Bennett Miller for Capote
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Paul Haggis for Crash (read my review here)
George Clooney for Good Night, And Good Luck
Steven Spielberg for Munich
Even if I had seen all of the 5 nominated films on the list, I still would want to see Haggis pull an upset as the underdog, among them. Crash is an excellent movie that deserves all of the attention it can get.
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The Writers Guild Of America has announced their 2005 nominations for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay:
Original Screenplay
Cinderella Man - screenplay by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman, with a story by Hollingsworth
Crash-screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco, story by Haggis
The 40 Year Old Virgin-written by Judd Apatow & Steve Carell
Good Night, and Good Luck.-written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
The Squid and the Whale-written by Noah Baumbach
Adapted ScreenplayBrokeback Mountain-screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, based on the short story by Annie Proulx
Capote - screenplay by Dan Futterman, based on the book by Gerald Clarke
The Constant Gardener- screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, based on the novel by John le Carre
A History of Violence - screenplay by Josh Olson, based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke
Syriana - written by Stephen Gaghan, the book "See No Evil" by Robert Baer
In the Original Screenplay category, I was pleased to see that they mixed it up a bit, by including Virgin, among the heavier dramas that usually populate the list every year. In the Adapted Screenplay category, A History of Violence as a graphic novel is a great read--I have yet to see the film and how well it translated on film though. The honor will most likely go to one of the other, more "mainstream" efforts on the list.
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The Screen Actors Guild announced their 2005 nominees as well...
The SAG awards honor work in both film and television. Here is a list of film actors nominated:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Russell Crowe / CINDERELLA MAN – Jim Braddock (Universal Pictures)
Philip Seymour Hoffman / CAPOTE – Truman Capote (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Heath Ledger / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Ennis Del Mar (Focus Features)
Joaquin Phoenix / WALK THE LINE – John R. Cash (20th Century Fox)
David Strathairn / GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. – Edward R. Murrow (Warner Independent Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Judi Dench / MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS – Mrs. Laura Henderson (The Weinstein Company)
Felicity Huffman / TRANSAMERICA – Bree (The Weinstein Company)
Charlize Theron / NORTH COUNTRY – Josey Aimes (Warner Bros.)
Reese Witherspoon / WALK THE LINE – June Carter (20th Century Fox)
Ziyi Zhang / MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA – Sayuri (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Don Cheadle / CRASH – Graham (Lions Gate Films)
George Clooney / SYRIANA – Bob Barnes (Warner Bros.)
Matt Dillon / CRASH – Officer Ryan (Lions Gate Films)
Paul Giamatti / CINDERELLA MAN – Joe Gould (Universal Pictures)
Jake Gyllenhaal / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Jack Twist (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams / JUNEBUG – Ashley (Sony Pictures Classics)
Catherine Keener/ CAPOTE – Nelle Harper Lee (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
Frances McDormand / NORTH COUNTRY – Glory (Warner Bros.)
Rachel Weisz / THE CONSTANT GARDENER – Tessa Quayle (Focus Features)
Michelle Williams / BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN – Alma (Focus Features)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Focus Features)
CAPOTE (UA/Sony Pictures Classics)
CRASH (Lions Gate Films)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (Warner Independent Pictures)
HUSTLE & FLOW (Paramount Classics)
No real surprises here...except that Chris “Ludacris” Bridges made the list twice in the best film cast category, for both Crash and Hustle & Flow. Now that's quite a feat.
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