Wild About Movies: 2005 Oscar Nominees

77th Annual Academy Award Nominees & Losers
Who Will Win An Oscar on February 27, 2005?
by Tim Nasson (1/27/05)

2005 Academy Awards The list of current Academy Award nominees is out (complete list below) and wagers have been made. Who will win? Nobody knows. Yet. What we do know, though, is who and what did not get nominated this year, and there were some big omissions. The Academy, more than 5,000 voters, a large majority Jewish, cast their vote against Jesus Christ and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. The film, which was 2004's third highest grossing at the box-office, taking in $370 million, (and the highest grossing foreign film with subtitles, and highest grossing R-Rated film), earned no major Oscar nominations.

Another highly controversial film, Fahrenheit 9/11, whose director Michael Moore won the Oscar for Best Documentary last year, (Bowling For Columbine), earned not a one Academy Award nomination. Not even a Best Actor nod for its main attraction, George W. Bush.

Not one of the Top Grossing 36 films of the year were nominated for Best Picture, and only one, Collateral, was nominated for a major Oscar. Jamie Foxx, nominated for Best Supporting Actor in that film, was also nominated for Best Actor in Ray, the 37th highest grossing film of 2004, and the highest grossing (to date) Best Picture nominee.

On January 25, 2005, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 77th Annual Academy Awards. And the nominees are...

Best Picture

· THE AVIATOR

· FINDING NEVERLAND

· MILLION DOLLAR BABY

· RAY

· SIDEWAYS

Achievement in Directing

· THE AVIATOR

· MILLION DOLLAR BABY

· RAY

· SIDEWAYS

· VERA DRAKE

Best Actor in a Leading Role

· Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA

· Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND

· Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR

· Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

· Jamie Foxx - RAY

Best Supporting Actor

· Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR

· Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS

· Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL

· Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

· Clive Owen - CLOSER

Best Actress in a Leading Role

· Annette Bening - BEING JULIA

· Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE

· Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE

· Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

· Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

Best Supporting Actress

· Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR

· Laura Linney - KINSEY

· Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS

· Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA

· Natalie Portman - CLOSER

Best Original Screenplay

· THE AVIATOR

· ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND

· HOTEL RWANDA

· THE INCREDIBLES

· VERA DRAKE

Best Adapted Screenplay

· BEFORE SUNSET

· FINDING NEVERLAND

· MILLION DOLLAR BABY

· THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

· SIDEWAYS

Best Foreign-Language Film

· AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

· THE CHORUS

· DOWNFALL

· THE SEA INSIDE

· YESTERDAY

Best Animated Feature Film

· THE INCREDIBLES

· SHARK TALE

· SHREK 2

Achievement in Art Direction

· THE AVIATOR

· FINDING NEVERLAND

· LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

· THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

· A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Achievement in Cinematography

· THE AVIATOR

· HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS

· THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

· THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

· A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT

Achievement in Costume Design

· THE AVIATOR

· FINDING NEVERLAND

· LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

· RAY

· TROY

Best Documentary Feature

· BORN INTO BROTHELS

· THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL

· SUPER SIZE ME

· TUPAC: RESURRECTION

· TWIST OF FAITH

Best Film Editing

· THE AVIATOR

· COLLATERAL

· FINDING NEVERLAND

· MILLION DOLLAR BABY

· RAY

Achievement in Makeup

· LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

· THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

· THE SEA INSIDE

Best Original Score

· FINDING NEVERLAND

· HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

· LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

· THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

· THE VILLAGE

Original Song

· "Accidentally In Love" - SHREK 2

· "Al Otro Lado Del Río" - THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES

· "Believe" - THE POLAR EXPRESS

· "Learn To Be Lonely" - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

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

Achievement in Sound Mixing

· THE AVIATOR

· THE INCREDIBLES

· THE POLAR EXPRESS

· RAY

· SPIDER-MAN 2

Achievement in Sound Editing

· THE INCREDIBLES

· THE POLAR EXPRESS

· SPIDER-MAN 2

Best Visual Effects

· HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN

· I, ROBOT

· SPIDER-MAN 2

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

· EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTRY MUST

· LITTLE TERRORIST

· 7:35 IN THE MORNING

· TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT

· WASP

Photo credit: Academy Award Publicity

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