2006 Oscars Discussion Thread (Nominations announced: See post #13)

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The nominees are going to be announced two weeks from this Tuesday (January 31), so I figure now's a good time to start discussing the potential nominees. Here's the names being kicked around lately in all the major categories. If you want to pick either who you think or who you want to be nominated/win in each category, feel free.

And if this thread is popular enough, maybe I'll set up an Oscars Tipsters thing like in the Wrestling Forum.

Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
A History of Violence
King Kong
Match Point
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Pride & Prejudice
Syriana
Walk The Line

Best Director
Woody Allen (Match Point)
George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck)
David Cronenberg (A History of Violence)
Paul Haggis (Crash)
Michael Haneke (Cache)
Peter Jackson (King Kong)
Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
James Mangold (Walk The Line)
Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener)
Bennett Miller (Capote)
Steven Spielberg (Munich)

Best Actor
Eric Bana (Munich)
Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man)
Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow)
Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence)
Cillian Murphy (Breakfast on Pluto)
Joaquin Phoenix (Walk The Line)
David Straithairn (Good Night, and Good Luck)

Best Actress
Joan Allen (The Upside of Anger)
Claire Danes (Shopgirl)
Judi Dench (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Vera Farmiga (Down to the Bone)
Felicity Huffman (Transamerica)
Q'orianka Kilcher (The New World)
Keira Knightley (Pride & Prejudice)
Julianne Moore (The Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Proof)
Charlize Theron (North Country)
Naomi Watts (King Kong)
Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)
Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs of a Geisha)

Best Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle (Crash)
George Clooney (Syriana)
Chris Cooper (Capote)
Kevin Costner (The Upside of Anger)
Matt Dillon (Crash)
Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain)
Ed Harris (A History of Violence)
Bob Hoskins (Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Terrence Howard (Crash)
William Hurt (A History of Violence)
Frank Langella (Good Night, and Good Luck)

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Junebug)
Maria Bello (A History of Violence)
Scarlett Johansson (Match Point)
Diane Keaton (The Family Stone)
Catherine Keener (Capote)
Gong Li (Memoirs of a Geisha)
Shirley MacLaine (In Her Shoes)
Frances McDormand (North Country)
Thandie Newton (Crash)
Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener)
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain)

Best Original Screenplay
Cache (Michael Haneke)
Cinderella Man (Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth)
Crash (Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco)
40-Year-Old Virgin (Steve Carell and Judd Apatow)
Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney and Grant Heslov)
Match Point (Woody Allen)
The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain (Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana)
Capote (Dan Futterman)
The Constant Gardener (Jeffrey Caine)
A History of Violence (Josh Olsen)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Robin Swicord)
Munich (Tony Kushner and Eric Roth)
Pride & Prejudice (Deborah Moggach)
Syriana (Stephen Gaghan)
Walk The Line (James Mangold and Gill Dennis)