ROTTEN TOMATOES: 2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!

2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!

by Scott Weinberg | January 31, 2006

Like most pathetic movie geeks, I was up at the crack of dawn (ok, 8:30am eastern time) to see how my nomination prediction ballot would measure up. (I was perfect on all 20 acting nods and all 10 screenwriting nods, but I erroneously predicted that "Walk the Line" would get nominated over "Capote" for Best Picture, and I picked Croneberg for director over Benett Miller.) Anyhow, here are the nominations for us to rant and rave about for the next five weeks...

BEST PICTURE
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Munich

BEST DIRECTOR
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Paul Haggis - Crash
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller - Capote
Steven Spielberg - Munich

BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron - North Country
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Dillon - Crash
George Clooney - Syriana
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt - A History of Violence

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - Junebug
Catherine Keener - Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Match Point - Woody Allen
The Squid & the Whale - Noah Baumbach
Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Syriana - Stephen Gaghan
Crash - Paul Haggis & Robert Moresco

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
Capote - Dan Futterman
Munich - Tony Kushner & Eric Roth
Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
A History of Violence - Josh Olson

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Don't Tell (La Bestia nel Cuore) - Italy
Joyeux Noel - France
Paradise Now - Palestine
Sophie Scholl - Germany
Tsotsi - South Africa

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight

ANIMATED FILM
Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Casle
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

FILM EDITING
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Munich
Walk the Line

MAKEUP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

SCORE
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Pride & Prejudice

SONG
"In The Deep" - Crash
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - Hustle & Flow
"Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica

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

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
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

LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time Is Up
Six Shooter

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Badgered
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
9
One Man Band

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I hate to sound like a geek (actually, no I don't), but how was Episode III not nominated for best FX? And would it have been so hard for the Academy to throw some small amount of love towards Sin City?

And how the hell was Serenity not nominated for Best Picture???

Related Items

Movie:	King Kong
	Pride & Prejudice
	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
	Joyeux No�l
	Cinderella Man
	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
	Murderball
	Transamerica
	Hustle & Flow
	Munich
	The Constant Gardener
	Paradise Now
	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
	Tsotsi
	Match Point
	A History of Violence
	North Country
	Brokeback Mountain

	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

	Walk the Line
	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
	The New World
	March of the Penguins
	Mrs. Henderson Presents
	The Squid and the Whale
	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
	Crash
	Memoirs of a Geisha
	Good Night, And Good Luck

	Syriana
	Junebug
	Batman Begins
Celeb:	Woody Allen
	Ang Lee
	Philip Seymour Hoffman
	Charlize Theron
	William Hurt
	Michelle Williams
	Judi Dench
	Dan Futterman
	Jeffrey Caine
	Reese Witherspoon
	Amy Adams
	Frances McDormand
	Tony Kushner
	Bennett Miller
	David Strathairn
	Matt Dillon
	Robert Moresco
	Noah Baumbach
	Catherine Keener
	Paul Giamatti
	Grant Heslov
	Josh Olson
	Felicity Huffman
	Terrence Howard
	Heath Ledger
	Keira Knightley
	Rachel Weisz
	Stephen Gaghan
	Steven Spielberg
	Paul Haggis
	Joaquin Phoenix
	Eric Roth
	Jake Gyllenhaal
	George Clooney
	Larry McMurtry

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Vitamin M writes:
on Jan 31 2006 09:19 AM

how was Episode III not nominated for best FX? And would it have been so hard for the Academy to throw some small amount of love towards Sin City?

And how the hell was Serenity not nominated for Best Picture??? (but not winking)

Right on all three counts! The FX in Narnia were atrocious!

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haelohm writes:
on Jan 31 2006 09:28 AM

[b]fx[/b]
Harry Potter and Episode 3 should've been nominated over Narnia and Kong for best fx...and im stoked John Williams recieved 2 nominations...he deserves them!

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dracus writes:
on Jan 31 2006 09:33 AM

Where I live, you don't usually see the best picture oscar awarded until well after 1 am and I always fight through the crap of the marathon and stay awake to see it. This year however, I'll watch a good basketball game instead and see the Oscar highlights on CNN the next morning and hope that 'Crash' will have won best picture.

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Rowsdower42 writes:
on Jan 31 2006 09:38 AM

Where the hell is "So Long, And Thanks for all the Fish" for best song?! You cannot deny that that was the most original thing you've heard this year.

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dracus writes:
on Jan 31 2006 10:35 AM

In reply to this comment (#830579)
I agree with Rowsdower42 and go one further. "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish" from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the song of the year!

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LEGENDc writes:
on Jan 31 2006 10:48 AM

[b]Although they wont win[/b]
Two nominations this year(yes only two) i am excited over.
Amy Adams-Junebug Best Supporting Actress
Terrance Howard- Hustle and Flow Best Actor

Munich?
Where is Fernando Meirelles nomination?
Capote?
Where is Squid and the Whale?
Where are Oldboy and Kung Fu Hustle?

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dreday writes:
on Jan 31 2006 11:00 AM

I'm not that surprised, but still disappointed that they gave King Kong technical achievements but not Sin City. The only surprise was Batman Begins getting a nomination. I thought that they didn't watch comic book movies. The Academy�s guilt will decide Best Picture. Since a lot of them probably say that they have "a black friend", but not "a gay friend", Brokeback Mountain will win over Crash.

