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2004 Academy Award Winner Picks from Betty Jane, Tom, and Heather:

Best Picture:
Million Dollar Baby
   Runner-Up: The Aviator, [H.] Sideways

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese - The Aviator
   Runner-Up: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby

Best Actor:
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland (but Jamie Foxx will win for Ray)
   Runner-Up: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator

Best Actress:
Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
   Runner-Up: Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace

Best Supporting Actor:
Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby, [H.] Clive Owen - Closer
   Runner-Up: Thomas Hayden Church - Sideways

Best Supporting Actress:
Virginia Madsen - Sideways, [T.] Cate Blanchette - The Aviator, [H.] Natalie Portman - Closer
   Runner-Up: Cate Blanchette - The Aviator, [T.] Virginia Madsen - Sideways

Foreign Language Film:
The Sea Inside
   Runner-Up: The Chorus

Animated Feature Film:
The Incredibles, [H.] Shrek 2
   Runner-Up: Shrek 2

Documentary Feature:
Super Size Me
   Runner-Up: The Weeping Camel

Music (Song):
"Look to Your Path" - The Chorus, [T.] "Learn to Be Lonely" - Phantom of the Opera
   Runner-Up: "Learn to Be Lonely" - Phantom of the Opera, [T.] "Look to Your Path" - The Chorus

Music (Score):
Finding Neverland
   Runner-Up: The Village

Short Film (Animated):
Ryan, [H] Birthday Boy

Short Film (Live Action):
Little Terrorist, [H.] Two Cars, One Night

Makeup:
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Art Direction:
Phantom of the Opera
   Runner-Up: Finding Neverland, [T.] The Aviator

Cinematography:
House of Flying Daggers, [T.] The Aviator
   Runner-Up: The Aviator, [T.] The House of Flying Daggers

Costume Design:
Finding Neverland
   Runner-Up: Ray

Screenplay (Adapted):
Million Dollar Baby
   Runner-Up: Finding Neverland

Screenplay (Original):
The Aviator
   Runner-Up: Hotel Rwanda

Film Editing:
The Aviator, [T.] Finding Neverland
   Runner-Up: Million Dollar Baby

Sound Editing:
Spiderman 2

Sound Mixing:
Ray

Visual Effects:
Spiderman 2

2004 Academy Award Nomination Picks from Betty Jane:

Best Picture:
The Aviator
Million Dollar Baby
Finding Neverland
House of Flying Daggers
Sideways

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Marc Foster, Finding Neverland
Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford, Ray
Alexander Payne, Sideways

Best Actor:
Johnny Depp, Finding Neverland
Leonardo DeCaprio, The Aviator
Jamie Foxx, Ray
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda

Best Actress:
Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Catalina Sandino Morena, Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Scarlett Johansson, Love Song for Bobby Long
Emma Rossum, Phantom of the Opera

Best Supporting Male Actor:
Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Alan Alda, The Aviator
Freddie Highmore, Finding Neverland

Best Supporting Female Actor:
Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Regina King, Ray
Laura Linney, Kinsey
Sandra Oh, Sideways

Recommended Movies Lists:

The Top 10 USA Films Of 2004 (as of 12-24-04) from joeoftexas

Ray
2004 - USA - 152 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Taylor Hackford

Fahrenheit 9/11
2004 - USA - 122 min. - Documentary, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Michael Moore

Super Size Me
2003 - USA - 96 min. - Documentary, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Morgan Spurlock

Kinsey
2004 - USA - 118 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Bill Condon

The Same River Twice
2003 - USA - 78 min. - Documentary, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Robb Moss

Team America: World Police
2004 - USA - 98 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Trey Parker

Dogville
2003 - Denmark - 177 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Lars von Trier

I Heart Huckabees
2004 - USA - 106 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	David O. Russell

Kill Bill Vol. 1
2003 - USA - 107 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	Kill Bill
AMG Rating
Director	Quentin Tarantino

Kill Bill Vol. 2
2004 - USA - 137 min. - Feature, Color and B&W
AKA	Kill Bill, Part 2
AMG Rating
Director	Quentin Tarantino

Collateral
2004 - USA - 120 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Michael Mann

The Top 10 Foreign Films Of 2004 (as of 12-24-04) from joeoftexas

Finding Neverland
2004 - UK - 106 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Marc Forster

