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Producers Guild Winner
January 23, 2005
The Producers Guild of America, often an important barometer of Oscar sentiment, on Saturday night named The Aviator, director Martin Scorsese’s film biography of billionaire Howard Hughes, best film of 2004.
Cinema Audio Society Nominations
January 21, 2005
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing - Motion Pictures
The Aviator
The Bourne Supremacy
Finding Neverland
Ray
Spider-Man 2
American Cinema Editors Nominations
January 14, 2005
The Aviator, Thelma Schoonmaker
Collateral, Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
Finding Neverland, Matt Chesse
Kill Bill Vol.2, Sally Menke
Kinsey, Virginia Katz
Million Dollar Baby, Joel Cox
Comedy/Musical Film
De-lovely, Julie Monroe
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdis Oskarsdottir
The Incredibles, Stephen Schaffer
Ray, Paul Hirsch
Sideways, Kevin Tent
Art Directors Guild Nominations
January 14, 2005
Best Production Design - Feature Film Period/Fantasy
The Aviator - Dante Ferretti
Finding Neverland - Gemma Jackson
The Incredibles - Lou Romano
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Rick Heinrichs
The Phantom of the Opera - Anthony Pratt
Best Production Design - Feature Film Contemporary
Collateral - David Wasco
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Dan Leigh
The Life Aquatic - Mark Friedberg
Million Dollar Baby - Henry Bumstead
The Terminal - Alex McDowell
Writers Guild Nominations
January 14, 2005
Adapted Screenplay
Before Sunset, Adapted by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Kim Krizan
Mean Girls, Adapted by Tina Fey
Million Dollar Baby, Adapted Paul Haggis
The Motorcycle Diaries, Adapted by Jose Rivera
Sideways, Adapted by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Original Screenplay
The Aviator, Written by John Logan
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Written by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
Garden State, Written by Zach Braff
Hotel Rwanda, Written by Keir Pearson and Terry George
Kinsey, Written by Bill Condon
American Society of Cinematographers
January 13, 2005
Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron, Collateral
Caleb Deschanel, The Passion of the Christ
Bruno Delbonnel, A Very Long Engagement
Pawel Edelman, Ray
Robert Richardson, The Aviator
Screen Actors Guild Nominations
January 11, 2005
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Lead Actor
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Lead Actress
Annette Bening - Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Supporting Actor
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
James Garner - The Notebook
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Cloris Leachman - Spanglish
Laura Linney - Kinsey
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Sophie Okonedo - Hotel Rwanda
Best Ensemble
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways
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Broadcast Film Critics Association Winners
January 11, 2005
BEST PICTURE - Winner, Sideways - 41 votes
Runners up: The Aviator - 37 votes / Million Dollar Baby - 20 votes / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 14 votes / Ray - 14 votes / Finding Neverland - 10 votes / Hotel Rwanda - 10 votes / The Phantom of the Opera - 5 votes / Collateral - 3 votes / Kinsey - 2 votes
BEST ACTOR - Winner, Jamie Foxx - Ray - 80 votes
Runners up: Paul Giamatti - Sideways - 19 votes / Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda - 17 votes / Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside - 14 votes / Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland - 13 votes / Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator - 13 votes
BEST ACTRESS - Winner, Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby - 56 votes
Runners up: Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake - 39 votes / Annette Bening - Being Julia - 20 votes / Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Volume 2 - 19 votes / Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 15 votes / Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace - 6 votes
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Winner, Thomas Haden Church - Sideways - 57 votes
Runners up: Clive Owen - Closer - 34 votes / Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby - 33 votes / Jamie Foxx - Collateral - 29 votes / Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey - 3 votes
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Winner, Virginia Madsen - Sideways - 55 votes
Runners up: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator - 51 votes / Natalie Portman - Closer - 21 votes / Laura Linney - Kinsey - 19 votes / Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland - 9 votes
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE - Winner, Sideways - 96 votes
Runners up: Closer - 34 votes / The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou - 17 votes / Ocean's Twelve - 7 votes
BEST DIRECTOR - Winner, Martin Scorsese - The Aviator - 69 votes
Runners up: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby - 31 votes / Alexander Payne - Sideways - 29 votes / Taylor Hackford - Ray - 17 votes / Marc Forster - Finding Neverland - 9 votes
BEST WRITER - Winner, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor - Sideways - 67 votes