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Koooomar writes:
on Jan 31 2006 11:03 AM

[b]WHAT THE HELL!!!![/b]
This is the most pasthetic list i've seen all year! I'm sorry, i saw capote, and honestly, it was a good film, but no way does it deserve to be up there when "A history of violence" and "the new world" were almost infintely better films. And is it just me, or does anybody else think that Christian Bale for "The Machinist" was the most overlooked performance of the year. And dont even get me started on how Q'Orianka Kilcher was royally screwed over for best actress nomination. She's 16 Years old!!! And it's true "LEGENDc", what happened to Oldboy, Kung fu hustle, 2046? these are the most lame nominations i've ever read. I'm going to be tuning into the first 5 minutes just to see John stewart and then i'll be tuning out and not even caring who wins. CRASH IS OVERATED!!!!!!!

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Jan 31 2006 11:20 AM

None of these awards are about acting -- they're popularity contests... There's no purity to it whatsoever.

Again, I offer proof that it's all BS: Ed Harris and Johnny Depp have never won oscars (and these are 2 of the most versatile actors out there).

Jack Nicholson is an enjoyable actor to watch, but I haven't seen much range from him (my wife says he had some in About Schmidt, but I didn't see it) -- he's always played the same sort of cat.

The same goes for most of the hollywood darlings that are considered "good" actors/actresses... They play their roles well...but they don't escape that proverbial box (and Heath Ledge playing a stony gay man isn't getting outside of the box).

Here's what I've noticed you need to get nominated for certain categories (redux):

Best Actor: Play crazy, emotionally distraught, play gay (this is a new, "in", entrance), be Russell Crowe :), or in some other shape or form be abnormal (and thus, unrelatable so that your "acting" can be deemed superb, when it's usually just superfluous).

Best Actress: Usually you have to be on the crueler side of the looks category, ugly yourself up, be trailer trashish, be crazy, play gay, or in some semblance be stereotypically adverse.

For any actor/actress category: act retarded

Best Picture: Sweeping Epics might be out for awhile due to the 3 Lord of The Rings movies, but your odds are good if you create a movie that can be deemed "controversial," "politically poignant," or "societally telling."

I agree w/ Koooomar -- if Heath Ledger gets a nod for playing gay, Bale should get one for starving himself to near death (then again, The Machinist probably wasn't sent to the doorstep of every member of The esteemed Academy).

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Cindy_Lou_Who writes:
on Jan 31 2006 11:27 AM

I agree with Koooomar that the list is pathetic and that Crash is overated, but given this year's sorry Best Picture list, I agree with Dracus in hoping that Crash will win. However, unless they can fiind a gay character in it, I'm afraid it doesn't stand a chance :)

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nogard64 writes:
on Jan 31 2006 12:47 PM

[b]wrong[/b]
Crash is not over rated! Stop with the Crash bashing just because of the purpose and intent of the movie. I've seen multiple interviews with Bullock and the purpose was to raise awareness and start the dialog. Don't hate on Crash because you disagree with the message. And don't dismiss crash becuase of your own personal bias. The acting in Crash was phenomenal and moving, well deserved noms for Matt Dillion and the crew.

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swc882 writes:
on Jan 31 2006 01:03 PM

In reply to this comment (#830581)
I also am only happy about Amy Adams and Terrence Howard. They were both terrific.

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swc882 writes:
on Jan 31 2006 01:05 PM

In reply to this comment (#830586)
Crash is the worst movie to ever be nominated for Best Picture. It is so manipulative and over=dramatic that it is almost laughable.

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Ashron writes:
on Jan 31 2006 01:39 PM

Although the only nominee I've seen so far is Crash, and I enjoyed it well enough, I do have to wonder what people are smoking when they suggest Kung Fu Hustle, unless it's in jest. Don't get me wrong, it's a thoroughly enjoyable movie, but best picture material? I think not.

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LEGENDc writes:
on Jan 31 2006 01:49 PM

In reply to this comment (#830589)
Kung Fu Hustle best Foreign Film. Why NOT?

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Simple Minded writes:
on Jan 31 2006 02:11 PM

I'm shocked and amazed that Star Wars did not get an FX nom. It's right there with King Kong. The SFX list needs to be expanded to 4 or 5 films.

Nice to see John Williams get 2 nominations. Hell, you could argue a 3rd. o_O

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lancerbird13 writes:
on Jan 31 2006 02:29 PM

Crash was well done..but in my opinion it had no right to be nominated for best pic...A History Of Violence for me please...

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monkeyonaspring writes:
on Jan 31 2006 02:41 PM

Where the feck is Jarhead??? At least it deserved a cinematography nom. if nothing else. Also King Kong and History of Violence got snubbed mostly, sons of bitches... Oh and where the hell is Grizzly Man in best Doc.??? Otherwise the nominations were ok, but a lot was a load of bullocks.

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dreday writes:
on Jan 31 2006 02:48 PM

The purpose of Crash was to raise awareness? Well I guess it really is the worst of the year. I almost liked it because of something unintentional. While watching it, I hated it and thought the movie was going to end with a big inspirational anti-racism speech. It didn't so I interpreted it to not be about racism, but about how people can change in an instant. I didn't like that the characters were clich�d stereotypes, but thats when I realized that I stereotyped the characters and the movie and they both turned out to be different than I thought they were. If it really was about awareness then it is hackneyed pretentious garbage. If the clich�s weren't intentional, then the only way to like it is because of guilt. I learned to hate people for who they really are a long time ago. Still, its better than Elektra. Then again, almost anything is better than that.

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chakaKAAAHHHN! writes:
on Jan 31 2006 04:25 PM

It is bullshit that Grizzly Man did not get a nom, but by some technicality it got thrown out of the running. IT WOULD HAVE WON. Mark my words.

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