Oscar confidential 2005/6 Print E-mail

lists are in order of win probability

last update : 6th March

what I reckoned to be realistic win candidates (on the day of the awards) are in bold
WINNERS ARE MARKED WITH A ROW OF EXCLAMATION-MARKS or ASTERISKS


ACTOR
1. Hoffman ************************ correct
2. Ledger
3. Strathairn
4. Howard
5. Phoenix

ACTRESS
1. Witherspoon ************************ correct
2. Huffman
3. Dench
4. Knightley
5. Theron

SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Dillon
2. Giamatti
3. Clooney !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oops
4. Gyllenhaal
5. Hurt

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Weisz ********************* correct (it's her birthday tomorrow)
2. Keener
3. Williams
4. Adams
5. McDormand

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Good Night, and Good Luck.
2. Crash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oops : couldn't bring myself to tip such
                                                           an undeserving screenplay
3. Syriana
4. The Squid and the Whale
5. Match Point

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Brokeback Mountain ********************* correct
2. Capote
3. Munich
4. A History of Violence
5. The Constant Gardener

DIRECTOR
1. Lee ********************************** correct
2. Clooney
3. Haggis
4. Spielberg
5. Miller

PICTURE
1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Crash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (their) oops
3. Good Night, and Good Luck.
4. Munich
5. Capote


ANIMATED : Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit  ***** YES
FOREIGN : Sophie Scholl : The Final Days !!!! (no)











ARCHIVE : nominations predictions from 31/1/06

Nominations now out. Lists of nominees ranked according to win-order probability will appear here shortly.




Lists are in order of nomination probability

FINAL update : morning of 31st January 2006. [Nominations announced 31st January]

* : possible winner
** : most likely winner from top 5 nomination candidates
*** : certainty for win


ACTOR Hoffman
1 ** Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote                
2 * Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain 
3 Joaquin Phoenix,
Walk the Line                                              
4 David Strathairn,
Good Night, and Good Luck.                   
5 Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale                                
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6 Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man                                     
7 Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener
8 Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow
9 Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence
10 Cillian Murphy, Breakfast on Pluto    
11 Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
12 Eric Bana, Munich (... you're avner laugh...)
   nominations : Hoffman, Ledger, Phoenix, Strathairn, Howard
   snubs : Daniels, Crowe, Fiennes
                          
ACTRESS Witherspoon  
1 *** Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line                                      
2 Felicity Huffman,
Transamerica   
3 Judi Dench, Mrs Henderson Presents                                    
4 Charlize Theron, North Country                                              
5 Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice                                       
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6 Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha   
7 Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
8 Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
9 Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale                                
10 Q'orianka Kilcher, The New World
11 Maria Bello, A History of Violence 
12 Naomi Watts, King Kong
   nominations as predicted
   snubs : Zhang, Allen
                                                     
SUPPORTING ACTOR Dillon
1 * Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man   
2 * George Clooney, Syriana   
3 ** Matt Dillon, Crash    
4 * Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain     
5 * Clifton Collins Jr, Capote
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6 * William Hurt, A History of Violence
7 * Frank Langella, Goodnight, and Good Luck. 
8 * Michael Lonsdale, Munich
9 * Terrence Howard, Crash
10 * Bob Hoskins, Mrs Henderson Presents                               
11 * Ed Harris, A History of Violence
12 Don Cheadle, Crash  
   nominated : Giamatti, Clooney, Dillon, Gyllenhaal, Hurt
   snubs : Collins, Langella
                                                  
SUPPORTING ACTRESS Bello
1 * Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener 
2 * Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain                            
3 * Catherine Keener, Capote                                                    
4 * Amy Adams, Junebug  
5 ** Maria Bello, A History of Violence    
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6 * Thandie Newton, Crash
7 Frances McDormand, North Country  
8 * Scarlett Johansson, Match Point                                       
9 * Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha
10 Shirley MacLaine, In Her Shoes   
11 Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale
12 Diane Keaton, The Family Stone
   nominated : Weisz, Williams, Keener, Adams, McDormand
   snubs : Bello (!), Newton, Johansson

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1 * Crash (Haggis / Moresco)
2 ** Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney / Heslov)

3 * The Squid and the Whale (Baumbach)
4 * Match Point (Allen)
5 * The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Apatow / Carell)
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6 * Syriana (Gaghan)
Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Park) [ADAPTED??]
Cinderella Man (Hollingsworth / Goldsman)
Hustle and Flow (Brewer)
10 Junebug (MacLachland)
11 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (Arriaga)
12 The New World (Malick)
   nominated : Crash, Good Night and Good Luck, The Squid and the Whale,
   Match Point, Syriana
   snubs : The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Wallace and Gromit, Cinderella Man

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1 ** Brokeback Mountain (McMurtry / Ossana)
2 * Capote (Futterman)

3 * The Constant Gardener (Caine)
Walk the Line (Dennis / Mangold)
A History of Violence (Olson)
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Munich (Kushner / Roth)
Batman Begins (Nolan / Goyer)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Bass / Goldsman / Swicord / Wright)
The Chronicles of Narnia... (Adamson / Peacock / Markus / McFeely)
10 King Kong (Jackson / Walsh / Boyens)
12 Jarhead (Broyles)
   nominated : Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener,
   A History of Violence, Munich
   snub : Walk The Line


BEST DIRECTOR
1 ** Brokeback Mountain (Lee)
2 * Good Night, and Good Luck (Clooney)
3 * Crash (Haggis)

4 Capote (Miller)
5 A History of Violence (Cronenberg)
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The Constant Gardener (Meirelles)
Munich (Spielberg)
Match Point (Allen)
Walk the Line (Mangold)
10 The New World (Malick)
11 King Kong (Jackson)
12 2046 (Wong)
   nominated : Lee, Clooney, Haggis, Miller, Spielberg
   snubs : Cronenberg (!), Meirelles, Allen, Mangold
 

BEST PICTURE
1 *** Brokeback Mountain
2
Crash
3 Goodnight, and Good Luck.
4 Capote
Walk the Line
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The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich
King Kong
10 Match Point
11 Cinderella Man
12 The Chronicles of Narnia...
  
nominated: Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Good Night and Good Luck,
   Capote, Munich
   snubs : Walk The Line, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence

Mountain