And the nominees are...

[Mistwell]

Best Picture

CHICAGO (Miramax)

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line)

THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Achievement in Directing


CHICAGO (Miramax) Rob Marshall

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Martin Scorsese

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Stephen Daldry

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Roman Polanski

TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Pedro Almodóvar
Best Actor in a Leading Role


Adrien Brody in THE PIANIST (Focus Features)

Nicolas Cage in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Michael Caine in THE QUIET AMERICAN (Miramax and Intermedia)

Daniel Day-Lewis in GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax)

Jack Nicholson in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)
Best Supporting Actor


Chris Cooper in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Ed Harris in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Paul Newman in ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox)

John C. Reilly in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Christopher Walken in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks)
Best Actress in a Leading Role


Salma Hayek in FRIDA (Miramax)

Nicole Kidman in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Diane Lane in UNFAITHFUL (20th Century Fox)

Julianne Moore in FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features)

Renée Zellweger in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Best Supporting Actress


Kathy Bates in ABOUT SCHMIDT (New Line)

Julianne Moore in THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax)

Queen Latifah in CHICAGO (Miramax)

Meryl Streep in ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing)

Catherine Zeta-Jones in CHICAGO (Miramax)
Best Animated Feature Film


ICE AGE (20th Century Fox) Chris Wedge

LILO & STITCH (Buena Vista) Chris Sanders

SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON (DreamWorks) Jeffrey Katzenberg

SPIRITED AWAY (Buena Vista) Hayao Miyazaki

TREASURE PLANET (Buena Vista) Ron Clements
Best Adapted Screenplay


ABOUT A BOY (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Hedges and Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz

ADAPTATION (Sony Pictures Releasing) Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman

CHICAGO (Miramax) Screenplay by Bill Condon

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Screenplay by David Hare

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
Best Original Screenplay


FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Written by Todd Haynes

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Screenplay by Jay Cocks and Steve Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan
Story by Jay Cocks

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (IFC/Gold Circle Films) Written by Nia Vardalos

TALK TO HER (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Pedro Almodóvar

Y TU MAMÁ TAMBIÉN (IFC Films) Written by Carlos Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón
Best Foreign-Language Film


EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO - Mexico

HERO - People's Republic of China

THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST - Finland

NOWHERE IN AFRICA - Germany

ZUS & ZO - The Netherlands
Achievement in Art Direction


CHICAGO (Miramax) Art Direction: John Myhre
Set Decoration: Gord Sim

FRIDA (Miramax) Art Direction: Felipe Fernandez del Paso
Set Decoration: Hannia Robledo

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Art Direction: Dante Ferretti
Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Art Direction: Grant Major
Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Alan Lee

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Art Direction: Dennis Gassner
Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
Achievement in Cinematography


CHICAGO (Miramax) Dion Beebe

FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Edward Lachman

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Michael Ballhaus

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Pawel Edelman

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Conrad L. Hall
Achievement in Costume Design


CHICAGO (Miramax) Colleen Atwood

FRIDA (Miramax) Julie Weiss

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Sandy Powell

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Ann Roth

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Anna Sheppard
Best Documentary Feature


BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (United Artists and Alliance Atlantis)

DAUGHTER FROM DANANG (Balcony Releasing in association with Cowboy Pictures)

PRISONER OF PARADISE (Alliance Atlantis)

SPELLBOUND (THINKFilm)

WINGED MIGRATION (Sony Pictures Classics)
Documentary Short Subject


THE COLLECTOR OF BEDFORD STREET
An Alice Elliott Production

MIGHTY TIMES: THE LEGACY OF ROSA PARKS
A Tell the Truth Pictures Production

TWIN TOWERS
A Wolf Films/Shape Pictures/Universal/Mopo Entertainment Production

WHY CAN'T WE BE A FAMILY AGAIN?
A Public Policy Production
Best Film Editing


CHICAGO (Miramax) Martin Walsh

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Thelma Schoonmaker

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Peter Boyle

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Michael Horton

THE PIANIST (Focus Features) Hervé de Luze
Achievement in Makeup


FRIDA (Miramax) John Jackson and Beatrice De Alba

THE TIME MACHINE (DreamWorks and Warner Bros.) John M. Elliott, Jr. and Barbara Lorenz


Best Original Score


CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DreamWorks) John Williams

FAR FROM HEAVEN (Focus Features) Elmer Bernstein

FRIDA (Miramax) Elliot Goldenthal

THE HOURS (Paramount and Miramax) Philip Glass

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Thomas Newman


Original Song


"Burn It Blue" from FRIDA (Miramax) Music by Elliot Goldenthal, Lyrics by Julie Taymor

