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- Babel [2006]
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- Happy Feet [2006]
- An Inconvenient Truth [2006]
- The Last King of Scotland [2006]
- Letters From Iwo Jima [2006]
- Little Miss Sunshine [2006]
- The Lives of Others [2007]
- Marie Antoinette [2006]
- Pan's Labyrinth [2006]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [2006]
- The Queen [2006]
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The 79th Annual Academy Awards were presented last night, Sunday, February 25, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre and televised live on ABC. The event was hosted this year by Ellen Degeneres. Clocking in at 3 hours and 40 minutes or so, the Oscars presentation upheld its tradition of overstaying its welcome.
The opening sequence featuring various nominees in a pseudo-interview for what I've seen referred to as an extended Gap commercial was overly long and only contained a few entertaining pieces (like how many times some of the people had been nominated without a win and Leonardo DiCaprio being asked how many times he's died in movies). Degeneres' monologue should have been truncated to set the proper pace for the rest of the evening.
Perhaps the Academy needs to hire Thelma Schoonmaker, who won the award for Editing for The Departed, to trim the fat from the proceedings.
While I didn't mind the silhouette dancers forming shapes associated with the various movies, the special effects chorus was unnecessary and the montage honoring Ennio Morricone (composer for such movies as "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) was very long considering that Clint Eastwood had to interpret Morricone's thank you speech.
Giving the honorees a countdown clock with a hard cutoff of the microphone would send the message that thank you speeches need to be brief and to the point. A possible exception might be for the winner of Best Motion Picture, since it's the final award and the most widely followed one.
Maybe they could do for the winners like they do on the "Wheel of Fortune" TV show (where they automatically give the contestant the most common letters that everyone chose) and subtitle the winner's family and friends and agents and gardeners' names while they're walking up to the microphone. Each nominee would have to submit no more than 10 names that would be shown on the subtitles. Then, in their speech, they are not allowed to mention anyone by name, company, or profession so as not to offend anyone that might not be included. That change alone would cut a lot of time from the presentation.
Below are two lists of the winners and nominees. The first is grouped by movie, so you can see which movies won an Academy Award. The second is grouped by award category, so that you can view the list of nominees that were vying for each award, and which won that award.
Many of these movies are still in theaters, or will be making a return visit as a result of winning an Oscar, so it's not too late to see them for yourself! Click on the movie title to view the information and showtimes (if available) for each movie, or you can check out our new Academy Award® Winners and Nominees page in Now Showing.
Academy Award Winners
Babel | * Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) | |
The Departed | * Achievement in Directing * Achievement in Film Editing * Best Motion Picture of the Year * Adapted Screenplay | |
Dreamgirls | * Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role * Achievement in Sound Mixing | |
Happy Feet | * Best Animated Feature Film of the Year | |
An Inconvenient Truth | * Best Documentary Feature * Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) | |
The Last King of Scotland | * Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |
Letters From Iwo Jima | * Achievement in Sound Editing | |
Little Miss Sunshine | * Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role * Original Screenplay | |
The Lives of Others | * Best Foreign Language Film of the Year | |
Marie Antoinette | * Achievement in Costume Design | |
Pan's Labyrinth | * Achievement in Art Direction * Achievement in Cinematography * Achievement in Makeup | |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | * Achievement in Visual Effects | |
The Queen | * Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
Nominations by Category
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner - Forest Whitaker - THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling - HALF NELSON
Peter O'Toole - VENUS
Will Smith - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Winner - Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINEJackie Earle Haley - LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou - BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy - DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg - THE DEPARTED
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner - Helen Mirren - THE QUEENPenélope Cruz - VOLVER
Judi Dench - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Meryl Streep - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet - LITTLE CHILDREN
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Winner - Jennifer Hudson - DREAMGIRLSAdriana Barraza - BABEL
Cate Blanchett - NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Rinko Kikuchi - BABEL
Best animated feature film of the year
Winner - HAPPY FEETCARS
MONSTER HOUSE
Achievement in art direction
Winner - PAN'S LABYRINTHDREAMGIRLS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
THE PRESTIGE
Achievement in cinematography
Winner - PAN'S LABYRINTHTHE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
THE PRESTIGE
Achievement in costume design
Winner - MARIE ANTOINETTECURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
THE QUEEN
Achievement in directing
Winner - THE DEPARTED (Martin Scorsese)BABEL - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA - Clint Eastwood
THE QUEEN - Stephen Frears
UNITED 93 - Paul Greengrass
Best documentary feature
Winner - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTHDELIVER US FROM EVIL
IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS
JESUS CAMP
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY
Best documentary short subject
Winner - THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICTRECYCLED LIFE
REHEARSING A DREAM
TWO HANDS
Achievement in film editing
Winner - THE DEPARTEDBABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
UNITED 93
Best foreign language film of the year
Winner - THE LIVES OF OTHERSAFTER THE WEDDING
DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES)
PAN'S LABYRINTH
WATER
Achievement in makeup
Winner - PAN'S LABYRINTHAPOCALYPTO
CLICK
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Winner - BABELTHE GOOD GERMAN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Winner - "I Need to Wake Up" - AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH"Listen" - DREAMGIRLS
"Love You I Do" - DREAMGIRLS
"Our Town" - CARS
"Patience" - DREAMGIRLS
Best motion picture of the year
Winner - THE DEPARTEDBABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN
Best animated short film
Winner - THE DANISH POETLIFTED
THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL
MAESTRO
NO TIME FOR NUTS
Best live action short film
Winner - WEST BANK STORYBINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)
ÉRAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)
HELMER & SON
THE SAVIOUR
Achievement in sound editing
Winner - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMAAPOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Achievement in sound mixing
Winner - DREAMGIRLSAPOCALYPTO
BLOOD DIAMOND
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Achievement in visual effects
Winner - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHESTPOSEIDON
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Adapted screenplay
Winner - THE DEPARTEDBORAT CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
CHILDREN OF MEN
LITTLE CHILDREN
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Original screenplay
Winner - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
BABEL
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE QUEEN
Related Links
- Oscar.com - The Official Web Site of the Oscars
- The Envelope - Los Angeles Times Coverage
- Road to the Oscars - The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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- Babel [2006]
- The Departed [2006]
- Dreamgirls [2006]
- Happy Feet [2006]
- An Inconvenient Truth [2006]
- The Last King of Scotland [2006]
- Letters From Iwo Jima [2006]
- Little Miss Sunshine [2006]
- The Lives of Others [2007]
- Marie Antoinette [2006]
- Pan's Labyrinth [2006]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest [2006]
- The Queen [2006]
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