Oscar Picks

Here are my picks.



Best Picture:
*LOTR: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Best Director:
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Clint Eastwood, Mystic River
*Peter Jackson, LOTR: The Return of the King
Fernando Meirelles, City of God
Peter Weir, Master and Commander

Best Actor:
Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
Ben Kingsley, House of Sand & Fog
Jude Law, Cold Mountain
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
*Sean Penn, Mystic River


Best Actress:
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Whale Rider
Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give
Samantha Morton, In America
*Charlize Theron, Monster
Naomi Watts, 21 Grams

Best Supporting Actor:
Alec Baldwin, The Cooler
Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Djimon Hounsou, In America
*Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai

Best Supporting Actress:
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand & Fog
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Marcia Gay Harden, Mystic River
Holly Hunter, Thirteen
*Rene Zellweger, Cold Mountain

Best Original Screenplay:
The Barbarian Invasions
Dirty Pretty Things
Finding Nemo
In America
*Lost in Translation

Best Adapted Screenplay:
American Splendor
*City of God
LOTR: The Return of the King
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Barbarian Invasions
Evil
*The Twilight Samurai
Twin Sisters
Zelary

Best Animated Feature:
Brother Bear
*Finding Nemo
The Triplets of Belleville

Best Cinematography:
*City of God
Cold Mountain
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Master and Commander
Seabiscuit

Best Film Editing:
City of God
Cold Mountain
*LOTR: The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Seabiscuit

Best Sound:
The Last Samurai
*LOTR: The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean
Seabiscuit

Best Sound Editing:
Finding Nemo
*Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean

Best Original Score:
Big Fish, Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain, Gabriel Yared
Finding Nemo, Thomas Newman
House of Sand & Fog, James Horner
*LOTR: The Return of the King,
Howard Shore

Best Song:
*Into the West from LOTR: The Return of the King
A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow from The Mighty Wind
The Scarlet Tide from Cold Mountain
Belleville Rendezvous from The Triplets of Belleville
You Will Be My Ain True Love from Cold Mountain

Best Costume:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
*LOTR: The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Seabiscuit

Best Art Direction:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Last Samurai
*LOTR: The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Seabiscuit

Best Makeup:
*LOTR: The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean

Best Visual Effects:
*LOTR: The Return of the King
Master and Commander
Pirates of the Caribbean

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 Animated Short Film:
Boundin'
Destino
Gone Nutty
Harvie Krumpet
*Nibbles

Best Live Action Short Film:
Die Rote Jacke
*Most
Squash
(A)Torzija
Two Soldiers

18/24 ain't bad