# Oscar Pool

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**Best Picture**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Director**  
■ Ang Lee, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ Bennett Miller, _Capote_  
□ Paul Haggis, _Crash_  
□ George Clooney, _Good Night and Good Luck_  
□ Steven Spielberg, _Munich_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actor**  
□ George Clooney, _Syriana_  
□ Matt Dillon, _Crash_  
■ Paul Giamatti, _Cinderella Man_  
□ Jake Gyllenhaal, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ William Hurt, _A History of Violence_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actress**  
□ Amy Adams, _Junebug_  
□ Catherine Keener, _Capote_  
□ Frances McDormand, _North Country_  
□ Rachel Weisz, _The Constant Gardner_  
■ Michelle Williams, _Brokeback Mountain_

**Best Adapted Screenplay**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _A History of Violence_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Original Screenplay**  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Match Point_  
□ _The Squid and the Whale_  
□ _Syriana_

**Best Foreign-Language Film**  
□ _Don’t Tell_ (Italy)  
□ _Joyeux Noel_ (France)  
□ \*Paradise Now \* (Palestinian Authority)  
■ \*Sophie Scholl \* (Germany)  
□ \*Tsotsi \* (South Africa)

**Best Cinematography**  
□ _Batman Begins_  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _The New World_  
**Best Art Direction**  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Pride & Prejudice_

**Best 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_

\*\*My one comment: I’m stunned that neither _Rize_ nor _Grizzly Man_ were nominated, especially given that either of those movies are better than three on the list (Street Fight, Enron, and March). \*\*

**Best Documentary Short Subject**  
□ _The Death of Kevin Carter_  
□ _God Sleeps in Rwanda_  
■ _The Mushroom Club_  
□ _A Note of Triumph_

**Best Live Action Short Film**  
□ _Ausreisser (The Runaway)_  
□ _Cashback_  
■ _The Last Farm_  
□ _Our Time Is Up_  
□ _Six Shooter_

**Best Animated Feature Film**  
□ _Howl’s Moving Castle_  
■ _Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride_  
□ _Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit_

**Best Film Editing**  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Munich_  
□ _Walk the Line_

**Best Makeup**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith_

**Best Original Score**  
■ \*Brokeback Mountain \* (Gustavo Santaolalla)  
□ \*The Constant Gardener \* (Alberto Inglesias)  
□ \*Memoirs of a Geisha \* (John Williams)  
□ _Munich_ (John Williams)  
□ \*Pride & Prejudice \* (Dario Marianelli)

**Best 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_  
■ _9_  
□ _One Man Band_

**Best Sound**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Walk the Line_  
■ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Sound Editing**  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
■ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Visual Effects**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _War of the Worlds_

**Special Award for Achievement in Post Coding**  
■ lissener

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Mostly preferrences rather than predictions, plus a couple of “just being contrary.” 😛

**Best Picture**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Director**  
■ Ang Lee, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ Bennett Miller, _Capote_  
□ Paul Haggis, _Crash_  
□ George Clooney, _Good Night and Good Luck_  
□ Steven Spielberg, _Munich_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actor**  
□ George Clooney, _Syriana_  
□ Matt Dillon, _Crash_  
□ Paul Giamatti, _Cinderella Man_  
■ Jake Gyllenhaal, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ William Hurt, _A History of Violence_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actress**  
□ Amy Adams, _Junebug_  
■ Catherine Keener, _Capote_  
□ Frances McDormand, _North Country_  
□ Rachel Weisz, _The Constant Gardner_  
□ Michelle Williams, _Brokeback Mountain_

**Best Adapted Screenplay**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _A History of Violence_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Original Screenplay**  
□ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Match Point_  
□ _The Squid and the Whale_  
■ _Syriana_

**Best Foreign-Language Film**  
□ _Don’t Tell_ (Italy)  
■ _Joyeux Noel_ (France)  
□ \*Paradise Now \* (Palestinian Authority)  
□ \*Sophie Scholl \* (Germany)  
□ \*Tsotsi \* (South Africa)

