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Official 2006 Oscar Predictions

Here we go, for each award, four things: What Will Win (WWW), What Should Win (WSW), What Should Have Been Nominated (WSHBN), and What Should Not Have Been Nominated (WSNHBN). Here we go:

Best Picture:
WWW: "Brokeback Mountain"
WSW: "Munich"
WSHBN: "Chronicles of Narnia"
WSNHBN: "Crash"

Best Director:
WWW: Ang Lee ("Brokeback Mountain")
WSW: Steven Spielberg ("Munich")
WSHBN: Andrew Adamson ("Chronicles of Narnia")
WSNHBN: Paul Haggis ("Crash")

Best Actor:
WWW: Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Capote")
WSW: Heath Ledger ("Brokeback Mountain")
WSHBN: Eric Bana ("Munich")
WSNHBN: Joaquin Phoenix ("Walk the Line")

Best Actress:
WWW: Reese Witherspoon ("Walk the Line")
WSW: Witherspoon
WSHBN: Joan Allen ("Upside of Anger")
WSNHBN: Pass (I didn't see four of the five films)

Best Supporting Actor:
WWW: Matt Dillon ("Crash")
WSW: Jake Gyllenhaal ("Brokeback Mountain")
WSHBN: Jesse L. Martin ("Rent")
WSNHBN: George Clooney ("Syriana")

Best Supporting Actress:
WWW: Rachel Weisz ("The Constant Gardener")
WSW: Michelle Williams ("Brokeback Mountain")
WSHBN: Tilda Swinton ("Chronicles of Narnia")
WSNHBN: None

Best Original Screenplay:
WWW: "Crash"
WSW: "Good Night, and Good Luck"
WSHBN: "The 40 Year-Old Virgin"
WSNHBN: "Syriana" (worst screenplay of the year, not best).

Best Adapted Screenplay:
WWW: "Brokeback Mountain"
WSW: "Munich"
WSHBN: "Sin City"
WSNHBN: "The Constant Gardener"

Best Documentary Feature:
WWW: "March of the Penguins"
WSW: "Murderball"
WSHBN: "The Aristocrats"
WSNHBN: "March of the Penguins"

Posted by Stephen Silver at March 3, 2006 06:00 PM