The nominees were announced Tuesday, January 31 at 8:30PM Manila Time by Academy President, Sid Ganis and Oscar winner, Mira Sorvino.
The gay cowboy drama, "Brokeback Mountain" topped the nomination list with eight nods by the Academy including Best Picture. Other contenders in the Best Picture slot are "Capote", "Crash", "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "Munich". It's a sort-of a surpise for "Munich" to appear in the list since it's not one of the talked about movies by the press. The Steven Spielberg film wasn't even nominated for the Golden Globes just a couple of weeks ago. The Academy once proved that Spielberg's certainly is a brilliant creator of timeless tales regardless of theme.
"Munich" tells the hunt for the murderers of the 11 athletes in the 1972 Munich Olympics, which stars actor, Eric Bana. "Crash" surely is another great contender of "Brokeback" and "Munich" after winning the Best Ensemble category at the recently concluded Screen Actors Guild Awards. "Brokeback's" race to the top Oscar wins is still uncertain after ending the SAG Awards night empty-handed. Ang Lee's "Brokeback" stars Heath Ledger (Ennis del Mar) as a young ranch-hand who falls in love with a fellow ranch-hand (slash cowboy) played by Jake Gyllenhaal (Jack Twist) in the summer of 1963. The romance was a sensationalized movie after winning several Best Picture titles in Boston, New York and Los Angeles. Ledger was also named Best Actor by some distingushed groups and now wins his first Oscar nomination.
Leading the nominations isn't a guarantee of a one big Oscar night. Academy members still has a month to finalize their choices. The British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) is scheduled to announce the winners on February 20 (Manila), which may still change Academy votes.
Jake Gyllenhaal wins his first Oscar nomination for "Brokeback Mountain" together with co-star Michelle Williams for playing Heath Ledger's wife. Gyllenhall's up against George Glooney in "Good Night, and Good Luck", Matt Dillon in "Crash", Paul Giamatti in "Cinderella Man" and William Hurt in "A History of Violence". Williams may still have a tough time in this category with Rachel Weiz in "The Constant Gardener" winning both the Golden Globe and the SAG Awards this month. Also nominated for supporting actress are Amy Adams in "Junebug", Cahterine Keener in "Capote" and Frances McNormand in "North Country".
The Best Actress in a Leading Role category may still be a duel between Reeze Witherspoon in "Walk the Line" and Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica". Heath Ledger's a hopeful bet for the Oscar Best Actor slot though he has a great competition with Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Capote", playing the role of American gay author, Truman Capote, who won both the Golden Globe and the SAG Awards. Both are in competition with Joaquin Phoenix in "Walk the Line", who won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes, David Straithairn in "Good Night, and Good Luck" and a surpise nomination for Terrence Howard in "Hustle & Flow", booting out off the list Russle Crow in "Cinderella Man".
If Ledger wins the Best Actor title, he'd be the youngest winner at 26 in the said category. Currently, the youngest Oscar Best Actor winner is Adrian Brody in the movie "The Pianist". Back in 2003, he was 29 when he received his award.
Director Ang Lee's back with an Oscar nod hoping to get it once again after winning the Directors Guild Awards. Still he's up against Steven Spielberg in "Munich", Paul Haggis in "Crash", Bennett Miller in "Capote" and George Clooney in "Good Night, and Good Luck". But winning the DGA just a couple of days ago is close to an Oscar win!
"King Kong" and "Memoirs of a Geisha" failed to win the hearts of the Academy for the main category slots though both have nominations for the technical categories. There's no front-runner for the two movies since they're up againt "War of the Worlds" for Visual Effects, Sound and Sound Editing.
"Brokeback", after winning Best Screenplay at the Globes and winning the Producers Guild Awards of America, may be a sure win for Best Adapted Screenplay. The movie's in competition with "Capote", "The Constant Gardener", "A History of Violence" and "Munich".
John Williams may be winning this time for his score in "Memoirs of a Geisha". He was nominated for the two Harry Potter films and for "Catch Me If You Can" but didn't win an Oscar for those films.
For a complete list of nominees, visit www.oscars.com. Winners will be announced on March 6 (Manila). ¿?
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