Oscar 2005
2005 Academy Awards
2005 Academy Award winners: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles on February 27, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Photos: © HO/AMPAS
Best Film
The Aviator – Michael Mann, Graham King†
Finding Neverland – Richard N. Gladstein, Nellie Bellflower
* Million Dollar Baby – Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg†
Ray – Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin, Howard Baldwin†
Sideways – Michael London
Best Foreign-Language Film
Les Choristes / The Chorus – Christophe Barratier (France)
Der Untergang / Downfall – Oliver Hirschbiegel (Germany)
* Mar adentro / The Sea Inside – Alejandro Amenábar (Spain)
Så som i himmelen / As in Heaven – Kay Pollak (Sweden)
Yesterday – Darrell Roodt (South Africa)
Best Documentary, Features
* Born Into [...]
by Andre Soares | February 27, 2005
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Oscar 2005: Sidney Lumet to Receive Honorary Award
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Board of Governors has chosen director Sidney Lumet, 80, as the next recipient of the Honorary Oscar. The award, in honor of Lumet’s "brilliant services to screenwriters, performers and the art of the motion picture," will be presented at the 77th Academy Awards ceremony on February 27, 2005.
Lumet, who made his feature-film début in 1957, has been nominated four times for a best directing Academy Award: 12 Angry Men (1957), starring Henry Fonda; Dog Day Afternoon (top photo, 1975), starring Al Pacino; Network (1976), starring William Holden, Peter Finch, and Faye Dunaway; and The Verdict (1982), starring Paul Newman.
Lumet (along with Jay Presson Allen) was [...]
by Andre Soares | December 25, 2004
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Oscar 2005: Documentary Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday, Nov. 17, a list of twelve semi-finalists for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award. The twelve films were chosen by the Academy’s documentary branch, which also will select the five final nominees.
They are:
Born into Brothels, about the children of Calcutta prostitutes;
Home of the Brave, the story of murdered civil-rights activist Viola Liuzzo;
the biography Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train;
Academy Award-winner Jessica Yu’s In the Realms of the Unreal, a portrait of artist and janitor Henry Darger;
Sundance Film Festival opener Riding Giants, a documentary about surfing;
The Ritchie Boys, the story of German Jews who were trained as an [...]
by Andre Soares | November 18, 2004
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Tags: 2005 Oscar, Academy Awards, Documentaries, Fahrenheit 9/11, Film Awards, Home of the Brave, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, In the Realms of the Unreal, Jessica Yu, The Story of the Weeping Camel
Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Mexico to Venezuela)
Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Afghanistan to China)
Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Croatia to Malaysia)
Mexico, Innocent Voices, Luis Mandoki, director;
The Netherlands, Simon, Eddy Terstall, director;
Norway, Hawaii, Oslo, Erik Poppe, director;
Palestine, The Olive Harvest, Hanna Elias, director;
Philippines, Crying Ladies, Mark Meily, director;
Poland, The Welts, Magdalena Piekorz, director;
Portugal, The Miracle According to Salomé, Mário Barroso, director;
Romania, Orient-Express, Sergiu Nicolaescu, director;
Russia, Night Watch, Timur Bekmambetov, director;
Serbia and Montenegro, Goose Feather, Ljubiša Samardic, director;
Slovenia, Beneath Her Window, Metod Pevec, director;
South Africa, Yesterday, Darrell Roodt, director;
Spain, The Sea Inside, Alejandro Amenabar, director;
Sweden, As It Is in [...]
by Andre Soares | November 15, 2004
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Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Croatia to Malaysia)
Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Afghanistan to China)
Croatia, Long Dark Night, Antun Vrdoljak, director;
Czech Republic, Up and Down, Jan Hrebejk, director;
Denmark, The Five Obstructions, Jørgen Leth and Lars von Trier, directors;
Ecuador, Chronicles, Sebastián Cordero, director;
Egypt, I Love Cinema, Oussama Fawzy, director;
Estonia, Revolution of Pigs, Jaak Kilmi and René Reinumägik, directors;
Finland, Producing Adults, Aleksi Salmenperä, director;
France, The Chorus, Christophe Barratier, director;
Germany, Downfall, Oliver Hirschbiegel, director;
Greece, A Touch of Spice, Tassos Boulmetis, director;
Hungary, Kontroll, Nimród Antal, director;
Iceland, Cold Light, Hilmar Oddsson, director;
India, Shwaas, Sandeep Sawant, director;
Iran, Turtles Can Fly, Bahman Ghobadi, director;
Israel, Campfire, Joseph Cedar, director;
Italy, The Keys to the House, Gianni Amelio, director;
Japan, Nobody Knows, Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;
Korea, Tae Guk Gi, Kang Je-gyu, director;
Macedonia, [...]
by Andre Soares | November 15, 2004
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Oscar 2005: Best Foreign-Language Film Entries (Afghanistan to China)
Of the 49 films submitted for the 2005 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award, 8 are from the Americas, 2 from Africa, 12 from Asia, and 27 from Europe.
This is the first time that Malaysia has submitted a film for the Oscars. The Princess of Mount Ledang / A Legendary Love, the story of the forbidden romance between a 15th-century Javanese Hindu princess and a Malay Muslim warrior, is the most expensive Malaysian film ever made.
Iran’s Turtles Can Fly won the Best Picture Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Gianni Amelio’s The House Keys was a Venice Film Festival favorite. Its failure to win any important awards led to [...]
by Andre Soares | November 15, 2004
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Oscar 2005: Animated Films Shortlist
Eleven animated features are eligible to compete for the Best Animated Feature Film Oscar in the 2005 Academy Awards race.
They are:
Clifford’s Really Big Movie
Disney’s Teacher’s Pet
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Home on the Range
The Incredibles (above, top photo)
The Legend of Buddha
The Polar Express (above, lower photo)
Shrek 2
Shark Tale
Sky Blue
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Under the rules for this category, a maximum of three films can be nominated in a year in which the field of eligible entries numbers at least eight [...]
