| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY |
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| The Aviator |
House of Flying Daggers |
Passion of the Christ |
Very Long Engage- ment |
Phantom of the Opera |
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| Robert Richardson |
Zhao Xiaoding |
Caleb Deschanel |
Bruno Delbonnel |
John Mathieson |
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| Blue and gold color scheme is very memorable. |
A consolation win due to Foreign Film snub? |
Best part of the movie, in my humble opinion. |
Inventive, but few have seen or talked about it. |
Was a shock to land here; probably won't win. |
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| BEST EDITING |
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| The Aviator |
Collateral |
Million Dollar Baby |
Ray |
Finding Neverland |
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| Thelma Schoonmaker |
Jim Miller & Paul Rubell |
Joel Cox |
Paul Hirsch |
Matt Chesse |
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| Edits all of Scorsese's work, and does a fine job. |
For that scene in the club, it may factor in the race. |
Well-known editor in the field who turned in solid work. |
Flashbacks are key to this story, as is music blending. |
Fantasy and reality mix, but don't count on a victory. |
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| BEST SCORE |
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| Finding Neverland |
Passion of the Christ |
Harry Potter 3 |
Lemony Snicket |
The Village |
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| Jan A.P. Kaczmarek |
John Debney |
John Williams |
Thomas Newman |
James N. Howard |
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| CLICK FOR SAMPLE |
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| BEST ART DIRECTION |
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| The Aviator |
Lemony Snicket |
Finding Neverland |
Very Long Engage- ment |
Phantom of the Opera |
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| D. Ferretti & F. Lo Schiavo |
R. Heinrichs & C. Carasik |
G. Jackson & T. Edwards |
Aline Bonetto |
A. Pratt & C. Bobak |
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| Restaging historical events in wondrous detail. |
The sets shout out at you with imagination and color. |
The climactic scene is a production designer's dream. |
Lots of flash, color, and movement in this one. |
Nope. The pic was a big dud at theaters. No chance. |
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| BEST COSTUME DESIGN |
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| The Aviator |
Ray |
Finding Neverland |
Lemony Snicket |
Troy |
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| Sandy Powell |
Sharen Davis |
Alexandra Byrne |
Colleen Atwood |
Bob Ringwood |
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| "The Aviator" has the most nods for a good reason. |
The '60s attire fit perfectly in this true story. |
Oscar voters love them British period pieces. |
About as creative as its production design. |
This movie had more clothing choices than plot. |
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| BEST MAKEUP |
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| Lemony Snicket |
The Sea Inside |
Passion of the Christ |
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| Valli O'Reilly & Bill Corso |
Jo Allen & Manuel Garcia |
K. Vanderlaan & C. Tinsley |
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| Jim Carrey played 3 very different characters. |
Aging a character is a good way to get recognized. |
Those bloody scars may give voters stigmata. |
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| BEST VISUAL EFFECTS |
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| Spider- Man 2 |
I, Robot |
Harry Potter 3 |
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| John Dykstra & Team |
John Nelson & Team |
Roger Guyett & Team |
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| Huge box office hit and critical favorite. A near-lock. |
This movie depended more on FX than the other titles. |
Fine choice, but where was "Sky Captain"? Too bad. |
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| BEST SOUND EDITING |
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| The Incredibles |
Spider- Man 2 |
Polar Express |
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| Mike Silvers & Randy Thom |
Paul Ottosson |
Den Leonard & Randy Thom |
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| It has the most noise, so voters may pick it for that. |
Why no Best Animated Feature nod? Bad sign. |
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| BEST SOUND MIXING |
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| Ray |
The Incredibles |
Spider- Man 2 |
The Aviator |
Polar Express |
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| Scott Millan & Team |
Randy Thom & Team |
Greg Russell & Team |
Petur Hliddal & Team |
Randy Thom & Team |
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| Could surprise, since the pic's about music. |
Putting sound to cartoons is definitely a difficult task. |
Voters may want to spread the wealth a little. |
It can't win in every category, though what a crash! |
Doesn't look like it's going to be a big player at the show. |
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| BEST ORIGINAL SONG |
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| Motorcycle Diaries |
Polar Express |
Phantom of the Opera |
Les Choristes |
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| Shrek 2 |
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| "Al Otro Lado del Rio" |
"Believe" |
"Learn to Be Lonely" |
"Look to Your Path" |
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| CLICK FOR SAMPLE |
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| CLICK FOR SAMPLE |
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| Moving but intrusive, it seems like Oscar bait to me. |
| Since the pic was in subtitles, the music mattered. |
| John Williams is inexplicably nominated every year. |
| I liked it, but the film didn't do super at the box office. |
| This was an unfairly scorned score also. Not bad. |
| 5 |
| With this category, no one really knows. A true toss-up. |
| Since it's a musical, this may be a more logical choice. |
| Songs not in English may have a tough time competing. |
| Songs not in English may have a tough time competing. |



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| Counting Crows were cool in 1994, but not now. |
| Cartoons can pull off victories here as well. Maybe. |