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French film Merry Christmas: Joyeux Noël [+see also:
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interview: Christophe Rossignon
film profile] by Christian Carion (see Focus on film) is also in the foreign language category, while two French titles are competing for Best Documentary: March of the Penguins [+see also:
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Germany is represented by the feature film Sophie Scholl: The Final Days [+see also:
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Spanish talent will also be represented at the Oscars, by Alberto Iglesias, who has been nominated for Best Original Score for The Constant Gardener
OSCAR NOMINATIONS :
BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Munich
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee
Capote
Bennett Miller
Crash
Paul Haggis
Good Night, and Good Luck.
George Clooney
Munich
Steven Spielberg
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Don't Tell [+see also:
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Italy
A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production
Joyeux Noël [+see also:
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interview: Christian Carion
interview: Christophe Rossignon
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France
A Nord-Ouest Production
Paradise 's Now [+see also:
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Palestine
An Augustus Film Production
Sophie Scholl - The
Final Days
Germany
A Goldkind Filmproduktion and Broth Film Production
Tsotsi
South Africa
A Moviworld Production
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Darwin 's Nightmare
Hubert Sauper
A Mille et Une Production
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
An HDNet Films Production
March of the Penguins [+see also:
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Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
A Bonne Pioche Production
Murderball
Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
An Eat Films Production
Street Fight
Marshall Curry
A Marshall Curry Production
PERFORMANCE BY AN 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.
PERFORMANCE BY AN 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
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice [+see also:
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Charlize Theron - North Country (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - Junebug
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener [+see also:
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Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Capote
Screenplay by Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence
Screenplay by Josh Olson
Munich
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crash
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Story by Paul Haggis
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Match Point
Written by Woody Allen
The Squid and the Whale
Written by Noah Baumbach
Syriana
Written by Stephen Gaghan
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR
Howl's Moving Castle
Hayao Miyazaki
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
Wallace & Gromit:
the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Nick Park and Steve Box
ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Art Direction: Jim Bissell
Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Art Direction: Stuart Craig
Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
King Kong
Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
Memoirs of a Geisha
Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
Pride & Prejudice
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood
Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Batman Begins
Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain
Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Robert Elswit
Memoirs of a Geisha
Dion Beebe
The New World
Emmanuel Lubezki
ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Gabriella Pescucci
Memoirs of a Geisha
Colleen Atwood
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sandy Powell
Pride & Prejudice
Jacqueline Durran
Walk the Line
Arianne Phillips
ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Cinderella Man
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
The Constant Gardener
Claire Simpson
Crash
Hughes Winborne
Munich
Michael Kahn
Walk the Line
Michael McCusker
ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Howard Berger and Tami Lane
Cinderella Man
David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (Original score)
Brokeback Mountain
Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener
Alberto Iglesias
Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams
Munich
John Williams
Pride & Prejudice
Dario Marianelli
ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (Original song)
In the Deep from Crash
Music by Kathleen Bird York and Michael Becker
Lyric by Kathleen Bird York
It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp from Hustle & Flow
Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
Travelin' Thru from Transamerica
Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING
King Kong
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
Memoirs of a Geisha
Wylie Stateman
War of the Worlds
Richard King
ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
King Kong
Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
Memoirs of a Geisha
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
Walk the Line
Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
War of the Worlds
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins
ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
King Kong
Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
War of the Worlds
Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
Dan Krauss
God Sleeps in Rwanda
Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
The Mushroom Club
Steven Okazaki
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Badgered
Sharon Colman
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
Anthony Lucas
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Shane Acker
One Man Band
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Ulrike Grote
Cashback (The British Film Institute)
Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
The Last Farm
Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
Our Time Is Up
Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
Six Shooter (Sundance Film Channel)
Martin McDonagh
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