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

[Diva Betsy Ross]

HA!... a system that presents like minded people with awards so that they can hail themselves as great award winning minds is exactly what the Oscars, the Grammys and most of the awards shows are about. I am sorry if I am talking over your head here. It is exactly the same thing.

[Borges]

If you like American movies then there is an intrinsic interest in seeing what the artists who make them think is their best work. Cinematagraphers don't get much recognition in the general public except for the Oscars. I'm always happy for the attention they get this one time in the year.

[Borges]

You are absolutely right. Leigh goes out of his way to be objective and not making zealouts out of pro life and law enforcement officials. It's up to the audience to decide.

[Houmatt]

Obviously AMPAS is not completely made up of stupid people. Because of the response Passion had received from audiences ($300 million domestic box office, making it the highest grossing independent film of all time), to ignore it completely would have spelled bad news for them.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Well I will give you that. I do not care for a majority of American movies- and I think Hollywood has become a den of political activists-, much worse than ever before, therefore I can not, nor will not support them in anyway. If they understood that they were entertainers and nothing more, most with half a brain, then I would really care less what types of awards they give themselves.

Oh wait I couldn't care less than I do now.

But I understand that what the actors and film makers think of themselves can be very important and serious stuff to some people.

[Houmatt]

Yes, Best Director. But I lost all faith in the Oscars when Saving Private Ryan, the best film of 1998 (and the best film of the 1990's, in my opinion) lost out to a pansy film like Shakespeare In Love.

[dfwgator]

I'm disappointed that "Hotel Rwanda" wasn't nominated for Best Picture. Can't have a movie that casts the Clinton's in bad light, can we?

[mowkeka]

Gee, Passion doesn't get best pic. What a surprise....

[Houmatt]

F9/11 getting shut out is a big deal.

Only to Michael Moore. The film did not get nominated in any other category because Moore only submitted it in one: Best Picture.

[ELS]

BTTT

[Borges]

I actually think Schindler's List was the best film of the 90s! :-) I think it didnt win BP because SL had won just 5 years earlier. But I think they made the right choice that year. Spielberg got a Directing Oscar but the film itself...with a mediocre and cliched script didn't win.

[Borges]

The only categories where you need submission is Best Foriegn Film and Best Documentary. Everything else is up to the whims of the Academy.

[Houmatt]

You did not see the movie, obviously, or you have something personal against Spielberg....

[Borges]

I think art is an important part of any culture. The great american films are some of the great American art. And, actors aside, there are very intelligent people involved. Coppola and Scorsese have Master's Degrees for example.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Shakespeare in Love was a wonderful movie. Any movie filled with his language has got to be good just from that.
And it was very funny.

[Houmatt]

Schindler's List was a hell of a film, no question. However, it did not have the impact that Saving Private Ryan had on me.

That film left me sitting in the theater long after the final credit rolled and the screen darkened. I was shaken, feeling like I had just been kicked in the stomach. In fact, because my wife chose not to see it, I felt the need to talk about my experience with someone who had, and was forced to go online to do so.

[js1138]

Johnny Depp is good in Neverland, but the Oscars needs to add an award for best performance by a child under age 12.

[Houmatt]

The only categories where you need submission is Best Foriegn Film and Best Documentary. Everything else is up to the whims of the Academy.

Then explain the campaigns studios create at the end of every year to get their films nominated.

I am sure you have seen them: FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. That is the route Moore took. He took a gamble, and lost, fortunately for America.

[Borges]

I know a lot of people responded to it that way. I just thought it didn't add anything to the discourse about that subject. And the framing device at Arlington was completely un-needed and dramatically superfluous. At least the epilogue in SL was with the actual people.