Runners up: Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - 50 votes / David Magee - Finding Neverland - 18 votes / John Logan - The Aviator - 13 votes / Bill Condon - Kinsey - 8 votes
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - Winner, The Incredibles - 109 votes
Runners up: Shrek 2 - 29 votes / The Polar Express - 18 votes
BEST YOUNG ACTOR - Winner, Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland - 99 votes
Runners up: Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 25 votes / Cameron Bright - Birth - 12 votes / William Ullrich - Beyond The Sea - 10 votes / Liam Aiken - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - 9 votes
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS - Winner, Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera - 65 votes
Runners up: Dakota Fanning - Man on Fire - 49 votes / Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 18 votes / Lindsay Lohan - Mean Girls - 14 votes / Emily Browning - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - 8 votes
BEST POPULAR MOVIE - Winner, Spider-Man 2 - 55 votes
Runners up: The Passion of the Christ - 31 votes / The Incredibles - 29 votes / The Bourne Supremacy - 20 votes / Napoleon Dynamite - 20 votes
BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION) - Winner, Finding Neverland - 69 votes
Runners up: Spider-Man 2 - 32 votes / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 20 votes / Miracle - 20 votes / Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - 13 votes
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Winner, Fahrenheit 9/11 - 84 votes
Runners up: Super Size Me - 31 votes / Metallica: Some Kind of Monster - 22 votes / Control Room - 14 votes
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - Winner, The Sea Inside - 40 votes
Runners up: A Very Long Engagement - 34 votes / The Motorcycle Diaries - 32 votes / Maria Full of Grace - 28 votes / House of Flying Daggers - 19 votes
BEST SONG - Winner, "Old Habits Die Hard", Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart - Alfie - 62 votes
Runners up: "Accidentally in Love", Counting Crows - Shrek 2 - 45 votes / "Believe", Josh Groban - The Polar Express - 35 votes
BEST SOUNDTRACK - Winner, Ray - 55 votes
Runners up: De-Lovely - 35 votes / Garden State - 30 votes / Beyond The Sea - 21 votes / Alfie - 12 votes
BEST COMPOSER - Winner, Howard Shore - The Aviator - 69 votes
Runners up: Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles - 42 votes / Rolfe Kent - Sideways
Online Film Critics Society Winners
January 10, 2005
Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Director: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actor: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Actress: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Cinematography: Hero, Christopher Doyle
editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Original Score: The Incredibles, Michael Giacchino
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore
Foreign Language Film: Hero, China
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff, Garden State
Breakthrough Performance: Catalina Sandrino Morengo, Maria Full of Grace
People's Choice Awards
January 10, 2005
Favorite Motion Picture: Fahrenheit 9/11
Favorite Motion Picture Actor: Johnny Depp
Favorite Motion Picture Actress: Julia Roberts
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture: The Passion of the Christ
Favorite Comedy Motion Picture: Shrek 2
Favorite Animated Motion Picture: Shrek 2
Favorite Sequel: Shrek 2
Favorite Male Action Movie Star: Will Smith
Favorite Female Action Movie Star: Angelina Jolie
Favorite Leading Man: Brad Pitt
Favorite Leading Lady: Renee Zellweger
Favorite Animated Movie Star: Donkey from Shrek 2 (voiced by Eddie Murphy)
National Society of Film Critics
January 9, 2005
Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
2. Sideways
3. Before Sunset
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray & Collateral
2. Paul Giamatti, Sideways
3. Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake & Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
3. Julie Delpy - Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
2. Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
3. Peter Sarsgaard, Kinsey
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
2. Cate Blanchett, The Aviator & Coffee and Cigarettes
3. Laura Linney, Kinsey
Best Director: Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers & Hero
2. Alexander Payne - Sideways
3. Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign Film: Moolaade, by Ousmane Sembene
2. House of Flying Daggers, by Zhang Yimou
3. Notre Musique, by Jean-Luc Godard
Best Non-Fiction Film: Tarnation, by Jonathan Caouette
2. Story of the Weeping Camel - Davaa Myambasuren, Luigi Falorni
3. Bright Leaves - Ross McElwee
Best Screenplay: Sideways, by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Charlie Kaufman
3. Before Sunset, by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
Best Cinematography: House of Flying Daggers - Xiaoding Zhao
2. Hero - Christopher Doyle
3. Collateral - Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron
Special Citation: Richard Schickel, Brian Jamieson for reconstruction of "The Big Red One"
Film Heritage Awards (to new DVD's)
The Leopard
John Cassavetes - Five Films
Fritz Lang Epic Collection and M
More Treasures from the American Film Archives
Entertainment Weekly's Prediction
January 9, 2005
Every year EW publishes a very accurate Oscar prediction. Their annual 'For Your Considerations' are worth 1 point in my formula.