**Best Cinematography**  
□ _Batman Begins_  
□ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _The New World_

**Best Art Direction**  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
■ _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Pride & Prejudice_

**Best 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_  
□ _God Sleeps in Rwanda_  
■ _The Mushroom Club_  
□ _A Note of Triumph_

**Best Live Action Short Film**  
■ _Ausreisser (The Runaway)_  
□ _Cashback_  
□ _The Last Farm_  
□ _Our Time Is Up_  
□ _Six Shooter_

**Best Animated Feature Film**  
□ _Howl’s Moving Castle_  
□ _Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride_  
■ _Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit_

**Best Film Editing**  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _Crash_  
■ _Munich_  
□ _Walk the Line_

**Best Makeup**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith_

**Best Original Score**  
■ \*Brokeback Mountain \* (Gustavo Santaolalla)  
□ \*The Constant Gardener \* (Alberto Inglesias)  
□ \*Memoirs of a Geisha \* (John Williams)  
□ _Munich_ (John Williams)  
□ \*Pride & Prejudice \* (Dario Marianelli)

**Best 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_  
□ _9_  
□ _One Man Band_

**Best Sound**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
■ _Walk the Line_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Sound Editing**  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Visual Effects**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Special Award for Achievement in Post Coding**  
■ lissener

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**Best Picture**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Director**  
■ Ang Lee, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ Bennett Miller, _Capote_  
□ Paul Haggis, _Crash_  
□ George Clooney, _Good Night and Good Luck_  
□ Steven Spielberg, _Munich_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actor**  
□ George Clooney, _Syriana_  
□ Matt Dillon, _Crash_  
■ Paul Giamatti, _Cinderella Man_  
□ Jake Gyllenhaal, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ William Hurt, _A History of Violence_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actress**  
□ Amy Adams, _Junebug_  
□ Catherine Keener, _Capote_  
□ Frances McDormand, _North Country_  
□ Rachel Weisz, _The Constant Gardner_  
■ Michelle Williams, _Brokeback Mountain_

**Best Adapted Screenplay**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _A History of Violence_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Original Screenplay**  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Match Point_  
□ _The Squid and the Whale_  
□ _Syriana_

**Best Foreign-Language Film**  
□ _Don’t Tell_ (Italy)  
□ _Joyeux Noel_ (France)  
■ \*Paradise Now \* (Palestinian Authority)  
□ \*Sophie Scholl \* (Germany)  
□ \*Tsotsi \* (South Africa)

**Best Cinematography**  
□ _Batman Begins_  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _The New World_

**Best Art Direction**  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Pride & Prejudice_

**Best 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_  
■ _God Sleeps in Rwanda_  
□ _The Mushroom Club_  
□ _A Note of Triumph_

**Best Live Action Short Film**  
■ _Ausreisser (The Runaway)_  
□ _Cashback_  
□ _The Last Farm_  
□ _Our Time Is Up_  
□ _Six Shooter_

**Best Animated Feature Film**  
□ _Howl’s Moving Castle_  
□ _Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride_  
■ _Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit_

**Best Film Editing**  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Munich_  
□ _Walk the Line_

**Best Makeup**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_  
■ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith_

**Best Original Score**  
■ \*Brokeback Mountain \* (Gustavo Santaolalla)  
□ \*The Constant Gardener \* (Alberto Inglesias)  
□ \*Memoirs of a Geisha \* (John Williams)  
□ _Munich_ (John Williams)  
□ \*Pride & Prejudice \* (Dario Marianelli)

**Best 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_  
□ _9_  
■ _One Man Band_

**Best Sound**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
■ _Walk the Line_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Sound Editing**  
■ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Visual Effects**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
■ _King Kong_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

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I just want to add that it’s inevitable, the Oscars being what they are, that _March of the Penguins_ will win best feature doc. But I will still cry when \*Murderball \*loses.

