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List of the 78th annual Oscar nominations announced yesterday in Beverly Hills, California, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
BEST PICTURE: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck, and Munich.
ACTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote; Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow; Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain; Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line; David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck.
ACTRESS: Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents; Felicity Huffman, Transamerica; Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice; Charlize Theron, North Country; Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line.
SUPPORTING ACTOR: George Clooney, Syriana; Matt Dillon, Crash; Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man; Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain; William Hurt, A History of Violence.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Amy Adams, Junebug; Catherine Keener, Capote; Frances McDormand, North Country; Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener; Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain.
DIRECTOR: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain; Bennett Miller, Capote; Paul Haggis, Crash; George Clooney, Good Night, and Good Luck; Steven Spielberg, Munich.
FOREIGN FILM: Don't Tell, Italy; Joyeux Noel, France; Paradise Now, Palestine; Sophie Scholl : The Final Days, Germany; Tsotsi, South Africa.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain; Dan Futterman, Capote; Jeffrey Caine, The Constant Gardener; Josh Olson, A History of Violence; Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Munich.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, Crash; George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck; Woody Allen, Match Point; Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale; Stephen Gaghan, Syriana.
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Howl's Moving Castle; Tim Burton's Corpse Bride; Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
ART DIRECTION: Good Night, and Good Luck, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Pride & Prejudice.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, Good Night, and Good Luck, Memoirs of a Geisha, The New World.
SOUND MIXING: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Walk the Line, War of the Worlds.
SOUND EDITING: King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, War of the Worlds.
ORIGINAL SCORE: Brokeback Mountain, Gustavo Santaolalla; The Constant Gardener, Alberto Iglesias; Memoirs of a Geisha, John Williams; Munich, John Williams; Pride & Prejudice, Dario Marianelli.
ORIGINAL SONG: In the Deep from Crash, Kathleen 'Bird' York and Michael Becker; It's Hard out Here for a Pimp from Hustle & Flow, Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard; Travelin' Thru from Transamerica, Dolly Parton.
COSTUME: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Pride & Prejudice, Walk the Line.
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Darwin's Nightmare, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, March of the Penguins, Murderball, Street Fight.
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT): The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club, God Sleeps in Rwanda, The Mushroom Club, A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin.
FILM EDITING: Cinderella Man, The Constant Gardener, Crash, Munich, Walk the Line.
MAKEUP: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Cinderella Man, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Badgered, The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, 9, One Man Band.
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: Ausreisser (The Runaway), Cashback, The Last Farm, Our Time Is Up, Six Shooter.
VISUAL EFFECTS: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, King Kong, War of the Worlds.
Academy Award winners previously announced this year:
Honorary Award (Oscar statuette): Robert Altman.
The Gordon E. Sawyer award (Oscar statuette): Gary Demos.
