Vijf maart is het weer zover. Op die datum zullen in het Kodak Theatre in Hollywood de 78e Oscaruitreikingen plaatsvinden, dit jaar gepresenteerd door Jon Stewart.

Vandaag werden de nominaties bekendgemaakt, en voor de gewilde titel Beste Film zullen Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night And Good Luck en Munich strijden om de eer. Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain kreeg overigens de meeste nominaties: acht.


Best Motion Picture of the Year
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Diana Ossana, James Schamus
Capote (2005) - Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Grant Heslov
Munich (2005) - Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote (2005)
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow (2005)
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line (2005)
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica (2005)
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Charlize Theron - North Country (2005)
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (2005)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
George Clooney - Syriana (2005)
Matt Dillon - Crash (2004)
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man (2005)
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
William Hurt - A History of Violence (2005)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - Junebug (2005)
Catherine Keener - Capote (2005)
Frances McDormand - North Country (2005)
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener (2005)
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Best Achievement in Directing
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Paul Haggis - Crash (2004)
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Bennett Miller - Capote (2005)
Steven Spielberg - Munich (2005)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Match Point (2005) - Woody Allen
The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach
Syriana (2005) - Stephen Gaghan

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
Capote (2005) - Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener (2005) - Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence (2005) - Josh Olson
Munich (2005) - Tony Kushner, Eric Roth

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Batman Begins (2005) - Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Robert Elswit
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Dion Beebe
The New World (2005) - Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Achievement in Editing
The Constant Gardener (2005) - Claire Simpson
Crash (2004) - Hughes Winborne
Munich (2005) - Michael Kahn
Walk the Line (2005) - Michael McCusker
Cinderella Man (2005) - Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - James D. Bissell, Jan Pascale
King Kong (2005) - Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Simon Bright
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - John Myhre, Gretchen Rau
Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Stuart Craig, Stephanie McMillan

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Colleen Atwood
Walk the Line (2005) - Arianne Phillips
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - Gabriella Pescucci
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) - Sandy Powell
Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Jacqueline Durran

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Gustavo Santaolalla
The Constant Gardener (2005) - Alberto Iglesias
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - John Williams
Munich (2005) - John Williams
Pride & Prejudice (2005) - Dario Marianelli

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Hustle & Flow (2005) ("It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp")
Crash (2004) ("In the Deep")
Transamerica (2005) ("Travelin' Thru")

Best Achievement in Makeup
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Howard Berger, Nikki Gooley
Cinderella Man (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Best Achievement in Sound
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic, Tony Johnson
King Kong (2005) - Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett
Walk the Line (2005) - Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland
War of the Worlds (2005) - Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ron Judkins

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
King Kong (2005) - Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Wylie Stateman
War of the Worlds (2005) - Richard King

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar
King Kong (2005) - Joe Letteri
War of the Worlds (2005) - Pablo Helman, Dennis Muren, Randy Dutra, Daniel Sudick

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Corpse Bride (2005) - Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) - Hayao Miyazaki
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) - Steve Box, Nick Park

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Joyeux Noël (2005) (France)
Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005) (Germany)
Paradise Now (2005) (Palestine)
Tsotsi (2005) (South Africa)
Don't Tell (2005) (Italy)

Best Documentary, Features
Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Marche de l'empereur, La (2005)
Murderball (2005)
Street Fight (2005)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
God Sleeps in Rwanda (2005)
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005)
The Life of Kevin Carter (2004)
The Mushroom Club

Best Short Film, Animated
Badgered (2005) - Sharon Colman
The Moon and the Son (2005) - John Canemaker, Peggy Stern
One Man Band (2005) - Mark Andrews, Andrew Jimenez
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005) - Anthony Lucas
9 (2005) - Shane Acker

Best Short Film, Live Action
Ausreißer (2004)
Cashback (2004)
Síðasti bærinn í dalnum (2004)
Our Time Is Up (2004)
Six Shooter (2005)