And the nominees are…

January 31, 2006 by Liam
Filed under: Movie News

Nominations were announced today for the 78th Annual Academy Awards. No real surprises here. Brokeback Mountain garnered the most nominations with 8 including the usual Best Picture, Director, Actor. The Oscars will air on ABC Sunday, March 5th. Check out the complete list of nominees below and, when you’re done, let us know what you think in our Message Boards.

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
Munich

Directing
Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney – Good Night, And Good Luck.
Steven Spielberg – Munich
Bennett Miller – Capote
Paul Haggis – Crash

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.

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

Actress In A Leading Role
Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron – North Country
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

Actress In A Supporting Role
Amy Adams – Junebug
Catherine Keener – Capote
Frances McDormand – North Country
Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana

Animated Feature Film
Howl’s Moving Castle
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Wallace & Gromit – 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

Documentary Feature
Darwin’s Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight

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

Film Editing
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Munich
Walk the Line

Foreign Language Film
Don’t Tell
Joyeux Noël
Paradise Now
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Tsotsi

Makeup
The Chronicles of Narnia
Cinderella Man
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Music (Score)
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Pride & Prejudice

Music (Song)
“In the Deep” from Crash
“It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from Hustle & Flow
“Travelin’ Thru” from Transamerica

Short Film (Animated)
Badgered
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
9
One Man Band

Short Film (Live Action)
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time Is Up
Six Shooter

Sound Editing
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds

Sound Mixing
The Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds

Visual Effects
The Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
War of the Worlds