2006 predictions...
The 78th Annual Academy Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Billy Bob Thornton, The Bad News Bears
Sean Penn, All the King’s Men
Richard Gere, Bee Season
Orlando Bloom, Elizabethtown
****Robert Redford, An Unfinished Life
Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Renee Zellwegger, Cinderella Man
* Kate Winslet, All the King’s Men
Naomi Watts, King Kong
Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
Annasophia Robb, Because of Winn-Dixie
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
* Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Jeremy Irons, Kingdom of Heaven
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Sydney Pollack, The Interpreter
Roger Bart, The Producers: The Movie Musical
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Eva Marie Saint, Because of Winn-Dixie
Cicely Tyson, Because of Winn-Dixie
Patricia Clarkson, All the King’s Men
Susan Sarandon, Elizabethtown
* Dakota Fanning, Conquistadora
Best Director of a Motion Picture:
Ron Howard, Cinderella Man
Peter Jackson, King Kong
**** Lasse Hallstrom, An Unfinished Life
Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
Steve Zallian, All the King’s Men
Best Original Screenplay:
*** Cameron Crowe, Elizabethtown
Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Charlie Kaufman, Untitled Charlie Kaufman/Spike Jonze Project
Akiva Goldsman, Charlie Mitchell, & Cliff Hollingsworth, Cinderella Man
Marc F. Adler, Jennifer A. Jones, Scott Bier, Carl Dream, & Patrick J. Cowan, Delgo
Best Adapted Screenplay:
*** Steve Zallian, All the King’s Men
Joan Singleton, Because of Winn-Dixie
Virginia Korus Spragg & Mark Spragg, An Unfinished Life
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, & Philippa Boyens, King Kong
Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Best Animated Motion Picture of the Year:
William Joyce & Chris Wedge, Robots
Teresa Cheng, Madagascar
*** Tim Burton, The Corpse Bride
Bonnie Arnold, Over the Hedge
Best Motion Picture of the Year:
*** Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, & Penny Marshall, Cinderella Man
Ken Lemberger, Arnold Messer, Mike Medavoy, & Steve Zallian, All the King’s Men
Paula Wagner, Tom Cruise, & Cameron Crowe, Elizabethtown
Ridley Scott, Kingdom of Heaven
Leslie Holleran, Alan Ladd Jr., & Kellian Ladd, An Unfinished Life
Best Visual Effects:
* King Kong
Kingdom of Heaven
War of the Worlds
Honorary Award: --- 1 of these people SHOULD WIN
Olivia de Havilland (Oscar-winning actress)
John Mills (Oscar-winning supporting actor)
Gloria Stuart (Oscar-nominated supporting actress)
Richard Attenborough (Oscar-winning actor/filmmaker)
Jennifer Jones (Oscar-winning actress)
Eva Marie Saint (Oscar-winning supporting actress)
Jack Warden (Oscar-nominated supporting actor)
Lee Grant (Oscar-winning supporting actress)
Robert Redford (Oscar-winning actor-filmmaker)
Mel Brooks (Oscar-winning filmmaker/actor)