Oscar Nominations 2006

Well, I got 35 out of 40 correct in the big categories. And I got the 3 animated features right too though those were pretty obvious.
And about the nominations:
- Very weird that they nominated William Hurt for supporting actor and not Maria Bello for supporting actress.
- Awesome to see Amy Adams and Keira Knightley nominated as I predicted.
- And it's very weird, but Munich got best picture, director and screenplay, yet it seems like everybody is putting it in 5th place in their lists.
- Revenge of the Sith is the first Star Wars movie that didn't get a nomination, pretty much because World of the Worlds got the nod and both were done by ILM and the Academy always gives each of the big companies one nod. WETA got teh nod for King Kong while Narnia was a mix of all of them.
- Walk the Line didn't get a best picture nod, nor director or screenplay, which makes me think that the Academy might go with Felicity Huffman for the win instead of the favorite, Reese Witherspoon. And we already know Joaquin Phoenix doesn't have a chance.
- Memoirs of a Geisha got a lot of technical nominations and nothing else.
- Hustle & Flow getting a best song nomination is great, hope it wins. And where did that Crash song come from? Haven't heard it yet, but great to not see Alanis nominated for her Narcia closing credits song.
- Brokeback Mountain leads everybody with 8 nominations despite not getting a nod for editing.

Anyway, on to the actual nominations:

PICTURE
"Brokeback Mountain" - Focus Features
"Capote" - Sony Picture Classics
"Crash" - Lionsgate
"Good Night, and Good Luck" - Warner Independent Pictures
"Munich" - Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures

ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Capote"
Terrence Howard, "Hustle & Flow"
Heath Ledger, "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix, "Walk the Line"
David Strathairn, "Good Night, and Good Luck"

ACTRESS
Dame Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica"
Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice"
Charlize Theron, "North Country"
Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, "Syriana"
Matt Dillon, "Crash"
Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man"
Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain"
William Hurt, "A History of Violence"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, "Junebug"
Catherine Keener, "Capote"
Frances McDormand, "North Country"
Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener"
Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTOR
George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck"
Paul Haggis. "Crash"
Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain"
Bennet Miller, "Capote"
Steven Spielberg, "Munich"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"Crash," Bobby Moresco and Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck," Grant Heslov and George Clooney
"Match Point," Woody Allen
"The Squid and the Whale," Noah Baumbach
"Syriana," Stephen Gaghan

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"Brokeback Mountain," Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
"Capote," Dan Futterman
"The Constant Gardener," Jeffrey Caine
"A History of Violence," Josh Olson
"Munich," Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:
"Howl's Moving Castle" Hayao Miyazaki
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" Tim Burton and Mike Johnson
"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" Nick Park and Steve Box

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:
"Don't Tell" Italy
"Joyeux Noël" France
"Paradise Now" Palestinian Authority
"Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" Germany
"Tsotsi" South Africa

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" Wally Pfiste
"Brokeback Mountain" Rodrigo Prieto
"Good Night, and Good Luck." Robert Elswit
"Memoirs of a Geisha" Dion Beebe
"The New World" Emmanuel Lubezki

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 Dan Krauss of the Bang Bang Club"
"God Sleeps in Rwanda"
"The Mushroom Club"
"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson of Norman Corwin"

Achievement in Film Editing
"Cinderella Man"
"The Constant Gardener"
"Crash"
"Munich"
"Walk the Line"

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" Gustavo Santaolalla
"The Constant Gardener" Alberto Iglesias
"Memoirs of a Geisha" John Williams
"Munich" John Williams
"Pride & Prejudice" Dario Marianelli

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
"In the Deep" from "Crash"
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow"
"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica"

Best Animated Short Film
"Badgered"
"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined John Canemaker and Peggy Stern Conversation"
"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations Anthony Lucas 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"