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So, I'm totally obsessed with all things Oscar. It is so fun (for me) to follow buzz and pick who I think will be nom'd and then get up at 5 the morning of the announcements and see how I did (usually pretty good!)
So as buzz has finally started to generate, I decided to put together my list as it stands now. This WILL CHANGE (maybe tomorrow.. maybe later today) but as it stands right now... here they are.
(NOTE: This is the first time in at least five years where everything is pretty much open. There are hardly ANY locks in ANY category right now.. and those that are locks are loose at best)
Best Picture:
Memoirs of A Geisha
The New World
Jarhead
Munich
Good Night and Good Luck
(with Brokeback Mountain and Match Point close behind)
Best Director:
Terrance Malick - A New World
Sam Mendes - Jarhead
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg - Munich
Rob Marshall - Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Actor:
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night and Good Luck
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Nathan Lane - The Producers
Best Actress:
Zizi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Julianne Moore - The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Dame Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Supporting Actor:
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Peter Saarsgard - Jarhead
Terrance Howard - Crash
Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Clarkson - Good Night and Good Luck
Scarlet Joahnsson - Match Point
Frances McDormand - North Country
Uma Thurman - The Producers
Toni Collette - In Her Shoes
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen - Match Point
The New World - Terrance Malick
Paul Haggis - Crash
Tony Kushner - Munich
Jim Jarmusch - Broken Flowers
Best Adapted Screenplay
Akiva Goldsman - Memoirs of a Geisha
Steve Martin - Shopgirl
William Broyles - Jarhead
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain
Susanna Grant - In Her Shoes
Best Documentary
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
Inside Deep Throat
Best Animated Feature
Corpse Bride
Wallace and Grommit: The Case of the Were-Rabbit
Howl's Moving Castle
So as buzz has finally started to generate, I decided to put together my list as it stands now. This WILL CHANGE (maybe tomorrow.. maybe later today) but as it stands right now... here they are.
(NOTE: This is the first time in at least five years where everything is pretty much open. There are hardly ANY locks in ANY category right now.. and those that are locks are loose at best)
Best Picture:
Memoirs of A Geisha
The New World
Jarhead
Munich
Good Night and Good Luck
(with Brokeback Mountain and Match Point close behind)
Best Director:
Terrance Malick - A New World
Sam Mendes - Jarhead
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg - Munich
Rob Marshall - Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Actor:
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night and Good Luck
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Nathan Lane - The Producers
Best Actress:
Zizi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Julianne Moore - The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Dame Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Supporting Actor:
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Peter Saarsgard - Jarhead
Terrance Howard - Crash
Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Supporting Actress:
Patricia Clarkson - Good Night and Good Luck
Scarlet Joahnsson - Match Point
Frances McDormand - North Country
Uma Thurman - The Producers
Toni Collette - In Her Shoes
Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen - Match Point
The New World - Terrance Malick
Paul Haggis - Crash
Tony Kushner - Munich
Jim Jarmusch - Broken Flowers
Best Adapted Screenplay
Akiva Goldsman - Memoirs of a Geisha
Steve Martin - Shopgirl
William Broyles - Jarhead
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain
Susanna Grant - In Her Shoes
Best Documentary
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
Inside Deep Throat
Best Animated Feature
Corpse Bride
Wallace and Grommit: The Case of the Were-Rabbit
Howl's Moving Castle