The full academy membership of about 5,800 is eligible to vote in all categories for the Oscars themselves. ABC will broadcast the Oscars live March 5 from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, with Jon Stewart as host. Filmmaker Robert Altman, who has been nominated five times for best director but has never won, will receive an honorary Oscar for a career that includes such films as 'M-A-S-H,' 'Nashville,' 'The Player' and 'Gosford Park.' List of 78th annual Academy Award nominations List of the 78th annual Oscar nominations announced today in Beverly Hills, California, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: 1. Best Picture: 'Brokeback Mountain,' 'Capote,' 'Crash,' 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' 'Munich.' 2. 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.' 3 Actress: Judi Dench, 'Mrs. Henderson Presents'; Felicity Huffman, 'Transamerica'; Keira Knightley, 'Pride & Prejudice'; Charlize Theron, 'North Country'; Reese Witherspoon, 'Walk the Line.' 4.
Supporting Actor: George Clooney, 'Syriana'; Matt Dillon, 'Crash'; Paul Giamatti, 'Cinderella Man'; Jake Gyllenhaal, 'Brokeback Mountain'; William Hurt, 'A History of Violence.' 5. Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, 'Junebug'; Catherine Keener, 'Capote'; Frances McDormand, 'North Country'; Rachel Weisz, 'The Constant Gardener'; Michelle Williams, ' Brokeback Mountain.' 6. Director: Ang Lee, 'Brokeback Mountain'; Bennett Miller, 'Capote'; Paul Haggis, 'Crash'; George Clooney, ' Good Night, and Good Luck'; Steven Spielberg, 'Munich.' 7. Foreign Film: 'Don't Tell,' Italy; 'Joyeux Noel,' France; 'Paradise Now,' Palestine; 'Sophie Scholl - The Final Days,' Germany; 'Tsotsi,' South Africa 8. Adapted Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, ' Brokeback Mountain'; Dan Futterman, 'Capote'; Jeffrey Caine, 'The Constant Gardener'; Josh Olson, 'A History of Violence'; Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, 'Munich.' 9. Original Screenplay: Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, 'Crash'; George Clooney and Grant Heslov, 'Good Night, and Good Luck'; Woody Allen, 'Match Point'; Noah Baumbach, 'The Squid and the Whale'; Stephen Gaghan, 'Syriana.' 10. But visitors see a lot sometimes.'The Right Stuff'In 1983, Philip Kaufman's remarkable, ironic view of the space programme did get a nomination for Best Picture, but not a nod for Kaufman's direction, which again mixed drama and adventure with comedy and ridicule in a way that American authority still finds tough to take.
It's a safe bet that the Academy will miss the film that is really addressing American issues.'Point Blank'You can say that 1967 was a pretty good year, with Mike Nichols' The Graduate, Richard Brooks' In Cold Blood and Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, but the neglect of Point Blank can only have come from the fact that the director, John Boorman, was English and visiting. In 1935, its acid tone was not to the Academy's taste, and they thought good riddance to Miss Dietrich, so the Oscar went to John Ford's creepily bad The Informer.'The Shop Around the Corner'One of the most exquisite, mature comedies ever made in Hollywood, with Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart. In 1940, Ernst Lubitsch (he never won the directing Oscar) was passed over and the prize went to John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath - not a bad film, but sad proof that in hard times the Academy prefers gravitas to comedy.'The Searchers'Lest I seem to be grinding an axe on John Ford's grizzled neck, let me note that when he did make his great film - in 1956, with John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Natalie Wood - the Academy took a snooze and gave its Oscar to George Stevens for James Dean's final film, Giant. It was 1944, and people were worried, but the Academy also ignored Preston Sturges's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Howard Hawks' To Have and Have Not and Vincente Minnelli's Meet Me in St Louis.'A History of Violence'I'm guessing, but I suspect that David Cronenberg's truly brilliant and beautiful film will give way this year to more politically correct subject matter.BEST DIRECTOR'The Devil Is a Woman'Josef von Sternberg's most sardonic treatment of love, and his last film with Marlene Dietrich. The Oscar went to a sentimental monstrosity, Going My Way, with Bing Crosby as a priest.
A dreary thing called Marty with Ernest Borgnine won and the other nominees were Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, Picnic, The Rose Tattoo and John Ford's Mister Roberts.'Laura'Overlooked in 1944, this is the Otto Preminger mystery with Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews and that great music (also ignored). Another nominee in 1948 was Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes (deserved) and by then America was seeing "red" too much.'The Night of the Hunter'Not only was it not nominated in 1955, Charles Laughton's directorial debut was slaughtered by most critics and abandoned by the public. That was a very classy job but don't doubt which one people are still watching. And remember, these are just the five that spring to my mind; anyone knowing a little film history will have alternatives. Let me stress this: these films are being nominated now for the first time.