"Father and Daughter" from THE WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE (Paramount and Nickelodeon Movies) Music and Lyrics by Paul Simon

"The Hands That Built America" from GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Music and Lyrics by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen

"I Move On" from CHICAGO (Miramax) Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb

"Lose Yourself" from 8 MILE (Universal) Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto, Lyrics by Eminem


Best Animated Short Film


THE CATHEDRAL A Platige Image Production

THE CHUBBCHUBBS! (Columbia) A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production

DAS RAD A Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Production

MIKE'S NEW CAR (Buena Vista) A Pixar Animation Studios Production

MT. HEAD A Yamamura Animation Production
Live-Action Short Film


FAIT D'HIVER An Another Dimension of an Idea Production

I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE … (J'ATTENDRAI LE SUIVANT …) A La Boîte Production

INJA (DOG) An Australian Film TV & Radio School (AFTRS) Production

JOHNNY FLYNTON A Red Corner Production

THIS CHARMING MAN (DER ER EN YNDIG MAND) An M&M Productions for Novellefilm Production
Achievement in Sound


CHICAGO (Miramax) Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella and David Lee

GANGS OF NEW YORK (Miramax) Tom Fleischman, Eugene Gearty and Ivan Sharrock

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and John Patrick Pritchett

SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick


Achievement in Sound Editing


THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins

MINORITY REPORT (20th Century Fox and DreamWorks) Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

ROAD TO PERDITION (DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox) Scott A. Hecker
Best Visual Effects


THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (New Line) Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke

SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures Releasing) John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier

STAR WARS EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (20th Century Fox) Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow

 

[Zander]

Sadly, I think TTT will only win Best Visual Effects. I would like it to get more, but realistically, I don't think it will do much better than that.

 

[Paul_Klein]

It's nice to see The Time Machine and Star Wars Episode 2 getting nominations.

 

[Mark]

Is that from here?

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/nomineelist.html

Year three is the biggie...

 

[Chauzu]

I think the only awards TTT should win is Best Visual Effects and Sound/Sound Editing. Although I do think Gollum should have been nominated for an award. I don't think TTT should have gotten Best Picture.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Gangs of New York? Okay, sorry but someone needs to die!

 

[Mistwell]

I think this was a bad sign for the Two Towers. Peter Jackson did not get the nod, though a relatively unknown film did (Talk To Her). In my mind, that was an intentional jab. It may mean that the third movie will not get the best picture nod either.

Based on buzz here in Los Angeles, my guess is that The Hours will get best picture, though in my opinion it is far from the best picture. It's the safest pic of the bunch, and backed by the most folks in the "Traditional Hollywood" sector.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I will agree with The Hours. It has lesbians and emotional mumbo-jumbo up the wazoo. It is politically correct and the typical Oscar canidate.

As long as Chicago does not win. I saw Chicago this weekend and was anything but inspired. I was not a fan of the music, characters, dance scenes or story. It was well directed and Richard Giere did an excellent job and I am not usually a big fan of his. The format of the movie is music, 30-120 seconds of dialog, more boring song and dance, 30-120 seconds dialog, song and dance......

The best part of it was I only paid $12 for 2 tickets and not $180 for a live production.

IMO Moulon Rouge (I spelled it wrong) was a much better film. I just don't get the Chicago hype.

 

[Shadowdancer]

I think this was a bad sign for the Two Towers. Peter Jackson did not get the nod, though a relatively unknown film did (Talk To Her). In my mind, that was an intentional jab. It may mean that the third movie will not get the best picture nod either.

"Talk to Her" is not a relatively unknown film to the Academy members making the nominations. It was chosen on many critics' best of the year lists. It's director, Pedro Almodovar, is well-known and well-liked in the movie industry, and his movies are well respected. He was nominated as best director to make up for his film not being nominated as best foreign language film, a category he won two or three years ago. It couldn't be nominated because his home country, Spain, didn't submit it for consideration.

So Jackson basically got bumped from best director this year to make room for Almodovar. He was the one to get bumped because he was nominated in the category last year.

I think Jackson will be nominated for best director next year, and RotK will be nominated for best picture next year as well, unless Jackson just really botches the job. So far, all indications are he won't.

 

[Eternalknight]

Only 6 nominations? It's funny, all the film critics over here think it better than the first, yet it gets only half the nominations. It's a weird, weird world.