Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest: John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall
- Poseidon: Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chas Jarrett, John Frazier
- Superman Returns: Mark Stetson, Richard R. Hoover, Neil Corbould, Jon Thum
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- Cars: John Lasseter
- Happy Feet: George Miller
- Monster House: Gil Kenan
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
- After the Wedding (Denmark)
- Days of Glory (Algeria)
- Pan's Labyrinth (Mexico)
- The Lives of Others (Germany)
- Water (Canada)
Best Documentary, Features
- Deliver Us from Evil: Amy Berg, Frank Donner
- An Inconvenient Truth: Davis Guggenheim
- Iraq in Fragments: James Longley, Yahya Sinno
- Jesus Camp: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
- My Country My Country: Laura Poitras, Jocelyn Glatzer
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
- The Blood of Yingzhou District: Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon
- Recycled Life: Leslie Iwerks, Mike Glad
- Rehearsing a Dream: Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
- Two Hands: Nathaniel Kahn, Susan Rose Behr
Best Short Film, Animated
- The Danish Poet: Torill Kove
- Lifted: Gary Rydstrom
- The Little Matchgirl: Roger Allers, Don Hahn
- Maestro: Géza M. Tóth
- No Time for Nuts: Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier
Best Short Film, Live Action
- Binta and the Great Idea: Javier Fesser, Luis Manso
- Éramos Pocos: Borja Cobeaga
- Helmer & Son: Søren Pilmark, Kim Magnusson
- The Saviour: Peter Templeman, Stuart Parkyn
- West Bank Story: Ari Sandel
Article comments
1 - SolShine7
It looks like Kate Winslet is going to get snubbed again. One day...
2 - Jane
If you had seen Ryan Gosling's performance in Half Nelson, then you would not have been surprised this morning. He has been getting buzz since September when the film was released in selected cities. He received a Spirit Award Nod, a Sag Nod and Critics Nod. Where have you been? The only reason why he did not get a Golden Globe is because the Foriegn Press is able to nominate the same actor for two different roles (Leo). Don't mean to be smart, but you need to see the movie and read up before you comment. I say the biggest surprise is Brad Pitt not getting a nod.
3 - Chris Beaumont
I do not think my comment was all that mean, I didn't imply his performance was bad or completely unworthy. But he didn't strike me as one of the more obvious choices. Besides, I am just a little disappointed over Owen's snub, and the Children of Men snub for Best Picture. Quite frankly, I could have been much "meaner" in my comment, but why should I? If you get nominated you must have had a good performance. Everyone has their favorites. This will hopefully lead to bigger and better for Ryan.
4 - Ty
"Half Nelson didn't have much of a stay in the theater, and is one of the ones that I missed."
Once again the fact you are in the middle of nowhere rears its ugly head in your opinions.
Nice...
5 - Chris Beaumont
Nice to see you haven't abandoned me, Ty. Also, the comment is rather baseless as I did not say it did not come to my area, but I missed it. It is impossible for me to see everything that I want to, whether it comes to my area or not. I keep myself quite busy doing what I do in addition to my fulltime job. I have seen enough to have an opinion of who I would like to see nominated, and I was in no way belittling Gosling's performance.
6 - Chris Earp
I very much agree with your comments about Children of Men. That was my favorite film of the year, with Pan's Labyrinth a close second, and I was also appalled at the snub. After just watching the Oscars, I am even more disheartened with the Academy for the fact that it didn't win any of the three it was nominated for, especially cinematography, which I thought it was meant to win well before the nominees were announced. I may be a little bias because it is my favorite film genre (sci-fi noir) and the kind of film I hope to make in the future, but looking back at the past Oscars, I can tell the Academy has a problem with Sci-Fi in general. Many of the greats have been snubbed big time, and this particular situation is reminiscent of how it was with my favorite film of all time, Minority Report, which was praised by critics (and even gained the top spot on Roger Ebert's best of 2002 list), but was almost ignored by the Academy. Spielberg is a good example for the Academy's refusal of Sci-Fi because he about half of his films are Sci-Fi, but only his non-Sci-Fi films have ever won. If I do every make the great Sci-Fi noir films I hope to make, I will not expect any recognition from the Academy. Critical and viewer acclaim should be enough for any filmmaker.