:: Spotlight :: 2006 Academy Awards - winners
By: Carmine Pascuzzi
The 78th Academy Awards were announced recently.
Here is a complete list of winners.
BEST PICTURE
“Crash,” Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, producers
BEST ACTRESS
Reese Witherspoon, “Walk the Line”
BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rachel Weisz, “The Constant Gardener”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
George Clooney, “Syriana”
BEST DIRECTOR
Ang Lee, “Brokeback Mountain”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco, “Crash”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, “Brokeback Mountain”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Tsotsi” (South Africa)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Wallace & Grommit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” Nick Park and Steve Box
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Memoirs of a Geisha,” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Memoirs of a Geisha,” Dion Beebe
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Memoirs of a Geisha,” Colleen Atwood
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“March of the Penguins,” Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
“A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin,” Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
BEST FILM EDITING
“Crash,” Hughes Winborne
BEST MAKEUP
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Howard Berger and Tami Lane
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Brokeback Mountain,” Gustavo Santaolalla
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from “Hustle & Flow,” Music and Lyrics by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul Beauregard
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
“The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation,” John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
“Six Shooter,” Martin McDonagh
BEST SOUND EDITING
“King Kong,” Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
BEST SOUND MIXING
“King Kong,” Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“King Kong,” Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
HONORARY ACADEMY AWARD
Robert Altman
Pictures are courtesy of Wireimage/AP.
| | | Uma Thurman | Naomi Watts |
| | | Marc Anthony & Jennifer Lopez | Keira Knightley |
| | | Jessica Alba | Jennifer Garner |
| | | Hilary Swank | Heath Ledger & Michelle Williams |
| | | Diane Kruger | Charlize Theron |
| | | Ben Stiller | Amy Adams |
| | | Gustavo Santaolalla | Ang Lee |
| | | Jack Nicholson | Bobby Moresco & Paul Haggis |
| | | Rachel Weisz | Philip Seymour Hoffman & Reese Witherspoon |
| | | Three 6 Mafia | Pamela Anderson |
| | | Naomi Watts | Mischa Barton |
| | | Madonna | Jessica Alba |
| | | Carolina Kurkova | Brittany Murphy |
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