It's Oscar Time

Please see my pics in bold for this year's oscars, subject to revision:





Best Picture:



THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

RAY (Universal Pictures)

SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight)



Achievement in Directing

Martin Scorsese for THE AVIATOR (Miramax)X

Clint Eastwood for MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

Taylor Hackford for RAY (Universal Pictures)

Alexander Payne for SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight)

Mike Leigh for VERA DRAKE (Fine Line Features)



Best Actor in a Leading Role

Don Cheadle for HOTEL RWANDA (United Artists)

Johnny Depp for FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

Leonardo DiCaprio for THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

Clint Eastwood for MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

Jamie Foxx for RAY (Universal Pictures)



Best Supporting Actor

Alan Alda for THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

Thomas Haden Church for SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight)

Jamie Foxx for COLLATERAL (Dreamworks SKG)

Morgan Freeman for MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

Clive Owen for CLOSER (Columbia Pictures)



Best Actress in a Leading Role

Annette Bening - BEING JULIA (Sony Pictures Classics)

Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE (Fine Line Features)

Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE (Fine Line Features)

Hilary Swank for MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

Kate Winslet for ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Focus Features)



Best Supporting Actress

Cate Blanchett for THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

Laura Linney - KINSEY (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Virginia Madsen for SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight)

Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA (United Artists)

Natalie Portman for CLOSER (Columbia Pictures)



Best Original Screenplay

THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Focus Features)

HOTEL RWANDA (United Artists)

THE INCREDIBLES (Disney/Pixar)

VERA DRAKE (Fine Line Features)



Best Adapted Screenplay

BEFORE SUNSET (Warner Independent Pictures)

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Focus Features)

SIDEWAYS (Fox Searchlight)



Best Foreign-Language Film

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN - Sweden

THE CHORUS - France

DOWNFALL - Germany

THE SEA INSIDE - Spain

YESTERDAY - South Africa



Best Animated Feature Film

THE INCREDIBLES (Disney/Pixar)

SHARK TALE (Dreamworks SKG)

SHREK 2 (Dreamworks SKG)



Achievement in Art Direction

THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount Pictures)

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Warner Bros.)

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Warner Independent Pictures)



Achievement in Cinematography

THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (Sony Pictures Classics)

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (Newmarket Film Group)

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Warner Bros.)

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (Warner Independent Pictures)



Achievement in Costume Design

THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount Pictures)

RAY (Universal Pictures)

TROY (Warner Bros.)



Best Documentary Feature

BORN INTO BROTHELS (ThinkFilm)

THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL (ThinkFilm)

SUPER SIZE ME (Roadside Attractions / Samuel Goldwyn Films)

TUPAC: RESURRECTION (Paramount Pictures)

TWIST OF FAITH



Best Film Editing

THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

COLLATERAL

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY (Warner Bros.)

RAY (Universal Pictures)



Achievement in Makeup

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount Pictures)

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (Newmarket Film Group)

THE SEA INSIDE (Fine Line Features)



Best Original Score

FINDING NEVERLAND (Miramax)

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Paramount Pictures)

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (Newmarket Film Group)

THE VILLAGE (Touchstone Pictures)



Original Song

"Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2 (Dreamworks SKG)

"Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Focus Features)

"Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.)

"Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Warner Bros.)

"Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)" - THE CHORUS (Miramax)



Achievement in Sound Mixing

THE AVIATOR (Miramax)

THE INCREDIBLES (Disney/Pixar)

THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.)

RAY (Universal Pictures)

SPIDER-MAN 2 (Columbia Pictures)



Achievement in Sound Editing

THE INCREDIBLES (Disney/Pixar)

THE POLAR EXPRESS (Warner Bros.)

SPIDER-MAN 2 (Columbia Pictures)



Best Visual Effects

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (Warner Bros)

I, ROBOT (20th Century Fox)

SPIDER-MAN 2 (Columbia Pictures)



Best Documentary Short

AUTISM IS A WORLD

THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY

HARDWOOD

MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S MARCH

SISTER ROSE'S PASSION



Best Animated Short Film

BIRTHDAY BOY

GOPHER BROKE

GUARD DOG

LORENZO

RYAN



Best Live-Action Short Film

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