| 78th Academy Awards | ||||
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| Date | Sunday, March 5, 2006 | |||
| Site | Kodak Theatre Hollywood, CA | |||
| Host | Jon Stewart | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Picture | Crash | |||
| Most wins | Brokeback Mountain, Crash, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha (3) | |||
| Most nominations | Brokeback Mountain (8) | |||
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The 78th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2005 and were held on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, with Tom Kane making his first appearance as the show's announcer. The ceremony was pushed back from its newly established February date because of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
The nominees were announced on January 31 at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) by Academy president Sid Ganis and actress Mira Sorvino, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters.
Ang Lee's drama Brokeback Mountain had the most nominations of the year's films, receiving eight. Paul Haggis' Crash, George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck., and Memoirs of a Geisha each received six nominations. The ceremony was remembered by many insiders and film critics for its nominations of independently financed, low budget films. In addition, the subject matter of the nominated films focused on controversial political and social themes, such as racial relations and racism (Crash), homosexuality (Brokeback Mountain, Capote), transsexuality (Transamerica), McCarthyism (Good Night, and Good Luck.), anti-semitism and terrorism (Munich, Syriana).
This year has become particularly noted for its major upset at the climax of the ceremony. Following a streak of numerous awards, Brokeback Mountain was heavily favored to win the Best Picture category, but lost to Crash, a film that, although publicly and critically acclaimed, had collected fewer previous awards throughout the season. Both films wrapped the ceremony with three Oscars each. There was also some minor controversy regarding the nomination of Paradise Now, as Best Foreign Language Film.
Best Actor
See also: Best Actor
- Winner
- Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
- Nominees
- Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow
- Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
- Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line
- David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Supporting Actor
See also: Best Supporting Actor
- Winner
- George Clooney for Syriana
- Nominees
- Matt Dillon for Crash
- Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man
- Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain
- William Hurt for A History of Violence
Best Actress
See also: Best Actress
- Winner
- Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
- Nominees
- Judi Dench for Mrs. Henderson Presents
- Felicity Huffman for Transamerica
- Keira Knightley for Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- Charlize Theron for North Country
Best Supporting Actress
See also: Best Supporting Actress
- Winner
- Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
- Nominees
- Amy Adams for Junebug
- Catherine Keener for Capote
- Frances McDormand for North Country
- Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain
Best Animated Feature
See also: Best Animated Feature
- Winner
- Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit — Nick Park, Steve Box
- Nominees
- Howl's Moving Castle — Hayao Miyazaki
- Tim Burton's Corpse Bride — Mike Johnson, Tim Burton
Best Art Direction
See also: Best Art Direction
- Winner
- Memoirs of a Geisha — John Myhre, Gretchen Rau
- Nominees
- Good Night, and Good Luck. — Jim Bissell, Jan Pascale
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
- King Kong — Grant Major, Dan Hennah, Simon Bright
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) — Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Best Cinematography
See also: Best Cinematography
- Winner
- Memoirs of a Geisha — Dion Beebe
- Nominees
- Batman Begins — Wally Pfister
- Brokeback Mountain — Rodrigo Prieto
- Good Night, and Good Luck. — Robert Elswit
- The New World — Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Costume Design
See also: Best Costume Design
- Winner
- Memoirs of a Geisha — Colleen Atwood
- Nominees
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Gabriella Pescucci
- Mrs. Henderson Presents — Sandy Powell
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) — Jacqueline Durran
- Walk the Line — Arianne Phillips
Best Director
See also: Best Director
- Winner
- Brokeback Mountain — Ang Lee
- Nominees
- Capote — Bennett Miller
- Crash — Paul Haggis
- Good Night, and Good Luck. — George Clooney
- Munich — Steven Spielberg
Best Documentary Feature
See also: Best Documentary Feature
- Winner
- March of the Penguins — Luc Jacquet, Yves Darondeau
- Nominees
- Darwin's Nightmare — Hubert Sauper
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room — Alex Gibney, Jason Kliot
- Murderball — Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
- Street Fight — Marshall Curry
Best Documentary Short
See also: Best Documentary Short
- Winner
- A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin — Corinne Marrinan, Eric Simonson
- Nominees
- The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club — Dan Krauss
- God Sleeps in Rwanda — Kimberlee Acquaro, Stacy Sherman
- The Mushroom Club — Steven Okazaki
Best Film Editing
See also: Best Film Editing
- Winner
- Crash — Hughes Winborne
- Nominees
- Cinderella Man — Mike Hill, Dan Hanley
- The Constant Gardener — Claire Simpson
- Munich — Michael Kahn
- Walk the Line — Michael McCusker
Best Foreign Language Film
See also: Best Foreign Language Film
- Winner
- Tsotsi from South Africa — Gavin Hood
- Nominees
- Don't Tell from Italy — Cristina Comencini
- Joyeux Noël from France — Christian Carion
- Paradise Now from Palestine — Hany Abu-Assad
- Sophie Scholl - The Final Days from Germany — Marc Rothemund
Best Makeup
See also: Best Makeup
- Winner
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Howard Berger, Tami Lane
- Nominees
- Cinderella Man — David Leroy Anderson, Lance Anderson
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith — Dave Elsey, Nikki Gooley
Best Original Score
See also: Best Original Score
- Winner
- Brokeback Mountain — Gustavo Santaolalla
- Nominees
- The Constant Gardener — Alberto Iglesias
- Memoirs of a Geisha — John Williams
- Munich — John Williams
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) — Dario Marianelli
Best Original Song
See also: Best Original Song
- Winner
- "It's Hard Out Here For a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow — Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman, Paul Beauregard
- Nominees
- "In the Deep" from Crash — Kathleen "Bird" York, Michael Becker
- '"Travelin' Thru" from Transamerica — Dolly Parton
Best Picture
See also: Best Picture
- Winner
- Crash — Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
- Nominees
- Brokeback Mountain — Diana Ossana, James Schamus
- Capote — Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
- Good Night, and Good Luck. — Grant Heslov
- Munich — Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, Barry Mendel
Best Animated Short
See also: Best Animated Short
- Winner
- The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation — John Canemaker, Peggy Stern
- Nominees
- Badgered — Sharon Colman
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello — Anthony Lucas
- 9 — Shane Acker
- One Man Band — Andrew Jimenez, Mark Andrews
Best Live Action Short
See also: Best Live Action Short
- Winner
- Six Shooter — Martin McDonagh
- Nominees
- Ausreisser (The Runaway) — Ulrike Grote
- Cashback — Sean Ellis, Lene Bausager
- The Last Farm — Rúnar Rúnarsson, Thor S. Sigurjónsson
- Our Time Is Up — Rob Pearlstein, Pia Clemente
Best Sound Editing
See also: Best Sound Editing
- Winner
- King Kong — Mike Hopkins, Ethan Van der Ryn
- Nominees
- Memoirs of a Geisha — Wylie Stateman
- War of the Worlds (2005) — Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
See also: Best Sound Mixing
- Winner
- King Kong — Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, Hammond Peek
- Nominees
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic, Tony Johnson
- Memoirs of a Geisha — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline, John Pritchett
- Walk the Line — Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill, Peter F. Kurland
- War of the Worlds (2005) — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ron Judkins
Best Visual Effects
See also: Best Visual Effects
- Winner
- King Kong — Joe Letteri, Brian Van’t Hul, Christian Rivers, Richard Taylor
- Nominees
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, Scott Farrar
- War of the Worlds (2005) — Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra, Daniel Sudick
Best Adapted Screenplay
See also: Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner
- Brokeback Mountain — Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana
- Nominees
- Capote — Dan Futterman
- The Constant Gardener — Jeffrey Caine
- A History of Violence — Josh Olson
- Munich — Tony Kushner, Eric Roth
Best Original Screenplay
See also: Best Original Screenplay
- Winner
- Crash — Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco
- Nominees
- Good Night, and Good Luck. — George Clooney, Grant Heslov
- Match Point — Woody Allen
- The Squid and the Whale — Noah Baumbach
- Syriana — Stephen Gaghan
Honorary Award
- Robert Altman "in recognition of a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike."