October Oscar Predix

Or as I like to call them: "Eh, why not?" I'm really just randomly guessing stuff here. I still have no faith in Munich making that date. As of right now, the earliest it is screening is mid-December. Jarhead looks set to be killed, and The New World has about zero buzz. Given that the box office is in, as they love to put it, a "slump", I don't see box office mattering this year. At all.

So be it:

Best Picture:
Brokeback Mountain
The Family Stone
Good Night and Good Luck
Match Point
Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Director:
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
George Clooney - Good Night and Good Luck
David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
Woody Allen - Match Point
Rob Marshall - Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Actor:
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Tommy Lee Jones - Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night and Good Luck

Best Actress:
Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Diane Keaton - The Family Stone
Charlize Theron - North Country
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor:
Matt Dillon - Crash
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Craig T. Nelson - The Family Stone
Barry Pepper - Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams - Junebug
Maria Bello - A History of Violence
Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
Frances McDormand - North Country
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Screenplay:
Crash
The Family Stone
Good Night and Good Luck
Match Point
Syriana

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (HA!)
Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Animated Feature:
Chicken Little
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit

Best Art Direction:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chronicles of Narnia
Cinderella Man
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Cinematography:
Brokeback Mountain
Cinderella Man
Good Night and Good Luck
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World

Best Costume Design:
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The New World
Walk the Line
The White Countess

Best Editing:
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Match Point (?)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Syriana

Best Makeup:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chronicles of Narnia
Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Original Score:
Brokeback Mountain
Cinderella Man
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World

Best Original Song:
Brokeback Mountain - A Love That Will Never Grow Old
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - Remains of the Day
Chronicles of Narnia - ?
Crash - In the Deep
The Producers - ?

Best Sound Mixing:
Batman Begins
King Kong
Star Wars: Ep. 3
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds

Best Sound Editing:
Batman Begins
King Kong
Star Wars: Ep. 3

Best Visual Effects:
King Kong
Star Wars: Ep. 3
War of the Worlds

WINNERS:

BEST PICTURE: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
BEST DIRECTOR: ANG LEE

BEST ACTOR: PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
BEST ACTRESS: DIANE KEATON

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: BARRY PEPPER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: SCARLETT JOHANSSON

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: MATCH POINT
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALLACE AND GROMIT
BEST ART DIRECTION: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
BEST EDITING: SYRIANA
BEST MAKEUP: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: CINDERELLA MAN
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
BEST SOUND MIXING: STAR WARS: EP. 3
BEST SOUND EDITING: BATMAN BEGINS
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: STAR WARS: EP. 3


Till next month....when I actually feel confident about this stuff. :-)