Vozvrashchenie
2003 - Russia - 110 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	The Return (U.S. title) Vozvrascenje
AMG Rating	(High Artistic Quality)
Director	Andrei Zvyagintsev

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...And Spring
2003 - South Korea - 102 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	Bom, Yeoreum, Gaeul, Gyeowool, Geurigo Bom (Original Foreign title)
AMG Rating
Director	Kim Ki-Duk

Nói Albinói
2003 - Iceland - 82 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	Noi the Albino (Eng. Translation title) Nói [2004] (U.S. DVD title)
AMG Rating
Director	Dagur Kari

Tasogare Seibei
2002 – Japan -129 min. - Feature
AKA	The Twilight Samurai
Director	Yoji Yamada

The Dreamers
2003 - France - 116 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	I Sognatori (Italian title) Paris '68 (Working title)
AMG Rating
Director	Bernardo Bertolucci

Carandiru
2003 - Brazil - 148 min. - Feature, Color
Director	Hector Babenco

Hero
2002 - China / Hong Kong - 93 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	Ying Hung (Cantonese title) Ying Xiong (Mandarin title)
AMG Rating
Director	Zhang Yimou

Stage Beauty
2004 - UK - 110 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Richard Eyre

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
2003 - UK - 84 min. - Feature, Color
AMG Rating
Director	Mike Hodges

Mid 2004 Ten Best Movies from joeoftexas:

Fahrenheit 9/11
2004 - USA - 126 min. - Documentary, Color
Director	Michael Moore

Super Size Me
2003 - USA - 98 min. - Documentary, Color
Director	Morgan Spurlock

Vozvrashchenie
2003 - Russia - 110 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	The Return (U.S. title) Vozvrascenje
Director	Andrei Zvyagintsev

Tasogare Seibei
2002 – Japan - 129 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	The Twilight Samurai
Director	Yoji Yamada

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ...And Spring
2003 - South Korea / Germany - 102 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	Bom, Yeoreum, Gaeul, Gyeowool, Geurigo Bom (Original Foreign title)
Director	Kim Ki-Duk

The Dreamers
2003 - France / Italy / UK - 116 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	I Sognatori (Italian title) Paris '68 (Working title)
Director	Bernardo Bertolucci

Kill Bill Vol. 2
2004 - USA - 137 min. - Feature, Color and B&W
AKA	Kill Bill, Part 2
Director	Quentin Tarantino

Dogville
2003 - Denmark - 177 min. - Feature, Color
Director	Lars von Trier

Nói Albinói
2003 - UK / Germany / Denmark / Iceland - 82 min. - Feature, Color
AKA	Noi the Albino (Eng. Translation title) Nói [2004] (U.S. title)
Director	Dagur Kari

Carandiru
2003 - Brazil / Argentina - 148 min. - Feature, Color
Director	Hector Babenco

All Time Best Movies from joeoftexas:

Mothlight

1963 - USA - 4 min. - Feature, Color

wrong search result? more matches HERE

Director

Stan Brakhage

See Also

DVD Release(s)

http://www.fredcamper.com/Film/BrakhageS.html#Mothlight

Un Chien Andalou
1928 - France - 20 min. - Feature, Short Film, Silent, B&W
wrong search result? more matches HERE
AKA	An Andalusian Dog
AMG Rating	(Cult Film, High Historical Importance, High Artistic Quality)
Director	Luis Buñuel w/ Salvador Dali
Genre/Type	Avant-garde / Experimental, Surrealist Film, Satire
Artistic/ Production Styles	Non-narrative
Flags	Not For Children
Keywords	nightmare, surrealistic, violence
Tones	Dreamlike, Hallucinatory, Irreverent

http://www.subcin.com/bunuel.html

Night and Fog
1955 - France - 32 min. - Documentary, Color
wrong search result? more matches HERE
AKA	Nuit et Brouillard (Original Foreign title)
AMG Rating	(High Historical Importance, High Artistic Quality)
Director	Alain Resnais
Genre/Type	History [nf], Politics & Government, Military & War
Keywords	concentration-camp, cross-cultural-relations, war
Themes	Holocaust
Tones	Poignant, Literate, Grim, Reflective
Moods	Food for Thought
Color type	Eastmancolor

