2005
The 77th Academy Awards | 2005
Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Honoring movies released in 2004
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Leading Role
Winner
Jamie Foxx
Ray
Nominees
Don Cheadle
Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp
Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio
The Aviator
Clint Eastwood
Million Dollar Baby
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Morgan Freeman
Million Dollar Baby
Nominees
Jamie Foxx
Collateral
Clive Owen
Closer
Alan Alda
The Aviator
Thomas Haden Church
Sideways
Actress in a Leading Role
Winner
Hilary Swank
Million Dollar Baby
Nominees
Annette Bening
Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton
Vera Drake
Kate Winslet
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Cate Blanchett
The Aviator
Nominees
Laura Linney
Kinsey
Virginia Madsen
Sideways
Sophie Okonedo
Hotel Rwanda
Natalie Portman
Closer
Animated Feature Film
Winner
The Incredibles
Brad Bird
Nominees
Shark Tale
Bill Damaschke
Shrek 2
Andrew Adamson
Best Picture
Winner
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg, Producers
Nominees
The Aviator
Michael Mann and Graham King, Producers
Finding Neverland
Richard N. Gladstein and Nellie Bellflower, Producers
Ray
Taylor Hackford, Stuart Benjamin and Howard Baldwin, Producers
Sideways
Michael London, Producer
Cinematography
Winner
The Aviator
Robert Richardson
Nominees
House of Flying Daggers
Zhao Xiaoding
The Passion of the Christ
Caleb Deschanel
The Phantom of the Opera
John Mathieson
A Very Long Engagement
Bruno Delbonnel
Costume Design
Winner
The Aviator
Sandy Powell
Nominees
Finding Neverland
Alexandra Byrne
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Colleen Atwood
Ray
Sharen Davis
Troy
Bob Ringwood
Directing
Winner
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood
Nominees
Ray
Taylor Hackford
Sideways
Alexander Payne
Vera Drake
Mike Leigh
The Aviator
Martin Scorsese
Film Editing
Winner
The Aviator
Thelma Schoonmaker
Nominees
Finding Neverland
Matt Chesse
Million Dollar Baby
Joel Cox
Ray
Paul Hirsch
Collateral
Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
Foreign Language Film
Winner
The Sea Inside
Spain
Nominees
As It Is in Heaven
Sweden
The Chorus (Les Choristes)
France
Downfall
Germany
Yesterday
South Africa
Sound Editing
Winner
The Incredibles
Michael Silvers and Randy Thom
Nominees
The Polar Express
Randy Thom and Dennis Leonard
Spider-Man 2
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Sound Mixing
Winner
Ray
Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer and Steve Cantamessa
Nominees
The Aviator
Tom Fleischman and Petur Hliddal
The Incredibles
Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo and Doc Kane
The Polar Express
Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands and William B. Kaplan
Spider-Man 2
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger
Visual Effects
Winner
Spider-Man 2
John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Frazier
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Roger Guyett, Tim Burke, John Richardson and Bill George
I, Robot
John Nelson, Andrew R. Jones, Erik Nash and Joe Letteri
Art Direction
Winner
The Aviator
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Nominees
Finding Neverland
Art Direction: Gemma Jackson; Set Decoration: Trisha Edwards
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Art Direction: Rick Heinrichs; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
The Phantom of the Opera
Art Direction: Anthony Pratt; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
A Very Long Engagement
Art Direction: Aline Bonetto
Music (Original Score)
Winner
Finding Neverland
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Nominees
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
John Williams
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Thomas Newman
The Passion of the Christ
John Debney
The Village
James Newton Howard
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman; Story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, & Pierre Bismuth
Nominees
The Aviator
Written by John Logan
Hotel Rwanda
Written by Keir Pearson & Terry George
The Incredibles
Written by Brad Bird
Vera Drake
Written by Mike Leigh
Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner
Mighty Times: The Children's March
Robert Hudson and Bobby Houston
Nominees
Autism Is a World
Gerardine Wurzburg
The Children of Leningradsky
Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski
Hardwood
Hubert Davis and Erin Faith Young
Sister Rose's Passion
Oren Jacoby and Steve Kalafer
Documentary (Feature)
Winner
Born into Brothels
Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Nominees
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Luigi Falorni and Byambasuren Davaa
Super Size Me
Morgan Spurlock
Tupac: Resurrection
Lauren Lazin and Karolyn Ali
Twist of Faith
Kirby Dick and Eddie Schmidt
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Winner
Roger Mayer
Short Film (Animated)
Winner
Ryan
Chris Landreth
Nominees
Birthday Boy
Sejong Park and Andrew Gregory
Gopher Broke
Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller
Guard Dog
Bill Plympton
Lorenzo
Mike Gabriel and Baker Bloodworth
Short Film (Live Action)
Winner
Wasp
Andrea Arnold
Nominees
Little Terrorist
Ashvin Kumar
Nacho Vigalondo
Two Cars, One Night
Taika Waititi and Ainsley Gardiner
Everything in This Country Must
Gary McKendry
Music (Original Song)
Winner
The Motorcycle Diaries
Music and Lyric by Jorge Drexler
Nominees
Shrek 2
Accidentally In Love in "Shrek 2" Music by Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley and David Bryson; Lyric by Adam Duritz and Daniel Vickrey
The Polar Express
Believe in "The Polar Express" Music and Lyric by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
The Phantom of the Opera
Learn To Be Lonely in "The Phantom of the Opera" Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyric by Charles Hart
The Chorus (Les Choristes)
Look To Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin) in "The Chorus (Les Choristes)" Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyric by Christophe Barratier
Makeup
Winner
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso
Nominees
The Passion of the Christ
Keith Vanderlaan and Christien Tinsley
The Sea Inside
The Sea Inside
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Winner
Sideways
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Nominees
Finding Neverland
Screenplay by David Magee
Million Dollar Baby
Screenplay by Paul Haggis
The Motorcycle Diaries
Screenplay by José Rivera
Before Sunset
Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, & Ethan Hawke; Story by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
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