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Best Picture  
? Brokeback Mountain  
? Capote [what I would like to win]  
? Crash  
? Good Night, and Good Luck  
? Munich

Best Director  
? Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain  
? Bennett Miller, Capote  
? Paul Haggis, Crash  
? George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck [who I would like to win]  
? Steven Spielberg, Munich

Best Actor in a Leading Role  
? Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote [who I would like to win]  
? Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow  
? Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain  
? Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line  
? David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Supporting Actor  
? George Clooney, Syriana  
? Matt Dillon, Crash  
? Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man  
? Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain  
? William Hurt, A History of Violence [who I would like to win]

Best Actress in a Leading Role  
? Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents  
? Felicity Huffman, TransAmerica [who I would like to win]  
? Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice  
? Charlize Theron, North Country  
? Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actress  
? Amy Adams, Junebug  
? Catherine Keener, Capote  
? Frances McDormand, North Country  
? Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardner [who I would like to win]  
? Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

Best Adapted Screenplay  
? Brokeback Mountain  
? Capote [what I would like to win]  
? The Constant Gardener  
? A History of Violence  
? Munich

Best Original Screenplay  
? Crash  
? Good Night, and Good Luck  
? Match Point [what I would like to win]  
? The Squid and the Whale  
? Syriana

Best Foreign-Language Film  
? Don’t Tell (Italy)  
? Joyeux Noel (France) [I’ve only seen three of these - this is my favorite]  
? Paradise Now (Palestinian Authority)  
? Sophie Scholl (Germany)  
? Tsotsi (South Africa)

Best Cinematography  
? Batman Begins  
? Brokeback Mountain [what i would like to win]  
? Good Night, and Good Luck  
? Memoirs of a Geisha  
? The New World  
Best Art Direction  
? Good Night, and Good Luck  
? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  
? King Kong [what I would like to win]  
? Memoirs of a Geisha  
? Pride & Prejudice

Best Costume Design  
? Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [wouldn’t mind seeing this win]  
? 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 [wouldn’t mind seeing this win]  
? March of the Penguins  
? Murderball  
? Street Fight

Best Documentary Short Subject  
? The Death of Kevin Carter  
? God Sleeps in Rwanda [must confess, haven’t seen any of them]  
? The Mushroom Club  
? A Note of Triumph

Best Live Action Short Film  
? Ausreisser (The Runaway)  
? Cashback  
? The Last Farm  
? Our Time Is Up [wild guess, haven’t seen any]  
? Six Shooter

Best Animated Feature Film  
? Howl’s Moving Castle [wasn’t really a fan of the other two]  
? Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride  
? Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Film Editing  
? Cinderella Man [this is not to diminish the others]  
? The Constant Gardener  
? Crash  
? Munich  
? Walk the Line

Best Makeup  
? The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe  
? Cinderella Man  
? Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith [I guess]

Best Original Score  
? Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla) [loved it]  
? The Constant Gardener (Alberto Inglesias)  
? Memoirs of a Geisha (John Williams)  
? Munich (John Williams)  
? Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli)

Best Original Song  
? “In the Deep,” Crash  
? “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” Hustle & Flow [I’m drawing a blank on these songs even though I’ve seen all the movies]  
? “Travelin’ Thru,” TransAmerica

Best Animated Short Film  
? Badgered [wild guess]  
? The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation  
? 9  
? One Man Band

Best Sound  
? The Chronicles of Narnia  
? King Kong  
? Memoirs of a Geisha  
? Walk the Line  
? War of the Worlds [haven’t listened to this on my system yet]

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

Best Visual Effects  
? The Chronicles of Narnia  
? King Kong [for Kong alone, lets forget the dinosaurs]  
? War of the Worlds

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ARRRRRRGGGG

in order as listed by OP

Brokeback (picture)  
Ang Lee (dir)  
PS Hoffman (act)  
Clooney (sup act)  
Witherspoon (f act)  
Weisz (f sup act)  
Brokeback (adp. screen)  
Crash (org. screen)  
Joyeux Noel (foreign)  
Brokeback (cin)  
Kong (art dir)  
Walk the line (costume)  
Penguins (doc)  
Rwanda (doc short)  
Our Life is Short (Doc Short)  
Howls Moving Castle (anim.)  
Cinderella Man (edit)  
Star Wars (makeup)  
Brokeback (score)  
Pimp (song)  
Badgered (anim. short)  
King Kong (sound)  
King Kong (sound edit.)  
King Kong (visual Effects)

Sorry about that. I don’t know what I did wrong. I cut and pasted and everything.

