THE OSCARS
2012
The winners of the 84th annual Academy Awards have been announced, here is the list with the winners in Bold...
Best picture
War Horse
The Artist
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best actor in a leading role
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best actress in a leading role
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Best actor in a supporting role
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best actress in a supporting role
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation
Best adapted screenplay
The Descendants
Hugo
Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best foreign language film
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation
Documentary feature
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
Best animated film
A Cat in Paris
Chico And Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Rango
Puss in Boots
Art direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Costume design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
Film editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Sound editing
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Sound mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Visual effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Make up
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
The Iron Lady
Music (original score)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Music (original song)
Man or Muppet - The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
Rio
2011
The winners of the 83rd annual Academy Awards have been announced, here is the list with the winners in Bold...
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel And Ethan Coen – True Grit
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Best Actress
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
Best Actor
Javier Bardem – Biutiful
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
Colin Firth – The King's Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Fighter
John Hawkes – Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner – The Town
Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Best Original Screenplay
Another Year - Mike Leigh
The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech - David Seidler
Best Adapted Screenplay
127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich
True Grit - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Best Animated Film
Toy Story 3
The Illusionist
How To Train Your Dragon
Best Foreign Film
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dog Tooth (Greece)
In A Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
Best Score
How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Best Song
Coming Home from Country Strong – Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
I See the Light from Tangled – Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
If I Rise from 127 Hours – Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best Cinematography
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
Inception – Wally Pfister
The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins
Best Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland –Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian
Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
2010
The winner of the 82nd annual Academy Awards have been announced, here are the winners...
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
WINNER - The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron (Avatar)
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Lee Daniels (Precious)
Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
WINNER - Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
George Clooney (Up in the Air)
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
WINNER - Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
Carey Mulligan (An Education)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia)
WINNER - Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon (Invictus)
Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
WINNER - Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz (Nine)
Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)
Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
Mo'Nique (Precious)
WINNER - Mo'Nique (Precious)
BEST ANIMATION
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
WINNER - Up
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman (The Messenger)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (A Serious Man)
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy (Up)
WINNER - Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (District 9)
Nick Hornby (An Education)
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (In the Loop)
Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air)
WINNER - Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
WINNER - Logorama
2009
The Oscar nominations for the 81st annual Academy Awards have been announced, here are the nominations...
Best Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Director
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
Frost/Nixon - Ron Howard
Milk - Gus Van Sant
The Reader - Stephen Daldry
Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle
Actor In A Leading
Role
The Visitor - Richard Jenkins
Frost/Nixon - Frank Langella
Milk - Sean Penn
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Brad Pitt
The Wrestler - Mickey Rourke
Winner: Milk - Sean Penn
Actor In A Supporting
Role
Milk - Josh Brolin
Tropic Thunder - Robert Downey Jr.
Doubt - Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Dark Knight - Heath Ledger
Revolutionary Road - Michael Shannon
Winner: Heath Leder - The Dark Knight
Actress In A
Leading Role
Rachel Getting Married - Anne Hathaway
Changeling - Angelina Jolie
Frozen River - Melissa Leo
Doubt - Meryl Streep
The Reader - Kate Winslet
Winner: Kate Winslet - The Reader
Actress In A
Supporting Role
Doubt - Amy Adams
Vicky Cristina Barcelona - Penélope Cruz
Doubt - Viola Davis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Taraji P. Henson
The Wrestler - Marisa Tomei
Winner: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
Original Screenplay
Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E - Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter
Winner: Milk - Dustin Lance Black
Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Winner: WALL-E
Art Direction
Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography
Changeling The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Winner: The Duchess
Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Winner: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
Defiance - James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
Original Song
WALL-E - "Down to Earth"
Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho"
Slumdog Millionaire - "O Saya"
Winner: Jai Ho - Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Winner: The Dark Knight
Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Winner: The Curious
Case of Benjamin Button
2008
The Oscar nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards have been announced, here are the nominations...
Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Winner: No Country for Old Men
Best director
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jason Reitman, Juno
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Winner: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Best actor
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best actress
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away from Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno
Winner: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Best supporting
actress
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Winner: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best supporting
actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton
Winner: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Best animated
feature film
Persepolis
Ratatouille
Surf's Up
Winner: Ratatouille
Best adapted
screenplay
Atonement
Away from Her
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Winner: No Country for Old Men
Best original
screenplay
Juno
Lars and the Real Girl
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
The Savages
Winner: Juno
2007
The Oscar nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards have been announced, here are the nominations...
