# Oscar Pool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 3, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945 "2006-03-03T19:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945/41 "2006-03-06T05:24:02Z")

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> My picks on who will win (not necessarily who I’d like to win)
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> The Big Six  
> 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
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> Other Picks  
> Best Adapted Screenplay - Brokeback Mountain  
> Best Original Screenplay - Crash  
> Best Documentary Feature - March of the Penguins  
> Best Animated Feature Film - Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit  
> Best Animated Short Film - One Man Band  
> Best Visual Effects - The Chronicles of Narnia

9 for 12. Not bad, even if I did miss Best Picture.

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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 7, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-pool/346945/42 "2006-03-07T16:51:37Z")

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I think I won, having gotten 21 out of 24.

Did anyone do better?

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