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77th Annual Academy Awards - 2005

Broadcast live by ABC TV on Sunday February 27, 2005, 5:00 pm (PST)
with a half-hour arrival segment preceding the presentation ceremony
from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® in Los Angeles.
Hosted by Chris Rock

Winners are in red text. The 24 major categories are:

Actor in a Leading Role

  Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda (United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)
  Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland (Miramax)
  Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
  Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
  Jamie Foxx in Ray (Universal)
 

Actor in a Supporting Role

  Alan Alda in The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
  Thomas Haden Church in Sideways (Fox Searchlight / 20th Century Fox)

  Jamie Foxx in Collateral (DreamWorks and Paramount)
  Morgan Freeman in Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
  Clive Owen in Closer (Sony Pictures Releasing)
 

Actress in a Leading Role

  Annette Bening in Being Julia (Sony Pictures Classics)
  Catalina Sandino Moreno in Maria Full of Grace (HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features)
  Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake (Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films)
  Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
  Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus Features)
 

Actress in a Supporting Role

  Cate Blanchett in The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
  Laura Linney in Kinsey (Fox Searchlight / 20th Century Fox)
  Virginia Madsen in Sideways (Fox Searchlight / 20th Century Fox)
  Sophie Okonedo in Hotel Rwanda (United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)
  Natalie Portman in Closer (Sony Pictures Releasing)
 

Animated Feature Film

  The Incredibles ( Buena Vista )
Brad Bird
  Shark Tale (DreamWorks)
Bill Damaschke
  Shrek 2 (DreamWorks)
Andrew Adamson
 

Art Direction

  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
  Finding Neverland (Miramax)
Art Direction: Gemma Jackson; Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards
  Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
  The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
  A Very Long Engagement (Warner Independent Pictures)
Art Direction: Aline Bonetto
 

Cinematography

  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Robert Richardson
  House of Flying Daggers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Zhao Xiaoding
  The Passion of the Christ (Icon and Newmarket )
Caleb Deschanel
  The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros.)
John Mathieson
  A Very Long Engagement (Warner Independent Pictures)
Bruno Delbonnel
 

Costume Design

  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Sandy Powell
  Finding Neverland (Miramax)
Alexandra Byrne
  Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Colleen Atwood
  Ray (Universal)
Sharen Davis

  Troy (Warner Bros.)
Bob Ringwood
 
Directing
  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Martin Scorsese
  Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
Clint Eastwood
  Ray (Universal)
Taylor Hackford
  Sideways (Fox Searchlight / 20th Century Fox)
Alexander Payne

  Vera Drake (Fine Line Features, UK Film Council & Inside Track Films)
Mike Leigh
 

Documentary Feature

  Born into Brothels (THINKFilm)
A Red Light Films, Inc. Production, Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
  The Story of the Weeping Camel (THINKFilm)
A Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München Production, Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa
  Super Size Me (Roadside Attractions / Samuel Goldwyn Films)
A Kathbur Productions/The Con Production, Morgan Spurlock
  Tupac: Resurrection ( Paramount )
An MTV - Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Production, Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
  Twist of Faith
A Chain Camera Pictures Production, Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt
 

Documentary Short Subject

  Autism Is a World
A State of the Art Production, Gerardine Wurzburg
  The Children of Leningradsky
A Hanna Polak Production, Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski
  Hardwood
A Hardwood Pictures, National Film Board of Canada, Hubert Davis and Erin Young
  Mighty Times: The Children's March
A Tell the Truth Pictures Production, Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
  Sister Rose's Passion
A New Jersey Studios Production , Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer
 

Film Editing

  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Thelma Schoonmaker
  Collateral (DreamWorks and Paramount )
Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
Finding Neverland (Miramax)
Matt Chesse
  Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
Joel Cox
  Ray (Universal)
Paul Hirsch
 

Foreign Language Film

  As It Is in Heaven
A GF Studios Production - Sweden
  The Chorus (Les Choristes)
A Galatée Films/Pathé Renn/France 2 Cinema/Novo Arturo Films/Vega Film AG - France
  Downfall
A Constantin Film Production - Germany
  The Sea Inside
A Sogecine and Himenóptero Production - Spain
  Yesterday
A Videovision Entertainment Production - South Africa
 

Makeup

  Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
  The Passion of the Christ (Icon and Newmarket )
Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley
  The Sea Inside (Fine Line Features and Sogepaq)
Jo Allen and Manuel García
 

Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

  Finding Neverland (Miramax)
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner Bros.)
John Williams
  Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (Paramount and DreamWorks)
Thomas Newman
  The Passion of the Christ (Icon and Newmarket )
John Debney
  The Village ( Buena Vista )
James Newton Howard
 

Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

  Accidentally In Love from Shrek 2 (DreamWorks)
Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
  Al Otro Lado Del Río from The Motorcycle Diaries (Focus Features and Film Four)
Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
  Believe from The Polar Express (Warner Bros.)
Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
  Learn To Be Lonely from The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros.)
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles Hart

  Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) from The Chorus (Les Choristes) (Miramax)
Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe Barratier
 

Motion Picture

  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
A Forward Pass/Appian Way /IMF Production
  Finding Neverland (Miramax)
A FilmColony Production
Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers
  Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
  Ray (Universal)
A Universal Pictures/Bristol Bay Production
Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin, Producers
  Sideways (Fox Searchlight / 20th Century Fox)
A Sideways Productions, Inc. Production
Michael London, Producer
 

Animated Short Film

  Birthday Boy An Australian Film, TV and Radio School Production
Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
  Gopher Broke
A Blur Studio Production, Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
  Guard Dog
A Bill Plympton Production, Bill Plympton
  Lorenzo
A Walt Disney Pictures Production, Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth
  Ryan
A Copper Heart Entertainment & National Film Board of Canada, Chris Landreth
 

Live Action Short Film

  Everything in This Country Must
A Six Mile LLC Production, Gary McKendry
  Little Terrorist
An Alipur Films Production, Ashvin Kumar
  7:35 in the Morning ( 7:35 de la Mañana)
An Ibarretxe & Co. Production, Nacho Vigalondo
  Two Cars, One Night
A Defender Films Limited Production, Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner
  Wasp
A Cowboy Films Production, Andrea Arnold
 

Sound Editing

  The Incredibles ( Buena Vista )
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
  The Polar Express (Warner Bros.)
Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
  Spider-Man 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Paul N.J. Ottosson
 

Sound Mixing

  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal
  The Incredibles ( Buena Vista )
Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
  The Polar Express (Warner Bros.)
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
  Ray (Universal)
Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
  Spider-Man 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger
 

Visual Effects

  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner Bros.)
Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George
  I, Robot (20th Century Fox)
John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
  Spider-Man 2 (Sony Pictures Releasing)
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
 

Adapted Screenplay

  Before Sunset (Warner Independent Pictures)
Screenplay by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
  Finding Neverland (Miramax)
Screenplay by David Magee
  Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)
Screenplay by Paul Haggis
  The Motorcycle Diaries (Focus Features and Film Four)
Screenplay by José Rivera
  Sideways (Fox Searchlight / 20th Century Fox)
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
 

Original Screenplay

  The Aviator (Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group and Warner Bros.)
Written by John Logan
  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman
Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
  Hotel Rwanda (United Artists in association with Lions Gate Entertainment through MGM Distribution Co.)
Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
  The Incredibles ( Buena Vista )
Written by Brad Bird
  Vera Drake (Fine Line Features, Alain Sarde and UK Film Council in association with Inside Track Films)
Written by Mike Leigh
 
Honorary Award
  The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Honorary Award be given to Director Sidney Lumet to honor his "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture."

“Lumet is one of the most important film directors in the history of American cinema,” said Academy President Frank Pierson, "and his work has left an indelible mark on both audiences and the history of film itself. It was a great personal pleasure and professional honor to call Sidney to tell him he'd won his profession's highest honor."

The son of actor Baruch Lumet and dancer Eugenia Wermus, Lumet was born in Philadelphia and made his stage debut at New York's Yiddish Art Theater at the age of four, acting until the 1950s when he began working as a television director.

Lumet made his feature film debut in 1957 with the widely praised "12 Angry Men," which earned him an Academy Award nomination for directing.

He has earned three additional directing nominations, for "Dog Day Afternoon" in 1975, "Network" in 1976 and "The Verdict" in 1982, as well as a nomination for adapted screenplay (with Jay Presson Allen) for "Prince of the City" in 1981.

His more than 40 films include such additional titles as "Running on Empty," "The Wiz," "Equus," "Murder on the Orient Express," "Serpico," "Fail-Safe," "The Pawnbroker" and "Long Day's Journey into Night."
 
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
  Roger Mayer, president of Turner Entertainment Co., has been voted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Hersholt Award is given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry.

"The board was persuaded in large measure by Roger's long-time efforts on behalf of the Motion Picture and Television Fund as well as his efforts in film preservation," Academy President Frank Pierson said. "Throughout a more than half-century-long career in the motion picture industry Roger has been a fixture on the boards of a wide variety of charitable organizations. He has always given his time to support the needs of his industry."

Mayer has served the Motion Picture and Television Fund for over 25 years, eight of them as chair of its Board of Trustees. (One of the organizers of the MPTF, which originally was called the Motion Picture Relief Fund, was Jean Hersholt, who served as its president and for whom the award Mayer will receive is named.)

Mayer is the founding chair of the board of directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation, created by Congress in 1996 at the recommendation of the Library of Congress to preserve "orphan films," which have no studio or other entity with an economic motive to save them.

Mayer is a member of the National Film Preservation Board, which advises the Librarian of Congress concerning films to be added to the National Film Registry and their preservation at the Library of Congress. He has been honored for his work in film preservation by the Hollywood Film Festival, New York's "Career Transition for Dancers," the Telluride Film Festival, New York's Anthology Film Archives, the International Documentary Association and Yale University.

He has been active with the Permanent Charities Committee of the Entertainment Industry (now known as the Entertainment Industry Foundation), the United Jewish Welfare Fund and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Silent Film Gala.

A graduate of Yale Law School , Mayer started in the industry in 1952 as a lawyer with Columbia Pictures, later becoming a studio executive there. He joined MGM in 1961 as assistant general manager of the studio, ultimately becoming senior vice president of administration for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., and president of MGM Laboratories, an association that spanned 25 years.

Mayer has been president and chief operating officer of Turner Entertainment Co. since 1986.

A former governor of the Academy, Mayer served for three three-year terms, also serving as an officer of the Academy for two years during that period.
 
Scientific and Technical Awards
  Actress Scarlett Johansson presented the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards for 2004 on Saturday, February 12, 2005 at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena.

The creators of two camera crane systems received Oscar statuettes, which were among the 15 awards presented at the gala black tie dinner. Horst Burbulla received an Oscar for the creation and development of the Technocrane telescoping camera crane. Oscar statuettes also were presented to Jean-Marie Lavalou, Alain Masseron and David Samuelson for engineering and developing the Louma Camera Crane and remote system for motion picture production.

The Gordon E. Sawyer Award, also an Oscar statuette, was presented during the ceremony to Takuo Miyagishima for his lifetime of technological contributions to the industry.

Portions of the Oscar presentations were taped for inclusion in the February 27 Academy Awards broadcast.

Scientific and Technical Awards are presented by the Academy for devices, methods, formulas, discoveries or inventions of special and outstanding value to the arts and sciences of motion pictures.

Nominated Films:

As It Is In Heaven
Autism Is A World
The Aviator
Before Sunset
Being Julia
Birthday Boy
Born Into Brothels
The Children Of Leningradsky
The Chorus
Closer
Collateral
Downfall
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Everything In This Country Must
Finding Neverland
Gopher Broke
Guard Dog
Hardwood
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
Hotel Rwanda
House Of Flying Daggers
I, Robot
The Incredibles
Kinsey
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Little Terrorist
Lorenzo
Maria Full Of Grace
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Million Dollar Baby
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Passion Of The Christ
The Phantom Of The Opera
The Polar Express
Ray
Ryan
The Sea Inside
7:35 In The Morning
Shark Tale
Shrek 2
Sideways
Sister Rose's Passion
Spider-Man 2
The Story Of The Weeping Camel
Super Size Me
Troy
Tupac: Resurrection
Twist Of Faith
Two Cars, One Night
Vera Drake
A Very Long Engagement
The Village
Wasp
Yesterday


Host:


Chris Rock hosts the 77th Academy Awards telecast, show producer Gil Cates announced.  This will be Rock's first stint as Oscar host.

"I am a huge fan of Chris Rock," said Cates.  "He always makes me laugh and he always has something interesting to say.  Chris represents the best of the new generation of comics.  Having him host the Oscars is terrific.  I can't wait."

Rock made his screen debut in "Beverly Hills Cop II" and became a comic to watch when he spent three years on the cast of "Saturday Night Live."  His transformation into a comic cultural force, though, came with a series of HBO specials, including 1996's "Bring the Pain," which won him ecstatic reviews nationwide as well as Emmys for writing and outstanding special.

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