_shrugs_

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[QUOTE=lissener]  
Your predictions please.\* In the case of multiple winners, the grand prize winner will be chosen completely arbitrarily. He or she will gain the people’s ovation and fame forever. Second prize is a set of steak knives.

**Best Picture**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Director**  
■ Ang Lee, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ Bennett Miller, _Capote_  
□ Paul Haggis, _Crash_  
□ George Clooney, _Good Night and Good Luck_  
□ Steven Spielberg, _Munich_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actor**  
■ George Clooney, _Syriana_  
□ Matt Dillon, _Crash_  
□ Paul Giamatti, _Cinderella Man_  
□ Jake Gyllenhaal, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ William Hurt, _A History of Violence_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actress**  
■ Amy Adams, _Junebug_  
□ Catherine Keener, _Capote_  
□ Frances McDormand, _North Country_  
□ Rachel Weisz, _The Constant Gardner_  
□ Michelle Williams, _Brokeback Mountain_

**Best Adapted Screenplay**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _A History of Violence_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Original Screenplay**  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Match Point_  
□ _The Squid and the Whale_  
□ _Syriana_

**Best Foreign-Language Film**  
□ _Don’t Tell_ (Italy)  
□ _Joyeux Noel_ (France)  
■ \*Paradise Now \* (Palestinian Authority)  
□ \*Sophie Scholl \* (Germany)  
□ \*Tsotsi \* (South Africa)

**Best Cinematography**  
□ _Batman Begins_  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _The New World_

**Best Art Direction**  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Pride & Prejudice_

**Best 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_  
■ _God Sleeps in Rwanda_  
□ _The Mushroom Club_  
□ _A Note of Triumph_

**Best Live Action Short Film**  
□ _Ausreisser (The Runaway)_  
□ _Cashback_  
□ _The Last Farm_  
□ _Our Time Is Up_  
■ _Six Shooter_

**Best Animated Feature Film**  
□ _Howl’s Moving Castle_  
□ _Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride_  
■ _Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit_

**Best Film Editing**  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
■ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _Crash_  
□ _Munich_  
□ _Walk the Line_

**Best Makeup**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith_

**Best Original Score**  
■ \*Brokeback Mountain \* (Gustavo Santaolalla)  
□ \*The Constant Gardener \* (Alberto Inglesias)  
□ \*Memoirs of a Geisha \* (John Williams)  
□ _Munich_ (John Williams)  
□ \*Pride & Prejudice \* (Dario Marianelli)

**Best 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_  
□ _9_  
□ _One Man Band_

**Best Sound**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
■ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Walk the Line_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Sound Editing**  
■ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Visual Effects**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
■ _King Kong_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Special Award for Achievement in Post Coding**  
□ lissener  
WRITE-IN: ■ middleman

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[QUOTE=lissener]  
Your predictions please.\* In the case of multiple winners, the grand prize winner will be chosen completely arbitrarily. He or she will gain the people’s ovation and fame forever. Second prize is a set of steak knives.

By the way, if I _do_ happen to win…Sacheen Littlefeather will be picking up my award.

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> [@Stephe96](#):
>
> By the way, if I _do_ happen to win…Sacheen Littlefeather will be picking up my award.

When she is speaking, I will be streaking.

Please don’t mock my short-comings.

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> [@middleman](#):
>
> When she is speaking, I will be streaking.
> 
> Please don’t mock my short-comings.

OK, then. I’ll one-up you by outing my high-school acting teacher during my acceptance speech! (You know…the one Sacheen will be doing in my place!)

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Well, then I will come back on stage after streaking and stand behind you (even though you aren’t there) with the words SOY BOMB written on my chest. (hopefully this will distract attention from my short comings!)

(Yeah…I sprinkled a little Grammies on your ass!)

