In honour of the Academy Awards being given away this Sunday here are my picks for the major Oscars.
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, Good Luck
Munich
Best Director
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, Good Luck
Munich
Best Actor – Male
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
Terrence Howard – Hustle and Flow
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Pheonix – Walk the Line
David Strathairn – Good Night Good Luck
Best Actor – Female
Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson
Felicity HUffman – Transamerica
Keira Knightley – Pride and Prejudice
Charlize Theron – North Country
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Screenplay – Adapted
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Constant Gardner
A History of Violence
Munich
Screenplay – Original
Crash
Good Night Good Luck
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana
Some realy good films this year. Among my favorites, A History of Violence, Capote, Syrianna, Hustle and Flow, Good Luck Good Night, Batman Begins, King Kong and Crash.
So I went 4 for 6.
Crash surprised me big tme coming away with the Best Picture Oscar. Good for Paul Haggis (director), and Lionsgate (distributor) and the Toronto Film Festival (where the independant film was finally bought).
I knew “A History of Violence” was a long shot but wanted to take a chance on a film I realy liked an hey, Cronenberg is a Canadian too.