Night and Fog

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 - UK / USA - 93 min. - Feature, B&W
wrong search result? more matches HERE
AKA	Dr. Strangelove How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
AMG Rating	(High Historical Importance, High Artistic Quality, Cult Film)
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Genre/Type	Comedy, Black Comedy, Political Satire, Anti-War Film, Satire, Military Comedy
Flags	Adult Humor
Keywords	nuclear-weapon, pilot, General, mental-illness, mad-scientist, military, paranoid, politician, President, war, wheelchair, Soviet, bomb, airplane, military-crisis
Themes	Race Against Time, End of the World, War in the Sky
Tones	Satirical, Irreverent, Cynical, Witty, Biting, Literate, Deadpan
Moods	Comedy on the Edge

dr strangelove

http://www.100megsfree4.com/techtronpc/dr_strangelove.html

Antonioni

L'eclisse
1962 - Italy / France - 123 min. - Feature, B&W
wrong search result? more matches HERE
AKA		Eclipse The Eclipse (U.S. title)
AMG Rating		(High Artistic Quality)
Director		Michelangelo Antonioni
Genre/Type		Drama, Psychological Drama, Urban Drama
Flags		Questionable for Children
Keywords		stockbroker, break-up [romantic], communication-gap, sexual-attraction
Themes		Star-Crossed Lovers
Tones		Deliberate, Meditative, Reflective, Somber
Moods		In a Minor Key
Set In		Italy, Rome, Italy
Produced by		Interopa / Paris Films
Release		Apr 12, 1962 (Italy)
Released by		Cinerize
	Weekend
	1967 - France / Italy - 105 min. - Feature, Color
	AKA		Week-end (French title)
	AMG Rating		(High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance, High Production Values)
	Director		Jean-Luc Godard
	Genre/Type		Avant-garde / Experimental, Satire, Road Movie, Black Comedy
	Artistic/ Production Styles		Postmodernism
	Flags		Not For Children, Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Adult Language
	Keywords		car, bourgeois, collision, countryside, family, society, traffic, weekend, traffic-jam, politics, on-the-road
	Themes		Class Differences, Political Unrest, Crime Sprees, Crumbling Marriages, Fighting the System, Nightmare Vacations
	Tones		Irreverent, Satirical, Biting, Literate, Frantic, Stylized, Wry
	Moods		Comedy on the Edge
	Set In		countryside
	Color type		Eastmancolor
	Produced by		Athos Films / Films Copernic
	Release		Dec 29, 1967 (France) / Apr 13, 1968 (Italy)

http://www.subcin.com/worldview.html

http://www.net4image.com/pedagogie/cineastes/godard.htm

Winter Light

1962 - Sweden - 80 min. - Feature, B&W

AKA

Nattvardsgästerna (Original Foreign title)

AMG Rating

(High Artistic Quality)

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Genre/Type

Drama, Psychological Drama, Religious Drama

Artistic/ Production Styles

Modernism

Flags

Questionable for Children, Adult Situations

Keywords

church, confession [criminal], congregation, fishing, love, priest, religion, village

Themes

Loss of Faith, Crumbling Marriages, Crisis of Conscience, Midlife Crises, Members of the Clergy

Tones

Atmospheric, Austere, Bleak, Cerebral, Deliberate, Gloomy, Meditative

Produced by

Swedish Film Production

Released by

Swedish Film Production

See Also

DVD Release(s)

La Dolce Vita
1960 - Italy / France - 174 min. - Feature, B&W
wrong search result? more matches HERE
AKA	The Sweet Life
AMG Rating	(High Historical Importance, High Artistic Quality)
Director	Federico Fellini
Genre/Type	Comedy Drama, Satire, Urban Comedy, Ensemble Film, Media Satire
Artistic/ Production Styles	Episodic
Flags	Not For Children, Adult Situations
Keywords	decadence, gossip-columnist, journalist, self-discovery, show-business, society, behind-the-scenes, star
Themes	Members of the Press, Crisis of Conscience, Playing the Field
Tones	Satirical, Wry, Urbane, Cynical, Lavish, Sexy
Set In	Italy
Cinematic Process	Totalscope
Produced by	Pathé Films / Riama Film
Release	Feb 3, 1960 (Italy)
Released by	Cinerez