1.BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Focus Features/River Road Entertainment; Focus Features

b. THE CONSTANT GARDENER
Potboiler Prods./Scion Films; Focus Features

c. GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
Section Eight/2929 Entertainment/Participant Productions; Warner Independent Pictures

d. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
New Line Cinema; New Line Cinema

e. MATCH POINT
Jada Productions; DreamWorks Pictures



2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. MARIA BELLO
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

b. FELICITY HUFFMAN
TRANSAMERICA

c. GWYNETH PALTROW
PROOF

d. CHARLIZE THERON
NORTH COUNTRY

e. ZIYI ZHANG
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA



3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA

a. RUSSELL CROWE
CINDERELLA MAN

b. PHILIP SEYMOUR
HOFFMAN CAPOTE

c. TERRENCE HOWARD
HUSTLE & FLOW

d. HEATH LEDGER
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

e. DAVID STRATHAIRN
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK



4. BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

a. MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS
Heyman Hoskins Prods.; The Weinstein Company

b. PRIDE & PREJUDICE
Working Title Prods.; Focus Features/StudioCanal

c. THE PRODUCERS
Brooksfilms; Universal Pictures/Columbia Pictures

d. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
American Empirical/Peter Newman – Internal; Samuel Goldwyn Films/Sony Pictures Releasing International

e. WALK THE LINE
Twentieth Century Fox; Twentieth Century Fox



5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY

a. JUDI DENCH
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS

b. KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
PRIDE & PREJUDICE

c. LAURA LINNEY
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

d. SARAH JESSICA PARKER
THE FAMILY STONE

e. REESE WITHERSPOON
WALK THE LINE



6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY

a. PIERCE BROSNAN
THE MATADOR

b. JEFF DANIELS
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

c. JOHNNY DEPP
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

d. NATHAN LANE
THE PRODUCERS

e. CILLIAN MURPHY
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO

f. JOAQUIN PHOENIX
WALK THE LINE



7. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

a. KUNG FU HUSTLE (CHINA)
Columbia Pictures Film Prod. Asia Ltd/Huayi Brothers/Taihe Film Investment Co. Ltd/Star Overseas; Sony Pictures Classics

b. MASTER OF THE CRIMSON ARMOR aka THE PROMISE (CHINA)
Beijing 21st CenturySheng Kai/China Film Group/Capgen Investment Group/Moonstone Prods.; The Weinstein Company

c. MERRY CHRISTMAS (JOYEUX NOEL) (FRANCE)
Nord Quest Prods. Senator Film Prods./The Bureau Artemis Prods/Media Pro Pictures/TF1 Films/Les Productions de la Gueville; Sony Pictures Classics

d. PARADISE NOW (PALESTINE)
Augustus Film/Lama Films/Razor Films/Lumen Films/Arte France Cinema/Hazazah Film; Warner Independent Pictures

e. TSOTSI (SOUTH AFRICA)
UK/South African Prods.; Miramax Films



8. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

a. SCARLETT JOHANSSON
MATCH POINT

b. SHIRLEY MacLAINE
IN HER SHOES

c. FRANCES McDORMAND
NORTH COUNTRY

d. RACHEL WEISZ
THE CONSTANT GARDENER

e. MICHELLE WILLIAMS
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN



9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

a. GEORGE CLOONEY
SYRIANA

b. MATT DILLON
CRASH

c. WILL FERRELL
THE PRODUCERS

d. PAUL GIAMATTI
CINDERELLA MAN

e. BOB HOSKINS
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS



10. BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE

a. WOODY ALLEN
MATCH POINT

b. GEORGE CLOONEY
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

c. PETER JACKSON
KING KONG

d. ANG LEE BROKEBACK
MOUNTAIN

e. FERNANDO MEIRELLES
THE CONSTANT GARDENER

f. STEVEN SPIELBERG
MUNICH



11. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE

a. WOODY ALLEN
MATCH POINT

b. GEORGE CLOONEY & GRANT HESLOV
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

c. PAUL HAGGIS & BOBBY MORESCO
CRASH

d. TONY KUSHNER & ERIC ROTH
MUNICH

e. LARRY McMURTRY & DIANA OSSANA
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN



12. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE

a. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
SYRIANA

b. JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
KING KONG

c. GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

d. HARRY GREGSON
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE
WILLIAMS LION, THE WITCH AND THE
WARDROBE

e. JOHN WILLIAMS
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA





13. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE

a. “A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER GROW OLD” –- BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Music by: Gustavo Santaolalla
Lyrics by: Bernie Taupin

b. “CHRISTMAS IN LOVE” — CHRISTMAS IN LOVE
Music by: Tony Renis
Lyrics by: Marva Jan Marrow

c. “THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A SHOW ON BROADWAY” — THE PRODUCERS
Music & Lyrics by: Mel Brooks

d. “TRAVELIN’ THRU” — TRANSAMERICA
Music & Lyrics by: Dolly Parton

e. “WUNDERKIND” — THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
Music & Lyrics by: Alanis Morissette

What do you think?