Best picture
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Winner = The Departed
Best director
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Winner = Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Winner = Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best actress
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children
Winner = Helen Mirren,
The Queen
Best supporting
actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikucki, Babel
Winner = Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best supporting
actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Winner = Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Best foreign
language film
Efter Brylluppet (aka After the Wedding), Denmark
Indigenes (aka Days of Glory), Algeria
El Laberinto del Fauno (aka Pan's Labyrinth), Mexico
Das Leben der Anderen (aka The Lives of Others), Germany
Water, Canada
Winner = Das Leben der Anderen (aka The Lives of Others), Germany
Best animated
feature film
Cars
Happy Feet
Monster House
Winner = Happy Feet
Best adapted
screenplay
Borat
Children of Men
The Departed
Little Children
Notes on a Scandal
Winner = The Departed
Best original
screenplay
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Pan's Labyrinth
Winner = Little Miss Sunshine
Best music (score)
Babel
The Good German
Notes on a Scandal
Pan's Labyrinth
The Queen
Winner = Babel
Best music (song)
I Need to Wake Up - An Inconvenient Truth (performed by Melissa Etheridge)
Listen - Dreamgirls (performed by Beyonce Knowles)
Love You I Do - Dreamgirls (performed by Jennifer Hudson)
Our Town - Cars (performed by James Taylor)
Patience - Dreamgirls (performed by Eddie Murphy, Keith Robinson, Anika
Noni Rose)
Winner = I Need to Wake Up - An Inconvenient Truth (performed by Melissa Etheridge)
Best documentary
feature
Deliver Us From Evil
An Inconvenient Truth
Iraq In Fragments
Jesus Camp
My Country, My Country
Winner = An Inconvenient Truth
Best visual
effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns
Winner = Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Best cinematography
The Black Dahlia
Children of Men
The Illusionist
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
Winner = Pan's Labyrinth
2006
The winners for the 2006 Oscars have been released and the big shock was 'Crash' winning best picture. Here are the winners...
Best picture
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Goodnight, and Good Luck
Munich
Capote
Winner: Crash
Best director
Steven Spielberg - Munich
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Paul Haggis - Crash
Bennett Miller - Capote
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
Winner: Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Best actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
Terrence Howard - Hustle and Flow
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Best actress
Dame Judi Dench - Mrs Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica Charlize
Theron - North Country
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice
Winner: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Best supporting
actress
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Frances McDormand - North Country
Amy Adams - Junebug
Catherine Keener - Capote
Winner: Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Best supporting
actor
George Clooney - Syriana
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Matt Dillon - Crash
William Hurt - A History of Violence
Winner: George Clooney - Syriana
Best foreign
language film
Don't Tell (Italy)
Joyeux Noel (France)
Paradise Now (Palestinian territories)
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Germany)
Tsotsi (South Africa)
Winner: Tsotsi (South Africa)
Best animated
feature film
Howl's Moving Castle
Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Winner: Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best adapted
screenplay
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich
Winner: Brokeback Mountain
Best original
screenplay
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana
Winner: Crash
Best music (score)
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Pride and Prejudice
Winner: Brokeback Mountain
Best music (song)
In the Deep - Crash
It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp - Hustle and Flow
Travelin' Thru - Transamerica
Winner: It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp - Hustle and Flow
Best documentary
feature
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight
Winner: March of the Penguins
Best documentary
short subject
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang
Club God
Sleeps in Rwanda
The Mushroom Club
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Winner: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Best visual effects
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
King Kong
War of the Worlds
Winner: King Kong
Best cinematography
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Goodnight, and Good Luck
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha
Best art direction
Goodnight, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride and Prejudice
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha
Best animated
short film
Badgered
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello 9
One Man Band
Winner: The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Best short film
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time is Up
Six Shooter
Winner: Six Shooter
Best costume
design
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs Henderson Presents
Pride and Prejudice
Walk The Line
Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha
Best make-up
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Cinderella Man
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Winner: The Chronicles
of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Best sound mixing
The Chronicles of Narnia, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk The Line
War of the Worlds
Winner: King Kong
Sound editing
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds
Winner: King
Kong
Best film editing
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Munich
Walk The Line
Winner: Crash
Lifetime Achievement
Award
Director and writer Robert Altman
2005
The 2005 Oscar have been announced and the big winner was Million Dollar Baby. In a year that was filled with good films not real great ones, Oscar probably choose the best of the Oscar Type movies released in 2004. Looks like Martin Scorsese has another long wait on his hands.
Here is the full list of winners for the 77th Academy Awards...
