The 79th Academy Award nominations for outstanding film achievements

............in 2006

Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®. 

Sunday, February 25, 2007

THE BEST OF THE BEST

Best motion picture of the year

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

A Warner Bros. Pictures Production

Nominees to be determined

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production

Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers

  “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production

Nominees to be determined

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

A Granada Production

Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Adapted screenplay

  “Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (20th Century Fox)

Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Mazer

Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines & Todd Phillips

  “Children of Men” (Universal)

Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Screenplay by William Monahan

  “Little Children” (New Line)

Screenplay by Todd Field & Tom Perrotta

  “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

Screenplay by Patrick Marber

Original screenplay

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Written by Guillermo Arriaga

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

Screenplay by Iris Yamashita

Story by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis

  “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

Written by Michael Arndt

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse)

Written by Guillermo del Toro

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

Written by Peter Morgan

Achievement in directing

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Alejandro González Iñárritu

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.) Martin Scorsese

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Stephen Frears

  “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal) Paul Greengrass

ACTING

Performance by an actor in a leading role

  Leonardo DiCaprio in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

  Ryan Gosling in “Half Nelson” (THINKFilm)

  Peter O’Toole in “Venus” (Miramax, Filmfour and UK Council)

  Will Smith in “The Pursuit of Happyness” (Sony Pictures Releasing)

  Forest Whitaker in “The Last King of Scotland” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

  Alan Arkin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

  Jackie Earle Haley in “Little Children” (New Line)

  Djimon Hounsou in “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

  Eddie Murphy in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

  Mark Wahlberg in “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role 

  Penélope Cruz in “Volver” (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Judi Dench in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

  Helen Mirren in “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)

  Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox)

  Kate Winslet in “Little Children” (New Line)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

  Adriana Barraza in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

  Cate Blanchett in “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight)

  Abigail Breslin in “Little Miss Sunshine” (Fox Searchlight)

  Jennifer Hudson in “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

  Rinko Kikuchi in “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

BEST OF THE REST

Best foreign language film of the year

  “After the Wedding” A Zentropa Entertainments 16 Production

Denmark

  “Days of Glory (Indigènes)” A Tessalit Production

Algeria

  “The Lives of Others” A Wiedemann & Berg Production

Germany

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” A Tequila Gang/Esperanto Filmoj/Estudios Picasso Production

Mexico

  “Water” A Hamilton-Mehta Production

Canada

Best documentary feature

  “Deliver Us from Evil” (Lionsgate)

A Disarming Films Production

Amy Berg and Frank Donner

  “An Inconvenient Truth” (Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

A Lawrence Bender/Laurie David Production

Davis Guggenheim

  “Iraq in Fragments” (Typecast Releasing)

A Typecast Pictures/Daylight Factory Production

James Longley and John Sinno

  “Jesus Camp” (Magnolia Pictures)

A Loki Films Production

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

  “My Country, My Country” (Zeitgeist Films)

A Praxis Films Production

Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer

Best animated feature film of the year

  “Cars” (Buena Vista) John Lasseter

  “Happy Feet” (Warner Bros.) George Miller

  “Monster House” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Gil Kenan  

MUSIC

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla

  “The Good German” (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman

  “Notes on a Scandal” (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

  “I Need to Wake Up” from “An Inconvenient Truth”

(Paramount Classics and Participant Productions)

Music and Lyric by Melissa Etheridge

  “Listen” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger and Scott Cutler

Lyric by Anne Preven

  “Love You I Do” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger

Lyric by Siedah Garrett

  “Our Town” from “Cars”

(Buena Vista)

Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

  “Patience” from “Dreamgirls”

(DreamWorks and Paramount)

Music by Henry Krieger

Lyric by Willie Reale

TECHNICAL

Achievement in cinematography 

  “The Black Dahlia” (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond

  “Children of Men” (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki

  “The Illusionist” (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope

  “Pan’s Labyrinth” (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro

  “The Prestige” (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister

Achievement in film editing

  “Babel” (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)

Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Steven Rosenblum

  “Children of Men” (Universal)

Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón

  “The Departed” (Warner Bros.)

Thelma Schoonmaker

  “United 93” (Universal and StudioCanal)

Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

Achievement in sound editing

  “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)

Sean McCormack and Kami Asgar

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Lon Bender

  “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman

  “Letters from Iwo Jima” (Warner Bros.)

Alan Robert Murray

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

Christopher Boyes and George Watters II

Achievement in sound mixing

  “Apocalypto” (Buena Vista)

Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Fernando Camara

  “Blood Diamond” (Warner Bros.)

Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ivan Sharrock

  “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount)

Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer and Willie Burton

  “Flags of Our Fathers” (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by Paramount)

John Reitz, Dave Campbell, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff

Achievement in visual effects 

  “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (Buena Vista)

John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and Allen Hall

  “Poseidon” (Warner Bros.)

Boyd Shermis, Kim Libreri, Chaz Jarrett and John Frazier

  “Superman Returns” (Warner Bros.)

Mark Stetson, Neil Corbould, Richard R. Hoover and Jon Thum

Achievement in costume design

  “Curse of the Golden Flower” (Sony Pictures Classics) Yee Chung Man

  “The Devil Wears Prada” (20th Century Fox) Patricia Field

  “Dreamgirls” (DreamWorks and Paramount) Sharen Davis

  “Marie Antoinette” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Milena Canonero

  “The Queen” (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Consolata Boyle

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