Last Minute Oscar Predix: Get Ready For Some Rose Stemmin'
Published January 30, 2006
Best Actress
Charlize Theron - North Country
Felicity Huffman- Transamerica
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Keira Knightley - Pride And Prejudice
Reese Witherspoon- Walk The Line
If I had more brains, I would have predicted: Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs Of A Geisha).
If I had more cojones, I would have predicted:Joan Allen (Upside Of Anger).
If the Academy had taste, they would have nominated: Laura Linney (Squid And The Whale).
Should win: Felicity Huffman.
Will win: Reese Witherspoon. Elle freakin' Woods. Sheesh.
Best Supporting Actor
Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents
George Clooney - Syriana
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Matt Dillon - Crash
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
If I had more brains, I would have predicted: Terrence Howard (Crash).
If I had more cojones, I would have predicted:Kevin Costner (Upside Of Anger).
If the Academy had taste, they would have nominated: William Hurt (A History Of Violence).
Should win: I'm indifferent. So shoot me.
Will win: Paul Giamatti. And many years of Oscar wrongs will be righted.
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Junebug
Catherine Keener - Capote
Maria Bello - History Of Violence
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Rachel Weisz - Constant Gardener
If I had more brains, I would have predicted: Scarlett Johansson (Match Point).
If I had more cojones, I would have predicted:Gong Li (Memories Of A Geisha).
If the Academy had taste, they would have nominated: Thandie Newton ( Crash).
Should win: Maria Bello.
Will win: Michelle Williams. Never underestimate the number of beards in the Academy.
As for the other categories...I'm way too lazy to keep this up. Brokeback Mountain and Crash are guaranteed to win for their respective screenplay categories and that's all I've got, folks. To all you souls out there that predict things like Best Documentary, Short Subjects, I tip my hat to you. Either that, or I pity you.
Perhaps a little of both.
Drew's been slinging up movie scripts at Drew's Script-O-Rama for over ten years now and blogging for much less time mostly due to sloth. No, he doesn't have the Brokeback Mountain script yet. Yes, he is looking. And no, he doesn't always refer to himself in the third person.
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- Published: January 30, 2006
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I think Paheli should get a "nod" too, but too bad the Academy is biased towards European and Far Eastern films.
I also agree that the Academy tends to drool over dark films coming from foreign countries. Apparently if it's not in english, it'd better be sinister.
WAR Paheli for an Oscar nom (and I'm not Indian by the way)...
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Best Foreign Film: AMong others, Paheli, India's official entry into the oscars.
Here is the link for it"> to amazon.com: It's based on a Rajastani folk tale from way back when, and is an absolute delight.
These days many foreign film nominees are dark films (I expect Der Untergang (Downfall) to be a shoo-in for a nomination), so why not a light-hearted one with a great story, romance, comedy, and great songs (As opposed to typical bollywood crap).
I am hoping and expecting to see Paheli get a nod from the Academy, even if it won't win.