2005 OSCAR NOMINEES 30 films that most people have a reasonable chance of actually seeing have been nominated in 18 categories that most people might care about.  Yeah, documentaries, documentary shorts, animated shorts, and foreign films are all well and good, but they don’t play close to where I live except for that one weekend when my friends want to do something else.
Brokeback Mountain (8) Picture Director – Ang Lee Actor – Heath Ledger Supporting Actor – Jake Gyllenhaal Supporting Actress – Michelle Williams Adapted Screenplay Cinematography Score Crash (6) Picture (the single worst nomination of 2005) Director – Paul Haggis (or maybe this one is?) Supporting Actor – Matt Dillon Original Screenplay (or is this the worst?) Editing Song Good Night, and Good Luck (6) Picture Director – George Clooney Actor – David Strathairn Original Screenplay Cinematography Art Direction Memoirs of a Geisha (6) Cinematography Art Direction Costumes Score Sound Sound Editing Capote (5) Picture Director – Bennett Miller Actor – Philip Seymour Hoffman Supporting Actress – Catherine Keener Adapted Screenplay Munich (5) Picture Director – Steven Spielberg Adapted Screenplay Editing Score Walk the Line (5) Actor – Joaquin Phoenix Actress – Reese Witherspoon Editing Costumes Sound
		The Constant Gardener (4) Supporting Actress – Rachel Weisz Adapted Screenplay Editing Score King Kong (4) Art Direction Sound Sound Editing Visual Effects Pride & Prejudice (4) Actress – Keira Knightley Art Direction Costume Score The Chronicles of Narnia (3) Makeup Sound Visual Effects Cinderella Man (3) Supporting Actor – Paul Giamatti Editing Makeup War of the Worlds (3) Sound Sound Editing Visual Effects A History of Violence (2) Supporting Actor – William Hurt Adapted Screenplay Hustle & Flow (2) Actor – Terence Howard Song Mrs. Henderson Presents (2) Actress – Judi Dench Costumes North Country (2) Actress – Charlize Theron Supporting Actress – Frances McDormand Syriana (2) Supporting Actor – George Clooney Original Screenplay Transamerica (2) Actress – Felicity Huffman Song
				Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Costumes Batman Begins Cinematography Corpse Bride Animated Feature Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Art Direction Howl’s Moving Castle Animated Feature Junebug Supporting Actress – Amy Adams Match Point Original Screenplay The New World Cinematography The Squid and the Whale Original Screenplay Star Wars Episode III Makeup Wallace and Gromit Animated Feature