The 2nd Annual Snootchie Awards

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Note: These are NOT, I repeat, NOT our Oscar nominations. The deadline for that hasn't arrived yet. These are my own personal choices, nothing more. Our Oscar nominations will be announced on the 21st - the deadline is the 20th. Hurry up and send yours in! Only 2 of you have actually sent me something.

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck.
King Kong
Munich
Sin City

(2004 Winner -- The Passion of the Christ)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Eric Bana for Munich
Russell Crowe for Cinderella Man
Phillip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix for Walk the Line
Bruce Willis for Sin City

(2004 Winner -- James Caviezel for The Passion of the Christ)

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Joan Allen for The Upside of Anger
Felicity Huffman for Transamerica
Q'Orianka Kilcher for The New World
Keira Knightley for Pride & Prejudice
Charlize Theron for North Country
Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line

(2004 Winner -- Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Matt Dillon for Crash
Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain
Liam Neeson for Batman Begins
Clive Owen for Sin City
Geoffrey Rush for Munich

(2004 Winner -- Clive Owen for Closer)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Sandra Bullock for Crash
Rosario Dawson for Rent
Scarlett Johansson for Match Point
Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain
Renée Zellweger for Cinderella Man

(2004 Winner -- Maia Morgenstern for The Passion of the Christ)

Best Ensemble Cast

Batman Begins -- Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson
Brokeback Mountain -- Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams
Crash -- Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Philippe, Larenz Tate, Michael Peña
Munich -- Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Matthieu Kassovitz, Geoffrey Rush, Hans Zischler
Rent -- Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thoms
Sin City -- Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Benicio Del Toro, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood

(2004 Winner -- Sideways - Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh)

Best Achievement in Directing

George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck.
Paul Haggis for Crash
Peter Jackson for King Kong
Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and Special Guest Director Quentin Tarantino for Sin City
Steven Spielberg for Munich

(2004 Winner -- Mel Gibson for The Passion of the Christ)

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen -- Match Point
Judd Apatow, Steve Carrell -- The 40 Year Old Virgin
Mike Binder -- The Upside of Anger
George Clooney, Grant Heslov -- Good Night, and Good Luck.
Akiva Goldsman, Cliff Hollingsworth -- Cinderella Man
Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco -- Crash

(2004 Winner -- Charlie Kaufman - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh -- King Kong
Dan Futterman -- Capote
David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan -- Batman Begins
Tony Kushner, Eric Roth -- Munich
Frank Miller -- Sin City
Larry McMurty, Diana Ossana -- Brokeback Mountain

(2004 Winner -- Patrick Marber - Closer)

Best Cinematography

Cinderella Man
Good Night, and Good Luck.
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Sin City
The New World

(2004 Winner -- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Most Visually Impressive))

Best Special Effects

Batman Begins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds

(2004 Winner -- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Most Visually Impressive))

Best Original Score

James Newton Howard -- King Kong
Alberto Iglesias -- The Constant Gardener
Gustavo Santoalalla -- Brokeback Mountain
John Williams -- Munich
(Also for: Memoirs of a Geisha)
Hans Zimmer -- Batman Begins (also James Newton Howard)

(2004 Winner -- John Debney - The Passion of the Christ)

Best Original/Featured Song or Musical Performance

Christopher Austin, Garth Jennings, Joby Talbot -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- "So Long & Thanks for All the Fish"
Paul Beauregard, Cedric Coleman, Jordan Houstan -- Hustle & Flow -- "Hard Out Here For a Pimp"
Jonathan Larson -- Rent -- "La Vie Boheme"
Dolly Parton -- Transamerica -- "Travelin' Thru"
Gustavo Santoalalla, Bernie Taupin -- Brokeback Mountain -- "A Love That Will Never Grow Old"
Kathleen York -- Crash -- "In the Deep"

(Winner 2004 -- Josh Groban - Troy - "Remember")

Best Foreign Language Film

Kung Fu Hustle -- Hong Kong
Oldboy -- South Korea
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior -- Thai Land

(Winner 2004 -- The Passion of the Christ - USA - Aramaic)

Best Animated Feature

Chicken Little
Corpse Bride
Howl's Moving Castle
Madagascar
Robots
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

(Winner 2004 -- The Incredibles)

Most Underrated Feature Film

Elizabethtown
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Jarhead
Rent
The Great Raid
The Weather Man

Best Documentary Feature

Grizzly Man
The Aristocrats
The March of the Penguins

[Pulpmariachi]

Why does everyone choose to forget "Sin City" for visual effects? I mean...the whole movie was pretty much a visual effect.

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pulpmariachi said:

Why does everyone choose to forget "Sin City" for visual effects? I mean...the whole movie was pretty much a visual effect.

I completely agree and I didn't forget it when sending smitty my votes for "Our Oscars".

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Best Original/Featured Song or Musical Performance nominees available on MP3 upon request (via e-mail).

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Best Animated Feature

Runner-Up:

Corpse Bride

The winner:

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Best Supporting Actor

Runner-up:

Matt Dillon in Crash

Winner:


Clive Owen as Dwight in Sin City

Other nominees:

Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain
Liam Neeson for Batman Begins
Geoffrey Rush for Munich

Honorable mentions:

Peter Sarsgaard for Jarhead
Anthony Hopkins for Proof
Ben Kingsley for Oliver Twist
Kevin Zegers for Transamerica

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Best Original/Featured Song or Musical Performance

Runner-Up:

Musical Performance -- "La Vie Boheme" -- Rent

Winner:

Original Song -- "In the Deep" by Kathleen York, written for the motion picture "Crash"

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Most Underrated Feature Film

Runner-Up:

The Great Raid

Winner:

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Best Special Effects

Runner-up: War of the Worlds

Winner: King Kong

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Best Documentary Feature

Runner-Up: The March of the Penguins

Winner:

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Best Original Score

Runner-up: Alberto Iglesias, The Constant Gardener

Winner: John Williams, Munich

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Runner-up: Scarlett Johansson for Match Point

Winner:



Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener

Other nominees:

Sandra Bullock for Crash,
Rosario Dawson for Rent,
Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain,
Renée Zellweger for Cinderella Man

Honorable mentions:

Catherine Keener for The 40 Year Old Virgin
Frances McDormand for North Country
Connie Nielsen for The Great Raid
Tilda Swinton for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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Best Foreign Language Film

Runner-up: Kung Fu Hustle

Winner:

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Best Cinematography

Runner-up: The New World

Winner: Memoirs of a Geisha

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Best Ensemble Cast

Runners-up: Crash -- Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Philippe, Larenz Tate, Michael Peña

Winners: Sin City -- Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Benicio Del Toro, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood