My Picks for the Oscars

2006 Oscar® nominations:

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line
David Strathairn in Good Night, and Good Luck

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in Syriana
Matt Dillon in Crash
Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal in Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt in A History of Violence

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman in Transamerica
Keira Knightley in Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron in North Country
Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in Junebug
Catherine Keener in Capote
Frances McDormand in North Country
Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams in Brokeback Mountain

Achievement in art direction
Good Night, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride & Prejudice

Achievement in cinematography
Batman Begins — Wally Pfister
Brokeback Mountain — Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck — Robert Elswit
Memoirs of a Geisha — Dion Beebe
The New World — Emmanuel Lubezki

Achievement in directing
Brokeback Mountain — Ang Lee
Capote — Bennett Miller
Crash — Paul Haggis
Good Night, and Good Luck. — George Clooney
Munich — Steven Spielberg

Best foreign language film of the year
Don't Tell
Joyeux No'l
Paradise Now
Sophie Scholl
Tsotsi

Best motion picture of the year
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich

Adapted screenplay
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich

Original screenplay
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana