# Academy Award nominations are out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341 "2006-01-31T14:03:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/1 "2006-01-31T14:03:54Z")
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 78th Annual Academy Awards Nominations **BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR** BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN CAPOTE CRASH GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. MUNICH **ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING** BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN CAPOTE CRASH GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. MUNICH \*\*PERFORMANCE BY AN 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. **PERFORMANCE BY AN 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 **PERFORMANCE BY AN 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 **PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE** Amy Adams - JUNEBUG Catherine Keener - CAPOTE Frances McDormand - NORTH COUNTRY Rachel Weisz - THE CONSTANT GARDENER Michelle Williams - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN **BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM OF THE YEAR** HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE TIM BURTON’S CORPSE BRIDE WALLACE & GROMIT IN THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT **ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION** GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE KING KONG MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA PRIDE & PREJUDICE **ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY** BATMAN BEGINS BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA THE NEW WORLD \*\*ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN \*\* CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS PRIDE & PREJUDICE WALK THE LINE **BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE** DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM MARCH OF THE PENGUINS MURDERBALL STREET FIGHT **BEST 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 \*\*ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING \*\* CINDERELLA MAN THE CONSTANT GARDENER CRASH MUNICH WALK THE LINE **BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR** DON’T TELL JOYEUX NOèL PARADISE NOW SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS TSOTSI **ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP** THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE CINDERELLA MAN STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH \*\*ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SCORE) \*\* BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN THE CONSTANT GARDENER MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA MUNICH PRIDE & PREJUDICE **ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC WRITTEN FOR MOTION PICTURES (ORIGINAL SONG)** “In the Deep” - CRASH “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” - HUSTLE & FLOW “Travelin’ Thru” - TRANSAMERICA **BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM** BADGERED THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO 9 ONE MAN BAND **BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM** AUSREISSER (THE RUNAWAY) CASHBACK THE LAST FARM OUR TIME IS UP SIX SHOOTER **ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING** KING KONG MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA WAR OF THE WORLDS **ACHIEVEMENT IN 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 **ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS** THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE KING KONG WAR OF THE WORLDS \*\*ADAPTED SCREENPLAY \*\* BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN CAPOTE THE CONSTANT GARDENER A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE MUNICH **ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY** CRASH GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. MATCH POINT THE SQUID AND THE WHALE SYRIANA ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/2 "2006-01-31T14:04:13Z")
[Announced this morning](http://www.oscar.com/nominees/list.html). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/3 "2006-01-31T14:12:55Z")
I think this year I’ve seen more of the nominated films than in most recent years, at two (Brokeback Mountain and Capote). Of course I’m rooting for BBM to win everything, both because it’s a fantastic movie and because it’d be nice for a gay-themed picture to win big. Which makes Capote my second choice. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/4 "2006-01-31T14:13:44Z")
Wow, I don’t remember the reviews I read of Crash being particularly glowing at all. Surprising to see it get so many high-profile nominations. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/5 "2006-01-31T14:16:08Z")
I’m so thrilled for Amy Adams! Everyone should see **Junebug** just to see her character. I’m beaming for George Clooney! 4 nominations, for 2 different movies! And hooray for the **Munich** nominations! I was afraid it would be shut out. I’m glad that **King Kong** got several nominations in the artistic categories (often mistakenly called the “technical” categories). I’m ecstatic that **Brokeback Mountain** leads the nominations with 8! My only major disappointment is the shut out of **The New World**. Not counting Foreign-language, Documentary or the Shorts, I’ve seen all the movies except for North Country and Hustle & Flow. I think that’s my personal record. Usually the Music category trips me up, because sometimes songs are nominated from films I have no interest in. I have to look at these closer when my adrenaline level goes down. I nearly went through the roof when they announced Amy Adams and Munich! (and that would have hurt) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/6 "2006-01-31T14:29:36Z")
Judi Dench could easily whip Keira Knightly and Charlize in a cage match. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/7 "2006-01-31T14:34:13Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > Wow, I don’t remember the reviews I read of Crash being particularly glowing at all. Surprising to see it get so many high-profile nominations. **Crash** got a 77% rating on [Rotten Tomatoes](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crash/). That’s pretty good. I was glad to see George Clooney get so many nominations, particularly his Best director nom for **Good Night, and Good Luck**. That was an exceptionally well crafted film. I was alos glad to see Terrence Howard get a nod for **Hustle and Flow**. Sometimes they forget about movies that came out early in the year and Howard was mesmerizing in that film. I was really surprised that **Walk the Line** did not get nominated for Best Picture. I suspect they felt they had to put **Munich** on the list but I’m not really sure it deserves to be there. Of the major movies nominated, the only one I haven’t seen is **Capote** , but from the movies I _have_ seen, I think **Brokeback Mountain** was the best and I think that Heath Ledger gave the best acting performance (in a strong field…_all_ the Best Actor nominees are good). I’d vote for Reese Witherspoon as Best Actress. I was watching some commentary on Fox News this morning and they could barely contain their chagrin that so many “gay films” and “terrorist films” got nominated. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/8 "2006-01-31T14:40:19Z")
Of the Best Picture nominees, I really enjoyed Munich, Good Night, and Good Luck, and Capote, probably in that order. I didn’t see the other two. I wonder if Paul Giamatti’s nomination was to make up for the Sideways and American Splendor snubs. Can anyone who’s seen Cinderella Man tell me how his performance was there? ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/9 "2006-01-31T14:41:37Z")
Yay!! It’s officially Oscar season now! I’m really happy for George Clooney…noms for writing, acting and directing!! Impressive. Has anyone seen _Hustle and Flow_? Seems to me Terrence Howard has come from nowhere this year. Is he the next Samuel L. Jackson? I’ll be rooting for Felicity Huffman ( FWIW, no, I do not watch Desperate Housewives) When’s the last time an actress won an Emmy and an Oscar in the same year?? I better get to the movie theater, I have seen NONE of these movies yet! ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/10 "2006-01-31T14:48:34Z")
Gosh. I have seen practically none of those movies. Except Match Point, which was great. –Ciffy ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/11 "2006-01-31T14:58:03Z")
I took the nominations from the [oscar.com](http://oscar.com) web site, and moved the Picture and Director up to the top. I didn’t notice that the names of the Directors were absent from their list. Here they are. **ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING** Ang Lee - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Bennett Miller - CAPOTE Paul Haggis - CRASH George Clooney - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. Steven Spielberg - MUNICH I’ll also be rooting for Felicity Huffman. I’ve never seen Desperate Housewives, but I saw **Transamerica** , and she was astonishing! It’s not just a gimmick role either. She plays a man within days of a sex-change operation, so “he’s” been taking hormones, but still has some manly mannerisms. Huffman really makes you believe Bree is a man on the verge of becoming a woman physically. More than that, you come to really care about Bree, even though you want to smack her upside the head a few times. She’s a prude and very uptight, and thinks nothing of lying her ass off if it suits her. She always gets caught though. It’s a funny film, it is a comedy, but with several dramatic moments. It’s not a great film, but it’s a good one, and Bree is a great character. I think Reese will win, but I hope Huffman gets it. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/12 "2006-01-31T14:59:31Z")
I was definitely glad to see Howard for _Hustle & Flow_. Not only was that a great performance, but all of the other performances in that movie were excellent. I wish I could tell people “this is more than a movie about a pimp following his dream to rap about pimping” but I can’t. Still, I really liked it, and would recommend it even to people who don’t care about pimping or rapping. It has a lot of heart. If PSH doesn’t win for _Capote_, someone’s getting punched. I was glad to see a few nods to _Cinderella Man_. It was an early release, and was somewhat disappointing at the box office. I’m normally a Ron Howard Hata, but I really liked CM. Paul Giamatti was, of course, great. It got an editing nom, but I think it also could have received something in the cinematography/art direction/costume/make-up realms. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/13 "2006-01-31T15:05:36Z")
> [@Gadarene](#): > > Of the Best Picture nominees, I really enjoyed Munich, Good Night, and Good Luck, and Capote, probably in that order. I didn’t see the other two. > > I wonder if Paul Giamatti’s nomination was to make up for the Sideways and American Splendor snubs. Can anyone who’s seen Cinderella Man tell me how his performance was there? I thought it was just okay. It was a typically solid Giamati performance but nothing extraordinary - no real “Oscar moments.” I think all of the other nominees in his category gave stronger performances than he did (to be fair, they were better roles. Giamati was just Russell Crowe’s loyal friend and manager - not much to sink his teeth into). It wouldn’t surprise me if he won, though, just because the voters might think he’s due for something. This is a category that I can’t really pick. I think Matt Dillon is a dark horse but the money is probably on Gyllenhaal…or maybe Clooney. Who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/14 "2006-01-31T15:08:07Z")
Hey, my thread beat this one by one minute, **and** it has the nominations in the OP, but everyone’s posting in this one. Is it my breath? > [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I was really surprised that **Walk the Line** did not get nominated for Best Picture. I suspect they felt they had to put **Munich** on the list but I’m not really sure it deserves to be there. It most certainly does, and it absolutely deserves o be there instead of Walk the Line, which had great performances, but was a fairly standard biopic. Walk the Line got the nominations it deserved. Paul Giamatti’s nomination is deserved. He was very good (he always is), but I think he’s winning so many awards because of the earlier snubs. That’s not right. I love Paul, but I’ll be rooting for Jake or George. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/15 "2006-01-31T15:09:16Z")
Was pleased to see Terrence Howard as well. **Hustle and Flow** really was an underrated movie - it’s a gem. See it. Kiera Knightley? Okay, so I haven’t seen the new adaptation of P&P, but this really raised my eyebrows. Almost like they threw her in because they couldn’t find anyone else but needed to round out the field. There’s too many other repeat Oscar winners in there; I think this category really comes down to Huffman and Witherspoon. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/16 "2006-01-31T15:12:12Z")
For the first time in years, I have seen not a single one of the movies nominated for any of the major categories. I had to scroll down to Wallace and Grommit before I recognized anything. Oh, well. At least I won’t stress over my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/17 "2006-01-31T15:17:32Z")
I actually liked Walk the Line more than Brokeback Mountain but I can see why the one was nominated over the other. Walk the Line is a lot like Ray which was only a year ago and it doesn’t have wicked awesome photography or anything. Nevertheless, it was great. But, Heath Ledger and Joaquin Pheonix were both really amazing - it’s a hard choice. I liked Reese Witherspoon as JCC also. I have to see Capote. I am hearing great things about it and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. I really liked Crash too. It seems like I saw that 100 years ago. Sigh! There was a time I would go get caught up on my Oscar picks at this time of year and I would end up seeing every Best Picture nomination and each performance in all four categories. I was single and childless then. Those were the days. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/18 "2006-01-31T15:19:59Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Hey, my thread beat this one by one minute, **and** it has the nominations in the OP, but everyone’s posting in this one. Is it my breath? When I saw the two threads, yours just said, “Academy Award Nominations!” whereas this one said, “Acadedmy Award Nominations Are Out”. . . . a little more informative. Yours could have meant anything. Academy award nominations. . .what? And why the exclamation point? Sure, I’m interested, but am I so excited I want to jump in with a guy with an exclamation point? Next thing I know, you’re asking me to bring a dish to your Oscar party, and that ain’t my bag!! ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/19 "2006-01-31T15:41:37Z")
I have seen three of the five and I am not really enthused about any of them. This was one year where I was hoping for nominations from films I had already seen (Capote, GN/GL, and Munich) so I didn’t have to go out and see a lot of films to keep my “See them all before the awards” streak alive. Now, all I need to do is rent Crash and go see Brokeback. One trip to the theater. Not bad. My vote on the main categories: Picture: Sight unseen, I’ll go with Brokeback. The three I’ve seen are all decent, but unexceptional, films. Actor: Hoffman. I need to see Ledger, but Hoffman was fantastic. Capote was not that great a film, but his performance pushed it into the Best Picture category. Straithern was great as well. Actress: Witherspoon. I think her performance was the only I’ve seen, but she was amazing. I think it is between her and Huffman. S. Actor: Clooney. I have only seen Giamatti, he was good but not great, but I like Clooney, so it is a homer pick. S. Actress: No idea. A bad year for female roles. I liked Keener in Capote well enough, so she gets my default vote. Directing: From the clips, Ang Lee’s Brokeback looks well made. And the subject matter is tricky. He gets my vote. A pretty watered down year for Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341/20 "2006-01-31T15:42:43Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > When I saw the two threads, yours just said, > > “Academy Award Nominations!” > > whereas this one said, > > “Acadedmy Award Nominations Are Out”. > > . . . a little more informative. Yours could have meant anything. Academy award nominations. . .what? > > And why the exclamation point? Sure, I’m interested, but am I so excited I want to jump in with a guy with an exclamation point? Next thing I know, you’re asking me to bring a dish to your Oscar party, and that ain’t my bag!! Ah well, I thought the Subject Line worked. A quick mouseover would have revealed that the actual nominations were in the post. And to me it did deserve an exclamation point. I’m a movie buff. I’ve seen all the nominated films in every category but Foreign, Documentary and the Shorts, except for Hustle & Flow and North Country. Most of my favorites from last year are represented in one way or another, which very rarely happens. So, I’m a dork. Still, an excited dork. AMY ADAMS! MUNICH! CLOONEY! Brokeback leading the noms with 8! Wow. These things make me a very happy dork. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-nominations-are-out/342341.md?page=2)