I wrote in the Oscar Predictions thread a couple weeks ago that this could be a good year for George Clooney. And indeed...He has nominations in Directing, Writing, and Acting.

The Best Actor in Drama race should be tight with Heath Ledger, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and David Strathairn. It'll be even tighter at the Oscars when you throw Joaquin Phoenix into the mix.

I like that Maria Bello was nominated for A History of Violence. She put on a great performance in a movie full of them.

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PRG posted:

I like that Maria Bello was nominated for A History of Violence. She put on a great performance in a movie full of them.

Ever since I first saw her in The Cooler (2003), I've almost been in love with her, except that I'm already married. She was so authentic in both these movies.

I was very disappointed not to see Crash nor Jarhead, two of what I considered to be the best movies of the year. Political speaking, from the list of best picture nominees:

Brokeback Mountain - homosexuality.
The Constant Gardener - pharaceuticals.
Good Night, and Good Luck - witch hunts.
A History of Violence - criminality.
Memoirs of a Geisha - cultural slavery.

When I think about the most relevant, pervasive and deeply entrenched sociological subjects current today that were presented in qualitatively superior fashion:

Crash - discrimination.
Jarhead - the Iraq War.

I feel the Golden Globes may have latched onto some subject matters on the leading edge of sociological relevance, but have shied away from what is now considered or perceived blase or banal but in reality continues to be pervasive and hugely important life and death issues that impact our entire country affecting millions of people.

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I was very disappointed not to see Crash nor Jarhead, two of what I considered to be the best movies of the year. Political speaking, from the list of best picture nominees:

Brokeback Mountain - homosexuality.
The Constant Gardener - pharaceuticals.
Good Night, and Good Luck - witch hunts.
A History of Violence - criminality.
Memoirs of a Geisha - cultural slavery.

When I think about the most relevant, pervasive and deeply entrenched sociological subjects current today that were presented in qualitatively superior fashion:

Crash - discrimination.
Jarhead - the Iraq War.

I feel the Golden Globes may have latched onto some subject matters on the leading edge of sociological relevance, but have shied away from what is now considered or perceived blase or banal but in reality continues to be pervasive and hugely important life and death issues that impact our entire country affecting millions of people.

First of all, Memoirs of A Geisha was not nominated as a best picture in any category. I was slightly surprised Crash did not receive a nomination, but am not that surprised Jarhead did not. One reason is that I do not think it was that great of a film. I was excited for it, but it ultimately disappointed me. The other reason is that it dealt with the first Iraq war. This was a war that was easier to get behind internationally. Remember that it is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that votes on the Globes. Had Jarhead dealt with the war going on now, a war that has garnered little international support, I believe it would have had a much better chance of being nominated. Poignant subject matter is not enough.

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Originally posted by tabuno:
I feel the Golden Globes may have latched onto some subject matters on the leading edge of sociological relevance, but have shied away from what is now considered or perceived blase or banal but in reality continues to be pervasive and hugely important life and death issues that impact our entire country affecting millions of people.

You can't nominate a film solely because of the good intentions of it's subject matter. I don't think the HFPA is sending a message that it doesn't care about racism or war by not nominating "Crash" and "Jarhead". They just weren't of the same caliber as the nominated films. Especially in the case of "Jarhead", which for the most part got pretty bad reviews.

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PRG posted:

First of all, Memoirs of A Geisha was not nominated as a best picture in any category. I was slightly surprised Crash did not receive a nomination, but am not that surprised Jarhead did not. One reason is that I do not think it was that great of a film. I was excited for it, but it ultimately disappointed me. The other reason is that it dealt with the first Iraq war. This was a war that was easier to get behind internationally. Remember that it is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association that votes on the Globes. Had Jarhead dealt with the war going on now, a war that has garnered little international support, I believe it would have had a much better chance of being nominated. Poignant subject matter is not enough.

OK, let's try this again. Thanks guru! Your international enlightenment is accepted with humble gratitude.

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Originally posted by tabuno:


OK, let's try this again. Thanks guru! Your international enlightenment is accepted with humble gratitude.