77th Academy Awards

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Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner:
Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
Other Nominees:
The Aviator (2004) - Michael Mann, Graham King
Finding Neverland (2004) - Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower
Ray (2004/I) - Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin
Sideways (2004) - Michael London

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner:
Jamie Foxx for Ray (2004/I)
Other Nominees:
Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Johnny Depp for Finding Neverland (2004)
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Aviator (2004)
Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner:
Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Other Nominees:
Annette Bening for Being Julia (2004)
Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake (2004)
Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner:
Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Other Nominees:
Alan Alda for The Aviator (2004)
Thomas Haden Church for Sideways (2004)
Jamie Foxx for Collateral (2004)
Clive Owen for Closer (2004/I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner:
Cate Blanchett for The Aviator (2004)
Other Nominees:
Laura Linney for Kinsey (2004)
Virginia Madsen for Sideways (2004)
Sophie Okonedo for Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Natalie Portman for Closer (2004/I)

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner:
Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Other Nominees:
Taylor Hackford for Ray (2004/I)
Mike Leigh for Vera Drake (2004)
Alexander Payne for Sideways (2004)
Martin Scorsese for The Aviator (2004)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
Other Nominees:
The Aviator (2004) - John Logan
Hotel Rwanda (2004) - Terry George, Keir Pearson
The Incredibles (2004) - Brad Bird
Vera Drake (2004) - Mike Leigh

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner:
Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Other Nominees:
Before Sunset (2004) - Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
Finding Neverland (2004) - David Magee
Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Paul Haggis
Diarios de motocicleta (2004) - Jose Rivera

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner:
The Aviator (2004) - Robert Richardson
Other Nominees:
Shi mian mai fu (2004) - Xiaoding Zhao
The Passion of the Christ (2004) - Caleb Deschanel
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - John Mathieson
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) - Bruno Delbonnel

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner:
The Aviator (2004) - Thelma Schoonmaker
Other Nominees:
Collateral (2004) - Jim Miller, Paul Rubell
Finding Neverland (2004) - Matt Chesse
Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Joel Cox
Ray (2004/I) - Paul Hirsch

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner:
The Aviator (2004) - Dante Ferretti, Francesca LoSchiavo
Other Nominees:
Finding Neverland (2004) - Gemma Jackson, Trisha Edwards
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) - Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - Anthony Pratt, Celia Bobak
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004) - Aline Bonetto

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner:
The Aviator (2004) - Sandy Powell
Other Nominees:
Finding Neverland (2004) - Alexandra Byrne
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) - Colleen Atwood
Ray (2004/I) - Sharen Davis
Troy (2004) - Bob Ringwood

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Finding Neverland (2004) - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Other Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - John Williams
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) - Thomas Newman
The Passion of the Christ (2004) - John Debney
The Village (2004) - James Newton Howard

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Diarios de motocicleta (2004) - Jorge Drexler ("Al Otro Lado Del Río")
Other Nominees:
Choristes, Les (2004) - Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier ("Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)")
The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart ("Learn To Be Lonely")
The Polar Express (2004) - Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri ("Believe")
Shrek 2 (2004) - David Bryson, Adam Duritz, David Immerglück, Matthew Malley, Dan Vickrey, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios ("Accidentally In Love")

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner:
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) - Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso
Other Nominees:
The Passion of the Christ (2004) - Keith VanderLaan, Christien Tinsley
Mar adentro (2004/I) - Jo Allen, Manolo García

Best Achievement in Sound
Winner:
Ray (2004/I) - Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan
Other Nominees:
The Aviator (2004) - Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal
The Incredibles (2004) - Randy Thom, Gary Rizzo, Doc Kane
The Polar Express (2004) - William B. Kaplan, Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Joseph Geisinger

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner:
The Incredibles (2004) - Michael Silvers, Randy Thom
Other Nominees:
The Polar Express (2004) - Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner:
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier
Other Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) - Tim Burke, Roger Guyett, Bill George, John Richardson
I, Robot (2004) - John Nelson, Andy Jones, Erik Nash, Joe Letteri