Best film
The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways
Winner: Million Dollar Baby
Best actor
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Winner: Jamie Foxx
Best actress
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Annette Bening - Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Winner: Hilary
Swank
Best supporting
actor
Alan Alda - The Aviator
Clive Owen - Closer
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Winner: Morgan Freeman
Best supporting
actress
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Laura Linney - Kinsey
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman - Closer
Winner: Cate Blanchett
Best director
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Alexander Payne - Sideways
Taylor Hackford - Ray
Mike Leigh - Vera Drake
Winner: Clint Eastwood
Best foreign
language film
As it is in Heaven - Sweden
The Chorus - France
Downfall - Germany
The Sea Inside - Spain
Yesterday - South Africa
Winner: The Sea Inside
Best animated
feature film
The Incredibles
Shark Tale
Shrek 2
Winner: The Incredibles
Best adapted
screenplay
Before Sunset
Finding Neverland
Million Dollar Baby
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sideways
Winner: Sideways
Best original
screenplay
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles
Vera Drake
Winner: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best music (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
Winner: Finding Neverland
Best music (song)
Accidentally in Love - Shrek 2
Al Otro Lado Del Rio - The Motorcycle Diaries
Believe - The Polar Express
Learn to be Lonely - The Phantom of the Opera
Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) - The Chorus
Winner: Al Otro Lado Del Rio - The Motorcycle Diaries
Best documentary
feature
Born into Brothels
The Story of Weeping Camel
Super Size Me
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist of Faith
Winner: Born into Brothels
Best visual
effects
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I, Robot
Spider-Man 2
Winner: Spider-Man 2
Best cinematography
The Aviator
House of Flying Daggers
The Passion of the Christ
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement
Winner: The Aviator
Best art direction
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
A Very Long Engagement
Winner: The Aviator
2004
Justice provails. After been robbed over the last two years (A Beautiful Mind and Chicago, Best Picture, you're having a laugh) the Academy has done the decent thing and bestowed Oscar Glory on The Lord of the Rings. The epic piece of cinematic history swept the board, winning all 11 of the categories it was nominated in.
Other big winners included Mystic River with two, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World also with two and Lost in Translation, with a deserved win for Sofia Coppola for Best Original Screenplay. However there was no real surprises this year but Bill Murray should have won Best Actor.
Here is the list...
Best picture
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best director
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sofia Coppola - Lost in Translation
Fernando Meirelles - City of God
Peter Weir - Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Clint Eastwood - Mystic River
Winner: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best actor
Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Sir Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
Jude Law - Cold Mountain
Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Sean Penn - Mystic River
Winner: Sean Penn - Mystic River
Best actress
Keisha Castle-Hughes - Whale Rider
Diane Keaton - Something's Gotta Give
Samantha Morton - In America
Charlize Theron - Monster
Naomi Watts - 21 Grams
Winner: Charlize Theron - Monster
Best supporting
actor
Alec Baldwin - The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro - 21 Grams
Djimon Hounsou - In America
Tim Robbins - Mystic River
Ken Watanabe - The Last Samurai
Winner: Tim Robbins - Mystic River
Best supporting
actress
Shohreh Aghdashloo - House of Sand and Fog
Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden - Mystic River
Holly Hunter - Thirteen
Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain
Winner: Renee
Zellweger - Cold Mountain
Best foreign
language film
The Barbarian Invasions
Evil
The Twilight Samurai
Twin Sisters
Zelary
Winner: The Barbarian Invasions
Best animated
feature film
Brother Bear
Finding Nemo
The Triplets of Belleville
Winner: Finding
Nemo
Best adapted
screenplay
American Splendor
City of God
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Mystic River
Seabiscuit
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best original
screenplay
The Barbarian Invasions
Dirty Pretty Things
Finding Nemo
In America
Lost in Translation
Winner: Lost in Translation
Best music (score)
Big Fish
Cold Mountain
Finding Nemo
House of Sand and Fog
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best music (song)
Into the West - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow - A Mighty Wind
Scarlet Tide - Cold Mountain
The Triplets of Belleville - The Triplets of Belleville
You Will Be My Ain True Love - Cold Mountain
Winner: Into the West: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best documentary
feature
Balseros
Capturing the Friedmans
The Fog of War
My Architect
The Weather Underground
Winner: The Fog of War
Best documentary
short subject
Asylum
Chernobyl Heart
Ferry Tales
Winner: Chernobyl Heart
Best visual effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best cinematography
City of God
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit
Winner: Master
and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Best art direction
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best animated
short film
Boundin'
Destino
Gone Nutty
Harvie Krumpet
Nibbles
Winner: Harvie Krumpet
Best short film
Die Rote Jacke (The Red Jacket)
Most (The Bridge)
Squash
Torrzija
Two Soldiers
Winner: Two Soldiers
Best costume
design
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Seabiscuit
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best make-up
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Best sound
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Seabiscuit
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sound editing
Finding Nemo
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Winner: Master
and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Film Editing
City of God
Cold Mountain
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Seabiscuit
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
The Oscar winners have been announced and it was a great night for Chicago and The Pianist. The usually glitzy ceremony was abit more subdued this year but to the conflict in Iraq, but host Steve Martin kept the jokes coming and only a few of the winner, most noticeably Michael Moore, made political statement during their acceptance speeches. Here is the list of winner and the nominees...
Best picture
Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Pianist and The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers
Winner: Chicago
Best director
Stephen Daldry (The Hours), Rob Marshall (Chicago), Pedro Almodovar (Talk
To Her), Roman Polanski (The Pianist) and Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New
York)
Winner: Roman Polanski (The Pianist)
Best actor
Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation), Sir Michael Caine
(The Quiet American), Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York) and Jack Nicholson
(About Schmidt)
Winner: Adrien Brody (The Pianist)
Best actress
Salma Hayek (Frida), Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Diane Lane (Unfaithful),
Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven) and Renèe Zellweger (Chicago)
Winner: Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
Best supporting
actor
Chris Cooper (Adaptation), Ed Harris (The Hours), Paul Newman (Road to Perdition),
John C Reilly (Chicago) and Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can)
Winner: Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Best supporting
actress
Kathy Bates (About Schmidt), Queen Latifah (Chicago), Julianne Moore (The
Hours), Meryl Streep (Adaptation) and Catherine Zeta Jones (Chicago)
Winner: Catherine Zeta Jones (Chicago)
Best original
screenplay
Far From Heaven, Gangs of New York, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Talk to Her
and Y tu Mama Tambien
Winner: Talk to Her
Best adapted
screenplay
About a Boy, Adaptation, Chicago, The Hours and The Pianist
Winner: The Pianist
Best animated
film
Ice Age, Lilo & Stitch, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Spirited Away
and Treasure Planet
Winner: Spirited Away
Best art direction
Chicago, Frida, Gangs of New York, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
and Road To Perdition
Winner: Chicago
Best cinematography
Chicago Far From Heaven Gangs Of New York The Pianist Road to Perdition
Winner: Road to Perdition
Best costume
design
Chicago, Frida, Gangs of New York, The Hours and The Pianist
Winner: Frida
Best documentary
Bowling For Columbine, Daughter From Danang, Prisoner of Paradise, Spellbound
and Winged Migration
Winner: Bowling for Columbine
Best documentary
short
The Collector of Bedford Street, Mighty Times: The Legend of Rosa Parks,
Twin Towers and Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Winner: Twin Towers
Best editing
Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
and The Pianist
Winner: Chicago
Best foreign
language film
El Crimen del Padre Almaro (Mexico), Hero (China), The Man Without a Past
(Finland), Nowhere in Africa (Germany) and Zus & Zo (The Netherlands)
Winner: Nowwhere in Africa (Germany)
Best makeup
Frida and The Time Machine
Winner: Frida
Best original
score
Catch Me If You Can (John Williams), Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein),
Frida (Elliot Goldenthal), The Hours (Philip Glass) and Road to Perdition
(Thomas Newman)
Winner: Frida (Elliot Goldenthal)
Best music (song)
Burn it Blue (Frida), Father and Daughter by Paul Simon (The Wild Thornberry's
Movie), The Hands That Built America by U2 (Gangs of New York), I Move On
(Chicago) and Lose Yourself by Eminem (8 Mile)
Winner: Lose Yourself by Eminem (8 Mile)
Best animated
short film
The Cathedral, The Chubbchubbs!, Das Rad, Mike's New Car and Mt Head
Winner: The Chubbchubbs!
Best short film
Fait D'Hiver, I'll Wait for the Next One, Inja (Dog), Johnny Flynton and
This Charming Man (Der er en Yndig Mand)
Winner: This Charming Man (Der er en Yndig Mand)
Best sound
Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Road
to Perdition and Spider-Man
Winner: Chicago
Sound editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Minority Report and Road to Perdition
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best cinematography
Road to Perdition, Chicago, Far From Heaven, Gangs Of New York and The Pianist
Winner: Conrad L Hall for Road to Perdition
Best visual effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Spider-Man and Star Wars Episode
II: Attack of the Clones
Winner: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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