This year's 'For Your Considerations' were:
Picture: Maria Full of Grace
Director: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actor: Jeff Bridges, The Door in the Floor
Actress: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Supporting Actor: James Garner, The Notebook
Supporting Actress: Sharon Warren, Ray
Original Screenplay: Imaginary Heroes
Adapted Screenplay: Friday Night Lights
Directors Guild Nominees
January 5, 2005
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford, Ray
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Producers Guild Nominees
January 5, 2005
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
The Incredibles
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
Costume Designers Guild Nominees
January 4, 2005
Best Costume Design - Feature Film Period/Fantasy
The Aviator, designed by Sandy Powell
De-Lovely, designed by Janty Yates
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, designed by Colleen Atwood
The Phantom of the Opera, designed by Alexandra Byrne
Ray, designed by Sharen Davis
Best Costume Design - Feature Film Contemporary
Alfie, designed by Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, designed by Melissa Toth
Kill Bill Vol. 2, designed by Catherine Thomas
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, designed by Milena Canonero
Ocean's Twelve, designed by Milena Canonero
Dallas - Forth Worth Film Critics Association
January 4, 2005
1. Million Dollar Baby
2. Sideways
3. Finding Neverland
4. The Aviator
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Ray
7. Kinsey
8. The Incredibles
9. A Very Long Engagement
10. Hotel Rwanda
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Best Foreign-Language Film: A Very Long Engagement
Best Animated Film: The Incredibles
Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Russell Smith Award: Maria Full of Grace
Online Film Critics Society Nominations
January 4, 2005
BEST PICTURE
Before Sunset
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
The Incredibles
Sideways
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Zhang Yimou, Hero
BEST ACTOR
Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
BEST ACTRESS
Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Volume 2
Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
David Carradine, Kill Bill Volume 2
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Clive Owen, Closer
Peter Sarsgaard, Kinsey
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Natalie Portman, Closer
Sharon Warren, Ray
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
Garden State, by Zach Braff
The Incredibles, by Brad Bird
Kill Bill Volume 2, by Quentin Tarantino
Shaun of the Dead, by Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Before Sunset, by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke
Closer, by Patrick Mauber
Million Dollar Baby, by Paul Haggis
The Motorcycle Diaries, by Jose Rivera
Sideways, by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Aviator, Robert Richardson
Collateral, Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Ellen Kuras
Hero, Christopher Doyle
House of Flying Daggers, Xiaoding Zhao
BEST EDITING
The Aviator, Thelma Schoonmaker
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Hero, Angie Lam and Vincent Lee and Ru Zhai
House of Flying Daggers, Long Cheng
Kill Bill Volume 2, Sally Menke
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Aviator, Howard Shore
Birth, Alexandre Desplat
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jon Brion
Hero, Tan Dun
The Incredibles, Michael Giacchino
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Control Room, Jehane Noujaim
Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock
Touching the Void, Kevin Macdonald
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE (NON-ENGLISH) FILM
Hero, China
House of Flying Daggers, China
Maria Full of Grace, United States / Colombia
The Motorcycle Diaries, United States / Germany / United Kingdom / Argentina /
Chile / Peru
A Very Long Engagement, France
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Shrek 2
Team America: World Police
BEST BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Zach Braff, Garden State
Kerry Conran, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite
Joshua Marston, Maria Full of Grace
Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Zach Braff, Garden State
Bryce Dallas Howard, The Village
Jon Heder, Napoleon Dynamite
Catalina Sandrino Morengo, Maria Full of Grace
Emmy Rossum, The Phantom of the Opera
San Diego Film Critics Society
December 22, 2004
Picture: Vera Drake
Actor: Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Phil Davis, Vera Drake
Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman, Closer
Director: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Original Screenplay: Vera Drake, by Mike Leigh
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Foreign-Language Film: The Sea Inside, by Alejandro Amenabar
Cinematography: Hero, by Christopher Doyle & The Phantom of the Opera, by John Mathieson
Production Design: The Aviator, by Dante Ferretti
Editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Valdis Oskarsdottir
Animated Film: The Incredibles, by Brad Bird
Documentary: Tarnation, by Jonathan Caouette
Body Of Work: Don Cheadle
Florida Film Critics Circle
December 21, 2004
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray
Actress: Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Supporting Actress: Laura Linney, Kinsey
Director: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Screenplay: Sideways, Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Foreign Language Film: A Very Long Engagement
Pauline Kael Award for Newcomer of the Year: Zach Braff, Garden State
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Southeastern Film Critics Association
December 20, 2004
SEFCA Top 10:
1. Sideways
2. Million Dollar Baby
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Kinsey
5. The Incredibles
6. Finding Neverland
7. Ray
8. The Aviator
9. Hotel Rwanda
10. Before Sunset
Director: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray
Actress: Annette Bening, Being Julia
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, by Charlie Kaufman
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Foreign-language Film: Maria Full of Grace
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Chicago Film Critics Awards
December 20, 2004
In the experiment only the nominations were calculated. Since there were no nominations announced this year, this award will not be used in the experiment.
Best Picture: Sideways
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Hayden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Screenplay: Sideways, by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Best Foreign-Language Film: A Very Long Engagement (France)
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Hero & Robert Richardson, The Aviator
Best Original Score: The Aviator, by Howard Shore
Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Most Promising Performer: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Most Promising Filmmaker: Zach Braff, Garden State
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
December 15, 2004
Best Picture
The Aviator
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby
The Phantom of the Opera
Ray
Sideways
Best Actor
Javier Bardem - The Sea Inside
Don Cheadle - Hotel Rwanda
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
Jamie Foxx - Ray
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Best Actress
Annette Bening - Being Julia
Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton - Vera Drake
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
Uma Thurman - Kill Bill: Volume 2
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Jamie Foxx - Collateral
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
Clive Owen - Closer
Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
Best Supporting Actress
Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
Laura Linney - Kinsey
Virginia Madsen - Sideways
Natalie Portman - Closer
Kate Winslet - Finding Neverland
Best Acting Ensemble
Closer
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Ocean's Twelve
Sideways
Best Director
Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
Marc Forster - Finding Neverland
Taylor Hackford - Ray
Alexander Payne - Sideways
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
Best Writer
Bill Condon - Kinsey
Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
John Logan - The Aviator
David Magee - Finding Neverland
Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor - Sideways
Best Animated Feature
The Incredibles
The Polar Express
Shrek 2
Best Young Actor
Liam Aiken - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Cameron Bright - Birth
Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
William Ullrich - Beyond The Sea
Best Young Actress
Emily Browning - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Dakota Fanning - Man on Fire
Lindsay Lohan - Mean Girls
Emmy Rossum - The Phantom of the Opera
Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Best Popular Movie
The Bourne Supremacy
The Incredibles
Napoleon Dynamite
The Passion of the Christ
Spider-Man 2
Best Family Film (live action)
Finding Neverland
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Miracle
Spider-Man 2
Best Documentary Feature
Control Room
Fahrenheit 9/11
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Super Size Me
Best Foreign Language Film
House of Flying Daggers
Maria Full of Grace
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Sea Inside
A Very Long Engagement
Best Song
"Accidentally in Love", Counting Crows - Shrek 2
"Believe", Josh Groban - The Polar Express
"Old Habits Die Hard", Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart - Alfie
Best Soundtrack
Alfie
Beyond The Sea
De-Lovely
Garden State
Ray
Best Composer
Michael Giacchino - The Incredibles
Rolfe Kent - Sideways
Howard Shore - The Aviator
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
December 14, 2004
Picture: Sideways
(RU - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
