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(with my picks in bold)

Best Picture

LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
MASTER & COMMANDER (20th Century Fox)
MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
SEA BISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Directing

Fernando Meirelles for CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
Peter Jackson for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
Peter Weir for MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
Sofia Coppola for LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Clint Eastwood for MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)
Ben Kingsley in HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Jude Law in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actor

Alec Baldwin in THE COOLER (Lions Gate Films)
Benicio Del Toro in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)
Djimon Hounsou in IN AMERICA (Focus Features) (Unlikely, but my pick nevertheless)
Tim Robbins in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Ken Watanabe in LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Keisha Castle-Hughes in WHALE RIDER (Newmarket Films )
Diane Keaton in SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (Columbia Pictures )
Samantha Morton in IN AMERICA (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in MONSTER (Newmarket Films )
Naomi Watts in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress

Shohreh Aghdashloo in HOUSE OF SAND & FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Patricia Clarkson in PIECES OF APRIL (United Arists)
Marcia Gay Harden in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Holly Hunter in THIRTEEN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Renee Zellwegger in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)

Best Original Screenplay

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Miramax) by Denys Arcand
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (Miramax) by Steven Knight
FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar) by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
IN AMERICA (Focus Features) Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features) by Sofia Coppola

Best Adapted Screenplay

AMERICAN SPLENDOR by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
CITY OF GOD by Braulio Mantovani
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING by Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
MYSTIC RIVER by Brian Helgeland
SEABISCUIT by Gary Ross

Best Foreign-Language Film

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS - Canada
EVIL - Sweden
THE TWILIGHT SAMURI - Japan
TWIN SISTERS - The Netherlands
ZELARY - The Czech Republic

Best Animated Feature Film

BROTHER BEAR - Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
FINDING NEMO - Andrew Stanton
THE TRIPLETES OF BELLEVILLE- Sylvain Chomet

Achievement in Art Direction

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Cinematography
(I'm torn in this category)

CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Costume Design

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT (Probably won't win because not all the members of the Academy know the history behind racing silks)

Best Documentary Feature

BALSEROS
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
THE FOG OF WAR
MY ARCHITECT
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND (and no, it's not about weather)

Best Documentary Short

ASYLUM
CHERNOBYL HEART
FERRY TALES

Best Film Editing

CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT (But LOTR will probably take it)

Achievement in Makeup

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

Best Original Score

BIG FISH
COLD MOUNTAIN
FINDING NEMOG
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

Original Song

"Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND
"Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN
"The Triplets of Belleville"- THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

Best Animated Short Film

BOUNDIN'
DESTINO
GONE NUTTY
HARVIE KRUMPET
NIBBLES

Live-Action Short Film

DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
MOST (The Bridge)
SQUASH
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
TWO SOLDIERS

Achievement in Sound

THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Sound Editing

FINDING NEMO
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

Best Visual Effects

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

The return of the king in my estimation will not have problems getting the oscar for best picture.

Good picks there Duck.

I watched pirates of the carribean, and Im not all that impressed with it.. JMHO but it is not Oscar worthy, I had a really hard time trying to understand what Johnny Depp was saying half the time

I hope Charlize Theron wins... Im pretty sure she will be the first South African ever to win one if she does

Amanzi wrote:Good picks there Duck.

I watched pirates of the carribean, and Im not all that impressed with it.. JMHO but it is not Oscar worthy, I had a really hard time trying to understand what Johnny Depp was saying half the time

I hope Charlize Theron wins... Im pretty sure she will be the first South African ever to win one if she does

Thanks!

Yeah, POTC wasn't all that great. But it was cool to try to pick out references to the POTC ride at Disney World in the movie (like the guys dangling the keys at the dog). And the makeup was good.

Based on just what I've seen (her altered appearance and how much she looks like Wournos), I'd say Theron will certainly win. In most cases, when an actor gains or loses weight (Theron gained 25 lbs for the role) and when they play a real-life person as opposed to a character, the Oscars voters look highly on that. "Monster" is one of the few Oscar-nommed flicks I haven't seen yet because it's not playing down here near Galveston. It looks freaky. I saw the made-for-TV movie about Wournos and it was okay. She was quite an eerie, troubled individual.

Hopefully, they'll pronounce Theron's name right when she wins.

I am sad that Nicole Kidman wasn't nominated for her role in Cold Mountain.

wx247 wrote:I am sad that Nicole Kidman wasn't nominated for her role in Cold Mountain.

And Garrett I am surprised the cold mountain was not nominated for best picture.

(with my picks in bold)

Best Picture

LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
MASTER & COMMANDER (20th Century Fox)
MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
SEA BISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Directing

Fernando Meirelles for CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
Peter Jackson for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
Peter Weir for MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
Sofia Coppola for LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Clint Eastwood for MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)
Ben Kingsley in HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Jude Law in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actor

Alec Baldwin in THE COOLER (Lions Gate Films)
Benicio Del Toro in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)
Djimon Hounsou in IN AMERICA (Focus Features) (Unlikely, but my pick nevertheless)
Tim Robbins in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Ken Watanabe in LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Keisha Castle-Hughes in WHALE RIDER (Newmarket Films )
Diane Keaton in SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (Columbia Pictures )
Samantha Morton in IN AMERICA (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in MONSTER (Newmarket Films )
Naomi Watts in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress

Shohreh Aghdashloo in HOUSE OF SAND & FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Patricia Clarkson in PIECES OF APRIL (United Arists)
Marcia Gay Harden in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Holly Hunter in THIRTEEN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Renee Zellwegger in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)