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner:
The Incredibles (2004) - Brad Bird
Other Nominees:
Shark Tale (2004) - Bill Damaschke
Shrek 2 (2004) - Andrew Adamson

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner:
Mar adentro (2004/I) - Alejandro Amenábar (Spain)
Other Nominees:
Choristes, Les (2004) - Christophe Barratier (France)
Untergang, Der (2004) - Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany)
Så som i himmelen (2004) - Kay Pollak (Sweden)
Yesterday (2004) - Darrell Roodt (South Africa)

Best Documentary, Features
Winner:
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004) - Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman
Other Nominees:
Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel, Die (2003) - Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa
Super Size Me (2004) - Morgan Spurlock
Tupac: Resurrection (2003) - Karolyn Ali, Lauren Lazin
Twist of Faith (2005) - Eddie Schmidt, Kirby Dick

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner:
Mighty Times: The Children's March (2004) - Robert Hudson, Robert Houston
Other Nominees:
Autism Is a World (2004) (TV) - Gerardine Wurzburg
The Children of Leningradsky (2005) - Polak, Hanna, Celinski, Andrzej
Hardwood (2004) - Erin Faith Young, Davis, Hubert (II)
Sister Rose's Passion (2004) - Oren Jacoby, Steve Kalafer

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner:
Ryan (2004) - Chris Landreth
Other Nominees:
Birthday Boy (2004/II) - Sejong Park, Andrew Gregory
Gopher Broke (2004) - Jeff Fowler, Tim Miller
Guard Dog (2004) - Bill Plympton
Lorenzo (2004) - Mike Gabriel, Baker Bloodworth

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner:
Wasp (2003) - Andrea Arnold
Other Nominees:
Everything in This Country Must (2004) - Gary McKendry
Little Terrorist (2004) - Ashvin Kumar
7:35 de la mañana (2003) - Nacho Vigalondo
Two Cars, One Night (2003) - Taika Cohen, Ainsley Gardiner[/size]
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Any comments? I have only seen "Closer", so I can't say much. Although I like Morgan Freeman a lot, and looks like Jamie Foxx was brilliant in "Ray", I really wanted Alan Alda and Johnny Depp to win an oscar.

Oh, and - Beyonce, Natalie and Kirsten Dunst were sooo beautiful!

[Shrubz]

Cheadle or Eastwood deserved best actor... Foxx only got it because he was the one favored to win. He did a great impersonation of Ray... but that's what a comedian does... impersonations. I think he would've deserved it more for Collateral. His speech was one of the most insincere I've seen in awhile... completely fake and rehearsed. Now he got his little oscar, and he can go star in Booty Call 2: Electric Boogaloo.
While we're on the subject, when the hell is Scorsese going to finally win an oscar for best picture? It's getting about damn time!

[enkydu]

I imagine the academy is not going to award a Best Director Oscar to Scorsese when they know it's not his best work and can do better. M$B was some of Eastwood's best...very deserving.

Foxx did come off as rehearsed...I'm guessing it hard to handle a moment like that when it's been a given for so many months (plus, he did the same speech at the Golden Globes). Foxx was awesome in Collateral...hopefully he'll chew up the scenery in Jarhead later this year.

[Otha Star]

While we're on the subject, when the hell is Scorsese going to finally win an oscar for best picture? It's getting about damn time!

Sigh....unfortunatly, he is the perpetual bridesmaid in that one. I'm more dissapointed that he has never won for best director. I can't knock Clint because he is has an impressive resume of films he has directed, but come on....at least he has one best director before. Oh well, maybe Scorsese will at least get a lifetime acheivement oscar someday.

[JustRising]

I gotta agree with you guys on this. Scorsease needs an Oscar. I can't believe he didn't get it.
the only totally well deserve oscar, was for Charlie Kaufman... finally! man is a genuis.