Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2005 will be presented on Sunday, March 5, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televised live by the ABC Television Network.
| Performance by an actor in a leading role | |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) | |
| 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) | |
| Performance by an actor in a supporting role | |
| George Clooney in “Syriana” (Warner Bros.) | |
| 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) | |
| Performance by an actress in a leading role | |
| Judi Dench in “Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company) | |
| 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) | |
| Performance by an actress in a supporting role | |
| Amy Adams in “Junebug” (Sony Pictures Classics) | |
| 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) | |
| Best animated feature film of the year | |
| “Howl’s Moving Castle” (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki |
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| “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (Warner Bros.) Tim Burton and Mike Johnson |
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| “Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (DreamWorks Animation SKG) Nick Park and Steve Box |
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| Achievement in art direction | |
| “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) Art Direction: Jim Bissell Set Decoration: Jan Pascale |
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| “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Warner Bros.) Art Direction: Stuart Craig Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan |
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| “King Kong” (Universal) Art Direction: Grant Major Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright |
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| “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Art Direction: John Myhre Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau |
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| “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood Set Decoration: Katie Spencer |
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| Achievement in cinematography | |
| “Batman Begins” (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister |
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| “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Rodrigo Prieto |
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| “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) Robert Elswit |
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| “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Dion Beebe |
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| “The New World” (New Line) Emmanuel Lubezki |
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| Achievement in costume design | |
| “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (Warner Bros.) Gabriella Pescucci |
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| “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colleen Atwood |
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| “Mrs. Henderson Presents” (The Weinstein Company) Sandy Powell |
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| “Pride & Prejudice” (Focus Features) Jacqueline Durran |
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| “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox) Arianne Phillips |
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| Achievement in directing | |
| “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Ang Lee |
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| “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller |
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| “Crash” (Lions Gate) Paul Haggis |
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| “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) George Clooney |
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| “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Steven Spielberg |
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| Best documentary feature | |
| “Darwin’s Nightmare” (International Film Circuit) A Mille et Une Production Hubert Sauper |
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| “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room” (Magnolia Pictures) An HDNet Films Production Alex G****y and Jason Kliot |
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| “March of the Penguins” (Warner Independent Pictures) A Bonne Pioche Production Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau |
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| “Murderball” (THINKFilm) An Eat Films Production Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro |
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| “Street Fight” A Marshall Curry Production Marshall Curry |
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| Best documentary short subject | |
| “The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club” A Dan Krauss Production Dan Krauss |
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| “God Sleeps in Rwanda” An Acquaro/Sherman Production Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman |
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| “The Mushroom Club” A Farallon Films Production Steven Okazaki |
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| “A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin” A NomaFilms Production Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson |
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| Achievement in film editing | |
| “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley |
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| “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Claire Simpson |
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| “Crash” (Lions Gate) Hughes Winborne |
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| “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Michael Kahn |
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| “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox) Michael McCusker |
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| Best foreign language film of the year | |
| “Don’t Tell” A Cattleya/Rai Cinema Production Italy |
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| “Joyeux Noël” A Nord-Ouest Production France |
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| “Paradise Now” An Augustus Film Production Palestine |
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| “Sophie Scholl - The Final Days” A Goldkind Filmproduktion and Broth Film Production Germany |
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| “Tsotsi” A Moviworld Production South Africa |
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| Achievement in makeup | |
| “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista) Howard Berger and Tami Lane |
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| “Cinderella Man” (Universal and Miramax) David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson |
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| “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith” (20th Century Fox) Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley |
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| Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score) | |
| “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Gustavo Santaolalla | |
| “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 | |
| Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) | |
| “In the Deep” from “Crash” (Lions Gate) Music by Kathleen “Bird” York and Michael Becker Lyric by Kathleen “Bird” York |
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| “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from“Hustle & Flow” (Paramount Classics, MTV Films and New Deal Entertainment) Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard |
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| “Travelin’ Thru” from “Transamerica” (The Weinstein Company and IFC Films) Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton |
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| Best motion picture of the year | |
| “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) A River Road Entertainment Production Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers |
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| “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) An A-Line Pictures/Cooper’s Town/ Infinity Media Production Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers |
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| “Crash” (Lions Gate) A Bob Yari/DEJ/Blackfriar’s Bridge/ Harris Company/ApolloProscreen GmbH & Co./Bull’s Eye Entertainment Production Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers |
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| “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) A Good Night Good Luck LLC Production Grant Heslov, Producer |
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| “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) A Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures Production Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers |
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| Best animated short film | |
| “Badgered” A National Film and Television School Production Sharon Colman |
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| “The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation” A John Canemaker Production John Canemaker and Peggy Stern |
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| “The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello” (Monster Distributes) A 3D Films Production Anthony Lucas |
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| “9” A Shane Acker Production Shane Acker |
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| “One Man Band” A Pixar Animation Studios Production Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews |
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| Best live action short film | |
| “Ausreisser (The Runaway)” A Hamburg Media School, Filmwerkstatt Production Ulrike Grote |
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| “Cashback” (The British Film Institute) A Left Turn Films Production Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager |
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| “The Last Farm” A Zik Zak Filmworks Production Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson |
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| “Our Time Is Up” A Station B Production Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente |
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| “Six Shooter” (Sundance Film Channel) A Missing in Action Films and Funny Farm Films Production Martin McDonagh |
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| Achievement in sound editing | |
| “King Kong” (Universal) Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn | |
| “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Wylie Stateman | |
| “War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Richard King | |
| Achievement in sound mixing | |
| “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista) Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson |
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| “King Kong” (Universal) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek |
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| “Memoirs of a Geisha” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett |
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| “Walk the Line” (20th Century Fox) Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland |
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| “War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins |
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| Achievement in visual effects | |
| “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (Buena Vista) Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar |
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| “King Kong” (Universal) Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor |
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| “War of the Worlds” (Paramount and DreamWorks) Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick |
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| Adapted screenplay | |
| “Brokeback Mountain” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana |
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| “Capote” (UA/Sony Pictures Classics) Screenplay by Dan Futterman |
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| “The Constant Gardener” (Focus Features) Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine |
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| “A History of Violence” (New Line) Screenplay by Josh Olson |
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| “Munich” (Universal and DreamWorks) Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth |
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| Original screenplay | |
| “Crash” (Lions Gate) Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco Story by Paul Haggis |
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| “Good Night, and Good Luck.” (Warner Independent Pictures) Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov |
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| “Match Point” (DreamWorks) Written by Woody Allen |
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| “The Squid and the Whale” (Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Releasing) Written by Noah Baumbach |
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| “Syriana” (Warner Bros.) Written by Stephen Gaghan |
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