2006 Oscar Nominations

'Brokeback' cleans up where it counts!

Here they are:

Best Picture:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Munich

Best Director:
Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
Bennett Miller (Capote)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
Steven Spielberg (Munich)

Best Actor:
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk the Line)
David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck.)

Best Actress:
Judy Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice)
Charlize Theron (North Country)
Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)

Best Supporting Actor:
George Clooney (Syriana)
Matt Dillon (Crash)
Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
William Hurt (A History of Violence)

Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams!! (Junebug)
Catherine Keener (Capote)
Frances McDormand (North Country)
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)

Best Original Screenplay:
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Syriana

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Munich

Best Foreign Language Film:
Don't Tell
Joyeux Noel
Paradise Now
Sophie Scholl
Tsotsi

Best Art Direction:
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Pride and Prejudice

Best Cinematography:
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World

Best Costume Design:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Memoirs of a Geisha
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Pride and Prejudice
Walk the Line

Best Documentary Feature:
Darwin's Nightmare
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Street Fight

Best Documentary Short Subject:
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Mushroom Club
A Note of Trumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

Best Film Editing:
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Munich
Walk the Line

Best Make-Up:
The Chronicals of Narnia
Cinderella Man
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith

Best Original Score:
Brokeback Mountain
The Constant Gardener
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Pride & Prejudice

Best Original Song:
"In the Deep" - Crash
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" - Hustle & Flow
"Travelin' Thru" - Transamerica

Best Animated Short Film:
Badgered
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
9
One Man Band

Best Live Action Short Film:
Ausreisser (The Runaway)
Cashback
The Last Farm
Our Time is Up
Six Shooter

Best Sound Editing:
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
War of the Worlds

Best Sound Mixing:
The Chronicals of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds

Best Visual Effects:
The Chronicals of Narnia
King Kong
War of the Worlds

No real surprises here. Munich slides into the best picture slot, booting Walk the Line. Other than that, the choices are pretty run of the mill. Yay for Amy Adams and for The New World in Cinematography!

Quick Tallies:
Brokeback Mountain: 8
Crash: 6
Good Night and Good Luck: 6
Memoirs of a Geisha: 6 - (Cleaned up in the visual awards...)
Capote: 5
Munich: 5
Walk the Line: 5
The Constant Gardener: 4
Pride & Prejudice: 4

And many, many with 2 noms.

Now we patiently wait until Sunday, March 5 for the show!