Oscar Nominations announced

www.oscar.com ^ | 1/25/05

[Borges]

BEST PICTURE

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2

ART DIRECTION

THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE AVIATOR
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

COSTUME DESIGN

THE AVIATOR FINDING NEVERLAND LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS RAY TROY

DIRECTING

THE AVIATOR MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY SIDEWAYS VERA DRAKE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

BORN INTO BROTHELS THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL SUPER SIZE ME TUPAC: RESURRECTION TWIST OF FAITH

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

AUTISM IS A WORLD THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY HARDWOOD MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH SISTER ROSE'S PASSION

FILM EDITING

THE AVIATOR COLLATERAL FINDING NEVERLAND MILLION DOLLAR BABY RAY

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN THE CHORUS DOWNFALL THE SEA INSIDE YESTERDAY

MAKEUP

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE SEA INSIDE

MUSIC (SCORE)

FINDING NEVERLAND HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST THE VILLAGE

MUSIC (SONG)

"Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2 "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES "Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS "Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA "Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

BIRTHDAY BOY GOPHER BROKE GUARD DOG LORENZO RYAN

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST
LITTLE TERRORIST
7:35 IN THE MORNING
TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT
WASP

SOUND EDITING

THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
SPIDER-MAN 2

SOUND MIXING

THE AVIATOR
THE INCREDIBLES
THE POLAR EXPRESS
RAY
SPIDER-MAN 2

VISUAL EFFECTS

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
I, ROBOT
SPIDER-MAN 2

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

BEFORE SUNSET
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
SIDEWAYS

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

THE AVIATOR
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
HOTEL RWANDA
THE INCREDIBLES
VERA DRAKE

[Antoninus]

"The Aviator" is Francis Ford Copolla, who need only sneeze on film to receive an Oscar nomination.

"Million Dollar Baby" is a culture of death showpiece (Euthanasia IS good after all), so again, it's a natural oscar nominee. Think of The Cider House Rules.

Never heard of "Sideways."

[Sloth]

Neeson was nominated for Schindler.

[My Favorite Headache]

You are right..Hollywood Snob Mob

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

And in keeping with the sprit of the occasion . . .

Here are this years “Golden Raspberry (RAZZIE®) Nominations!

WORST PICTURE

ALEXANDER (Warner Bros.)
CATWOMAN (Warner Bros.)
SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2 (Triumph Films)
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS (DreamWorks)
WHITE CHICKS (Columbia/Revolution)

WORST ACTOR

Ben Affleck / JERSEY GIRL and SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
George W. Bush / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Vin Diesel / CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
Colin Farrell / ALEXANDER
Ben Stiller / ALONG CAME POLLY, ANCHORMAN, DODGEBALL,
ENVY and STARSKY & HUTCH

WORST ACTRESS

Halle Berry / CATWOMAN
Hilary Duff / CINDERELLA STORY and RAISE YOUR VOICE
Angelina Jolie / ALEXANDER and TAKING LIVES
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen / NEW YORK MINUTE
Shawn & Marlon (The Wayans Sisters) / WHITE CHICKS

WORST SCREEN COUPLE

Ben Affleck & EITHER Jennifer Lopez OR Liv Tyler / JERSEY GIRL
Halle Berry & EITHER Benjamin Bratt OR Sharon Stone / CATWOMAN
George W. Bush & EITHER Condoleeza Rice OR His Pet Goat / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen / NEW YORK MINUTE
The Wayans Brothers (In or Out of Drag) WHITE CHICKS

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Carmen Electra / STARKSY & HUTCH
Jennifer Lopez / JERSEY GIRL
Condoleeza Rice / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Britney Spears / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Sharon Stone / CATWOMAN

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Val Kilmer / ALEXANDER
Ah-Nuld Schwarzenegger / AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE
Donald Rumsfeld / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Jon Voight / SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2
Lambert Wilson / CATWOMAN

WORST DIRECTOR

Bob Clark / SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2
Renny Harlin and/or Paul Schrader / EXORCIST 4: THE BEGINNING
“Pitof” / CATWOMAN
Oliver Stone / ALEXANDER
Keenan Ivory Wayans / WHITE CHICKS

WORST REMAKE OR SEQUEL

ALIEN v PREDATOR (20th Century-Fox)
ANACONDAS: HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID (Screen Gems)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAZE (Disney)
EXORCIST 4: THE BEGINNING (Warner Bros.)
SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED (Warner Bros.)

WORST SCREENPLAY

ALEXANDER, Written by Oliver Stone, Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis
CATWOMAN, Written by Theresa Rebeck and John Brancato & Michael Ferris and John Rogers
SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2, Written by Steven Paul and Gregory Poppen
SURVIVING CHRISTMAS, Written by Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont and Jeffrey Ventimilia & Joshua Sternin
WHITE CHICKS, Written by Keenan & Shawn & Marlon Wayans and Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden and Xavier Cook

And don’t come crying to me about the 9/11 nominees! I just post ‘em as they are reported.

