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[tzikeh]

Best Picture

BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole - VENUS
Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED

Best Actress

Penélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren - THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN

Best Supporting Actress

Adriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL

Best Animated Film

CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE

Best Art Direction

DREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PAN'S LABYRINTH
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE

Best Cinematography

THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE

Best Costume Design

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
MARIE ANTOINETTE
THE QUEEN

Best Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu - BABEL
Martin Scorcese - THE DEPARTED
Clint Eastwood - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Stephen Frears THE QUEEN
Paul Greengrass - UNITED 93

Best Documentary

DELIVER US FROM EVIL
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

Best Documentary, Short Subject

THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT
RECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS

Best Editing

BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93

Best Foreign Language Film

AFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER

Best Makeup

APOCALYPTO
CLICK
PAN'S LABYRINTH

Best Score

Gustavo Santaolalla, BABEL
Thomas Newman, THE GOOD GERMAN
Philip Glass, NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Javier Navarrete, PAN'S LABYRINTH
Alexandre Desplat, THE QUEEN

Best Song

"I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS

Best Animated Short

THE DANISH POET
LIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS

Best Live-Action Short

BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
WEST BANK STORY

Best Sound Editing

APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Best Sound Mixing

APOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
DREAMGIRLS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST

Best Special Effects

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
POSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

Sacha Baron Cohen and Anthony Hines and Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer and Todd Phillips, BORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
Alfonso Cuaron and Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, CHILDREN OF MEN
William Monahan, THE DEPARTED
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta,LITTLE CHILDREN
Patrick Marber, NOTES ON A SCANDAL

Best Screenplay (Original)

Guillermo Arriaga, BABEL
Iris Yamashita and Paul Haggis, LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
Michael Arndt, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Guillermo del Toro, PAN'S LABYRINTH
Peter Morgan, THE QUEEN

IMO, the only 100% lock is Mirren for The Queen. 98% Forest Whitaker for Last King of Scotland (O'Toole could spoil). After that, I think it's anybody's game. Supporting Actress probably to Jennifer Hudson, but Breslin is the spoiler. Direction? Everyone says "It's Marty's year", but they *always* say that and it *never* is. Me, I'd vote Greengrass; he doesn't stand a chance, but I'm so happy that he was nominated. I was sure that the Academy members would just lay the DVD aside and think "I heard this was astounding. Too bad I'll never watch it." I think it *does* have a great shot at the editing category, though.

How much would I love Little Miss Sunshine to win Screenplay?

<---------------------------THIIIIIIIIS MUUUCH--------------------------->

If nothing else - wow, what a great year for movies. I don't think there's an undeserved nomination in the whole list. In fact, there are equally deserving movies that didn't make it - and not because something unworthy did. Just too much good film to go around. Yay!

Comments

[deaver.livejournal.com]

I feel bad for not (as of yet) having seen more of the movies. Living in the middle of nowhere sometimes really sucks. I will say, however, that it is nice to have two actress categories where they all actually deserve a nom. There isn't a single "We gotta fill this spot, so just throw in someone pretty" nomination in the whole bunch.

My only questions is what the hell source did Borat get adapted from? Do they honestly count his show as a source? I keep having visions of a best-selling "autobiography" written by Borat, titled, "Niiiiice" (complete with cover photo of him grinning with two thumbs up). ahahaha. I guess this is like the pimp song that won last year, isn't it? It's that moment where you look at the academy voters and start to question their taste... Hee.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Do they honestly count his show as a source?

Yup - original means it's never been presented in any form anywhere else. Adapted means it has.

I guess this is like the pimp song that won last year, isn't it? It's that moment where you look at the academy voters and start to question their taste

Oh, I disagree - I thought Hard out Here for a Pimp was far and away the best song that year. In fact, it didn't make me question the Academy so much as it made me cheer (again - Eminem's win was the first time) for the fact that they're not longer dominated by doddering old blue-hairs who would be content to vote for Barbra Streisand until they die.

also...

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Borat is the funniest film I've seen in a *very* long time. Niiiiiiiice!

[vonnie-k.livejournal.com]

The only major beef I have with the list is that Children of Men (hands down the best movie I've seen in the past year) didn't get a Best Picture or Best Director nom. But the nominations it did score were for substantial awards, so I guess I'll just quietly grumble.

I echo your yay! re. Little Miss Sunshine.

I really must go watch The Queen.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Oh, you *really* must go watch The Queen.

I can understand your beef, but which film / director would you remove to place Children of Men on the list?

[vonnie-k.livejournal.com]

It's a tough call, since I haven't seen Babel or Letter from Iwo Jima yet. I liked Departed and loved Little Miss Sunshine, but thought CoM was a better film than those two -- it left me shaken and had me thinking back on the film for days afterward. And I don't know if I want to see Babel, frankly. I watched the director's 21 Grams back in 2003 and had very mixed feelings about it, and Babel seems to be the same sort of film.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

Yay for Little Miss Sunshine!

It's the film we were watching when I had my stroke on Christmas Day, and I still think it's awesome. :-)

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

I would looooove Sunshine to win. I think the only undeserved nom I can spot on the list is The Queen in the screenplay category--the performances in that movie were lovely and the direction quite effective, but I found the screenplay remarkably weak.

Although I'm rooting for Notes on a Scandal for adapted screenplay, I would certainly love to see the Borat team's acceptance speech. I think I'll happily settle for knowing that the presenters will have to say the title.

Also that presumably Al Gore will win an Oscar. I'm pro-that.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Also that presumably Al Gore will win an Oscar

Oh GOD how great will that be. At least this time they know the votes will be tabulated fairly.