(RU - Zhang Yimou, Hero & House of Flying Daggers)
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
(RU - Jamie Foxx, Ray)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
(RU - Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Best Supporting Actor: Clive Owen, Closer
(RU - Thomas Haden Church, Sideways)
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
(RU - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Hero
Best First Film: Maria Full of Grace, directed by Joshua Marston
Best Foreign Film: Bad Education, directed by Pedro Almodovar
Best Non-Fiction Film: Fahrenheit 9/11, directed by Michael Moore
(RU - Tarnation)
Best Animation: The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
December 12, 2004
Picture
Sideways
(RU - Million Dollar Baby)
Director
Alexander Payne, Sideways
(RU - Martin Scorsese, The Aviator)
Actor
Liam Neeson, Kinsey
(RU - Paul Giamatti, Sideways)
Actress
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
(RU - Julie Delpy, Before Sunset)
Supporting Actor
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
(RU - Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby)
Supporting Actress
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
(RU - Cate Blanchett, Coffee & Cigarettes & The Aviator)
Screenplay
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways
(RU - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, directed by Zhang Yimou
Animation: The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird
Non-Fiction Film: Born into Brothels, directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
Cinematography: Dion Beebe & Paul Cameron, Collateral
Production Design: Dante Ferretti, The Aviator
Music Score: Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: "Star-Spangled to Death" by Ken Jacobs
Special Citation: Brian Jamieson and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller's "The Big Red One"
New Generation Award: Joshua Marston and Catalina Sandino Moreno for "Maria Full of Grace"
Career Achievement: Jerry Lewis
European Film Awards
December 5, 2004
Film: Head On, by Fatih Akin
Director: Alejandro Amenábar, The Sea Inside
Actor: Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Screenplay: Look at Me, Agnès Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri
Cinematography: Girl With a Pearl Earring, Eduardo Serra
Score: The Chorus, Bruno Coulais
Discovery Award: Stolen Childhood, by Andrea & Antonio Frazzi
Non-European Film: 2046, by Wong Kar-Wai
Documentary: Darwin's Nightmare, by Hubert Sauper
Fipresci Award: Trilogy – The Weeping Meadow, by Theo Angelopoulos
Achievement in World Cinema: Liv Ullmann
Lifetime Achievement Award: Carlos Saura
The People’s Choice Awards
(voted for by movie fans across Europe)
Best Director: Fatih Akin, Head On
Best Actor: Daniel Brühl, Love In Thoughts
Best Actress: Penelope Cruz, Don't Move
People's Choice Award Nominees
December 5, 2004
The People's Choice Awards have added new categories to the upcoming ceremony, including favorite movies, favorite smile and favorite cartoon star.
The winner of only one category will get 1.5 points in the experiment: Favorite movie.
CBS will broadcast the ceremony from 9-11 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 9. Live in the East, it will be delayed in the West.
The film nominees:
Favorite movie: "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Fahrenheit 9/11," "The Incredibles," "Shrek 2" and "Spider-Man 2."
Favorite drama: "The Bourne Supremacy," "Collateral," "Finding Neverland," "The Passion of the Christ" and "Ray."
Favorite comedy: "13 Going on 30," "Anchorman," "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," "Mean Girls," "Shrek 2."
Favorite sequel: "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," "Shrek 2" and "Spider-Man 2."
Favorite animated movie: "The Incredibles," "The Polar Express," "Shrek 2," "SpongeBob Squarepants: The Movie" and "Team America: World Police."
Favorite film villain: Bill in "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," played by David Carradine; Doc Ock in "Spider-Man 2," played by Alfred Molina; Elle Driver in "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," played by Daryl Hannah; The Fairy Godmother, "Shrek 2," voiced by Jennifer Saunders; Sirius Black in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," played by Gary Oldman.
Favorite cartoon star: Donkey in "Shrek 2," Elastigirl in "The Incredibles," Frozone in "The Incredibles," Puss in Boots in "Shrek 2" and Shrek in "Shrek 2."
Male movie star: George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington.
Female movie star: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon.
Female action movie star: Kate Beckinsale, Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley, Uma Thurman.
Male action movie star: Matt Damon, Hugh Jackman, Tobey Maguire, Viggo Mortensen, Will Smith.
Leading man: Zach Braff, Jim Carrey, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Brad Pitt.
Leading lady: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Garner, Natalie Portman, Kate Winslet, Renee Zellweger.
