Emily's Oscar Picks

*Denotes my picks

Performance by an actor in a leading role

*Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote"
Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow"
Heath Ledger in "Brokeback Mountain"
Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line"
David Strathairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck."

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
George Clooney in "Syriana"
Matt Dillon in "Crash"
Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man"
*Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brokeback Mountain"
William Hurt in "A History of Violence"

Performance by an actress in a leading role

Judi Dench in "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
*Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica"
Keira Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice"
Charlize Theron in "North Country"
Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line"

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Amy Adams in "Junebug"
Catherine Keener in "Capote"
Frances McDormand in "North Country"
Rachel Weisz in "The Constant Gardener"
*Michelle Williams in "Brokeback Mountain"
 
Best animated feature film of the year
*"Howl's Moving Castle"
"Tim Burton's Corpse Bride"
"Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit"

Achievement in art direction

"Good Night, and Good Luck."
"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
"King Kong"
*"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Pride & Prejudice"

Achievement in cinematography

"Batman Begins"
*"Brokeback Mountain"
"Good Night, and Good Luck."
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"The New World"

Achievement in costume design

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
*"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Mrs. Henderson Presents"
"Pride & Prejudice"
"Walk the Line"

Achievement in directing

*"Brokeback Mountain" Ang Lee
"Capote" Bennett Miller
"Crash" Paul Haggis
"Good Night, and Good Luck." George Clooney
"Munich" Steven Spielberg

Best documentary feature

"Darwin's Nightmare"
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room"
*"March of the Penguins"
"Murderball"
"Street Fight"

Best documentary short subject

"The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty Dan Krauss of the Bang Bang Club"
*"God Sleeps in Rwanda"
"The Mushroom Club"
"A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson of Norman Corwin"

Achievement in film editing

"Cinderella Man"
*"The Constant Gardener"
"Crash"
"Munich"
"Walk the Line"

Best foreign language film of the year

"Don't Tell"
*"Joyeux Noël"
"Paradise Now"
"Sophie Scholl - The Final Days"
"Tsotsi"

Achievement in makeup

*"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"Cinderella Man"
"Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith"

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

"Brokeback Mountain"
"The Constant Gardener"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Munich"
*"Pride & Prejudice"

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
      
"In the Deep"
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"
*"Travelin' Thru"

Best motion picture of the year

*"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"Crash"
"Good Night, and Good Luck."
"Munich"

Best animated short film

*"Badgered"
"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined John Canemaker and Peggy Stern Conversation"
"The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello" 
"One Man Band"

Best live action short film

*"Ausreisser (The Runaway)"
"Cashback"
"The Last Farm"
"Our Time Is Up"
"Six Shooter"

Achievement in sound editing

"King Kong"
*"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"War of the Worlds"

Achievement in sound mixing

*"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"King Kong"
"Memoirs of a Geisha"
"Walk the Line"
"War of the Worlds"

Achievement in visual effects

*"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
"King Kong"
"War of the Worlds"

Adapted screenplay

*"Brokeback Mountain"
"Capote"
"The Constant Gardener"
"A History of Violence"
"Munich"

Original screenplay

"Crash"
*"Good Night, and Good Luck."
"Match Point"
"The Squid and the Whale"
"Syriana"