1/27/2006

OSCAR NOMINATION PREDICTIONS

I don't know why I bother, since they've become so... predictable. Off the top of my head:

BEST PICTURE: Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Walk The Line, Good Night and Good Luck, Pride and Prejudice

BEST DIRECTOR: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Woody Allen (Match Point), George Clooney (Good Night and Good Luck), Steven Spielberg (Munich), David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)

BEST ACTOR: Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Joaquin Phoenix (Walk The Line), Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man)

BEST ACTRESS: Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line), Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), Kiera Knightley (Pride and Prejudice), Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents), Charlize Theron (North Country)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Matt Dillon (Crash), Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain), George Clooney (Syriana), Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man), Don Cheadle (Crash)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Maria Bello (A History of Violence), Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain), Amy Adams (Junebug), Catherine Keener (Capote), Frances McDormand (North Country)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale), Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco (Crash), George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Good Night and Good Luck), Woody Allen (Match Point), Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Dan Futterman (Capote), Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana (Brokeback Mountain), Josh Olson (A History of Violence), Jeffrey Caine (The Constant Gardener), Stephen Gaghan (Syriana)