Favorite on-screen chemistry: Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in "50 First Dates," Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp in "Finding Neverland," Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man 2" and Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in "Starsky and Hutch."
National Board of Review Awards
December 1, 2004
NBR's Top 10 Movies for 2004
1. Finding Neverland
2. The Aviator
3. Closer
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. Sideways
6. Kinsey
7. Vera Drake
8. Ray
9. Collateral
10. Hotel Rwanda
Top 5 Foreign Movies
1. The Sea Inside
2. Bad Education
3. Maria Full of Grace
4. Les Choristes
5. The Motorcycle Diaries
Best Director: Michael Mann, Collateral
Best Actor: Jamie Fox, Ray
Best Actress: Annette Bening, Being Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney, Kinsey
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman
Outstanding Production Design: House of Flying Daggers, Tingxiao Huo
Outstanding Film Music Composition: Finding Neverland, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Best Ensemble: Closer
Best Documentary: Born into Brothels
Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Special Awards
Career Achievement: Jeff Bridges
Breakthrough Performances: Topher Grace, In Good Company and P.S. & Emmy Rossum, The Phantom of the Opera
Directorial Debut: Zach Braff, Garden State
Special Filmmaking Achievement: Clint Eastwood, for producing, directing, acting, and composing the score of Million Dollar Baby
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing: Milos Forman
William K. Everson Award for Film History : Richard Schickel
Producers Award: Jerry Bruckheimer
Special Recognition of Films that Reflect the Freedom of Expression: Fahrenheit 9/11, The Passion of the Christ, Conspiracy of Silence
Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Before Sunset, The Door in the Floor, Enduring Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Facing Windows, Garden State, A Home at the End of the World, Imaginary Heroes, Since Otar Left, Stage Beauty, Undertow, The Woodsman
European Film Award Nominees
November 15, 2004
The winners of the European Film Awards 2004 will be announced at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Barcelona on December 11.
European Film 2004
A Hole in My Heart, Sweden/Denmark
Head-On, Germany
Bad Education, Spain
The Chorus, France/Switzerland
The Sea Inside, Spain/France/Italy
Vera Drake, Uk/France
European Director
Fatih Akin, Head-On
Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
Alejandro Amenábar, The Sea Inside
Theo Angelopoulos, Trilogy - The Weeping Meadow
Nimròd Antal, Kontroll
Agnes Jaoui, Look At Me
European Actress
Sarah Adler, Notre Musique
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, 5 X 2
Penelope Cruz, Don't Move
Sibel Kekilli, Head-On
Asi Levi, Avanim
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
European Actor
Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
Daniel Brühl, The Edukators
Bruno Ganz, Downfall
Gerard Jugnot, The Chorus
Bogdan Stupka, Our Own
Birol Ünel, Head-On
European Screenwriter
Fatih Akin, Head-On
Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
Alejandro Amenábar & Mateo Gil, The Sea Inside
Jean-Luc Godard, Notre Musique
Agnes Jaoui & Jean-Pierre Bacri, Look At Me
Paul Laverty, Ae Fond Kiss
European Cinematographer
Javier Aguirresarobe, The Sea Inside
José Luis Alcaine, Bad Education
Lajos Koltai, Being Julia
Alwin Kuchler & Marcel Zyskind, Code 46
Eduardo Serra, Girl With A Pearl Earring
Andreas Sinanos, Trilogy -The Weaping Meadow
European Composer
Bruno Coulais, The Chorus
Alexandre Desplat, Girl With A Pearl Earring
The Free Association, Code 46
Alberto Iglesias, Bad Education & Take My Eyes
Eleni Karaindrou, Trilogy - The Weaping Meadow
Stephen Warbeck, The Alzheimer Case
European Film Academy Discovery 2004 - Prix Fassbinder
Brodeuses (A Common Thread) By Eléonore Faucher
Certi Bambini (Stolen Childhood) By Andrea & Antonio Frazzi
Kroko By Sylke Enders
Or (Mon Trésor) By Keren Yedaya
Ta Divna Splitska Noc (A Wonderful Night In Split) By Arsen Anton Ostojic
Vremya Zhatvy (Harvest Time) By Marina Razbezhkina
Documentary - Prix Arte: Darwin's Nightmare (winner)
Non-European Film - Prix Screen International
2046, by Wong Kar-Wai
3-Iron, by Kim Ki-Duk
The Motorcycle Diaries, by Walter Salles
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, by Michel Gondry
Fahrenheit 9/11, by Michael Moore
Maria Full Of Grace, by Joshua Marston
Moolaade, by Ousmane Sembene
Old Boy, by Park Chanwook
House Of Flying Daggers, by Zhang Yimou
Toronto International Film Festival Winners
September 20, 2004
The 29th annual Toronto International Film Festival ran September 9 - 18, 2004. The opening film for the festival was Being Julia, directed by István Szabó. The closing film was Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, directed by Martin Short.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: Hotel Rwanda, by Terry George
DISCOVERY AWARD: Omagh, by Pete Travis
FIPRESCI Award: In My Father's Den, by Brad McGann
Best Canadian Feature: It's All Gone Pete Tong, by Michael Dowse
Best Canadian First Feature: La peau blanche, by Daniel Roby
Venice Film Festival Winners
September 12, 2004
The 61st annual Venice Film Festival ran September 1 - 11, 2004.
