77th Academy Awards (2005)

The 77th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2004. The award ceremony was held on 27th February 2005 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Chris Rock was the anchor of the show. While Millior Dollar Baby was awarded Best Picture trophy, The Aviator bagged awards in maximum categories.
- WINNER

Best Picture

Million Dollar Baby
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
Ray
Sideways

Best Director

Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood
The Aviator - Martin Scorsese
Ray - Taylor Hackford
Sideways - Alexander Payne
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh

Best Original Screenplay

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
The Aviator - John Logan
Hotel Rwanda - Terry George, Keir Pearson
The Incredibles - Brad Bird
Vera Drake - Mike Leigh

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sideways - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Million Dollar Baby - Paul Haggis
Finding Neverland - David Magee
The Motorcycle Diaries - Jose Rivera
Before Sunset - Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Kim Krizan

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Ray - Jamie Foxx
The Aviator - Leonardo DiCaprio
Finding Neverland - Johnny Depp
Hotel Rwanda - Don Cheadle
Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Million Dollar Baby - Hilary Swank
Being Julia - Annette Bening
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Kate Winslet
Maria Full of Grace - Catalina Sandino Moreno
Vera Drake - Imelda Staunton

Best Supporting Actor

Million Dollar Baby - Morgan Freeman
The Aviator - Alan Alda
Closer - Clive Owen
Collateral - Jamie Foxx
Sideways - Thomas Haden Church

Best Supporting Actress

The Aviator - Cate Blanchett
Closer - Natalie Portman
Hotel Rwanda - Sophie Okonedo
Kinsey - Laura Linney
Sideways - Virginia Madsen

Best Art Direction

The Aviator - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
A Very Long Engagement - Aline Bonetto
The Phantom of the Opera - Anthony Pratt, Celia Bobak
Finding Neverland - Gemma Jackson, Trisha Edwards
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl Carasik

Best Cinematography

The Aviator - Robert Richardson
A Very Long Engagement - Bruno Delbonnel
The Passion of the Christ - Caleb Deschanel
The Phantom of the Opera - John Mathieson
House of Flying Daggers - Xiaoding Zhao

Best Original Song

The Motorcycle Diaries - Jorge Drexler for "Al Otro Lado Del Rio"
The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart for "Learn to Be Lonely"
The Polar Express - Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri for "Believe"
The Chorus - Bruno Coulais, Christophe Barratier for "Look To Your Path"
Shrek 2 - Jim Bogios, David Bryson, Adam Duritz, Charles Gillingham, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley, Dan Vickrey for "Accidentally in Love"

Best Original Score

Finding Neverland - Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
The Village - James Newton Howard
The Passion of the Christ - John Debney
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - John Williams
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Thomas Newman

Best Sound Mixing

Ray - Scott Millan, Greg Orloff, Bob Beemer, Steve Cantamessa
The Incredibles - Gary A. Rizzo, Randy Thom, Doc Kane
Spider-Man 2 - Jeffrey J. Haboush, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Joseph Geisinger
The Aviator - Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal
The Polar Express - Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, Randy Thom, William B. Kaplan

Best Sound Editing

The Incredibles - Michael Silvers, Randy Thom
Spider-Man 2 - Paul N.J. Ottosson
The Polar Express - Dennis Leonard, Randy Thom

Best Visual Effects

Spider-Man 2 - John Dykstra, John Frazier, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara
I, Robot - Andrew R Jones, Joe Letteri, Erik Nash, John Nelson
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Tim Burke, William George, Roger Guyett, John Richardson

Best Costume Design

The Aviator - Sandy Powell
Finding Neverland - Alexandra Byrne
Troy - Bob Ringwood
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Colleen Atwood
Ray - Sharen Davis

Best Makeup

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso
The Passion of the Christ - Christien Tinsley, Keith VanderLaan
The Sea Inside - Jo Allen, Manuel Garcia

Best Animated Feature

The Incredibles

Best Animated Short Film

Ryan - Chris Landreth
Birthday Boy - Sejong Park, Andrew Gregory
Gopher Broke - Jeff Fowler, Tim Miller
Guard Dog - Bill Plympton
Lorenzo - Mike Gabriel, Baker Bloodworth

Best Documentary Feature

Born Into Brothels - Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Best Documentary Short Subject

Mighty Times - The Children's March

Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside

Academy Honorary Award

Sidney Lumet

Best Live Action Short Film

Wasp - Andrea Arnold
Everything in This Country Must - Gary McKendry
Little Terrorist - Ashvin Kumar
7:35 in the Morning - Nacho Vigalondo
Two Cars, One Night - Taika Waititi, Ainsley Gardiner

Best Film Editing

The Aviator - Thelma Schoonmaker
Collateral - Jim Miller, Paul Rubell
Million Dollar Baby - Joel Cox
Finding Neverland - Matt Chesse
Ray - Paul Hirsch

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Roger Mayer
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