77th Annual Academy Awards

2006 Oscar Nominees

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Performance by an actor in a leading role :

  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote”
    Terrence Howard
    in “Hustle & Flow”
    Heath Ledger
    in “Brokeback Mountain”
    Joaquin Phoenix
    in “Walk the Line”  
    David Strathairn
    in “Good Night, and Good Luck.”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

  • George Clooney in “Syriana”
    Matt Dillon
    in “Crash” 
    Paul Giamatti
    in “Cinderella Man”
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    in “Brokeback Mountain”
    William Hurt
    in “A History of Violence”

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

  • Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents”  
    Felicity Huffman in “Transamerica”  
    Keira Knightley in “Pride & Prejudice”  
    Charlize Theron in “North Country”  
    Reese Witherspoon in “Walk the Line”    

Performance by an actress in a supporting role:

  • Amy Adams in “Junebug”
    Catherine Keener in “Capote”  
    Frances McDormand in “North Country”  
    Rachel Weisz in “The Constant Gardener”  
    Michelle Williams in “Brokeback Mountain”

Achievement in 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 

Achievement in directing :

  • “Brokeback Mountain” Ang Lee  
    “Capote” Bennett Miller  
    “Crash” Paul Haggis  
    “Good Night, and Good Luck.” George Clooney  
    “Munich” Steven Spielberg

Best motion picture of the year:

    “Brokeback Mountain”
    “Capote”
    “Crash”
    “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
    “Munich”


    Adapted screenplay:

    “Brokeback Mountain” Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana  
    “Capote” Screenplay by Dan Futterman  
    “The Constant Gardener” Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine  
    “A History of Violence” Screenplay by Josh Olson  
    “Munich” Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth  


    Original screenplay:

    “Crash” Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco Story by Paul Haggis  
    “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov  
    “Match Point” Written by Woody Allen “The Squid and the Whale” Written by Noah Baumbach  
    “Syriana” Written by Stephen Gaghan 

    Animated Feature:

    Howl's Moving Castle
    Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
    Wallace & Gromit in the Case of the Were-Rebbit


    Art Direction:

    Good Night And Good Luck
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    King Kong
    Memoirs of a Geisha
    Pride & Prejudice

    Achievement in 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

Best documentary feature:

  • “Darwin’s Nightmare”
    “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”
    “March of the Penguins” eau
    “Murderball”
    “Street Fight”
  • Best documentary short subject:
  • “The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club”
    “God Sleeps in Rwanda”
    “The Mushroom Club”
    “A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin”
  • Achievement in 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

Best foreign language film of the year:

  • “Don’t Tell” Italy
    “Joyeux Noël”
    France
    “Paradise Now”
    Palestine
    “Sophie Scholl - The Final Days”
    Germany
    “Tsotsi”
    South Africa

  • Best animated short film:

    “Badgered”
    “The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation”
    “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello”
    “9”
    “One Man Band”
  • Achievement in 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

Achievement in 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 Goole

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”
    Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker
    Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York
    “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from“Hustle & Flow” Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
    “Travelin’ Thru” from “Transamerica”
    Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton
  • Best Original Score - Motion Picture

    SYRIANA
    , composed by Alexandre Desplat
    THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, composed by Harry Gregson-Williams
    KING KONG, composed by James Newton Howard
    BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN,composed by Gustavo Santaolalla
    MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, composed by John Williams

    Best live action short film:
  • “Ausreisser (The Runaway)”
    “Cashback” (The British Film Institute)
    “The Last Farm”
    “Our Time Is Up”
    “Six Shooter” (Sundance Film Channel)

  • Achievement in sound editing
  • “King Kong” Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
    “Memoirs of a Geisha” Wylie Stateman
    “War of the Worlds” Richard King
  • Achievement in 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