The opening film for the festival was The Terminal, directed by Steven Spielberg.
John Boorman was president of the jury.
GOLDEN LION - Vera Drake, by Mike leigh
GRAND JURY PIZE - The Sea Inside, by Alejandro Amenábar
BEST DIRECTOR - Kim Ki-duk, 3-iron
BEST ACTOR - Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
BEST ACTRESS - Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
BEST CONTRIBUTION - Studio Ghibli (studio), for Howl's Moving Castle, by Hayao Miyazaki
BEST NEW TALENT - Marco Luisi & Tommaso Ramenghi in Lavorare con lentezza, by Guido Chiesa
Cannes Film Festival Winners
May 23, 2004
The 57th annual Cannes Film Festival ran May 12 - 23, 2004.
The opening film for the festival was Bad Education, directed by Pedro Almodovar. The closing film was De-Lovely, directed by Irwin Winkler.
Quentin Tarantino was president of the jury.
Feature Films
PALME D'OR - Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore
GRAND PRIZE - Old Boy, Park Chan-Wook
BEST ACTOR - Yuuya Yagira, Nobody Knows (Yagira is 14 years old)
BEST ACTRESS - Maggie Cheung, Clean
BEST DIRECTOR - Tony Gatlif, Exils
BEST SCREENPLAY - Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, Comme une Image
JURY PRIZE - actress Irma P. Hall for The Lady Killers and director Apichatpong Weerasethakul for Tropical Malady
CAMERA D'OR - Or, Keren Yedaya
Berlin Film Festival Winners
February 15, 2004
The 54th annual Berlin International Film Festival ran February 5 - 15, 2004.
The opening film for the festival was Cold Mountain, directed by Anthony Minghella. The closing film was 25° en hiver, directed by Stéphane Vuillet.
Francis McDormand was president of the jury.
Golden Bear - Head-On by Fatih Akin
Jury Grand Prix - Lost Embrace by Daniel Burman
Best Director - Kim Ki-Duk, Samaritan Girl
Best Actor - Daniel Hendler, Lost Embrace
Best Actress - Charlize Theron, Monster and Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full Of Grace
Best Film Music - Majoly, Serge Fiori, Mamadou Diabate for Madame Brouette
Best European Film - Daybreak, by Bjorn Runge
Artistic Achievement - The acting ensemble of the film Daybreak, by Bjorn Runge
Sundance Film Festival Winners
January 26, 2004
The 26th annual Sundance Film Festival ran January 15 - 25 2004, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The opening film for the festival in Salt Lake City was Edge of America, directed by Chris Eyre. The 2004 Dramatic Competition Jury was Lisa Cholodenko, Frederick Elmes, Danny Glover, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Ted Hope.
Grand Jury Prize - Primer, directed by Shane Carruth
Best Director - Debra Granik, Down to the Bone
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Larry Gross, We Don't Live Here Anymore
Special Jury Prizes for for Emotional Truth - Brother to Brother, directed by Rodney Evans
Special Jury Prize for Acting - Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Best Cinematography - Nancy Schreiber, November
Audience Award - Maria Full of Grace, directed by Joshua Marston
The World Cinema Audience Award - Seducing Doctor Lewis, directed by Jean-François Pouliot
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