The 2006 Academy Awards

Crash Upsets!


Full list of winners (in order, which they were received):

Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney (Syriana)
Achievement in Visual Effects: King Kong
Best Animated Feature: Wallace & Gromit
Best Live Action Short: Six Shooter
Achievement in Costume Design: Memoirs of a Geisha
Achievement in Makeup: The Chronicles of Narnia
Best Supporting Actor: Rachel Weisz
Best Documentary Short: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Best Documentary Feature: March of the Penguins
Achievement in Art Direction: Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Original Score: Brokeback Mountain!
Achievement in Sound Mixing: King Kong
Best Original Song: It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp!!
Achievement in Sound Editing: King Kong
Best Foreign Film: Tsotsi
Achievement in Film Editing: Crash
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Achievement in Cinematography: Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Screenplay: Crash
Best Director: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Best Picture: Crash! "Wow"


So, there are the winners. I predicted 19 of 24 categories correct. Not bad, but could have been better. Certainly I didn't predict a Crash victory. The academy seemed to spread their awards out this year, obviously a sign that they liked a lot of films. Splitting Director and Picture was sort of a way to honor both.

Here are some quick tallies:
Crash: 3 awards
Brokeback Mountain: 3
Memoirs of a Geisha: 3
King Kong: 3
…And many, many others with 1…

I'll be back with a recap shortly. A lot has been written and dished about this year’s show.