Oscar Night

The 78th Annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday March 5,2006 5PM PT/ 8PM ET.
The "Night" of Glamour n Glitter and who walked away with all of that???? Mee thinks Host Jon Stewart.......
"Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash" Split the Night's Big Awards."Crash" crashed a party that was supposed to have been reserved for "Brokeback Mountain." In a night when things went much smoother than could have been anticipated, it was the last award of the evening (the Best Picture Oscar) that finally got the crowd on their feet.......




Well here is the list of the winners and nominees for the main categories:-

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Winner: Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Capote"
Terrence Howard - "Hustle & Flow"
Heath Ledger - "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix - "Walk the Line"
David Strathairn - "Good Night, and Good Luck"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Winner: George Clooney - "Syriana"
Matt Dillon - "Crash"
Paul Giamatti - "Cinderella Man"
Jake Gyllenhaal - "Brokeback Mountain"
William Hurt - "A History of Violence"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Winner: Reese Witherspoon - "Walk the Line"
Dame Judi Dench - "Mrs Henderson Presents"
Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
Keira Knightley - "Pride and Prejudice"
Charlize Theron - "North Country"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Winner: Rachel Weisz - "The Constant Gardener"
Amy Adams - "Junebug"
Catherine Keener - "Capote"
Frances McDormand - "North Country"
Michelle Williams - "Brokeback Mountain"

DIRECTING:
Winner: "Brokeback Mountain" - Ang Lee
"Capote" - Bennett Miller
"Crash" - Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck" - George Clooney
"Munich" - Steven Spielberg

BEST PICTURE:
Winner: "Crash"
"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Munich"

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY):
Winner: "Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"The Constant Gardener"
"A History of Violence"
"Munich"

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY):
Winner: "Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck"
"Match Point"
"The Squid and the Whale"
"Syriana"

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Winner: "King Kong" - Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
"The Chronicles of Narnia" - Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney, and Scott Farrar
"War of the Worlds"- Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randy Dutra and Daniel Sudick

MAKEUP:
Winner: "The Chronicles of Narnia" - Howard Berger and Tami Lane
"Cinderella Man" - David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
"Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" - Dave Elsey and Annette Miles

MUSIC (SCORE):
Winner: "Brokeback Mountain" - Gustavo Santaolalla
"The Constant Gardener" - Alberto Iglesias
"Memoirs of a Geisha" - John Williams
"Munich" - John Williams
"Pride and Prejudice" - Dario Marianelli

Editing went to "Crash".
Cinematography,Art Design and Costume Design went to "Memoirs of a Geisha".
Animated Film went to "Wallace and the Gromit:The curse of a were-rabbit."
Documentary Feature went to "March of the Penguins".
Documentary short subject went to "A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norwan Corwin"
Foreign Language Film went to "Tsotsi" (could hve been our BLACK if not for tht dumb decision to send PEHELI).
Sound Editing And Sound Mixing both went to "King Kong".

Do you think that CRASH deserved the Best Movie over Brokeback Mountain?????
Was this expected or a true surprise???

Cheerio,
K