>>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"
>
>I'd give the edge to Syriana here. Crash did not have that
>well-written of a script, I didn't see the Squid & the Whale,
>and Match Point's script was good, but not great. GN&GL's
>script has good dialogue, even if it is sort of unfactual.

Which parts? I saw an interview w/ Clooney where he mentioned how careful they were in checking all their facts

>>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
>
>What is art direction? Ryan M, Longo, Buckshot, anyone?

Good question. I thought it was the same as set decoration but I guess not.

>>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
>
>What is good editing? Isn't good editing supposed to be
>unnoticable? How do they reward films for good editing?
>Again, film people, help me out.

I'm probably not the best person on this board 2 answer this but I'll take a stab anyways. Yes good editing should be seamless & unnoticeable, but @ the same time I think it also refers to how each of the shots are structured together if that makes sense? A lot of decision making goes into it which is why I find it kind of weird when/if a director doesnt, or @ least isnt involved in some way w/ editing the film.