ANG LEE - OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Following the pattern of critics groups and industry guilds, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences virtually ignored Hollywood's big blockbusters of 2005 and singled out a small number of relatively low-budget films -- several of which opened only in so-called art houses -- in its list of Oscar nominations announced this morning (Tuesday). Heading the list with eight nominations was the clear Oscar favorite, director Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, which received eight nominations, including best picture, director, actor (Heath Ledger), supporting actor (Jake Gyllenhaal), supporting actress (Michelle Williams), and adapted screenplay (Larrry McMurtry and Diana Ossana). In what may be a first, George Clooney picked up three nominations for two different films: supporting actor for Syriana; director and co-writer for Good Night, and Good Luck. Winners will be announced on March 5.

The nominees in the top categories are:
Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Munich; Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line), David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck) and Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow); Best Actress: Felicity Huffman (Transamerica), Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line), Charlize Theron (North Country), Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents) and Keira Knightley (Pride and Prejudice); Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man), George Clooney (Syriana), Matt Dillon (Crash), Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain) and William Hurt (A History of Violence); Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Amy Adams (Junebug), Catherine Keener (Capote), Frances McDormand (North Country) and Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain); Best Director: Paul Haggis (Crash), Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), Bennett Miller (Capote), George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck) and Steven Spielberg (Munich); Best Original Screenplay: Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, Match Point, The Squid and the Whale, and Syriana; Best Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Munich.


31/01/2006