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**Best Picture**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _Crash_ (should win)  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Director**  
■ Ang Lee, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ Bennett Miller, _Capote_  
□ Paul Haggis, _Crash_  
□ George Clooney, _Good Night and Good Luck_  
□ Steven Spielberg, _Munich_ (should win; no tomatoes, please)

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actor**  
■ George Clooney, _Syriana_  
□ Matt Dillon, _Crash_  
□ Paul Giamatti, _Cinderella Man_  
□ Jake Gyllenhaal, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ William Hurt, _A History of Violence_

**Best Actress in a Leading Role**  
□ Judi Dench, _Mrs. Henderson Presents_  
□ Felicity Huffman, _TransAmerica_ (should win)  
□ Keira Knightley, _Pride & Prejudice_  
□ Charlize Theron, _North Country_  
■ Reese Witherspoon, _Walk the Line_

**Best Supporting Actress**  
□ Amy Adams, _Junebug_ (should win)  
□ Catherine Keener, _Capote_  
□ Frances McDormand, _North Country_  
□ Rachel Weisz, _The Constant Gardner_  
■ Michelle Williams, _Brokeback Mountain_

**Best Adapted Screenplay**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _A History of Violence_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Original Screenplay**  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Match Point_  
□ _The Squid and the Whale_  
□ _Syriana_

**Best Foreign-Language Film**  
□ _Don’t Tell_ (Italy)  
□ _Joyeux Noel_ (France)  
□ \*Paradise Now \* (Palestinian Authority)  
□ \*Sophie Scholl \* (Germany)  
■ \*Tsotsi \* (South Africa)

**Best Cinematography**  
□ _Batman Begins_  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _The New World_  
**Best Art Direction**  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Pride & Prejudice_

**Best 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_ (technically, I haven’t seen any of these, but this one should win anyway)  
■ _March of the Penguins_  
□ _Murderball_  
□ _Street Fight_

**Best Documentary Short Subject**  
■ _The Death of Kevin Carter_  
□ _God Sleeps in Rwanda_  
□ _The Mushroom Club_  
□ _A Note of Triumph_

**Best Live Action Short Film**  
■ _Ausreisser (The Runaway)_  
□ _Cashback_  
□ _The Last Farm_  
□ _Our Time Is Up_  
□ _Six Shooter_

**Best Animated Feature Film**  
□ _Howl’s Moving Castle_  
□ _Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride_  
■ _Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit_

**Best Film Editing**  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Munich_  
□ _Walk the Line_

**Best Makeup**  
■ _(it’s) The Chronic (what?) cles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith_

**Best Original Score**  
■ \*Brokeback Mountain \* (Gustavo Santaolalla) (going out on a limb here)  
□ \*The Constant Gardener \* (Alberto Inglesias)  
□ \*Memoirs of a Geisha \* (John Williams)  
□ _Munich_ (John Williams)  
□ \*Pride & Prejudice \* (Dario Marianelli)

**Best 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_  
■ _9_  
□ _One Man Band_

**Best Sound**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
■ _Walk the Line_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Sound Editing**  
■ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Visual Effects**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
■ _King Kong_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Special Award for Achievement in Post Coding**  
■ lissener (after preview)

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Is anyone planning on doing an Oscar simulcast post thread? If not, I will open one up around 7:30pm so we can post along with the show. It’ll be just like watching it with other people ( :rolleyes: lame, I know, but I don’t know anyone else who is masochist enough to wantsto watch it with me until midnight on a Sunday).

I only voted in categories where I’d seen all or most of the films (unlike many members of the Academy).

**Best Picture**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
**Best Director**  
■ Ang Lee, _Brokeback Mountain_  
**Best Actor in a Leading Role**  
■ Philip Seymour Hoffman, _Capote_  
**Best Supporting Actor**  
■ George Clooney, _Syriana_  
**Best Actress in a Leading Role**  
■ Reese Witherspoon, _Walk the Line_

**Best Supporting Actress**  
■ Rachel Weisz, _The Constant Gardner_  
**Best Adapted Screenplay**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
**Best Original Screenplay**  
■ _Crash_  
**Best Foreign-Language Film**  
■ \*Paradise Now \* (Palestinian Authority)  
**Best Cinematography**  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
**Best Art Direction**  
■ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
**Best Costume Design**  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
**Best Documentary Feature**  
■ _March of the Penguins_  
**Best Documentary Short Subject**  
■ _God Sleeps in Rwanda_  
**Best Animated Feature Film**  
■ _Howl’s Moving Castle_  
**Best Film Editing**  
■ _Crash_  
**Best Makeup**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_  
**Best Original Score**  
■ \*Brokeback Mountain \* (Gustavo Santaolalla)  
**Best Original Song**  
■ “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” _Hustle & Flow_  
(hey, if Eminem can win, so can this! As Ice-T said, pimpin’ ain’t easy)  
**Best Sound**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
**Best Sound Editing**  
■ _King Kong_  
**Best Visual Effects**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
**Special Award for Achievement in Post Coding**  
■ lissener  
This may have been the best coding I’ve ever seen. I think he deserves the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for Best Technical Achievement 2006 and a big wet kiss from Rachel McAdams.

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I won the Straight Dope Oscar Poll three years ago, tied two years ago, and came in second or third last year.

I throw down the gauntlet!!! Muwahahahaha!!!

Anyway, here is the list.

Best Picture  
■ Brokeback Mountain  
□ Capote  
□ Crash  
□ Good Night, and Good Luck  
□ Munich

Best Director  
■ Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain  
□ Bennett Miller, Capote  
□ Paul Haggis, Crash  
□ George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck  
□ Steven Spielberg, Munich

Best 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

Best Supporting Actor  
■ George Clooney, Syriana  
□ Matt Dillon, Crash  
□ Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man  
□ Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain  
□ William Hurt, A History of Violence

Best 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

Best Supporting Actress  
□ Amy Adams, Junebug  
□ Catherine Keener, Capote  
□ Frances McDormand, North Country  
■ Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardner  
□ Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

Best Adapted Screenplay  
■ Brokeback Mountain  
□ Capote  
□ The Constant Gardener  
□ A History of Violence  
□ Munich

Best Original Screenplay  
■ Crash  
□ Good Night, and Good Luck  
□ Match Point  
□ The Squid and the Whale  
□ Syriana

Best Foreign-Language Film  
□ Don’t Tell (Italy)  
□ Joyeux Noel (France)  
□ Paradise Now (Palestinian Authority)  
□ Sophie Scholl (Germany)  
■ Tsotsi (South Africa)

Best Cinematography  
□ Batman Begins  
■ Brokeback Mountain  
□ Good Night, and Good Luck  
□ Memoirs of a Geisha  
□ The New World  
Best Art Direction  
□ Good Night, and Good Luck  
□ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  
□ King Kong  
■ Memoirs of a Geisha  
□ Pride & Prejudice

Best 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  
■ God Sleeps in Rwanda  
□ The Mushroom Club  
□ A Note of Triumph

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

Best Animated Feature Film  
□ Howl’s Moving Castle  
□ Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride  
■ Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

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

Best Makeup  
■ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe  
□ Cinderella Man  
□ Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Best Original Score  
■ Brokeback Mountain (Gustavo Santaolalla)  
□ The Constant Gardener (Alberto Inglesias)  
□ Memoirs of a Geisha (John Williams)  
□ Munich (John Williams)  
□ Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli)

Best 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  
□ 9  
□ One Man Band

Best Sound  
□ The Chronicles of Narnia  
■ King Kong  
□ Memoirs of a Geisha  
□ Walk the Line  
□ War of the Worlds

Best Sound Editing  
■ King Kong  
□ Memoirs of a Geisha  
□ War of the Worlds

Best Visual Effects  
□ The Chronicles of Narnia  
■ King Kong  
□ War of the Worlds

Special Award for Achievement in Post Coding

■ lissener

Oh, by the way, an easier way to do this contest is to do it through Yahoo!, though since I didn’t take the initiative, who am I to complain? Thanks a ton, lissener; I love this contest.

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Here’s mine, though I haven’t seen a single movie up for nomination. They should hold the Academy Awards exactly one month after the last film comes out on DVD, cuz I’m too damn old to sit in a movie theater for three hours so that perfect strangers can cough in my hair, kick my seat, and pop their gum while chatting on their cell phones.  
**Best Picture**  
□ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Director**  
■ Ang Lee, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ Bennett Miller, _Capote_  
□ Paul Haggis, _Crash_  
□ George Clooney, _Good Night and Good Luck_  
□ Steven Spielberg, _Munich_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actor**  
□ George Clooney, _Syriana_  
□ Matt Dillon, _Crash_  
□ Paul Giamatti, _Cinderella Man_  
■ Jake Gyllenhaal, _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ William Hurt, _A History of Violence_

**Best 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_

**Best Supporting Actress**  
□ Amy Adams, _Junebug_  
□ Catherine Keener, _Capote_  
□ Frances McDormand, _North Country_  
■ Rachel Weisz, _The Constant Gardner_  
□ Michelle Williams, _Brokeback Mountain_

**Best Adapted Screenplay**  
□ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Capote_  
■ _The Constant Gardener_  
□ _A History of Violence_  
□ _Munich_

**Best Original Screenplay**  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Match Point_  
□ _The Squid and the Whale_  
□ _Syriana_

**Best Foreign-Language Film**  
□ _Don’t Tell_ (Italy)  
□ _Joyeux Noel_ (France)  
■ \*Paradise Now \* (Palestinian Authority)  
□ \*Sophie Scholl \* (Germany)  
□ \*Tsotsi \* (South Africa)

**Best Cinematography**  
□ _Batman Begins_  
■ _Brokeback Mountain_  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _The New World_

**Best Art Direction**  
□ _Good Night, and Good Luck_  
□ _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire_  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
□ _Pride & Prejudice_

**Best 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_  
■ _God Sleeps in Rwanda_  
□ _The Mushroom Club_  
□ _A Note of Triumph_

**Best Live Action Short Film**  
□ _Ausreisser (The Runaway)_  
□ _Cashback_  
□ _The Last Farm_  
■ _Our Time Is Up_  
□ _Six Shooter_

**Best Animated Feature Film**  
□ _Howl’s Moving Castle_  
■ _Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride_  
□ _Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit_

**Best Film Editing**  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _The Constant Gardener_  
■ _Crash_  
□ _Munich_  
□ _Walk the Line_

**Best Makeup**  
■ _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe_  
□ _Cinderella Man_  
□ _Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith_

**Best Original Score**  
□ \*Brokeback Mountain \* (Gustavo Santaolalla)  
□ \*The Constant Gardener \* (Alberto Inglesias)  
■ \*Memoirs of a Geisha \* (John Williams)  
□ _Munich_ (John Williams)  
□ \*Pride & Prejudice \* (Dario Marianelli)

**Best 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_  
■ _9_  
□ _One Man Band_

**Best Sound**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
■ _Walk the Line_  
□ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Sound Editing**  
□ _King Kong_  
□ _Memoirs of a Geisha_  
■ _War of the Worlds_

**Best Visual Effects**  
□ _The Chronicles of Narnia_  
□ _King Kong_  
■ _War of the Worlds_

**Special Award for Achievement in Post Coding**  
■ lissener

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945/36 "2006-03-06T00:28:02Z")

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The pool closes at showtime! You guys have about a half hour!

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945/37 "2006-03-06T01:02:28Z")

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And the pool is closed!

I’ll post results when I damn well get around to it. Unless someone else gets around to it first . . .

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**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945/38 "2006-03-06T01:33:25Z")

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Well I’m already 0 for 3.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945/39 "2006-03-06T04:24:46Z")

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I got all but three, those three being Short Doc., Cinematography, and BEST PICTURE!!!

Best year ever for me, though perhaps someone beat me.

I can’t believe Crash won. Good for them.

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**Author:** ![marymargaret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@marymargaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marymargaret)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945/40 "2006-03-06T04:53:43Z")

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I was so surprised Crash won!

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