[Joe_October]

....and it wasn't the best movie of the year? ....

And if the crap that was nominated was the best movie of the year, we are in a sad state. I saw the list this morning and haven't seen or been even remotely interested in a single movie or actor. Even Clint is too long in the tooth.

Yuck.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

What are "Oscars" ?
Something like those big stone wheels used as money on Fiji Island.

[CaptainK]

"Sideways" is overrated. It was OK. It's like every other movie on the Independent Film Channel. "Garden State " is in the same genre and it was more enjoyable. "Sideways" suffers from a recurring problem which is symptomatic of most films today: overlong. A good 15 minutes could have been cut and it would have served the picture. Wait till it hits cable.

[PMCarey]

Over the years the embarassment that Gump won is likely going to grow; 50 years from now it will be "what were they THINKING?!?!?" deals.

They were saying that about "A Beautiful Mind" the very next day!

[gopwinsin04]

'Passion' will have a tough scrap against 'House of Flying Daggers' and 'Phantom' in cineamtography category..here's hoping it will win!

[Borges]

It was NOT ELIGIBLE for best foreign Film. Read the thread.

[Borges]

That's a silly and irrelevant comparison.

[Borges]

The fact that it got the nominations it did is very pleasing. Remember Gibson has on directing and producing Oscars before for Braveheart.

[rudypoot]

Moore wanted F9/11 to get best picture, so he showed it on TV. That is an automatic disqualification to be a documentry. For Moore it was Best Picture or nothing. He got nothing.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

I'm surprised so many Freepers are bad mouthing this year's Oscar nominees. I saw "The Aviator" and thought it was quite good. Leo DeCaprio did a fantastic job of portraying Howard Hughes, as the flawed, but brillant, daring individual that he was. I was taken back that Martin Scorcese and Harvey Weinstein, both butt licking Democrats, showed the endurance and success of the individual against the state and overwhelming political power. Maybe DeCaprio, Scorcese and Weinstein get it, but still want to remain in the "liberal Democrat" closet. "Aviator" reminded me of Ayn Rands "Atlas Shrugged". Unfortunately the younger folks, who did not know Howard Hughes, Juan Trippe, Senator Brewster, and the community company (Pan Am) will not be able to fully grasp Hughes and Trippe's greatness and foresight. It truly was a battle of titans, not government bureaucrats.

All the other flicks, "Million Dollar Baby", "Sideways", "Ray" are films about the power of the individual to succeed or survive. No collectivism or Democrat BS to be found here. The individual reigns supreme in all these films. I want to see all of them. Jamie Foxx was outstanding as Ray Charles, and it doesn't get any better than Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank in "Million Dollar Baby". I might add for Freepers that like Charles Krauthammer, he stated on Brit Hume's show that the movie "Sideways" may have been the best picture he has ever seen. As for Johnny Depp, I know his politics are a bit odd, but he did a magnificent job as the eccentric, outrageous, individualist Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean, The Curse of the Black Pearl" The likes of Brad Pitt, Jennifer Anniston, George Clooney, etc. don't belong in the same world as these folks.

I might add that I am sorry that Mel Gibson, and his "Passion of the Christ" is not among the honorees. I went to see the movie the first day in release and found it overwhelming and personally moving. My wife and I had just lost our thirty-seven year old daughter to breast cancer, and this movie helped me cope with that loss through the power and majesty of Jesus Christ and our Lord almighty. It is really a shame that the fathers and leaders of present day Hollywood are so taken in by their bias, that they cannot see the magnificence of the Lord, whether the Lord is Christian, Jew, Muslim, etc. I guess that's what happens when the Kings and Queens of Hollywood believe they are Gods. That's what happens when you are secular and liberal to the bone. I feel sad for them, for they cannot grasp the true greatness of life and mortality.

[RedWhiteBlue]

Michael Moore knew that his campaign for best picture was not going very well. That is why he tried to deflect the blame to those on the right a few weeks ago: Michael Moore: Right Wingers Stealing My Oscar

[Borges]

Freepers are always down on anything the American film industry does it seems. Even if its not the American film industry (Golden Globes, Razzies).

[shield]

Big Fat Moore...the rats think he's one of the main reasons they lost the presidential election...they don't like a guy who looks like him to represent them. So it's not surprising they've shut him out. They're all a bunch of scumbags.

[DCPatriot]

...I saw the list this morning and haven't seen or been even remotely interested in a single movie or actor.

And that makes you an authority on the Oscars?

[Bommer]

"I want to see Million Dollar Baby. Something about it appeals to me.

Mercy killing of crippled people because they are seen as useless appeals to you?

[Borges]

Well more like assisted suicide. Other then that it was very overpraised because Eastwood is such an icon.