Tuesday, January 25, 2005

2005 Oscar Award predictions

Here are my Oscar predictions for some of the categories.
* = who I would pick to win
+ = who I think will actually win
http://www.oscars.org/77academyawards/noms.html

BEST FILM
+The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
*Sideways

BEST ACTOR
Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland)
Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator)
*+Jamie Foxx (Ray)
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
*+Thomas Hayden Church (Sideways)
Alan Alda (The Aviator)
Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
Jamie Foxx (Collateral)
Clive Owen (Closer)

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby)
Taylor Hackford (Ray)
Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)
Alexander Payne (Sideways)
+*Martin Scorsese (The Aviator)

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening (Being Julia)
*Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
+Hillary Swank (Million Dollar Baby)
Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*Cate Blanchett (The Aviator)
Laura Liney (Kinsey)
Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
+Natalie Portman (Closer)
Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Brad Bird (The Incredibles)
Terry George & Keir Pearson (Hotel Rwanda)
*Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
+John Logan (The Aviator)
Mike Leigh (Vera Drake)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby)
José Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries)
David Magee (Finding Neverland)
Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke (Before Sunset)
+*Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (Sideways)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Born in Brothels
The Story of the Weeping Camel
*Super Size Me
+Tupac: Resurrection
Twist of Faith

ART DIRECTION
*+The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement

CINEMATOGRAPHY
+*The Aviator
House of Flying Daggers
The Passion of the Christ
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement

FILM EDITING
+The Aviator
*Collateral
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
Ray

COSTUME DESIGN
+The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ray
*Troy

MAKEUP
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
+*The Passion of the Christ
The Sea Inside

ORIGINAL SCORE
Finding Neverland
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
+*The Passion of the Christ
The Village

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
*The Incredibles
Shark Tale
+Shrek 2

SOUND EDITING
The Incredibles
+The Polar Express
*Spider-Man 2

SOUND MIXING
+*The Aviator
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Ray
Spider-Man 2

VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
*+Spider-Man 2

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