Best of 2004

Monday, August 07, 2006

winners in yellow

BEST PICTURE
  • The Aviator (Warner Bros./Miramax Films)

  • Before Sunset (Warner Independent Films)

    • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus Features)

  • Sideways (Fox Searchlight Films)

  • Spider-Man 2 (Columbia Pictures)

Honourable mentions to House of Flying Daggers; Dogville; Fahrenheit 9/11; The Incredibles; Hotel Rwanda


BEST DIRECTOR

  • Michele Gondry for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  • Sam Raimi for Spider-Man 2

  • Martin Scorsese for The Aviator

  • Lars von Trier for Dogville

and

  • Zhang Yimou for House of Flying Daggers

Honourable mentions to Richard Linklater for Before Sunset; Alexander Payne for Sideways, Perdro Almodovar for Bad Education, Michael Mann for Collateral, and Jonathan Glazer for Birth


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Gael García Bernal in Bad Education

  • Jeff Bridges in The Door in the Floor

  • Don Cheadle in Hotel Rwanda

  • Paul Giamatti in Sideways

and

  • Sean Penn in The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Honourable mentions to Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator, Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby, Jamie Foxx in Collateral/Ray, Ethan Hawke in Before Sunset, Liam Neeson in Kinsey and Emin Toprak in Uzak


BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

  • Annette Bening in Being Julia

  • Julie Delpy in Before Sunset

  • Nicole Kidman in Birth

  • Catalina Sandino Moreno in Maria Full of Grace

and

  • Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Honourable mentions to Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake, Nicole Kidman in Dogville, Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Volume 2, Laura Linney in P.S. and Julia Roberts in Closer


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
  • David Carradine in Kill Bill, Volume 2
  • Thomas Haden Church in Sideways
  • Jude Law in I Huckabees

  • Clive Owen in Closer

and

  • Mark Wahlberg in I Huckabees

Honourabale Mentions to Paul Bettany in Dogville, Topher Grace in In Good Company, Steve Coogan in Coffee and Cigarettes and Liev Schreiber in The Manchurian Candidate


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
  • Cate Blanchett in The Aviator

  • Patricia Clarkson in Dogville

  • Kirsten Dunst in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  • Virginia Madsen in Sideways

and

  • Natalie Portman in Closer

Honourabale Mentions to Natalie Portman in Garden State, Daryl Hannah in Kill Bill, Volume 2, Sandra Oh in Sideways and Cate Blanchett in Coffee and Cigarettes

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  • Bad Education (Spain) directed by Pedro Almodóvar
  • Hero (China) directed by Zhang Yimou
  • House of Flying Daggers (China) directed by Zhang Yimou
  • Maria Full of Grace (Columbia) directed by Joshua Marston
  • Uzak (Turkey) directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

  • The Incredibles directed by Brad Bird
  • Shrek 2 directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie directed by Stephen Hillenburg

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by Michael Moore
  • Super Size Me directed by Morgan Spurlock
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  • Before Sunset written by Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy; story by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind written by Charlie Kaufman; story by Charlie Kaufman, Michele Gondry and Pierre Bismuth
  • I Huckabees written by David O. Russell and Jeff Baena
  • The Incredibles written by Brad Bird
  • Maria Full of Grace written by Joshua Marston

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • Closer screenplay by Patrick Marber
  • The Door in the Floor screenplay by Tod Williams
  • Mean Girls screenplay by Tina Fey
  • Million Dollar Baby screenplay by Paul Haggis
  • Sideways screenplay by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • Alfie, Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
  • The Aviator, Sandy Powell
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Melissa Toth
  • House of Flying Daggers, Emi Wada
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Milena Canonero

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • The Aviator, Robert Richardson

  • Collateral, Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron

  • Hero, Christopher Doyle

  • House of Flying Daggers, Zhao Xiaoding

and

  • Uzak, Nuri Bilge Ceylan

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

  • The Aviator, Dante Ferretti; Francesca LoSchiavo

  • Bad Education, Antxón Gómez

  • Dogville, Peter Grant; Simone Grau

  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Mark Friedberg; Ellen Christiansen

and

  • The Terminal, Alex McDowell; Ann Kuljian

BEST FILM EDITING

  • The Aviator, Thelma Schoonmaker
  • Collateral, Jim Miller and Paul Rubell
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
  • House of Flying Daggers, Chen Long
  • The Incredibles, Steven Schaffer

BEST MAKEUP

  • The Aviator, Morag Ross, Sian Grigg and Kathryn Blondell
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Amanda Knight, Eithne Fennel and Nick Dudman
  • Hellboy, Rick Baker

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • Bad Education, Alberto Iglesias
  • Birth, Alexandre Desplat
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jon Brion
  • I Huckabees, Jon Brion
  • Sideways, Rolfe Kent

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

The Chorus (Les Choristes) for the song 'Look to Your Path (Vois Sur Ton Chemin)'
Music by Bruno Coulais; Lyrics by Christophe Barratier
Hotel Rwanda
for the song 'Million Voices'
Music by Wyclef Jean, Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis and Andrea Guerra; Lyrics by Wyclef Jean
House of Flying Daggers for the song 'Lovers'
Music and lyrics by Shigeru Umebayashi
I Huckabees for the song 'Knock Yourself Out'
Music and lyrics by Jon Brion

The Motorcycle Diaries for the song 'Al Otro Lado Del Rio'
Music and lyrics by Jorge Drexler

BEST SOUND DESIGN

  • The Aviator, Tom Fleischman and Peter Hliddal
  • The Incredibles, Randy Thom, Gary A. Rizzo, Doc Kane and Vince Caro
  • Kill Bill, Volume 2, Michael Minkler and Myron Nettinga
  • Spider-Man 2, Kevin O’ Connell, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Joseph Geisinger
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic, Christopher Boyes, Gary Rydstrom, and David Crozier

BEST SOUND EDITING

  • The Aviator, Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
  • Spider-Man 2, Paul N.J. Ottosson and Susan Dudeck
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Todd Toon

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • The Aviator, Robert Legato, Peter Travers, Matthew Gratzner and R. Bruce Steinheimer
  • Spider-Man 2, John Dyksrta, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara and John Fraizer
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Stephen Lawes, Scott E. Anderson, Darin Hollings and Steven F. Yamamoto

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

  • The Aviator

Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reily, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Stanley DeSantis, Edward Herrmann, Gwen Stefani and Jude Law

  • Closer

Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood

  • I Huckabees


Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Huppert, Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Lily Tomlin, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts, Kevin Dunn, Tippi Hedren and Bob Gunton

  • Sideways

Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh, Mary Louise Burke and Jessica Hecht