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>BEST PICTURE >"Brokeback Mountain," Diana Ossana and James Schamus, >producers >"Capote," Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, >producers >"Crash," Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, producers >"Good Night, and Good Luck," Grant Heslov, producer >"Munich," Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, >producers
WILL WIN: Brokeback Mountain SHOULD WIN: Anything other than Crash. Capote and Good Night and Good Luck I thoroughly enjoyed, and Munich gets better every time I think about it.
> >BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS >Amy Adams, "Junebug" >Catherine Keener, "Capote" >Frances McDormand, "North Country" >Rachel Weisz, "The Constant Gardener" >Michelle Williams, "Brokeback Mountain"
WILL WIN: Rachel Weisz SHOULD WIN: Rachel Weisz. She's hot. I wanna see Junebug though.
>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR >George Clooney, "Syriana" >Matt Dillon, "Crash" >Paul Giamatti, "Cinderella Man" >Jake Gyllenhaal, "Brokeback Mountain" >William Hurt, "A History of Violence"
WILL WIN: George Clooney SHOULD WIN: Either George or Paul Giamatti, cuz both of them are too fucking cool.
> >BEST ACTRESS >Judi Dench, "Mrs. Henderson Presents" >Felicity Huffman, "Transamerica" >Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice" >Charlize Theron, "North Country" >Reese Witherspoon, "Walk the Line"
WILL WIN: Reese SHOULD WIN: Reese
> >BEST 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"
WILL WIN: Philip Seymour Hoffman SHOULD WIN: The four performances I saw in this category were ALL exquisite. That being said, I'd lean SLIGHTLY towards Hoffman and Phoenix.
> >BEST DIRECTOR >Ang Lee, "Brokeback Mountain" >Bennett Miller, "Capote" >Paul Haggis, "Crash" >George Clooney, "Good Night, and Good Luck" >Steven Spielberg, "Munich"
WILL WIN: Ang Lee SHOULD WIN: Clooney or Spielberg, Clooney for making a second straiht beautiful movie, and Spielberg for breaking out of his funk and making a movie that takes HUGE risks and doesn't have a happy ending.
> >BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY >Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, "Crash" >George Clooney and Grant Heslov, "Good Night, and Good Luck" >Woody Allen, "Match Point" >Noah Baumbach, "The Squid and the Whale" >Steven Gaghan, "Syriana"
WILL WIN: *barf* Crash and all of the stereotypical characters within it SHOULD WIN: Squid and the Whale
> >BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY >Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, "Brokeback Mountain" >Dan Futterman, "Capote" >Jeffrey Caine, "The Constant Gardener" >Josh Olson, "A History of Violence" >Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, "Munich"
WILL WIN: Brokeback SHOULD WIN: Munich. WONDERFUL dialogue in this movie.
> >BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM >"Don't Tell" (Italy) >"Joyeux Noël" (France) >"Paradise Now" (Palestine) >"Sophie Scholl - The Final Days" (Germany) >"Tsotsi" (South Africa)
WILL WIN: Paradise Now SHOULD WIN: ?
> >BEST ANIMATED FILM >"Howl's Moving Castle," Hayao Miyazake >"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride," Tim Burton and Mike Johnson >"Wallace & Grommit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit," Nick Park and >Steve Box
WILL WIN: Wallace and Gromit SHOULD WIN: Wallace and Gromit
> >BEST ART DIRECTION >"Good Night, and Good Luck," Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set >Decoration: Jan Pascale >"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," Art Direction: Stuart >Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan >"King Kong," Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan >Hennah and Simon Bright >"Memoirs of a Geisha," Art Direction: John Myhre; Set >Decoration: Gretchen Rau >"Pride & Prejudice," Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set >Decoration: Katie Spencer
WILL WIN: Geisha SHOULD WIN: Good Night and Good Luck
> >BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY >"Batman Begins," Wally Pfister >"Brokeback Mountain," Rodrigo Prieto >"Good Night, and Good Luck," Robert Elswit >"Memoirs of a Geisha," Dion Beebe >"The New World," Emmanuel Lubezki
WILL WIN: Brokeback Mountain SHOULD WIN: GN & GL, cuz I'm a sucker for black and white
> >BEST COSTUME DESIGN >"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Gabriella Pescucci >"Memoirs of a Geisha," Colleen Atwood >"Mrs. Henderson Presents," Sandy Powell >"Pride & Prejudice," Jacqueline Durran >"Walk the Line," Arianne Phillips
WILL WIN: Geisha SHOULD WIN: Probably Geisha
> >BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE >"Darwin's Nightmare," Hubert Sauper >"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," Alex Gibney and Jason >Kliot >"March of the Penguins," Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau >"Murderball," Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro >"Street Fight," Marshall Curry
WILL WIN: March of the Penguins SHOULD WIN: MURDERBALL MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!
> >BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT >"The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club," >Dan Krauss >"God Sleeps in Rwanda," Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman >"The Mushroom Club," Steven Okazaki >"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin," Corinne >Marrinan and Eric Simonson
WILL WIN: Norman Corwin SHOULD WIN: ?
> >BEST FILM EDITING >"Cinderella Man," Mike Hill and Dan Hanley >"The Constant Gardener," Claire Simpson >"Crash," Hughes Winborne >"Munich," Michael Kahn >"Walk the Line," Michael McCusker
WILL WIN: Perhaps it's my bias against Crash talking, but I'm goin upset and picking The Constant Gardener SHOULD WIN: The Constant Gardener
> >BEST MAKEUP >"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the >Wardrobe," Howard Berger and Tami Lane >"Cinderella Man," David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson >"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith," Dave Elsey and >Nikki Gooley
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: Narnia
> >BEST ORIGINAL SCORE >"Brokeback Mountain," Gustavo Santaolalla >"The Constant Gardener," Alberto Iglesias >"Memoirs of a Geisha," John Williams >"Munich," John Williams >"Pride & Prejudice," Dario Marianelli
WILL WIN: Brokeback SHOULD WIN: Munich
> >BEST ORIGINAL SONG >"In the Deep" from "Crash," Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and >Michael Becker; Lyrics by Kathleen "Bird" York >"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle & Flow," Music >and Lyrics by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul >Beauregard >"Travelin' Thru" from "Transamerica," Music and Lyric by Dolly >Parton
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp
> >BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM >"Badgered," Sharon Colman >"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation," John >Canemaker and Peggy Stern >"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello," >Anthony Lucas >"9," Shane Acker >"One Man Band," Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
WILL WIN: The Moon and the Son SHOULD WIN: ?
> >BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM >"Ausreisser (The Runaway)," Ulrike Grote >"Cashback," Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager >"The Last Farm," Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson >"Our Time Is Up," Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente >"Six Shooter," Martin McDonagh
WILL WIN: Six Shooter SHOULD WIN: ?
> >BEST SOUND EDITING >"King Kong," Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn >"Memoirs of a Geisha," Wylie Stateman >"War of the Worlds," Richard King
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: King Kong
> >BEST SOUND MIXING >"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the >Wardrobe," Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson >"King Kong," Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael >Hedges and Hammond Peek >"Memoirs of a Geisha," Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick >Kline and John Pritchett >"Walk the Line," Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. >Kurland >"War of the Worlds," Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald >Judkins
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: King Kong
> >BEST VISUAL EFFECTS >"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the >Wardrobe," Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott >Farrar >"King Kong," Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers >and Richard Taylor >"War of the Worlds," Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra >and Daniel Sudick
WILL AND SHOULD WIN: King Kong
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