78th Annual Academy Awards® Nominations
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Welcome to Digital Hit's coverage of the 78th Annual Academy Awards® nominations. The nominees were announced at 5:30 AM Pacific time on January 31st, 2006.
And the nominees are:
Best Picture
- Brokeback Mountain
Diana Ossana [Producer] and James Schamus [Producer] - Capote
Caroline Baron [Producer], William Vince [Producer] and Michael Ohoven [Producer] - Crash
Paul Haggis [Producer] and Cathy Schulman [Producer] - Good Night, and Good Luck
Grant Heslov [Producer] - Munich
Kathleen Kennedy [Producer], Steven Spielberg [Producer] and Barry Mendel [Producer]
Best Director
- Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee - Capote
Bennett Miller - Crash
Paul Haggis - Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney - Munich
Steven Spielberg
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Brokeback Mountain
Heath Ledger - Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Good Night, and Good Luck
David Strathairn - Hustle & Flow
Terrence Howard - Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Mrs. Henderson Presents
Judi Dench - North Country
Charlize Theron - Pride & Prejudice
Keira Knightley - Transamerica
Felicity Huffman - Walk the Line
Reese Witherspoon
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Brokeback Mountain
Jake Gyllenhaal - Cinderella Man
Paul Giamatti - Crash
Matt Dillon - A History of Violence
William Hurt - Syriana
George Clooney
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Brokeback Mountain
Michelle Williams - Capote
Catherine Keener - The Constant Gardner
Rachel Weisz - Junebug
Amy Adams - North Country
Frances McDormand
Best Animated Feature
- Howl's Moving Castle
Hayao Miyazaki - Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Tim Burton and Mike Johnson - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Nick Park and Steve Box
Best Art Direction
- Good Night, and Good Luck
Jim Bissell [Art Direction] and Jan Pascale [Set Decoration] - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Stuart Craig [Art Direction] and Stephenie McMillan [Set Decoration] - King Kong
Grant Major [Art Direction], Dan Hennah [Set Decoration] and Simon Bright [Set Decoration] - Memoirs of a Geisha
John Myhre [Art Direction] and Gretchen Rau [Set Decoration] - Pride & Prejudice
Sarah Greenwood [Art Direction] and Katie Spencer [Set Decoration]
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
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
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
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
Steve Okazaki - A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Corrinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
Best Editing
- Cinderella Man
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley - The Constant Gardner
Claire Simpson - Crash
Hughes Winborne - Munich
Michael Kahn - Walk the Line
Michael McCusker
Best Foreign Language Film
- Don't Tell
- Joyeux Noël
- Paradise Now
- Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
- Tsotsi
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
Best Original Score
- Brokeback Mountain
Gustavo Santaolalla - The Constant Gardner
Alberto Iglesias - Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams - Munich
John Williams - Pride & Prejudice
Dario Marianelli
Best Original Song
- Crash "In the Deep"
Kathleen "Bird" York [Music and Lyrics] and Michael Becker [Music] - Hustle & Flow "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"
Jordan Houston [Music and Lyrics], Cedric Coleman [Music and Lyrics] and Paul Beauregard [Music and Lyrics] - Transamerica "Travelin' Thru"
Dolly Parton [Music and Lyrics]
Best Animated Short Film
- 9
Shane Acker - 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 - One Man Band
Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
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
Best Sound Editing
- King Kong
Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn - Memoirs of a Geisha
Wylie Stateman - War of the Worlds
Richard King
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
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
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Capote
Dan Futterman - The Constant Gardner
Jeffrey Caine - A History of Violence
Josh Olson - Munich
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Crash
Paul Haggis [Story and Screenplay] and Bobby Moresco [Screenplay] - Good Night, and Good Luck
George Clooney [Screenplay] and Grant Heslov [Screenplay] - Match Point
Woody Allen [Screenplay] - The Squid and the Whale
Noah Baumbach [Screenplay] - Syriana
Stephen Gaghan [Screenplay]
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