If I Picked The Oscars

Best Picture
Batman Begins
King Kong
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Munich
Murderball

Best Director
Tim Burton, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Curtis Hanson, In Her Shoes
Peter Jackson, King Kong
Andrew Niccol, Lord of War
Steven Spielberg, Munich

Best Actor
Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow
Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line
David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress
Toni Collette, In Her Shoes
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Charlize Theron, North Country
Naomi Watts, King Kong
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor
Clifton Collins Jr., Capote
Ciarán Hinds, Munich
Richard Jenkins, North Country
Heath Ledger, Lords of Dogtown
Mickey Rourke, Sin City

Best Supporting Actress
Dakota Fanning, War of the Worlds
Taraji P. Henson, Hustle & Flow
Lisa Kudrow, Happy Endings
Frances McDormand, North Country
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, Match Point
Craig Brewer, Hustle & Flow
Steve Carell and Judd Apatow, The 40 Year Old Virgin
George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck
Simon Kinberg, Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Best Adapted Screenplay
John August, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dan Futterman, Capote
David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan, Batman Begins
Susannah Grant, In Her Shoes
Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, Munich

Best Animated Feature
Corpse Bride
Madagascar

Best Foreign Language Film
Kung Fu Hustle
Paradise Now

Best Documentary Feature
Grizzly Man
Inside Deep Throat
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball

Best Art Direction
Rick Carter, Munich
Nigel Phelps, The Island
Grant Major, King Kong
Alex McDowell, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alex McDowell, Corpse Bride

Best Visual Effects
The Island
King Kong
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Best Costume Design
Colleen Atwood, Memoirs of a Geisha
Trisha Biggar, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Gabriella Pescucci, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Terry Ryan, King Kong
Oliver Wong, Kung Fu Hustle

Best Makeup
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Transamerica

Best Editing
Michael Kahn, Munich
Michael Kahn, War of the Worlds
Angie Lam, Kung Fu Hustle
Jamie Selkirk, King Kong
Michael Tronick, Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Best Cinematography
Janusz Kaminski, Munich
Andrew Lesnie & Derek Whipple, King Kong
Emmanuel Lubezki, The New World
Amir M. Mokri, Lord of War
Robert Rodriguez, Sin City

Best Sound
Jarhead
King Kong
Munich
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds

Best Sound Editing
King Kong
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds

Best Original Score
Danny Elfman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Danny Elfman, Corpse Bride
James Newton Howard, King Kong
James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer, Batman Begins
John Williams, Munich

Best Original Song
“In the Deep," Crash
“It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” Hustle & Flow
“So Long & Thanks for All the Fish," The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Travelin' Thru," Transamerica
"Wonka's Welcome Song," Charlie and the Chocolate Factory