NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–The nominations for this year’s Academy Awards were announced Jan. 31. The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements for 2005 will be presented March 5 and televised by ABC at 8 p.m. EST. Listed below are the nominees for the main categories.
BEST PICTURE
“Brokeback Mountain,” “Capote,” “Crash,” “Good Night, and Good Luck” and “Munich.”
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain”; Bennett Miller, “Capote”; Paul Haggis, “Crash”; George Clooney, “Good Night, and Good Luck”; and Steven Spielberg, “Munich.”
BEST ACTOR
[1]Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”; Terrence Howard, “Hustle and Flow”; Heath Ledger, “Brokeback Mountain”; Joaquin Phoenix, “Walk the Line”; and David Strathairn, “Good Night, and Good Luck.”
BEST ACTRESS
Judi Dench, “Mrs. Henderson Presents”; Felicity Huffman, “Transamerica”; Keira Knightley, “Pride and Prejudice”; Charlize Theron, “North Country”; and Reese Witherspoon, “Walk the Line.”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, “Syriana”; Matt Dillon, “Crash”; Paul Giamatti, “Cinderella Man”; Jake Gyllenhaal, “Brokeback Mountain”; and William Hurt, “History of Violence.”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “Junebug”; Catherine Keener, “Capote”; Frances McDormand, “North Country”; Rachel Weisz, “Constant Gardner”; and Michelle Williams, “Brokeback Mountain.”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Howl’s Moving Castle;” “Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride”; and “Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit”
BEST FOREIGN FILM
“Don’t Tell,” Italy; “Joyeux,” France; “Paradise Now,” Palestinian Authority; “Sophie Scholl,” Germany; and “Tsotsi,” South Africa.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, “Crash”; George Clooney and Grant Heslov, “Good Night, and Good Luck”; and Woody Allen, “Match Point”; and Noah Baumbach, “The Squid and the Whale: and Stephen Gagham, “Syriana.”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, “Brokeback Mountain”; Dan Futterman, “Capote”; Jeffrey Caine, “Constant Gardener”; Josh Olson, “A History of Violence”; Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, “Munich.”
Most Nominations
“Brokeback Mountain,” 8
“Crash,” 6
“Good Night, and Good Luck,” 6
“Memoirs of a Geisha,” 6
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