Best Original Screenplay

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Miramax) by Denys Arcand
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (Miramax) by Steven Knight
FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar) by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
IN AMERICA (Focus Features) Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features) by Sofia Coppola

Best Adapted Screenplay

AMERICAN SPLENDOR by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
CITY OF GOD by Braulio Mantovani
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING by Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
MYSTIC RIVER by Brian Helgeland
SEABISCUIT by Gary Ross

Best Foreign-Language Film

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS - Canada
EVIL - Sweden
THE TWILIGHT SAMURI - Japan
TWIN SISTERS - The Netherlands
ZELARY - The Czech Republic

Best Animated Feature Film

BROTHER BEAR - Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
FINDING NEMO - Andrew Stanton
THE TRIPLETES OF BELLEVILLE- Sylvain Chomet

Achievement in Art Direction

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Cinematography
(I'm torn in this category)

CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Costume Design

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT (Probably won't win because not all the members of the Academy know the history behind racing silks)

Best Documentary Feature

BALSEROS
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
THE FOG OF WAR
MY ARCHITECT
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND (and no, it's not about weather)

Best Documentary Short

ASYLUM
CHERNOBYL HEART
FERRY TALES

Best Film Editing

CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT (But LOTR will probably take it)

Achievement in Makeup

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

Best Original Score

BIG FISH
COLD MOUNTAIN
FINDING NEMOG
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

Original Song

"Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND
"Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN
"The Triplets of Belleville"- THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

Best Animated Short Film

BOUNDIN'
DESTINO
GONE NUTTY
HARVIE KRUMPET
NIBBLES

Live-Action Short Film

DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
MOST (The Bridge)
SQUASH
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
TWO SOLDIERS

Achievement in Sound

THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Sound Editing

FINDING NEMO
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

Best Visual Effects

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

If there was an award for movie posters, this one would get my vote:

Very cool poster

Best Picture

LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
MASTER & COMMANDER (20th Century Fox)
MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
SEA BISCUIT (Universal Pictures)

Achievement in Directing

Fernando Meirelles for CITY OF GOD (Miramax)
Peter Jackson for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (New Line Cinema)
Peter Weir for MASTER & COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (20th Century Fox)
Sofia Coppola for LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Clint Eastwood for MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Johnny Depp in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (20th Century Fox)
Ben Kingsley in HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Jude Law in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)
Bill Murray in LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features)
Sean Penn in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actor

Alec Baldwin in THE COOLER (Lions Gate Films)
Benicio Del Toro in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)
Djimon Hounsou in IN AMERICA (Focus Features)
Tim Robbins in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Ken Watanabe in LAST SAMURAI (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Keisha Castle-Hughes in WHALE RIDER (Newmarket Films )
Diane Keaton in SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (Columbia Pictures )
Samantha Morton in IN AMERICA (Focus Features)
Charlize Theron in MONSTER (Newmarket Films )
Naomi Watts in 21 GRAMS (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actress

Shohreh Aghdashloo in HOUSE OF SAND & FOG (DreamWorks Pictures)
Patricia Clarkson in PIECES OF APRIL (United Arists)
Marcia Gay Harden in MYSTIC RIVER (Warner Bros.)
Holly Hunter in THIRTEEN (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Renee Zellwegger in COLD MOUNTAIN (Miramax)

Best Original Screenplay

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS (Miramax) by Denys Arcand
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS (Miramax) by Steven Knight
FINDING NEMO (Walt Disney Pixar) by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
IN AMERICA (Focus Features) Written by Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Focus Features) by Sofia Coppola

Best Adapted Screenplay

AMERICAN SPLENDOR by Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman
CITY OF GOD by Braulio Mantovani
LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING by Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson
MYSTIC RIVER by Brian Helgeland
SEABISCUIT by Gary Ross

Best Foreign-Language Film

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS - Canada
EVIL - Sweden
THE TWILIGHT SAMURI - Japan
TWIN SISTERS - The Netherlands
ZELARY - The Czech Republic ????????????????????????????

Best Animated Feature Film

BROTHER BEAR - Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker
FINDING NEMO - Andrew Stanton
THE TRIPLETES OF BELLEVILLE- Sylvain Chomet

Achievement in Art Direction

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Cinematography
(I'm torn in this category)

CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Costume Design

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT

Best Documentary Feature

BALSEROS
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
THE FOG OF WAR
MY ARCHITECT
THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND

Best Documentary Short

ASYLUM ?
CHERNOBYL HEART?
FERRY TALES ?

Best Film Editing

CITY OF GOD
COLD MOUNTAIN
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
SEABISCUIT (But LOTR will probably take it)

Achievement in Makeup

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

Best Original Score

BIG FISH
COLD MOUNTAIN
FINDING NEMOG
HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

Original Song

"Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
"A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" - A MIGHTY WIND
"Scarlet Tide" - COLD MOUNTAIN
"The Triplets of Belleville"- THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" - COLD MOUNTAIN

Best Animated Short Film

BOUNDIN'
DESTINO
GONE NUTTY
HARVIE KRUMPET
NIBBLES

Live-Action Short Film

DIE ROTE JACKE (The Red Jacket)
MOST (The Bridge)
SQUASH
(A) TORZIJA ([A] Torsion)
TWO SOLDIERS

Achievement in Sound

THE LAST SAMURAI
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
SEABISCUIT

Achievement in Sound Editing

FINDING NEMO
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

Best Visual Effects

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL