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Author Topic: And the Oscar will Go To... Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 01-31-2006 09:51 AM                     Academy Award Nominees 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  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-31-2006 11:28 AM                     Exactly as planned. Damn them for snubbing Grizzly Man, though.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 01-31-2006 11:58 AM                     I'm very happy to see Crash nominated for so many awards, as it was a tremendous film. No Star Wars except for makeup...that's interesting considering how they tout their visual effects over and over again. AJG  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-31-2006 12:32 PM                        Cinderella Man got the shaft for being released so early in the year.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-31-2006 01:06 PM                     Look at how many "Star Wars..." got, one for make-up. [ 01-31-2006, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: Bill Gabel ]  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-31-2006 01:52 PM                     The number of "Good" films this year is oh so slim that nothing would surprise me at all. Mark  |  IP: Logged Matt Fields Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 545 From: Ohio, United States Registered: Jun 2005 posted 01-31-2006 02:56 PM                     I agree that Cinderella Man got the shaft. One of my biggest complaints about the Oscars is how the nominees are more based on which studio spends the most hyping the picture to the voters...Miramax used to be famous for this.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-31-2006 03:15 PM                     I won't get into the major awards categories. Because, frankly I really don't care very much. The tech categories are more interesting to me. I, too, was a bit surprised by how few tech award nominations were given to Episode III -and the lone nomination wasn't really a tech award, rather more artistic and subjective. Although the Star Wars movies have received tons of visual effects nominations in the past, I do think Episode III did get shafted by not even being nominated. The opening battle sequence in that movie, particularly the opening shot, was easily one of the most ambitious, render farm choking, CGI sequences ever made. Narnia had some pretty decent visuals, but nothing I would call ground breaking or awe inspiring. And the visuals were even more underwhelming with the LOTR trilogy still fresh in our minds. Out of the three nominees I think King Kong deserves the award. Cinematography. Some of the nominations in that category had me scratching my head in wonder. Batman Begins is a fairly decent looking true 'scope movie (and a good film overall). But it was a pretty dark and dingy show. Not exactly something I think of when cinematography Oscars are awarded. I'm not too surprised to see The New World nominated -and it's the strongest candidate out of the bunch. Although Memoirs of a Geisha and Good Night & Good Luck could win as well (with the latter getting votes for the nostalgia of black and white photography). I think King Kong will win both Best Sound and Best Sound Effect Editing Oscars. Again, it is surprising Episode III was overlooked. I also think it is pretty odd how a lot of the movies nominated in the major categories (such as Best Picture, Director, Actor, etc.) will get sprinkled in here and there within the technical categories when they honestly don't stand out all that well in those categories. There is a prejudice within Hollywood against giving movies technical awards nominations if they are less than great dramatically in the eyes of critics. Here's one example of the prejudice. I can recall TV critic Pia Lindstrom complaining about The Abyss winning its technical Oscars. Perhaps ground-breaking CGI work doesn't mean squat if you didn't like the movie. Normally one would figure the Best Sound Academy Award would go to a movie that really does a hell of a lot of work on Sound. Big action movies, fantasy films, science fiction epics and even an animated CGI Pixar release all have to develop sound beds with tremendous detail and layering. Yet, the Best Sound Oscar will often go to a smaller movie -often nominated in the Best Picture category. Ray and Chicago are both recent Best Sound Oscar winners. I remember my "huh?" reaction to movies like Platoon and Out of Africa winning the award in the past -even though there were much more worthy films like Aliens and Back the Future released in those respective years.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 01-31-2006 04:07 PM                     According to the LOTR theory, EP:III should have been nominated and won everything it missed on in past years. But Oscars really are marketing tools. They will go for Hollywood trademark vomit like Geisha over innovative, interesting films like History of Violence; that was the biggest disappointment to me. But Rob Marshall has paid his dues to Hollywood, Cronenberg's obviously on the outer-ring.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-31-2006 04:20 PM                        Good Night and Good Luck nominated for best picture? WTF? That was an awfully made movie. It was almost like a non-movie. They tried to add substance to it by having an EXTREMELY WEAK subplot involving Robert Downey Jr and his ugly wife. It goes nowhere and is boring as all hell. The smoking actor did a good job playing the news reporter, but that's aboout the only positive thing I can say about the movie. No drama, no tension, no nothing! Other than that I haven't seen any other movie on the list besides King Kong starring Peter Jackson and War of the Worlds. Both movies pissed me off with how much they sucked ass. I refuse to see Walk the Line because I've already seen Ray. Biopics always get picked for big awards, but they generally suck ass and so do the people they are biographing. And anyone who does a funky voice or a retarded person like in Capote always gets picked for best acting. So predictable. But DAMN movies sucked ass this year. Who dares to disagree with me?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-31-2006 06:23 PM                        Out of Africa benefitted greatly from 70mm 6-track Dolby presentation and I bet a lot of Academy voters saw OoA that way in the LA area and voted for it because it was good and also just because it wasn't the "loudest" movie of the year. Not saying it was necessarily the best of that year (1985) but John Barry's music score did sound great with mag playback.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-31-2006 07:19 PM                     I guess the point I was trying to make is that it is difficult for a regular popcorn chewer movie with modest dramatic goals, yet sport great technical work, to snare technical award nominations. I think a rather unfair balance tends to go to the movies nominated in the major categories, that way they can artificially swell that total up to a big number great for advertising. Perhaps it's kind of like allowing Pete Rose into the Baseball Hall of Fame. The moral hand-wringing hypocrites can't allow him to be inducted, even though he was the first player to have more than 5000 base hits. There's a lot of other action movies and other vain entertainments that are pretty much junk food movies. But some are made to a very meticulous degree. It's rare that such movies can be nominated in categories like Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, etc. About the only way such a movie can get some nominations is if the budget was gigantic and has a lot of people's money tied up in it. Then they need whatever nominations they can get to earn some return on investment.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-31-2006 07:37 PM                        Every year there's some movie that stands out as being exceedingly well-crafted in one or more ways and still gets nothing. I think this year that may be Cinderella Man, which I really liked a lot. But everything can't win, and CM wouldn't be helped much in terms of $$ at this point anyway. Hell, they tried "money-back if you don't like it" and even that didn't help it much. A lot of movies don't stick with me for this long but Out of Africa did, and I think it's largely due to the superior 70mm presentation. Even if it was just a blowup, and not even in scope as I remember.  |  IP: Logged Brian Michael Weidemann Expert cat molester Posts: 944 From: Costa Mesa, CA United States Registered: Feb 2004 posted 01-31-2006 08:02 PM                        Woo hoo! Finally a year that has absolutely NOTHING I care to see either lose or win! I can ignore this year's Oscars completely and be fully content with my existence.  |  IP: Logged Paul Gordon Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 580 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Registered: Aug 2005 posted 02-01-2006 07:26 AM                        I think this years Oscars is not to do bad a line up. The only movie with a budget over 15 million in the best picture catagory is Munich. This could tell the studios to get on the right track and make some films with stories... not bloated "block busters" eg.. Star Wars III I wish Grizzly Man had got a nod for Best Doc, Good Night and Good Luck should not be in the Best Picture or Director catagory... the film is boring, is a smoking ad, and just because its Black and white doesn't make it good. Great animation selection though with Corpse bride, Howls Castle, and Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit anyway... Jon Stewert should be ok  |  IP: Logged

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