We have watched the Golden Globes and took in the Screen Actors Guild Awards only a couple of days ago, but that is all just preparation for the big show and it is getting ever so close as we now bring you the 2006 Oscar Nominations!
Nominations for the 78th Academy Awards were announced today, Tuesday, January 31, by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actress and Academy member Mira Sorvino. All the nominees are listed below, but you are going to want to be sure to stay tuned to RopeofSilicon’s Award Show Central as this is far from the end of our look at the Oscars before they are officially handed out on March 5th from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland.
· Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
· Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
· Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)
· David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent Pictures)
· Matt Dillon in Crash (Lions Gate)
· Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man (Universal and Miramax)
· Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
· William Hurt in A History of Violence (New Line)
· Felicity Huffman in Transamerica (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
· Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice (Focus Features)
· Charlize Theron in North Country (Warner Bros.)
· Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)
· Catherine Keener in Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
· Frances McDormand in North Country (Warner Bros.)
· Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener (Focus Features)
· Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
· Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (Warner Bros.)
· Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (DreamWorks Animation SKG)
· Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.)
· King Kong (Universal)
· Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures Releasing)
· Pride & Prejudice (Focus Features)
· Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features)
· Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent Pictures)
· Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures Releasing)
· The New World (New Line)
· Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures Releasing)
· Mrs. Henderson Presents (The Weinstein Company)
· Pride & Prejudice (Focus Features)
· Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)
Ang Lee
· Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Bennett Miller
· Crash (Lions Gate)
Paul Haggis
· Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent Pictures)
George Clooney
· Munich (Universal and DreamWorks)
Steven Spielberg
· Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Magnolia Pictures)
· March of the Penguins (Warner Independent Pictures)
· Murderball (THINKFilm)
· Street Fight
· God Sleeps in Rwanda
· The Mushroom Club
· A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
· The Constant Gardener (Focus Features)
· Crash (Lions Gate)
· Munich (Universal and DreamWorks)
· Walk the Line (20th Century Fox)
· The Constant Gardener (Focus Features) Alberto Iglesias
· Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Williams
· Munich (Universal and DreamWorks) John Williams
· Pride & Prejudice (Focus Features) Dario Marianelli
· “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from Hustle & Flow (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment)
· “Travelin’ Thru” from Transamerica (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films)
· Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
· Crash (Lions Gate)
· Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent Pictures)
· Munich (Universal and DreamWorks)
· The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
· The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
· 9
· One Man Band
· Cashback
· The Last Farm
· Our Time Is Up
· Six Shooter
· Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
· War of the Worlds (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King
· Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman
· War of the Worlds (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King
· King Kong (Universal)
· War of the Worlds (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
· Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Screenplay by Dan Futterman
· The Constant Gardener (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
· A History of Violence (New Line)
Screenplay by Josh Olson
· Munich (Universal and DreamWorks)
Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
· Good Night, and Good Luck. (Warner Independent Pictures)
Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
· Match Point (DreamWorks)
Written by Woody Allen
· The Squid and the Whale (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing)
Written by Noah Baumbach
· Syriana (Warner Bros.)
Written by Stephen Gaghan
The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2005 will be presented on Sunday, March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST. A one-hour red carpet arrivals show will precede the telecast at 4 p.m.
